Matthew Hughes prize money
Matthew Hughes has been paid $13,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1394th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $1,250 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | - |
| Herculis 2019 | 3000 m steeplechase | 12th | - |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| DN Galan 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,750 is eight 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. Two of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $4,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Herculis | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,250 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Matthew Hughes in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,750.
Around Matthew Hughes on the money list
Ranks 1374 to 1414
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1374 | Ksenija Balta | Women's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1375 | Lawrence Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,000 |
| 1376 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Men's 800 m | 1 | $14,000 |
| 1377 | Marian Oprea | Men's triple jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1378 | Märt Israel | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1379 | Olesya Povh | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1380 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1381 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,000 |
| 1382 | Ricardo Chambers | Men's 400 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1383 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1384 | Sebastian Bayer | Men's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1385 | Sergey Makarov | Men's javelin throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1386 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1387 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | - | $14,000 |
| 1388 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1389 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1390 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1391 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,750 |
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1414 | Ebba Jungmark | Women's high jump | - | $13,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Matthew Hughes is 1394th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Matthew Hughes most
Herculis 2014 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bernard Nganga, Evan Jager, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Brahim Taleb, Jairus Kipchoge Birech and Conseslus Kipruto.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Ibrahim Ezzaydouni, Nicholas Kiptanui Bett, Benjamin Kigen, Chala Beyo and Soufiane El Bakkali.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: De'Sean Turner, Andrew Poore, Chris Winter, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Gilbert Kirui and Jairus Kipchoge Birech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Matthew Hughes won?
$13,750, which ranks 1394th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Matthew Hughes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2014 Herculis. 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 Matthew Hughes 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Matthew Hughes ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Matthew Hughes 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 Matthew Hughes is Marta Alemayo on $13,750, and one below Nozomi Tanaka on $13,750. Matthew Hughes is one of 70 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $2,287,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Matthew Hughes 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.