France athletics prize money
France has taken $1,290,042 out of athletics, 15th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Jimmy Gressier is the biggest earner on $135,000, 10.5% of the national total.
$1,239,042 of that belongs to 104 athletes by name. The other $51,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every France athlete athletics has paid
104 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jimmy Gressier | 8 | 2 | $135,000 |
| 2 | Renaud Lavillenie | 24 | — | $73,500 |
| 3 | Hilary Kpatcha | 10 | 1 | $66,250 |
| 4 | Azeddine Habz | 20 | 2 | $59,000 |
| 5 | Gabriel Tual | 22 | — | $54,500 |
| 6 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | 6 | 1 | $49,500 |
| 7 | Sasha Zhoya | 6 | 2 | $49,250 |
| 8 | Wilfried Happio | 19 | — | $48,000 |
| 9 | Wilhem Belocian | 8 | — | $43,750 |
| 10 | Rénelle Lamote | 19 | — | $40,250 |
| 11 | Thibaut Collet | 14 | — | $36,542 |
| 12 | Benjamin Robert | 9 | 1 | $34,000 |
| 13 | Yanis Meziane | 13 | — | $34,000 |
| 14 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | 14 | — | $32,500 |
| 15 | Agathe Guillemot | 11 | — | $30,500 |
| 16 | Anaïs Bourgoin | 9 | — | $30,500 |
| 17 | Aurélien Quinion | 2 | — | $27,000 |
| 18 | Baptiste Thiery | 6 | — | $20,000 |
| 19 | Mélina Robert-Michon | 17 | — | $19,750 |
| 20 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | 8 | — | $18,000 |
| 21 | Ludvy Vaillant | 8 | — | $17,000 |
| 22 | Alice Finot | 4 | — | $14,250 |
| 23 | Jonathan Seremes | 3 | — | $14,000 |
| 24 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | 10 | — | $13,250 |
| 25 | Jimmy Vicaut | 5 | — | $13,000 |
| 26 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | 4 | — | $12,000 |
| 27 | Djilali Bedrani | 6 | — | $11,000 |
| 28 | Gabriel Bordier | 1 | — | $11,000 |
| 29 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | 7 | — | $11,000 |
| 30 | Yann Schrub | 2 | — | $11,000 |
| 31 | Amandine Brossier | 9 | — | $9,750 |
| 32 | Valentin Lavillenie | 7 | — | $9,000 |
| 33 | Mouhamadou Fall | 8 | — | $8,750 |
| 34 | Thomas Wilkes | 3 | — | $8,000 |
| 35 | Ilionis Guillaume | 4 | — | $7,750 |
| 36 | Margot Chevrier | 2 | — | $7,250 |
| 37 | Ryan Zeze | 4 | — | $7,250 |
| 38 | Thomas Gogois | 2 | — | $6,500 |
| 39 | Aurel Manga | 4 | — | $5,750 |
| 40 | Alizée Minard | 2 | — | $5,000 |
| 41 | Clara Liberman | 2 | — | $5,000 |
| 42 | Floria Gueï | 3 | — | $5,000 |
| 43 | Sarah Madeleine | 1 | — | $5,000 |
| 44 | Gilles Biron | 4 | — | $4,750 |
| 45 | Nawal Meniker | 5 | — | $4,750 |
| 46 | Etienne Daguinos | 3 | — | $4,500 |
| 47 | Hélène Parisot | 2 | — | $4,500 |
| 48 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | 2 | — | $4,500 |
| 49 | Carolle Zahi | 2 | — | $4,000 |
| 50 | Garfield Darien | 1 | — | $4,000 |
| 51 | Louise Maraval | 3 | — | $4,000 |
| 52 | Téo Bastien | 1 | — | $4,000 |
| 53 | Benjamin Compaoré | 3 | — | $3,500 |
| 54 | Axel Chapelle | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 55 | Déborah Sananes | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 56 | Mehdi Belhadj | 2 | — | $2,750 |
| 57 | Amanda Ngandu-Ntumba | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 58 | Fantin Crisci | 1 | — | $2,500 |
| 59 | Kévin Menaldo | 1 | — | $2,500 |
| 60 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 61 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 62 | Laëticia Bapté | 3 | — | $2,250 |
| 63 | Anthony Ammirati | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 64 | Clément Ducos | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 65 | Gémima Joseph | 3 | — | $2,000 |
| 66 | Hugo Menin | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 67 | Jade Maraval | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 68 | Jeff Erius | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 69 | Jules Pommery | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 70 | Louey Ouerrat | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 71 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 72 | Melvin Raffin | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 73 | Romain Lecoeur | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 74 | Téo Andant | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 75 | Kevin Mayer | 2 | — | $1,750 |
| 76 | Erwan Konaté | 2 | — | $1,500 |
| 77 | Erwann Cinna | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 78 | Ethan Cormont | 2 | — | $1,500 |
| 79 | Jeffrey John | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 80 | Sacha Alessandrini | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 81 | Alix Dehaynain | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 82 | Flavie Renouard | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 83 | Ninon Chapelle | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 84 | Shana Grebo | 2 | — | $1,250 |
