Michael Mason prize money
Michael Mason has been paid $46,375 by the Diamond League, which ranks 664th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's high jump, one of them a win.
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 2019 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | High jump | 4th | $6,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | High jump | 7th | $3,000 |
| Herculis 2018 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | High jump | 5th | $5,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | High jump | =6th | $1,750 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | High jump | =7th | $1,250 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | High jump | =7th | $625 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | High jump | =5th | $2,250 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| All fifteen | Men's high jump | - | $46,375 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $46,375 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,250 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $11,125 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $10,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $17,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Michael Mason in 2016, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $46,375.
Around Michael Mason on the money list
Ranks 644 to 684
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
| 677 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 678 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | - | $44,750 |
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michael Mason is 664th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $46,375.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michael Mason most
Meeting de Paris 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andriy Protsenko, Ilya Ivanyuk, Mateusz Przybylko, Jeron Robinson, Mathew Sawe and Tihomir Ivanov.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $6,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ilya Ivanyuk, Naoto Tobe, Jeron Robinson, Maksim Nedasekau, Wang Yu and Mutaz Barsham.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jeron Robinson, Naoto Tobe, Mathew Sawe, Mateusz Przybylko, Bryan McBride and Chris Baker.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michael Mason won?
$46,375, which ranks 664th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2012 and 2019.
What is Michael Mason's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2019 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Michael Mason 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Michael Mason won?
One of fifteen, worth $10,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $14,000.
Is this everything Michael Mason 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 Michael Mason is Shelby Houlihan on $46,500, and one below Derek Drouin on $46,333. Michael Mason 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michael Mason 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.