Merel Maes prize money
Merel Maes has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1554th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's high jump, the best of them 7th.
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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | High jump | 8th | $500 |
| All two | Women's high jump | — | $2,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Merel Maes did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's high jump | 10th | 1.93 m | — |
Merel Maes stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Memorial Van Damme | $500 |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 1 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $1,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Merel Maes in 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,000.
Around Merel Maes on the money list
Ranks 1534 to 1574
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1534 | Li Chenyang | Men's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1535 | Liang Xiaojing | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1536 | Linus Pihl | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1537 | Lorène Bazolo | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1538 | Louey Ouerrat | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1539 | Lucy Hadaway | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1540 | Machel Cedenio | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1541 | Madison Wiltrout | Women's javelin throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1542 | Marcus Thomsen | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1543 | María Isabel Pérez | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1544 | Marije van Hunenstijn | Women's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1545 | Marino Bloudek | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1546 | Mark Pearce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1547 | Maruša Mišmaš | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1548 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1549 | Mathew Kipsang | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1550 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | Men's mile | — | $2,000 |
| 1551 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1552 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1553 | Melvin Raffin | Men's triple jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1554 | Merel Maes | Women's high jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1555 | Mikiah Brisco | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1556 | Mohamed Nasir Abbas | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1557 | Morgann LeLeux | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1558 | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1559 | Mostafa Smaili | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1560 | Mouhcine Khoua | Men's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1561 | Naa Anang | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1562 | Nelvin Jepkemboi | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1563 | Ngeno Kipngetich | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1564 | Nicholas Percy | Men's discus throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1565 | Nigel Ellis | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1566 | Niklas Buchholz | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1567 | Nikola Horowska | Women's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1568 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1569 | Oumar Doudai Abakar | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1570 | Phylicia George | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1571 | Raphael Bouju | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1572 | Reece Holder | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1573 | Reetta Hurske | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1574 | Robert Dunning | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Merel Maes is 1554th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Merel Maes most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nafissatou Thiam, Eleanor Patterson, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Nicola Olyslagers, Angelina Topić and Iryna Herashchenko.
Memorial Van Damme 2023 paid $500 for 8th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elisabeth Pihela, Heta Tuuri, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Angelina Topić, Eleanor Patterson and Iryna Herashchenko.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Merel Maes won?
$2,000, which ranks 1554th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Merel Maes's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the high jump at the 2026 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 Merel Maes gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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.
Is this everything Merel Maes 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 her, 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 Merel Maes is Melvin Raffin on $2,000, and one below Mikiah Brisco on $2,000. Merel Maes is one of 43 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $539,875 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Merel Maes has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme 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 women's high jump page.