Damar Forbes prize money
Damar Forbes has been paid $37,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 785th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's long jump, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2016 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| All nine | Men's long jump | - | $37,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $10,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Herculis | $20,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,500 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Damar Forbes in 2017, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,000.
Around Damar Forbes on the money list
Ranks 765 to 805
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Damar Forbes is 785th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $37,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Damar Forbes most
Herculis 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fabrice Lapierre, Xinglong Gao, Ruswahl Samaai, Michael Hartfield, Huang Changzhou and Tyrone Smith.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chris Tomlinson, Louis Tsatoumas, Greg Rutherford, Ignisious Gaisah, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena and Kafétien Gomis.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Hartfield, Wang Jianan, Tyrone Smith, Michel Tornéus, Jarvis Gotch and Ignisious Gaisah.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Damar Forbes won?
$37,000, which ranks 785th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2013 and 2018.
What is Damar Forbes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2016 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Damar Forbes 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 long 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 Damar Forbes won?
Two of nine, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Damar Forbes 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 Damar Forbes is Jackline Chepkoech on $37,250, and one below Katarina Johnson-Thompson on $37,000. Damar Forbes is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Damar Forbes 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.