Shelby McEwen prize money
Shelby McEwen has been paid $53,375 by the Diamond League, which ranks 581st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's high jump, two 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | High jump | 1st | $20,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | High jump | =5th | $2,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | High jump | =8th | $500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2024 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | High jump | =5th | $1,125 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | High jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | High jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | High jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | High jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | High jump | 7th | $750 |
| Athletissima 2022 | High jump | 9th | - |
| All sixteen | Men's high jump | - | $53,375 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $53,375 is fifteen 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. One of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Olympic Games
What Shelby McEwen won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's high jump | Silver | - |
The silver in the men's high jump paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2022 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | - | Birmingham Diamond League | $3,750 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $19,125 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $28,250 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $28,250 from six starts. Every season from 2022 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $53,375.
Around Shelby McEwen on the money list
Ranks 561 to 601
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 572 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 573 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | - | $54,000 |
| 574 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 575 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | five disciplines | - | $53,750 |
| 576 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | - | $53,750 |
| 577 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,500 |
| 578 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 579 | Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie | two disciplines | - | $53,500 |
| 580 | Michael Hartfield | Men's long jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 581 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 582 | Reece Prescod | two disciplines | 1 | $53,250 |
| 583 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | - | $53,250 |
| 584 | Christine Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | 2 | $53,000 |
| 585 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $53,000 |
| 586 | Kelly-Ann Baptiste | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 587 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $53,000 |
| 588 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
| 589 | Léa Sprunger | three disciplines | 1 | $52,750 |
| 590 | Jennifer Meadows | Women's 800 m | 2 | $52,500 |
| 591 | Żaneta Glanc | Women's discus throw | - | $52,500 |
| 592 | Adam Gemili | two disciplines | - | $52,000 |
| 593 | Björn Otto | Men's pole vault | 1 | $52,000 |
| 594 | Frank Casanas | Men's discus throw | 1 | $52,000 |
| 595 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $52,000 |
| 596 | Johnny Dutch | Men's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $52,000 |
| 597 | Mariya Abakumova | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $52,000 |
| 598 | Melaine Walker | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $52,000 |
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Shelby McEwen is 581st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $53,375.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Shelby McEwen most
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryoichi Akamatsu, Hamish Kerr, Romaine Beckford, Vernon Turner, Marco Fassinotti and Raymond Richards.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mutaz Barsham, Hamish Kerr, Joel Baden, Tomohiro Shinno, Wang Zhen and Christoff Bryan.
Herculis 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stefano Sottile, Woo Sang-hyeok, Yual Reath, JuVaughn Harrison, Thomas Carmoy and Jan Štefela.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Shelby McEwen won?
$53,375, which ranks 581st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2022 and 2025.
What is Shelby McEwen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ high jump at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. 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 Shelby McEwen 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 Shelby McEwen won?
Two of sixteen, worth $30,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $4,000.
Has Shelby McEwen 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Shelby McEwen 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 Shelby McEwen is Michael Hartfield on $53,500, and one below Reece Prescod on $53,250. Shelby McEwen is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 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 Shelby McEwen 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.