Erick Portillo prize money
Erick Portillo has been paid $11,583 by the Diamond League, which ranks 793rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | High jump | =8th | $333 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | High jump | 9th | — |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | High jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| All six | Men's high jump | — | $11,583 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,583 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Erick Portillo did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 3rd | 2.26 m | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Erick Portillo $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $11,583 from six Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. Three days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Erick Portillo did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 2nd | 2.30 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Erick Portillo $20,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $11,583 from six Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. Three days indoors paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,250 |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 5 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $10,333 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $10,333 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Erick Portillo in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,583.
Around Erick Portillo on the money list
Ranks 773 to 813
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 773 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | — | $12,500 |
| 774 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | four disciplines | — | $12,250 |
| 775 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | — | $12,250 |
| 776 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 777 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | — | $12,000 |
| 778 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 779 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 780 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $12,000 |
| 781 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 782 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 783 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | — | $12,000 |
| 784 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | — | $12,000 |
| 785 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | — | $12,000 |
| 786 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 787 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 788 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 789 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | — | $11,750 |
| 790 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 791 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
| 792 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | — | $11,750 |
| 793 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | — | $11,583 |
| 794 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,500 |
| 795 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | — | $11,500 |
| 796 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | — | $11,500 |
| 797 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | — | $11,500 |
| 798 | Rose Mary Almanza | Women's 800 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 799 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 800 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | — | $11,250 |
| 801 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | — | $11,250 |
| 802 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | — | $11,000 |
| 803 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $11,000 |
| 804 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | — | $11,000 |
| 805 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 806 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | — | $11,000 |
| 807 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 808 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 809 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 810 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | — | $11,000 |
| 811 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 812 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | — | $10,750 |
| 813 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Erick Portillo is 793rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $11,583.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Erick Portillo most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Romaine Beckford, Mateusz Kołodziejski, Tomohiro Shinno, Yual Reath, Raymond Richards and Jan Štefela.
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jan Štefela, Mateusz Kołodziejski, Yual Reath, Matteo Sioli, Mutaz Barsham and Oleh Doroshchuk.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Carmoy, Mateusz Kołodziejski, JuVaughn Harrison, Oleh Doroshchuk, Gianmarco Tamberi and Romaine Beckford.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Erick Portillo won?
$11,583, which ranks 793rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Erick Portillo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ high jump at the 2026 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Erick Portillo 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 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.
Has Erick Portillo ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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 is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Erick Portillo win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Erick Portillo won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Erick Portillo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The Ultimate Championship and World Indoor 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Erick Portillo is Tobia Bocchi on $11,750, and one below Alastair Chalmers on $11,500. Erick Portillo is one of 6 Mexico athletes athletics has paid, and Mexico athletics prize money adds them up to $163,583 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 Erick Portillo 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's high jump page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's high jump page.