Brian Fay prize money
Brian Fay has been paid $1,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2876th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 18th | - |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 3000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 13th | - |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 18th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 5000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 3000 m | 9th | - |
| All eight | two disciplines | - | $1,750 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,750 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Brian Fay ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 16th | 29:37 | - | - |
Brian Fay has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Brian Fay
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | - | 2023 to 2025 | $1,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2023 to 2024 | $750 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Brian Fay $1,000 of the $1,750, which is 57% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | - | London Athletics Meet | $750 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | - |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $1,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Brian Fay in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,750.
Around Brian Fay on the money list
Ranks 2856 to 2896
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2856 | Tommy Ramdhan | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2857 | Traves Smikle | Men's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2858 | Trevor Stewart | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2859 | Uladzimir Kazlou | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2860 | Valeriy Iordan | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2861 | Vanya Stambolova | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2862 | Viktoriya Prokopenko | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2863 | Wilfredo Martínez | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2864 | Winnie Jemutai | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2865 | Wu Yuang | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2866 | Yanan Liu | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2867 | Yanni Sampson | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2868 | Yasmine Regis | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2869 | Yassine Hssine | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2870 | Yujia Tao | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2871 | Zahra Bouras | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2872 | Zlatozar Atanasov | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2873 | Ahmed Jaziri | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,750 |
| 2874 | Ama Pipi | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2875 | Andrea Miklós | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2876 | Brian Fay | two disciplines | - | $1,750 |
| 2877 | Briana Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2878 | Cejhae Greene | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2879 | Dani Jones | Women's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2880 | Elizaveta Parnova | Women's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2881 | Fábio Gomes da Silva | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2882 | Gela Hambese | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2883 | Helena Ponette | Women's 400 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2884 | Jiang Zhichao | Women's discus throw | - | $1,750 |
| 2885 | Joshua Zeller | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2886 | Kristiina Mäkelä | Women's triple jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2887 | Louise Ekman | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2888 | Matthew Stonier | Men's 1500 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2889 | PJ Austin | Men's 100 m | - | $1,750 |
| 2890 | Rachel McCoy | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2891 | Ronda Whyte | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,750 |
| 2892 | Tim Lobinger | Men's pole vault | - | $1,750 |
| 2893 | Wang Yang | Women's high jump | - | $1,750 |
| 2894 | Zhong Tao | Men's pole vault | - | $1,625 |
| 2895 | Aarik Wilson | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 2896 | Aaron Armstrong | Men's 200 m | - | $1,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brian Fay is 2876th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brian Fay most
Weltklasse Zürich 2023 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonas Raess, Etienne Daguinos, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Yomif Kejelcha, Selemon Barega and Grant Fisher.
London Athletics Meet 2024 paid $750 for 7th in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Korir Kiplagat, Morgan Beadlescomb, Mike Foppen, Jonas Raess, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu and Grant Fisher.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $0 for 10th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Egide Ntakarutimana, Samwel Chebolei Masai, Jude Thomas, Berihu Aregawi, Kuma Girma and Mezgebu Sime.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brian Fay won?
$1,750, which ranks 2876th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Brian Fay's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 5000 m at the 2023 Weltklasse Zürich. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Brian Fay 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 5000 m 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.
Has Brian Fay ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Brian Fay earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Brian Fay is Andrea Miklós on $1,750, and one below Briana Williams on $1,750. Brian Fay is one of 25 Ireland athletes athletics has paid, and Ireland athletics prize money adds them up to $372,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Brian Fay has been paid in two 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 Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.