Isaac Updike prize money
Isaac Updike has been paid $8,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1713th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 3000 m steeplechase | 9th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 16th | - |
| All four | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2025 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $8,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Isaac Updike in 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,000.
Around Isaac Updike on the money list
Ranks 1693 to 1733
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1693 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1694 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1695 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1696 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1697 | Tyron Akins | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1698 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1699 | Zigismunds Sirmais | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1700 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,250 |
| 1701 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | - | $8,250 |
| 1702 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,250 |
| 1703 | Osku Torro | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1704 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1705 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
| 1706 | Bouabdellah Tahri | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1707 | Christina Vukicevic | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1717 | Kenenisa Bekele | Men's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1718 | Krystian Zalewski | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1719 | Lenka Masná | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1720 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1721 | Lisa Aguilera | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1722 | Lopez Lomong | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1723 | Maggie Vessey | Women's 800 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1724 | Marlon Devonish | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1725 | Maurren Higa Maggi | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1726 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1727 | Ryan Hill | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1728 | Ryohei Arai | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,000 |
| 1729 | Shalane Flanagan | Women's 5000 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1730 | Shevon Stoddart | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1731 | Tatyana Polnova | Women's pole vault | - | $8,000 |
| 1732 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1733 | Viktoriya Rybalko | Women's long jump | - | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Isaac Updike is 1713th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Isaac Updike most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Karl Bebendorf, Daniel Arce, Tim van de Velde, Zakaria El Ahlaami and Simon Koech.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui, Abrham Sime, Tim van de Velde, Frederik Ruppert, Edmund Serem and Salaheddine Ben Yazide.
Doha Diamond League 2024 paid $0 for 9th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mohamed Tindouft, Benjamin Kigen, Fernando Carro, Ahmed Jaziri, Abrham Sime and Samuel Firewu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Isaac Updike won?
$8,000, which ranks 1713th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Isaac Updike's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 3000 m steeplechase at the 2025 AG Memorial Van Damme. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Isaac Updike 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Isaac Updike ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Isaac Updike 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 Isaac Updike is Irene Ekelund on $8,000, and one below Jessica Warner-Judd on $8,000. Isaac Updike is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Isaac Updike 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.