Brandon Starc prize money
Brandon Starc has been paid $53,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 291st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's high jump, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | High jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | High jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | High jump | 10th | — |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | High jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | High jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | High jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | High jump | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | High jump | =4th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | High jump | =6th | $1,500 |
| All thirteen | Men's high jump | — | $53,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $53,500 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $1,500 |
| 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
2019 is the biggest of them, $37,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Brandon Starc in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $53,500.
Around Brandon Starc on the money list
Ranks 271 to 311
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
| 291 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 292 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | — | $53,500 |
| 293 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 294 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 2 | $53,250 |
| 295 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 296 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | — | $52,750 |
| 297 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $52,500 |
| 298 | Elaine Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $52,000 |
| 299 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | — | $51,500 |
| 300 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,250 |
| 301 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 302 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | — | $50,875 |
| 303 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 304 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $50,500 |
| 305 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 306 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 307 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 308 | Kate Grace | two disciplines | 2 | $50,250 |
| 309 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 310 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $50,000 |
| 311 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | — | $50,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brandon Starc is 291st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $53,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brandon Starc most
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.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gianmarco Tamberi, Andriy Protsenko, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Maksim Nedasekau, Loïc Gasch and Donald Thomas.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brandon Starc won?
$53,500, which ranks 291st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2018 and 2023.
What is Brandon Starc's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the high jump at the 2019 Weltklasse Zürich. 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?
One of thirteen, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $20,000.
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. He 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Brandon Starc is Nia Ali on $53,750, and one below Ejgayehu Taye on $53,500. Brandon Starc is one of 57 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $2,530,500 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.