Men's 400 m hurdles prize money
The Diamond League has paid $3,702,750 in the men's 400 m hurdles, to 127 athletes across 111 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Karsten Warholm has taken more of it than anyone, $400,500.
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 111 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Eight of the 111 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 | Karsten Warholm | 33 | 16 | 1st | $400,500 |
| 2 | Alison dos Santos | 31 | 21 | 1st | $363,000 |
| 3 | Javier Culson | 40 | 13 | 1st | $243,500 |
| 4 | Kyron McMaster | 22 | 3 | 1st | $200,250 |
| 5 | Bershawn Jackson | 30 | 9 | 1st | $179,500 |
| 6 | Michael Tinsley | 31 | 8 | 1st | $148,000 |
| 7 | Rai Benjamin | 11 | 7 | 1st | $148,000 |
| 8 | Abderrahman Samba | 22 | 7 | 2nd | $143,000 |
| 9 | Yasmani Copello | 30 | 2 | 1st | $116,250 |
| 10 | Rasmus Mägi | 33 | 0 | 3rd | $104,250 |
| 11 | Kerron Clement | 22 | 5 | 1st | $104,000 |
| 12 | L. J. van Zyl | 27 | 2 | 1st | $91,500 |
| 13 | Jehue Gordon | 26 | 2 | 1st | $79,000 |
| 14 | CJ Allen | 22 | 1 | 1st | $78,250 |
| 15 | David Greene | 15 | 2 | 1st | $76,500 |
| 16 | Cornel Fredericks | 15 | 1 | 1st | $60,000 |
| 17 | Félix Sánchez | 20 | 0 | 2nd | $55,500 |
| 18 | Angelo Taylor | 10 | 3 | 1st | $54,000 |
| 19 | Johnny Dutch | 13 | 3 | 1st | $52,000 |
| 20 | Khallifah Rosser | 11 | 1 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 21 | Wilfried Happio | 19 | 0 | 2nd | $48,000 |
| 22 | Thomas Barr | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $43,500 |
| 23 | Justin Gaymon | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $42,500 |
| 24 | Trevor Bassitt | 13 | 0 | 2nd | $40,500 |
| 25 | Kariem Hussein | 13 | 0 | 3rd | $37,500 |
| 26 | Matheus Lima | 9 | 0 | 3rd | $37,500 |
| 27 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | 12 | 0 | 2nd | $34,500 |
| 28 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | 7 | 0 | 3rd | $31,000 |
| 29 | Jack Green | 12 | 0 | 6th | $31,000 |
| 30 | TJ Holmes | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $29,500 |
| 31 | Jeffery Gibson | 6 | 1 | 1st | $26,000 |
| 32 | Omar Cisneros | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $25,500 |
| 33 | Alessandro Sibilio | 3 | 1 | 1st | $23,000 |
| 34 | Patryk Dobek | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $22,500 |
| 35 | Roshawn Clarke | 5 | 1 | 1st | $22,500 |
| 36 | Carl Bengtström | 10 | 0 | 4th | $22,250 |
| 37 | Nicholas Bett | 8 | 1 | 1st | $21,000 |
| 38 | David Kendziera | 7 | 0 | 5th | $19,500 |
| 39 | Emil Agyekum | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $17,500 |
| 40 | Ludvy Vaillant | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $17,000 |
Karsten Warholm has collected $400,500 of the $3,702,750 this discipline has paid out, 10.8% of it. Alison dos Santos has won 21 of them, more than anyone else. 85 of the 127 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 127.
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 five 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 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 | 12 | $697,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 12 | $354,500 |
| Bislett Games | 11 | $317,750 |
| Doha Diamond League | 10 | $297,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 8 | $289,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | 8 | $246,250 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 7 | $228,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 6 | $180,000 |
| Athletissima | 6 | $179,000 |
| Herculis | 6 | $163,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 5 | $150,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 5 | $149,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 4 | $123,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 3 | $95,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | 3 | $90,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games | 3 | $88,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $30,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 1 | $24,500 |
| 18 meetings | 111 | $3,702,750$3.7m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Weltklasse Zürich and Bauhausgalan have each run it twelve times. 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 111 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?
$3,702,750 across 111 runnings of it, to 127 athletes from 39 countries. That is 3.3% of everything the series has paid, and the 13th 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. Nine of the 111 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?
Karsten Warholm, on $400,500 from 33 paid finishes, sixteen of them wins. 85 of the 127 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. 23 different athletes have won a Diamond League men's 400 m hurdles across the 111 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's 400 m hurdles?
111 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 18 different meetings. Weltklasse Zürich and Bauhausgalan have each run it twelve times, more often 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. 857 payments have gone to 127 athletes in this discipline, and seven 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 400 m hurdles, which has paid $3,733,500.
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