Mathew Sawe prize money
Mathew Sawe has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 879th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three 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 | — |
| All four | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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.
Around Mathew Sawe on the money list
Ranks 859 to 899
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 859 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 860 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | — | $9,500 |
| 861 | Jenny Simpson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 862 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 863 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $9,500 |
| 864 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | — | $9,500 |
| 865 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | — | $9,500 |
| 866 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | — | $9,500 |
| 867 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | — | $9,500 |
| 868 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 869 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | — | $9,250 |
| 870 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 871 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | — | $9,250 |
| 872 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | — | $9,250 |
| 873 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | — | $9,250 |
| 874 | Adam Kszczot | Men's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 875 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 876 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | — | $9,000 |
| 877 | Karyna Taranda | Women's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 878 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 879 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | — | $9,000 |
| 880 | Milan Trajkovic | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 881 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | — | $9,000 |
| 882 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $9,000 |
| 883 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | — | $9,000 |
| 884 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $9,000 |
| 885 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | — | $9,000 |
| 886 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 887 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 888 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | — | $8,750 |
| 889 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 890 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | — | $8,750 |
| 891 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | — | $8,750 |
| 892 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,500 |
| 893 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | — | $8,500 |
| 894 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | — | $8,500 |
| 895 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 896 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | — | $8,500 |
| 897 | Laura Weightman | three disciplines | — | $8,500 |
| 898 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,500 |
| 899 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | — | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mathew Sawe is 879th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
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.
Meeting de Paris 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tihomir Ivanov, Ryo Sato, Michael Mason, Andriy Protsenko, Ilya Ivanyuk and Mateusz Przybylko.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mathew Sawe won?
$9,000, which ranks 879th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 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. He 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 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 Mathew Sawe is Kori Carter on $9,000, and one below Milan Trajkovic on $9,000. Mathew Sawe is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 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.