The Wanda Diamond League is offering more prize money to athletes for the 2025 season.
The Diamond League is the highest level of competition in the sport of athletics outside of the Olympic Games and World Championships.
In most disciplines, individual athletes will continue winning up to 10,000 USD at series meetings and 30,000 USD at the Wanda Diamond League Final.
There will also be a select number of disciplines, in which athletes can earn higher prize money.
In these events, 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 its Diamond+ Disciplines during the first half of the year.
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 receive fixed prize money in all disciplines (track and field) at both series meetings and the Final.
As always, prize money is entirely gender-equal, with 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 throughout the 2025 season.
Every year 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.
Prize breakdown
| 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 | |
