Balázs Baji prize money
Balázs Baji has been paid $17,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1228th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, the best of them 4th.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
Every payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2018 | 110 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | 110 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 110 m hurdles | 8th | $2,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 110 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | 110 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2016 | 110 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 110 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | 110 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All eight | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,500 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $1,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Herculis | $6,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $3,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $7,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Balázs Baji in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,500.
Around Balázs Baji on the money list
Ranks 1208 to 1248
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
| 1226 | Aleksandr Gripich | Men's pole vault | - | $17,500 |
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1238 | Xavier Carter | Men's 200 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1239 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1240 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | - | $17,250 |
| 1241 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 1242 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,250 |
| 1243 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | - | $17,250 |
| 1244 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | - | $17,125 |
| 1245 | Amos Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1246 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1247 | Becky Breisch | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Balázs Baji is 1228th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $17,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Balázs Baji most
Athletissima 2018 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Omar McLeod, Aries Merritt, Jason Joseph, Sergey Shubenkov, Devon Allen and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Orlando Ortega, Andrew Pozzi, David King, Aries Merritt, Sergey Shubenkov and Devon Allen.
Herculis 2016 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Damian Czykier, Antonio Alkana, Omar McLeod, Orlando Ortega, Dimitri Bascou and Pascal Martinot-Lagarde.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Balázs Baji won?
$17,500, which ranks 1228th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2014 and 2018.
What is Balázs Baji's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 110 m hurdles at the 2018 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Balázs Baji gets paid?
Entirely by where he finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the men's 110 m hurdles as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Balázs Baji earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Balázs Baji is Alena Abramchuk on $17,500, and one below Brianna Glenn on $17,500. Balázs Baji is one of 12 Hungary athletes athletics has paid, and Hungary athletics prize money adds them up to $361,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Balázs Baji has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.