Jake Heyward prize money
Jake Heyward has been paid $14,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 711th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 1500 m and men's mile, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | Mile | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 1500 m | 13th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | Mile | 7th | $750 |
| Athletissima 2022 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | Mile | 6th | $1,000 |
| All ten | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $14,750 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Jake Heyward
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 7 | — | 2022 to 2026 | $9,000 |
| Men's mile | 3 | — | 2021 to 2026 | $5,750 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Jake Heyward $9,000 of the $14,750, which is 61% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $6,750 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 5 | — | London Athletics Meet | $7,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jake Heyward in 2023, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $14,750.
Around Jake Heyward on the money list
Ranks 691 to 731
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 708 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | — | $15,000 |
| 709 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 710 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 711 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
| 712 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $14,750 |
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 718 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,250 |
| 719 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | — | $14,250 |
| 720 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 721 | Maboundou Koné | Women's 200 m | — | $14,250 |
| 722 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 723 | Anvar Anvarov | Men's long jump | 1 | $14,000 |
| 724 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
| 725 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | — | $14,000 |
| 726 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,000 |
| 727 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | — | $14,000 |
| 728 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | — | $13,750 |
| 729 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 730 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $13,750 |
| 731 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jake Heyward is 711th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $14,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jake Heyward most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdelatif Sadiki, Charles Grethen, Ismael Debjani, Samuel Abate, Mohamed Katir and Hicham Ouladha.
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the mile, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Farken, Nathan Green, Arlo Ludewick, Ethan Strand, Thomas Keen and Archie Davis.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Ciattei, Anass Essayi, Isaac Nader, Hobbs Kessler, Reynold Cheruiyot and Stefan Nillessen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jake Heyward won?
$14,750, which ranks 711th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Jake Heyward's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2022 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Jake Heyward 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 1500 m 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 Jake Heyward ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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 Jake Heyward 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 Jake Heyward is Torrie Lewis on $15,000, and one below Wang Yu on $14,750. Jake Heyward is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jake Heyward has been paid in two 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it.