Mutaz Essa Barshim prize money
Mutaz Essa Barshim has been paid $40,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 366th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | High jump | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Herculis 2022 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2022 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | High jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | High jump | =10th | — |
| All nine | Men's high jump | — | $40,750 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,750 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | Müller Anniversary Games | $6,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $7,250 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Herculis | $24,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $3,500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mutaz Essa Barshim in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,750.
Around Mutaz Essa Barshim on the money list
Ranks 346 to 386
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 346 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 347 | Femke Broeders-Bol | Women's 800 m | — | $44,000 |
| 348 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 349 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 350 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $43,750 |
| 351 | Hellen Obiri | two disciplines | 3 | $43,500 |
| 352 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 353 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 354 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 355 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 356 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 357 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | — | $42,750 |
| 358 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 359 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 360 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 3 | $42,000 |
| 361 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 362 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | — | $41,250 |
| 363 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 364 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 365 | Omar McLeod | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $41,000 |
| 366 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 367 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $40,750 |
| 368 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $40,500 |
| 369 | Marquis Dendy | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,250 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 372 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $40,000 |
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
| 377 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 378 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 379 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | — | $39,750 |
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mutaz Essa Barshim is 366th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $40,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mutaz Essa Barshim most
Herculis 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Woo Sang-hyeok, Hamish Kerr, JuVaughn Harrison, Django Lovett, Andriy Protsenko and Shelby McEwen.
Doha Diamond League 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Django Lovett, Hamish Kerr, JuVaughn Harrison, Shelby McEwen, Gianmarco Tamberi and Woo Sang-hyeok.
Athletissima 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: JuVaughn Harrison, Hamish Kerr, Gianmarco Tamberi, Django Lovett, Mateusz Przybylko and Woo Sang-hyeok.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mutaz Essa Barshim won?
$40,750, which ranks 366th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2019 and 2023.
What is Mutaz Essa Barshim's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2022 Herculis. 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 Mutaz Essa Barshim 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 Mutaz Essa Barshim won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
Has Mutaz Essa Barshim 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 Mutaz Essa Barshim 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 Mutaz Essa Barshim is Omar McLeod on $41,000, and one below Pia Skrzyszowska on $40,750. Mutaz Essa Barshim is one of 24 Qatar athletes athletics has paid, and Qatar athletics prize money adds them up to $340,583 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 Mutaz Essa Barshim 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.