Romaine Beckford prize money
Romaine Beckford has been paid $56,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 551st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | High jump | =4th | $2,750 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | High jump | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | High jump | =4th | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | High jump | 4th | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | High jump | =5th | $2,250 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | High jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | High jump | 4th | $4,000 |
| All fourteen | Men's high jump | - | $56,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Romaine Beckford did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | - | NM | - |
Romaine Beckford 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.
The Ultimate Championship
What Romaine Beckford did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | 5th | 2.26 m | - |
Romaine Beckford stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Romaine Beckford did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | =9th | 2.14 | - |
| Men's high jump | =9th | 2.22 | - |
Romaine Beckford stood in two World Indoor Championships finals and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $16,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $24,750 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $15,250 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $24,750 from seven starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,000.
Around Romaine Beckford on the money list
Ranks 531 to 571
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 534 | Ashley Spencer | two disciplines | 2 | $57,500 |
| 535 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $57,500 |
| 536 | Taoufik Makhloufi | three disciplines | 1 | $57,500 |
| 537 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 538 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | 1 | $57,000 |
| 539 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $57,000 |
| 540 | Malika Akkaoui | two disciplines | - | $57,000 |
| 541 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 542 | Isiah Young | two disciplines | - | $56,750 |
| 543 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 544 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 545 | Charlie Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 546 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 547 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 548 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | two disciplines | 1 | $56,250 |
| 549 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 550 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 551 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | - | $56,000 |
| 552 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 553 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Women's 5000 m | 5 | $56,000 |
| 554 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | - | $55,750 |
| 555 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 556 | Félix Sánchez | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $55,500 |
| 557 | Michel Tornéus | Men's long jump | - | $55,500 |
| 558 | Shalonda Solomon | two disciplines | - | $55,500 |
| 559 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 560 | Angelika Cichocka | three disciplines | 2 | $55,000 |
| 561 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | - | $55,000 |
| 562 | Irving Saladino | Men's long jump | 3 | $55,000 |
| 563 | Robert Biwott | three disciplines | 1 | $55,000 |
| 564 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 565 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | - | $54,750 |
| 566 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 567 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 568 | Dwight Thomas | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $54,500 |
| 569 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 570 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | - | $54,500 |
| 571 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | - | $54,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Romaine Beckford is 551st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $56,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Romaine Beckford most
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: JuVaughn Harrison, Mateusz Kołodziejski, Oleh Doroshchuk, Tyus Wilson, Mutaz Barsham and Joel Clarke-Khan.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: JuVaughn Harrison, Matteo Sioli, Hamish Kerr, Manuel Lando, Jan Štefela and Stefano Sottile.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Oleh Doroshchuk, Woo Sang-hyeok, Erick Portillo, Brian Raats, Tihomir Ivanov and Stefano Sottile.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Romaine Beckford won?
$56,000, which ranks 551st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Romaine Beckford's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the high jump at the 2026 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Romaine Beckford 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 place 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.
Is this everything Romaine Beckford 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 Romaine Beckford is Mohamed Katir on $56,000, and one below Slimane Moula on $56,000. Romaine Beckford is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 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 Romaine Beckford 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 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 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 men's high jump page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's high jump page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's high jump page.