Tom Parsons prize money
Tom Parsons has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1821st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Grand Prix 2013 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | High jump | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is four 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 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 2 | - | British Grand Prix | $4,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Tom Parsons in 2012, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Tom Parsons on the money list
Ranks 1801 to 1841
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1811 | Petr Svoboda | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1812 | Phoebe Wright | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1813 | Rae Monzavous Edwards | Men's 100 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1814 | Sean McLean | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1815 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1816 | Susan Krumins | four disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1817 | Susana Costa | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1818 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1819 | Tabarie Henry | Men's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1820 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1821 | Tom Parsons | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1822 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Women's discus throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1823 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Men's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1824 | Wei Yongli | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1825 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1826 | Bryan McBride | Men's high jump | - | $6,917 |
| 1827 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,750 |
| 1828 | David Mutinda Mutua | Men's 800 m | - | $6,750 |
| 1829 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | - | $6,750 |
| 1830 | Karsten Dilla | Men's pole vault | - | $6,750 |
| 1831 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1832 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1833 | Carolina Klüft | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1834 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1835 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1836 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1837 | Dailenys Alcántara | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1838 | Daniel Jasinski | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1839 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1840 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1841 | Ella Nelson | Women's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tom Parsons is 1821st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tom Parsons most
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mihai Donisan, Aleksey Dmitrik, Brandon Starc, Jesse Williams, Bohdan Bondarenko and Erik Kynard.
London Grand Prix 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaroslav Bába, Martyn Bernard, Andrey Silnov, Jesse Williams, Aleksandr Shustov and Donald Thomas.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2013 paid $1,000 for 8th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bohdan Bondarenko, Erik Kynard, Mutaz Barsham, Mickaël Hanany, Robbie Grabarz and Marco Fassinotti.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tom Parsons won?
$7,000, which ranks 1821st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2013.
What is Tom Parsons's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the high jump at the 2013 British 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tom Parsons 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 Parsons 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 Parsons is Tobias Potye on $7,000, and one below Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová on $7,000. Tom Parsons 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 Parsons 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 British Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.