
Top prizes will increase and there will be more money for lower-finishing athletes as the Wanda Diamond League adopts a new prize money structure in 2025.
The Wanda Diamond League will adopt a new prize money structure from 2025, with larger rewards on offer for individual athletes across the track and field disciplines.
Under the new structure, there will be a significant increase in the top prizes available, while more prize money will now also be awarded to lower-finishing competitors.
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In most Diamond Disciplines, individual athletes will continue to win up to 10,000 USD at series meetings and up to 30,000 USD at the Wanda Diamond League Final.
From 2025, there will also be a select number of Diamond+ Disciplines, in which athletes can earn higher prize money.
In these disciplines, the maximum prize money for individual athletes will rise to 20,000 USD at series meetings and 50,000 USD at the Final.
There will be four (two male and two female) Diamond+ Disciplines at each series meeting and eight (four male and four female) at the Final. Each meeting will announce their Diamond+ Disciplines in the first half of 2025.
In all disciplines, prize money will also increase – and in some cases double – for athletes finishing lower than second.
Athletes finishing between 9th and 12th will now also receive fixed prize money in all disciplines (both track and field) at both series meetings and at the Final.
As always, prize money is entirely gender-equal, with exactly the same rates for male and female athletes in each discipline.
As announced in September, the new season will see a total of 9.24 million USD paid out in prize money, the highest total pot in the series’ history.
Including promotional fees for top athletes, a total of around 18 million USD will be paid to athletes in total over the course of the 2025 season.
As every year and in addition, around 6 million USD will be invested in athlete services such as travel and transport, accommodation and medical and physio provision.
See below for the full breakdown of Wanda Diamond League prize money in 2025.
DIAMOND DISCIPLINES | ||||
SERIES MEETING | FINAL | |||
Place | Prize Money (USD) | Place | Prize Money (USD) | |
1st | $10,000 | 1st | $30,000 | |
2nd | $6,000 | 2nd | $12,000 | |
3rd | $4,000 | 3rd | $7,000 | |
4th | $3,000 | 4th | $4,000 | |
5th | $2,500 | 5th | $2,500 | |
6th | $2,000 | 6th | $2,000 | |
7th | $1,500 | 7th | $1,500 | |
8th | $1,000 | 8th | $1,000 | |
9th+ | $500 | 9th+ | $500 |
DIAMOND+ DISCIPLINES | ||||
SERIES MEETING | FINAL | |||
Place | Prize Money (USD) | Place | Prize Money (USD) | |
1st | $20,000 | 1st | $50,000 | |
2nd | $10,000 | 2nd | $20,000 | |
3rd | $6,000 | 3rd | $10,000 | |
4th | $5,000 | 4th | $6,000 | |
5th | $3,000 | 5th | $5,000 | |
6th | $2,500 | 6th | $4,000 | |
7th | $2,000 | 7th | $3,000 | |
8th | $1,500 | 8th | $2,000 | |
9th+ | $750 | 9th+ | $1’000 |
Source: diamondleague.com
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