Demish Gaye prize money
Demish Gaye has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1170th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All two | Men's 400 m | — | $4,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Demish Gaye on the money list
Ranks 1150 to 1190
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1150 | Jessica Woodard | Women's shot put | — | $4,750 |
| 1151 | Joel Clarke-Khan | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1152 | Lester Lescay | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1153 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1154 | Nawal Meniker | Women's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1155 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1156 | Robin Vanderbemden | Men's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1157 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1158 | Teddese Lemi | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1159 | Valerie Constien | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1160 | Will Williams | Men's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1161 | Abdelatif Sadiki | Men's 1500 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1162 | Adelaide Aquilla | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1163 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1164 | Bayanda Walaza | Men's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1165 | Benjamin Azamati | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1166 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1167 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1168 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1169 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1170 | Demish Gaye | Men's 400 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1171 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1172 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1173 | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1174 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1175 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1176 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1177 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1178 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1179 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1180 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1181 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1182 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1183 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1184 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1185 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1186 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1187 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1188 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1189 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1190 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Demish Gaye is 1170th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Demish Gaye most
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Baboloki Thebe, Luka Janežič, Rabah Yousif, Akeem Bloomfield, Jonathan Jones and Nathon Allen.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Nathon Allen, Akeem Bloomfield, Obi Igbokwe, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Kahmari Montgomery.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Demish Gaye won?
$4,500, which ranks 1170th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2019.
What is Demish Gaye's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 400 m at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Demish Gaye 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 400 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.
Is this everything Demish Gaye 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 Demish Gaye is Deajah Stevens on $4,500, and one below Dong Bin on $4,500. Demish Gaye is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Demish Gaye 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 Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.