Matthew Denny prize money
Matthew Denny has been paid $139,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 204th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, three of them wins.
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
The 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $139,000 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Matthew Denny did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | 4th | 65.57m | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Matthew Denny $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $139,000 from 24 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Matthew Denny won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's discus throw | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the men's discus throw paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $7,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $39,250 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $21,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $20,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Matthew Denny in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $139,000.
Around Matthew Denny on the money list
Ranks 184 to 224
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Matthew Denny is 204th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $139,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Matthew Denny most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mykolas Alekna, Lukas Weißhaidinger, Daniel Ståhl, Kristjan Čeh, Philip Milanov and Fedrick Dacres.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kristjan Čeh, Daniel Ståhl, Andrius Gudžius, Lawrence Okoye and Sam Mattis.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Ståhl, Kristjan Čeh, Henrik Janssen, Sam Mattis, Lawrence Okoye and Fedrick Dacres.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Matthew Denny won?
$139,000, which ranks 204th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Matthew Denny's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2024 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Matthew Denny 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 win is worth the same in the men's discus throw 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 many Diamond League meetings has Matthew Denny won?
Three of 24, worth $70,000 between them. Five of his appearances came at a final, which paid $70,000.
How much did Matthew Denny win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, 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 Matthew Denny 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 Matthew Denny is Yared Nuguse on $140,500, and one below Nadine Visser on $138,250. Matthew Denny is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Matthew Denny 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 Shanghai Diamond League 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 discus throw page.