| 85 | Ben Bassaw | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 86 | Cassandre Beaugrand | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 87 | Emma Montoya | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 88 | Felise Vaha'i Sosaia | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 89 | Floriane Gnafoua | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 90 | Isabelle Black | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 91 | Loïc Prévot | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 92 | Louis Gilavert | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 93 | Remi Rougetet | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 94 | Simon Denissel | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 95 | Auriana Lazraq-Khlass | 1 | — | $750 |
| 96 | Yanis David | 1 | — | $750 |
| 97 | Aurore Fleury | 1 | — | $500 |
| 98 | Bérénice Petit | 1 | — | $500 |
| 99 | Camille Séri | 1 | — | $500 |
| 100 | Chloé Galet | 1 | — | $500 |
| 101 | Laureen Maxwell | 1 | — | $500 |
| 102 | Léna Kandissounon | 1 | — | $500 |
| 103 | Sokhna Lacoste | 1 | — | $500 |
| 104 | Solène Gicquel | 1 | — | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 100 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 104
Jimmy Gressier holds 10.5% of everything France has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 21.3% of it between them, and $11,914 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent France
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 100 | 7 | $950,542 | — | $950,542 |
| World Championships | 11 | 1 | $186,500 | $20,000 | $206,500 |
| Indoor Championships | 8 | 1 | $102,000 | — | $102,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Relays | — | — | — | $15,000 | $15,000 |
| Cross Country | — | — | — | $16,000 | $16,000 |
| All six | 104 | 9 | $1,239,042 | $51,000 | $1,290,042 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for France on $950,542, 73.7% of the national total. Five of the six have paid France. France has won nothing at the Ultimate Championship.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 104: thirteen athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Jimmy Gressier has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
8 team payments, paid to France rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race, 2026 | 5th | Yann Schrub, Jimmy Gressier, Etienne Daguinos, Valentin Gondouin | $8,000 |
| Mixed relay, 2026 | 2nd | Alexis Miellet, Sarah Madeleine, Antoine Senard, Agathe Guillemot | $8,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Marie-Ange Rimlinger, Sarah Richard, Helene Parisot, Gémima Joseph | $8,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 4th | Adrien Coulibaly, Loïc Prévot, David Sombé, Jimy Soudril | $8,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Ryan Zeze, Jeff Erius, Lenny Chanteur, Aymeric Priam | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Alexe Déau, Fanny Peltier, Louise Maraval, Amandine Brossier | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Emma Montoya, Diana Iscaye, Estelle Raffai, Alexe Deau | $4,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Lucie Jean-Charles, Noemie Denon, Dylan Vermont, Antoine Thoraval | $3,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
France against the rest
Where $1,290,042 puts France
That is 1.7% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 15th out of 121. France has Switzerland above on $1,351,375 and Cuba below on $1,246,250.
The biggest of the 121 is the United States on $16,292,792, which is 21.7% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of France
- United States
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Australia
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Germany
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has France won in athletics?
$1,290,042 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 15th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 1.7% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which France athlete earns the most prize money?
Jimmy Gressier, on $135,000 from eight paid finishes and two wins. That is 10.5% of everything France has won. Renaud Lavillenie is next on $73,500.
Does prize money won by France go to the athlete or the federation?
$1,239,042 of that belongs to 104 athletes by name. The other $51,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from France have won athletics prize money?
104, sharing $1,239,042 between them, which is $11,914 each. Six of them have won a title, 9 in all. Thirteen have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid France
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts France against the other 120 the sport has paid.