Tom Gale prize money
Tom Gale has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1696th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | High jump | 8th | $2,000 |
| All three | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 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
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $6,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $2,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Tom Gale in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Tom Gale on the money list
Ranks 1676 to 1716
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1676 | Hrystyna Stuy | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1677 | Jeff Riseley | three disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1678 | Joanna Wiśniewska | Women's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1679 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1680 | Josh Mance | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1681 | LeJerald Betters | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1682 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | Women's 800 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1683 | Marija Šestak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1684 | Meskerem Assefa | Women's 1500 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1685 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1686 | Nathan Douglas | Men's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1687 | Nicholas Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1688 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1689 | Regina George | Women's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1690 | Roxroy Cato | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1691 | Ruben Ramolefi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1692 | Salim Sdiri | Men's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1693 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1694 | Tadese Takele | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1695 | Tasa Jiya | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1696 | Tom Gale | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1697 | Tyron Akins | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1698 | Vitória Cristina Rosa | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1699 | Zigismunds Sirmais | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1700 | Edis Matusevičius | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,250 |
| 1701 | Lore Hoffmann | two disciplines | - | $8,250 |
| 1702 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,250 |
| 1703 | Osku Torro | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1704 | Yual Reath | Men's high jump | - | $8,250 |
| 1705 | Yupun Abeykoon | Men's 100 m | - | $8,250 |
| 1706 | Bouabdellah Tahri | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1707 | Christina Vukicevic | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,000 |
| 1708 | Dedric Dukes | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1709 | Doreen Amata | Women's high jump | - | $8,000 |
| 1710 | Elijah Kipterege | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1711 | Hawi Feysa | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1712 | Irene Ekelund | two disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1713 | Isaac Updike | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,000 |
| 1714 | Jessica Warner-Judd | four disciplines | - | $8,000 |
| 1715 | Josephus Lyles | Men's 200 m | - | $8,000 |
| 1716 | Karl Taillepierre | Men's triple jump | - | $8,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tom Gale is 1696th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tom Gale most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luis Castro, Mateusz Przybylko, Sylwester Bednarek, Donald Thomas, Michael Mason and Gianmarco Tamberi.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $2,500 for 5th in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andriy Protsenko, Hamish Kerr, Chris Baker, Mathew Sawe, Majd Eddin Ghazal and Mutaz Barsham.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $2,000 for 8th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mutaz Barsham, Majd Eddin Ghazal, Bohdan Bondarenko, Robbie Grabarz, Michael Mason and Andriy Protsenko.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tom Gale won?
$8,500, which ranks 1696th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Tom Gale's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the high jump at the 2017 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tom Gale 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 Tom Gale 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 Tom Gale is Tasa Jiya on $8,500, and one below Tyron Akins on $8,500. Tom Gale 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tom Gale 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 Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.