Brandon Starc prize money
Brandon Starc has been paid $121,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 252nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the men's high jump, three of them wins.
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
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $121,000 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2013 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | British Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $67,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $37,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $9,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $4,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $67,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Brandon Starc in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $121,000.
Around Brandon Starc on the money list
Ranks 232 to 272
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brandon Starc is 252nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $121,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brandon Starc most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mateusz Przybylko, Gianmarco Tamberi, Andriy Protsenko, Donald Thomas, Naoto Tobe and Michael Mason.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tihomir Ivanov, Michael Mason, Ilya Ivanyuk, Naoto Tobe, Jeron Robinson and Maksim Nedasekau.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ilya Ivanyuk, Mathew Sawe, Wang Yu, Majd Eddin Ghazal, Chris Baker and Naoto Tobe.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brandon Starc won?
$121,000, which ranks 252nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2013 and 2023.
What is Brandon Starc's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2018 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Brandon Starc 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 win is worth the same in the men's high jump 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Brandon Starc won?
Three of 17, worth $70,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $70,000.
Has Brandon Starc ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Brandon Starc 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 Brandon Starc is Mélina Robert-Michon on $121,250, and one below Yenew Alamirew on $121,000. Brandon Starc is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Brandon Starc 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.