Phillips Idowu prize money
Phillips Idowu has been paid $86,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 365th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's triple jump, six of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | Triple jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 | Triple jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | Triple jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | Triple jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | Triple jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | Triple jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All fifteen | Men's triple jump | - | $86,000 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $86,000 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | British Grand Prix | $19,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 4 | Golden Gala | $48,500 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $14,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $48,500 from six starts. Every season from 2010 to 2014 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $86,000.
Around Phillips Idowu on the money list
Ranks 345 to 385
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Phillips Idowu is 365th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $86,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Phillips Idowu most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Will Claye, Christian Taylor, Henry Frayne, Dong Bin, Shuo Cao and Samyr Laine.
Golden Gala 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christian Olsson, Alexis Copello, Leevan Sands, Fabrizio Schembri, Benjamin Compaoré and Fabrizio Donato.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christian Olsson, Leevan Sands, Marian Oprea, Walter Davis, Tosin Oke and Teddy Tamgho.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Phillips Idowu won?
$86,000, which ranks 365th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2014.
What is Phillips Idowu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2012 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Phillips Idowu 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 triple 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 Phillips Idowu won?
Six of fifteen, worth $60,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Phillips Idowu 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 Phillips Idowu is Meseret Defar on $86,000, and one below Evan Jager on $85,500. Phillips Idowu is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Phillips Idowu 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.