Mathew Sawe prize money
Mathew Sawe has been paid $12,667 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1445th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's high jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | High jump | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | High jump | =8th | $667 |
| Herculis 2018 | High jump | =8th | $500 |
| All seven | Men's high jump | - | $12,667 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,667 is six 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 seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $3,667 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $9,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $9,000 from four starts. Every season from 2018 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,667.
Around Mathew Sawe on the money list
Ranks 1425 to 1465
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1425 | Dongpeng Shi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1426 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1427 | Jeanine Assani Issouf | Women's triple jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1428 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1429 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,000 |
| 1430 | Linus Kipwambok Chumba | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $13,000 |
| 1431 | Margaret Wangari Muriuki | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1432 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1433 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $13,000 |
| 1434 | Phylicia George | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1435 | Renny Quow | Men's 400 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1436 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1437 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1438 | Xiongfeng Su | Men's long jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1439 | Yuneysi Santiusti | Women's 800 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1440 | Xingjuan Zheng | Women's high jump | - | $12,833 |
| 1441 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1442 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1443 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1444 | Przemysław Czerwiński | Men's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1445 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | - | $12,667 |
| 1446 | Damiel Dossevi | Men's pole vault | - | $12,583 |
| 1447 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1448 | Antoine Gakeme | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1449 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1450 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1451 | Emebet Anteneh | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mathew Sawe is 1445th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,667.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mathew Sawe most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wang Yu, Majd Eddin Ghazal, Chris Baker, Naoto Tobe, Jeron Robinson and Brandon Starc.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brandon Starc, Andriy Protsenko, Chris Baker, Gianmarco Tamberi, Sylwester Bednarek and Donald Thomas.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mateusz Przybylko, Bryan McBride, Chris Baker, Brandon Starc, Michael Mason and Jeron Robinson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mathew Sawe won?
$12,667, which ranks 1445th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2018 and 2019.
What is Mathew Sawe's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the high jump at the 2019 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mathew Sawe 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 Mathew Sawe 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 Mathew Sawe 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 Mathew Sawe is Przemysław Czerwiński on $12,750, and one below Damiel Dossevi on $12,583. Mathew Sawe is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 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 Mathew Sawe 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 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham has its own page across every edition of it.