Lester Lescay prize money
Lester Lescay has been paid $4,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2079th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's long jump, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | Long jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Long jump | 7th | $750 |
| All three | Men's long jump | - | $4,750 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,750 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Lester Lescay did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | 8th | 7.97 m | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Lester Lescay $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $4,750 from three Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. Nine days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $750 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Lester Lescay in 2022, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,750.
Around Lester Lescay on the money list
Ranks 2059 to 2099
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2059 | Mikel Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2060 | Nataliia Krol | Women's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2061 | Paolo Dal Molin | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2062 | Rafał Omelko | Men's 400 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2063 | Reggie Jagers III | Men's discus throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2064 | Sineade Gutzmore | Women's triple jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2065 | Steven Richter | Men's discus throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2066 | Su Wen | Men's triple jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2067 | Viktor Butenko | Men's discus throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2068 | Wioletta Frankiewicz | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,000 |
| 2069 | Yuliya Krevsun | Women's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2070 | Beatrice Masilingi | Women's 200 m | - | $4,750 |
| 2071 | Chiara Scherrer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,750 |
| 2072 | Clemens Prüfer | Men's discus throw | - | $4,750 |
| 2073 | Elizabeth Patterson | Women's high jump | - | $4,750 |
| 2074 | Eloisa Coiro | Women's 800 m | - | $4,750 |
| 2075 | Gilles Biron | Men's 400 m | - | $4,750 |
| 2076 | Gloria Hooper | two disciplines | - | $4,750 |
| 2077 | Jessica Woodard | Women's shot put | - | $4,750 |
| 2078 | Joel Clarke-Khan | Men's high jump | - | $4,750 |
| 2079 | Lester Lescay | Men's long jump | - | $4,750 |
| 2080 | Nawal Meniker | Women's high jump | - | $4,750 |
| 2081 | Robin Vanderbemden | Men's 200 m | - | $4,750 |
| 2082 | Teddese Lemi | Men's 1500 m | - | $4,750 |
| 2083 | Valerie Constien | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,750 |
| 2084 | Will Williams | Men's long jump | - | $4,750 |
| 2085 | Vanessa Boslak | Women's pole vault | - | $4,583 |
| 2086 | Abdelatif Sadiki | Men's 1500 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2087 | Adelaide Aquilla | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2088 | Alicia Deshasier | Women's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2089 | Alieksei Tsapik | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2090 | Aníta Hinriksdóttir | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2091 | Anthony Chemut | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2092 | Bayanda Walaza | Men's 100 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2093 | Benjamin Azamati | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2094 | Birhanu Legese | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2095 | Carvin Nkanata | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2096 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2097 | Christopher Belcher | Men's 100 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2098 | Daichi Sawano | Men's pole vault | - | $4,500 |
| 2099 | David Torrence | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lester Lescay is 2079th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lester Lescay most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Carey McLeod, Simon Ehammer, Simon Batz, Thobias Montler, Marquis Dendy and Liam Adcock.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erwan Konaté, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Tajay Gayle, Wayne Pinnock, Jorge A. Hodelín and Bozhidar Sarâboyukov.
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $750 for 7th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrzej Kuch, Tajay Gayle, Juan Miguel Echevarría, Thobias Montler, Ruswahl Samaai and Benjamin Gföhler.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lester Lescay won?
$4,750, which ranks 2079th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Lester Lescay's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the long jump at the 2025 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lester Lescay 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 long 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 much did Lester Lescay win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, 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.
Is this everything Lester Lescay earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Lester Lescay is Joel Clarke-Khan on $4,750, and one below Nawal Meniker on $4,750. Lester Lescay is one of 72 Spain athletes athletics has paid, and Spain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,462,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Lester Lescay 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 long jump page.