Donald Thomas prize money
Donald Thomas has been paid $29,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 465th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | High jump | 10th | — |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | High jump | 7th | $750 |
| London Athletics Meet 2023 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | High jump | 10th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | High jump | 10th | — |
| All fourteen | Men's high jump | — | $29,750 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,750 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | — | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $8,000 |
| 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
2021 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from four 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 $29,750.
Around Donald Thomas on the money list
Ranks 445 to 485
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Donald Thomas is 465th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $29,750.
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.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mateusz Przybylko, Andriy Protsenko, Wang Yu, Edgar Rivera, Hamdi Ali and Jamal Wilson.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Majd Eddin Ghazal, Marco Fassinotti, Dzmitry Nabokau, Brandon Starc, Fabian Delryd and Mutaz Barsham.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Donald Thomas won?
$29,750, which ranks 465th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2017 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 fourteen, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
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. He 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 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 Donald Thomas is Brandon Hicklin on $29,750, and one below Fiordaliza Cofil on $29,750. Donald Thomas is one of 11 Bahamas athletes athletics has paid, and Bahamas athletics prize money adds them up to $457,750 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.