Men's 400 m hurdles prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,865,250 in the men's 400 m hurdles, to 74 athletes across 54 runnings of it, from 2017 to 2026. Alison dos Santos has taken more of it than anyone, $363,000.
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. Seven of the 54 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Eight of the 54 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the men's 400 m hurdles has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alison dos Santos | 31 | 21 | 1st | $363,000 |
| 2 | Karsten Warholm | 26 | 15 | 1st | $330,000 |
| 3 | Rai Benjamin | 11 | 7 | 1st | $148,000 |
| 4 | Abderrahman Samba | 19 | 4 | 2nd | $113,000 |
| 5 | Kyron McMaster | 19 | 1 | 1st | $94,250 |
| 6 | CJ Allen | 22 | 1 | 1st | $78,250 |
| 7 | Rasmus Mägi | 20 | 0 | 3rd | $65,750 |
| 8 | Yasmani Copello | 18 | 1 | 1st | $58,250 |
| 9 | Khallifah Rosser | 11 | 1 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 10 | Wilfried Happio | 19 | 0 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 11 | Trevor Bassitt | 13 | 0 | 2nd | $40,500 |
| 12 | Matheus Lima | 9 | 0 | 3rd | $37,500 |
| 13 | Thomas Barr | 11 | 0 | 2nd | $32,000 |
| 14 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | 7 | 0 | 3rd | $31,000 |
| 15 | Alessandro Sibilio | 3 | 1 | 1st | $23,000 |
| 16 | Roshawn Clarke | 5 | 1 | 1st | $22,500 |
| 17 | Carl Bengtström | 10 | 0 | 4th | $22,250 |
| 18 | TJ Holmes | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $21,500 |
| 19 | David Kendziera | 7 | 0 | 5th | $19,500 |
| 20 | Emil Agyekum | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $17,500 |
| 21 | Ludvy Vaillant | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $17,000 |
| 22 | Gerald Drummond | 6 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 23 | İsmail Nezir | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $13,250 |
| 24 | Caleb Dean | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $12,500 |
| 25 | Matic Ian Guček | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $12,000 |
| 26 | Alastair Chalmers | 5 | 0 | 5th | $11,500 |
| 27 | Malik James-King | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $10,250 |
| 28 | Berke Akçam | 5 | 0 | 4th | $9,000 |
| 29 | Bershawn Jackson | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $8,000 |
| 30 | Kerron Clement | 4 | 0 | 5th | $8,000 |
| 31 | Constantin Preis | 5 | 0 | 5th | $7,500 |
| 32 | Julien Watrin | 5 | 0 | 5th | $7,250 |
| 33 | Nick Smidt | 6 | 0 | 6th | $7,250 |
| 34 | Kemar Mowatt | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $7,000 |
| 35 | Takatoshi Abe | 3 | 0 | 5th | $6,500 |
| 36 | Jaheel Hyde | 5 | 0 | 4th | $6,000 |
| 37 | Amere Lattin | 4 | 0 | 4th | $5,250 |
| 38 | Chris McAlister | 5 | 0 | 7th | $5,250 |
| 39 | Ismail Abakar | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $5,000 |
| 40 | Kariem Hussein | 3 | 0 | 8th | $5,000 |
Alison dos Santos has collected $363,000 of the $1,865,250 this discipline has paid out, 19.5% of it. Alison dos Santos has won 21 of them, more than anyone else. 51 of the 74 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 74.
Every Diamond League men's 400 m hurdles
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the men's 400 m hurdles 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 2017 once. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the men's 400 m hurdles is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 7 | $408,000 |
| Bislett Games | 8 | $227,750 |
| Doha Diamond League | 6 | $179,500 |
| Bauhausgalan | 6 | $178,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 4 | $169,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 5 | $169,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | 5 | $156,250 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 3 | $95,000 |
| Herculis | 3 | $73,250 |
| London Athletics Meet | 2 | $64,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 2 | $60,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | 1 | $30,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $30,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 1 | $24,500 |
| 14 meetings | 54 | $1,865,250$1.9m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Bislett Games has run it eight times and paid $227,750 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the men's 400 m hurdles
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 | $30,000 | $50,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's 400 m hurdles is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put 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 eight of 54 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 400 m hurdles?
$1,865,250 across 54 runnings of it, to 74 athletes from 28 countries. That is 3.5% of everything the series has paid, and the 9th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the men's 400 m hurdles 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 100 m pays. Seven of the 54 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the men's 400 m hurdles?
Alison dos Santos, on $363,000 from 31 paid finishes, 21 of them wins. 51 of the 74 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League men's 400 m hurdles titles?
Alison dos Santos, on 21 wins. Eleven different athletes have won a Diamond League men's 400 m hurdles across the 54 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's 400 m hurdles?
54 times across nine seasons, from 2017 to 2026, on the programmes of fourteen different meetings. Bislett Games has run it eight 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 400 m hurdles pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 412 payments have gone to 74 athletes in this discipline, and six 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 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's 400 m hurdles, which has paid $1,828,500.
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