Diamond League 2022 prize money
The 2022 Diamond League paid $6,052,500 to 668 athletes across thirteen meetings, from 13 May to 8 September. Shericka Jackson took more of it than anyone, $99,500.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so one card covers every discipline at every meeting of the season: $10,000 for a series win, $30,000 at the final, and eight places paid in each. There was no Diamond+ tier this season, so every discipline paid the same.
Who earned the most in 2022
The 2022 Diamond League money list
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BIGGEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shericka Jackson | 10 | 4 | 1st | $99,500 |
| 2 | Alison dos Santos | 7 | 7 | 1st | $90,000 |
| 3 | Femke Bol | 6 | 6 | 1st | $80,000 |
| 4 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | 7 | 5 | 1st | $77,250 |
| 5 | Armand Duplantis | 6 | 5 | 1st | $76,000 |
| 6 | Chase Ealey | 5 | 5 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 7 | Kristjan Čeh | 5 | 5 | 1st | $70,000 |
| 8 | Joe Kovacs | 5 | 4 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 9 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | 5 | 4 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 10 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | 5 | 4 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 11 | Valarie Allman | 5 | 4 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 12 | Kirani James | 5 | 3 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 13 | Noah Lyles | 5 | 4 | 1st | $62,000 |
| 14 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | 4 | 4 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 15 | Marileidy Paulino | 4 | 4 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 16 | Soufiane El Bakkali | 4 | 4 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 17 | Andy Díaz | 4 | 3 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | 4 | 3 | 1st | $56,000 |
| 19 | Tobi Amusan | 5 | 2 | 1st | $55,500 |
| 20 | Nina Kennedy | 4 | 2 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 21 | Trayvon Bromell | 3 | 3 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 22 | Yulimar Rojas | 3 | 3 | 1st | $50,000 |
| 23 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | 8 | 1 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 24 | Sandi Morris | 5 | 3 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 25 | Werkuha Getachew | 4 | 2 | 1st | $47,250 |
| 26 | Neeraj Chopra | 3 | 2 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 27 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | 5 | 4 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 28 | Kara Winger | 4 | 2 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 29 | Mary Moraa | 4 | 2 | 1st | $44,000 |
| 30 | Grant Holloway | 3 | 2 | 1st | $43,500 |
| 31 | Jake Wightman | 6 | 3 | 1st | $42,500 |
| 32 | Gianmarco Tamberi | 6 | 1 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 33 | Khallifah Rosser | 5 | 1 | 2nd | $40,000 |
| 34 | Sandra Perković | 5 | 1 | 2nd | $40,000 |
| 35 | Haruka Kitaguchi | 5 | 2 | 1st | $39,000 |
| 36 | Keely Hodgkinson | 5 | 3 | 1st | $38,500 |
| 37 | Jakub Vadlejch | 5 | 1 | 2nd | $36,000 |
| 38 | Emmanuel Korir | 4 | 1 | 1st | $35,500 |
| 39 | Aaron Brown | 6 | 1 | 2nd | $35,000 |
| 40 | Shanieka Ricketts | 5 | 1 | 1st | $35,000 |
Shericka Jackson collected $99,500 of the $6,052,500 the season paid out, 1.6% of it. 344 athletes were paid more than once in 2022 and the rest were paid once, which is what a money list of a series that runs thirteen times a summer looks like. The table lists the 40 biggest of 668.
Every meeting of 2022
In the order the season ran them
| MEETING | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League | Doha | 13 May | 14 | $348,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | Birmingham | 21 May | 15 | $373,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic | Eugene | 27 to 28 May | 14 | $347,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | Rabat | 5 June | 14 | $347,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | Rome | 9 June | 14 | $350,000 |
| Bislett Games | Oslo | 16 June | 14 | $348,250 |
| Meeting de Paris | Paris | 18 June | 14 | $348,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | Stockholm | 30 June | 15 | $375,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | Chorzów | 6 August | 15 | $374,500 |
| Herculis | Fontvieille | 10 August | 14 | $349,500 |
| Athletissima | Lausanne | 26 August | 15 | $374,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | Brussels | 2 September | 14 | $349,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | Zürich | 7 to 8 September | 30 | $1,767,500$1.8m |
| 13 meetings | 13 cities | — | 202 | $6,052,500$6.1m |
What the season paid, meeting by meeting
season running total
The line is the running total, and it is close to straight because the pots barely move: every series meeting pays the same rate a discipline, so what separates them is how many disciplines they ran. The step at the end is Weltklasse Zürich, the final, which pays 3 times what a series meeting pays for a win.
Every discipline of 2022
How often each one ran, and what it paid across the season
| DISCIPLINE | TIMES RUN | PAID IN 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m | 9 | $256,750 |
| Women's 1500 m | 8 | $235,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 8 | $235,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $233,500 |
| Men's 800 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 7 | $210,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 7 | $209,500 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $209,500 |
| Women's 400 m hurdles | 7 | $209,500 |
| Men's 200 m | 7 | $209,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 7 | $208,500 |
| Men's pole vault | 7 | $208,000 |
| Women's high jump | 7 | $207,500 |
| Women's 200 m | 6 | $185,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $185,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $183,250 |
| Women's pole vault | 6 | $183,000 |
| Men's high jump | 6 | $181,500 |
| Men's 1500 m | 5 | $160,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $160,000 |
| Women's long jump | 5 | $157,750 |
| Men's discus throw | 5 | $157,500 |
| Men's javelin throw | 5 | $157,500 |
| Men's triple jump | 5 | $157,500 |
| Women's discus throw | 5 | $157,500 |
| Women's javelin throw | 5 | $157,500 |
| Women's shot put | 5 | $157,500 |
| Men's long jump | 5 | $157,000 |
| Women's triple jump | 5 | $157,000 |
| Men's shot put | 5 | $156,250 |
| Men's 5000 m | 5 | $125,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | $100,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | $50,000 |
| Men's mile | 2 | $50,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 2 | $50,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 36 disciplines | 202 | $6,052,500$6.1m |
No discipline runs at every meeting. The series rotates them, so a discipline's total for the season is its rate multiplied by how many times it was on the programme, and the column above is a count of appearances rather than a ranking of anything.
What each place paid in 2022
The two cards in force across the season
| PLACE | SERIES | FINAL |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $3,500 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $1,250 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $750 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $500 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $25,000 | $60,000 |
Every column is the whole of what that kind of discipline paid in 2022. There is no appearance money in these figures, no bonus for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money did the 2022 Diamond League pay?
$6,052,500 across thirteen meetings and 36 disciplines, to 668 athletes. That is 11.3% of everything the series has paid across the nine seasons on this site.
What did a Diamond League win pay in 2022?
$10,000 at a series meeting and $30,000 at the final. The figure is the same in every discipline on the card, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays.
Who earned the most in the 2022 Diamond League?
Shericka Jackson, on $99,500 from ten paid finishes, four of them wins. 344 of the 668 athletes paid in 2022 were paid more than once.
How many meetings did the 2022 Diamond League run?
Thirteen: twelve series meetings and the final, at Weltklasse Zürich. Every series meeting paid the same rate for the same finishing place, so what separates one meeting's pot from another is how many disciplines it ran.
How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?
Eight places. Ninth pays nothing however fast the race was: 1,561 payments in 2022 went to 668 athletes from 80 countries, and 261 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The season before this one is 2021, which paid $5,591,000. The season after is 2023, on $6,520,250.
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
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- Diamond League 2023
- Diamond League 2022
- Diamond League 2021
- Diamond League 2019
- Diamond League 2018
- Diamond League 2017