Donald Thomas prize money
Donald Thomas has been paid $97,208 by the Diamond League, which ranks 327th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 42 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
The 42 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $97,208 is 42 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 45 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | London Grand Prix | $14,250 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $11,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Weltklasse | $3,750 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $500 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Meeting Areva | $9,833 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,250 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $8,625 |
| 2018 | 6 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $18,750 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | Anniversary Games | $13,000 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,250 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $1,500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $18,750 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Donald Thomas in 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $97,208.
Around Donald Thomas on the money list
Ranks 307 to 347
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Donald Thomas is 327th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $97,208.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Donald Thomas most
Anniversary Games 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Fassinotti, Fabian Delryd, Tobias Potye, Péter Bakosi, Joel Clarke-Khan and Chris Baker.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Antonios Mastoras, Erik Kynard, Mutaz Barsham, Aleksandr Shustov, Jaroslav Bába and Marco Fassinotti.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $5,000 for 5th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Naoto Tobe, Michael Mason, Jeron Robinson, Bryan McBride, Mathew Sawe and Brandon Starc.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Donald Thomas won?
$97,208, which ranks 327th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 42 paid finishes between 2010 and 2025.
What is Donald Thomas's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2021 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Donald Thomas 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 Donald Thomas won?
One of 45, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $7,000.
Has Donald Thomas ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Donald Thomas 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 Donald Thomas is Adriana Vilagoš on $97,250, and one below Feng Bin on $97,000. Donald Thomas is one of 22 Bahamas athletes athletics has paid, and Bahamas athletics prize money adds them up to $1,125,958 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 Donald Thomas 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.