Men's 100 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $4,015,500 in the men's 100 m, to 172 athletes across 118 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Christian Coleman has taken more of it than anyone, $260,000.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Nine of the 118 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Fourteen of the 118 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the men's 100 m has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Coleman | 25 | 10 | 1st | $260,000 |
| 2 | Akani Simbine | 49 | 11 | 1st | $257,500 |
| 3 | Justin Gatlin | 23 | 14 | 1st | $176,000 |
| 4 | Noah Lyles | 14 | 5 | 1st | $164,000 |
| 5 | Mike Rodgers | 46 | 1 | 1st | $157,000 |
| 6 | Oblique Seville | 6 | 5 | 1st | $146,000 |
| 7 | Trayvon Bromell | 18 | 6 | 1st | $139,000 |
| 8 | Asafa Powell | 18 | 8 | 1st | $131,500 |
| 9 | Fred Kerley | 15 | 5 | 1st | $113,750 |
| 10 | Ronnie Baker | 15 | 6 | 2nd | $111,250 |
| 11 | Nesta Carter | 25 | 2 | 1st | $110,500 |
| 12 | CJ Ujah | 20 | 1 | 1st | $105,500 |
| 13 | Yohan Blake | 25 | 2 | 2nd | $104,250 |
| 14 | Usain Bolt | 10 | 8 | 1st | $92,000 |
| 15 | Andre De Grasse | 19 | 5 | 2nd | $91,000 |
| 16 | Emmanuel Eseme | 14 | 2 | 2nd | $87,000 |
| 17 | Jimmy Vicaut | 20 | 1 | 1st | $78,500 |
| 18 | Ferdinand Omanyala | 15 | 2 | 1st | $78,250 |
| 19 | Tyson Gay | 10 | 6 | 1st | $78,000 |
| 20 | Ackeem Blake | 15 | 1 | 1st | $75,000 |
| 21 | Kishane Thompson | 6 | 2 | 1st | $61,250 |
| 22 | Kim Collins | 23 | 0 | 3rd | $59,500 |
| 23 | Ben Youssef Meïté | 9 | 1 | 2nd | $59,000 |
| 24 | Richard Thompson | 15 | 2 | 1st | $56,500 |
| 25 | Reece Prescod | 12 | 1 | 1st | $50,750 |
| 26 | Zharnel Hughes | 11 | 0 | 2nd | $47,500 |
| 27 | Letsile Tebogo | 15 | 1 | 1st | $47,250 |
| 28 | Nickel Ashmeade | 12 | 1 | 1st | $40,500 |
| 29 | Xie Zhenye | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $38,250 |
| 30 | Adam Gemili | 13 | 0 | 2nd | $35,000 |
| 31 | Isiah Young | 13 | 0 | 2nd | $33,750 |
| 32 | Gift Leotlela | 5 | 1 | 1st | $33,500 |
| 33 | Michael Frater | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $33,000 |
| 34 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | 3 | 1 | 1st | $32,000 |
| 35 | Keston Bledman | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $29,000 |
| 36 | Brandon Hicklin | 9 | 0 | 4th | $28,750 |
| 37 | Churandy Martina | 12 | 0 | 3rd | $28,500 |
| 38 | Su Bingtian | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $27,500 |
| 39 | Christophe Lemaitre | 8 | 0 | 3rd | $24,500 |
| 40 | Ryan Bailey | 4 | 1 | 1st | $24,000 |
Christian Coleman has collected $260,000 of the $4,015,500 this discipline has paid out, 6.5% of it. Justin Gatlin has won fourteen of them, more than anyone else. 108 of the 172 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 172.
Every Diamond League men's 100 m
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the men's 100 m paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2024 ran it nine times and 2010 seven times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the men's 100 m is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 8 | $510,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 8 | $405,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 11 | $339,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 9 | $304,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League | 9 | $295,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 9 | $248,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 8 | $245,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 8 | $234,500 |
| Bislett Games | 8 | $229,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 5 | $174,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 6 | $171,000 |
| Anniversary Games | 5 | $145,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 4 | $140,000 |
| Athletissima | 4 | $129,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 4 | $119,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 4 | $110,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 4 | $110,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 4 | $107,500 |
| 18 meetings | 118 | $4,015,500$4.0m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has run it eleven times and paid $339,500 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the men's 100 m
The nine ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL + | FINAL + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $60,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $10,000 | $9,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $100,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's 100 m is paid on the same card as the shot put and the 1500 m at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the fourteen of 118 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's 100 m?
$4,015,500 across 118 runnings of it, to 172 athletes from 37 countries. That is 3.5% of everything the series has paid, and the 2nd biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the men's 100 m pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the shot put pays. Nine of the 118 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $60,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the men's 100 m?
Christian Coleman, on $260,000 from 25 paid finishes, ten of them wins. 108 of the 172 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League men's 100 m titles?
Justin Gatlin, on fourteen wins. 33 different athletes have won a Diamond League men's 100 m across the 118 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's 100 m?
118 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 18 different meetings. Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has run it eleven times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the men's 100 m pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 925 payments have gone to 172 athletes in this discipline, and 30 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 sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's 100 m, which has paid $4,019,250.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Women's 100 m
- Women's 100 m hurdles
- Men's pole vault
- Women's 400 m
- Men's 800 m
- Men's 200 m
- Women's 800 m
- Men's 110 m hurdles
- Women's 200 m
- Men's 400 m
- Women's 400 m hurdles
- Men's 400 m hurdles
- Women's pole vault
- Women's high jump
- Women's 1500 m
- Men's high jump
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Women's long jump
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's shot put
- Men's long jump
- Women's discus throw
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's discus throw
- Women's triple jump
- Men's triple jump
- Women's javelin throw
- Women's shot put
- Men's 1500 m
- Men's 5000 m
- Women's 5000 m
- Women's 3000 m
- Men's mile
- Men's 3000 m
- Women's mile
- Men's 1000 m
- Men's 300 m hurdles
- Women's 2 miles
- Women's 1000 m
- Men's 2 miles
Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Athletissima
- Meeting de Paris
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Doha Diamond League
- Bauhausgalan
- Bislett Games
- Herculis EBS
- Shanghai Diamond League
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Anniversary Games
- London Athletics Meet
- Adidas Grand Prix
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League 2025
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- Diamond League 2023
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- Diamond League 2021
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