Luis Castro prize money
Luis Castro has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1916th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's high 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | High jump | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| All four | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 is three 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. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Luis Castro did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | =9th | 2.14 | - |
Luis Castro stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2017 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $5,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $5,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Luis Castro in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Luis Castro on the money list
Ranks 1896 to 1936
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | Charles Grethen | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1897 | Chituru Ali | Men's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1898 | Christian Malcolm | Men's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1899 | Dalia Kaddari | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1900 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1901 | Festus Lagat | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1902 | Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1903 | Germán Chiaraviglio | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1904 | Getaneh Molla | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1905 | Hillary Ngetich | Men's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1906 | Innes FitzGerald | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1907 | Janeth Chepngetich | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1908 | Jarret Eaton | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1909 | Juan Luis Barrios | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1910 | Kimani Jack | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1911 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1912 | Lachlan Renshaw | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1913 | Lassi Etelätalo | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1914 | Laura Galván | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1915 | Lavanya Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1916 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1917 | Marcelina Witek-Konofał | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1918 | Mariem Alaoui Selsouli | Women's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1919 | Mekdes Bekele | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1920 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1921 | Muriel Hurtis | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1922 | Nick Ponzio | Men's shot put | - | $6,000 |
| 1923 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1924 | Niklas Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1925 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1926 | Plamena Mitkova | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1927 | Poļina Jeļizarova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1928 | Ramon Miller | Men's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1929 | Ruddy Zang Milama | Women's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1930 | Ruky Abdulai | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1931 | Russell Robinson | Men's triple jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1932 | Sadik Mikhou | three disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1933 | Sahily Diago Mesa | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1934 | Sammy Alex Mutahi | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1935 | Sara Aerts | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1936 | Sergey Morgunov | Men's long jump | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Luis Castro is 1916th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Luis Castro most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mateusz Przybylko, Sylwester Bednarek, Donald Thomas, Michael Mason, Gianmarco Tamberi and Robbie Grabarz.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $2,500 for 5th in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erik Kynard, Chris Baker, Andriy Protsenko, Mickaël Hanany, Hamdi Ali and Mutaz Barsham.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Turner, Shelby McEwen, Mutaz Barsham, Hamish Kerr, Joel Baden and Tomohiro Shinno.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Luis Castro won?
$6,000, which ranks 1916th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2024.
What is Luis Castro's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the high jump at the 2017 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. 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 Luis Castro 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 Luis Castro 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Luis Castro 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 Luis Castro is Lavanya Williams on $6,000, and one below Marcelina Witek-Konofał on $6,000. Luis Castro is one of 7 Puerto Rico athletes athletics has paid, and Puerto Rico athletics prize money adds them up to $469,000 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 Luis Castro 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. 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.