Ngonidzashe Makusha prize money
Ngonidzashe Makusha has been paid $15,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1331st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's long 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2013 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| All three | Men's long jump | - | $15,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,000 is three 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.
Season by season
2011 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $5,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Ngonidzashe Makusha in 2012, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,000.
Around Ngonidzashe Makusha on the money list
Ranks 1311 to 1351
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1311 | Huang Changzhou | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1346 | Hannah England | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1347 | Harold Correa | Men's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1348 | Jorge Fernández | Men's discus throw | - | $14,500 |
| 1349 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1350 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1351 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ngonidzashe Makusha is 1331st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ngonidzashe Makusha most
Weltklasse Zürich 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleksandr Menkov, Marcos Chuva, Dwight Phillips, Sebastian Bayer, Will Claye and Mitchell Watt.
Golden Grand Prix 2013 paid $2,500 for 5th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ignisious Gaisah, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, Irving Saladino, Jinzhe Li, Aleksandr Menkov and Greg Rutherford.
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $2,500 for 5th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michel Tornéus, Dwight Phillips, Zarck Visser, Aleksandr Menkov, Greg Rutherford and Chris Tomlinson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ngonidzashe Makusha won?
$15,000, which ranks 1331st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2011 and 2013.
What is Ngonidzashe Makusha's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2011 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Ngonidzashe Makusha 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 long 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 Ngonidzashe Makusha won?
One of three, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Ngonidzashe Makusha 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 Ngonidzashe Makusha is Marina Aitova on $15,000, and one below Obi Igbokwe on $15,000. Ngonidzashe Makusha is one of 5 Zimbabwe athletes athletics has paid, and Zimbabwe athletics prize money adds them up to $62,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ngonidzashe Makusha 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 Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.