Hamish Kerr prize money
Hamish Kerr has been paid $134,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 91st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 23 paid finishes in the men's high jump, seven 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
The 23 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $134,750 is 23 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 24 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Hamish Kerr did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 1st | 2.36 m | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Hamish Kerr $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $134,750 from 24 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2025. A world title paid $70,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Hamish Kerr did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 2nd | 2.28 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Hamish Kerr $20,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $134,750 from 24 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2025. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Hamish Kerr won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | Gold | $50,000 |
Hamish Kerr was paid $50,000 for the men's high jump in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | Müller Anniversary Games | $1,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 5 | — | Herculis | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $23,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | Diamond League Shanghai | $33,500 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $65,250 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $65,250 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Hamish Kerr in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $134,750.
Around Hamish Kerr on the money list
Ranks 71 to 111
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 71 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 72 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 5 | $149,250 |
| 73 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 74 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 8 | $147,500 |
| 75 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 2 | $147,000 |
| 76 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 77 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 78 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 79 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 80 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 81 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 6 | $143,000 |
| 82 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 4 | $142,500 |
| 83 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 84 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 85 | Trayvon Bromell | Men's 100 m | 6 | $139,000 |
| 86 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $138,750 |
| 87 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 9 | $136,500 |
| 88 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 89 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 90 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 91 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 92 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 93 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $131,375 |
| 94 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $130,750 |
| 95 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 96 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | two disciplines | 6 | $130,500 |
| 97 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 98 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $128,000 |
| 99 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 5 | $127,000 |
| 100 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 5 | $126,750 |
| 101 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 102 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $126,000 |
| 103 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 7 | $125,750 |
| 104 | Chase Ealey | Women's shot put | 6 | $125,000 |
| 105 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 7 | $125,000 |
| 106 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $124,750 |
| 107 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $124,250 |
| 108 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 4 | $122,000 |
| 109 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 110 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $119,000 |
| 111 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $118,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hamish Kerr is 91st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $134,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hamish Kerr most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Oleh Doroshchuk, JuVaughn Harrison, Romaine Beckford, Marco Fassinotti and Shelby McEwen.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Fassinotti, Yual Reath, JuVaughn Harrison, Romaine Beckford, Shelby McEwen and Donald Thomas.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: JuVaughn Harrison, Oleh Doroshchuk, Romaine Beckford, Shelby McEwen, Jan Štefela and Mateusz Kołodziejski.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hamish Kerr won?
$134,750, which ranks 91st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 23 paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Hamish Kerr's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Hamish Kerr 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 Hamish Kerr won?
Seven of 24, worth $90,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $36,500.
Has Hamish Kerr 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 Hamish Kerr win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much has Hamish Kerr won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. 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 Hamish Kerr earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships, World Indoor Championships and Olympic 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 Hamish Kerr is Leonardo Fabbri on $135,000, and one below Getnet Wale on $132,750. Hamish Kerr is one of 14 New Zealand athletes athletics has paid, and New Zealand athletics prize money adds them up to $817,625 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 Hamish Kerr 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 Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, 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.