Men's high jump prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,657,750 in the men's high jump, to 75 athletes across 49 runnings of it, from 2017 to 2026. Gianmarco Tamberi has taken more of it than anyone, $149,250.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Seven of the 49 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Four of the 49 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the men's high jump has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gianmarco Tamberi | 20 | 5 | 1st | $149,250 |
| 2 | Hamish Kerr | 23 | 7 | 1st | $134,750 |
| 3 | JuVaughn Harrison | 19 | 4 | 2nd | $116,500 |
| 4 | Andriy Protsenko | 20 | 2 | 1st | $111,000 |
| 5 | Woo Sang-hyeok | 12 | 4 | 1st | $103,750 |
| 6 | Mutaz Barsham | 13 | 7 | 1st | $95,833 |
| 7 | Oleh Doroshchuk | 11 | 2 | 2nd | $76,250 |
| 8 | Ilya Ivanyuk | 11 | 2 | 1st | $56,250 |
| 9 | Romaine Beckford | 14 | 0 | 2nd | $56,000 |
| 10 | Brandon Starc | 12 | 1 | 2nd | $53,500 |
| 11 | Shelby McEwen | 15 | 2 | 1st | $53,375 |
| 12 | Matteo Sioli | 6 | 2 | 1st | $47,250 |
| 13 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | 8 | 1 | 1st | $40,750 |
| 14 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | 5 | 1 | 1st | $38,250 |
| 15 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | 8 | 1 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 16 | Bohdan Bondarenko | 4 | 2 | 1st | $32,000 |
| 17 | Django Lovett | 8 | 1 | 1st | $31,750 |
| 18 | Donald Thomas | 11 | 1 | 1st | $29,750 |
| 19 | Thomas Carmoy | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $26,125 |
| 20 | Norbert Kobielski | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $25,750 |
| 21 | Maksim Nedasekau | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $21,250 |
| 22 | Michael Mason | 5 | 1 | 1st | $21,250 |
| 23 | Marco Fassinotti | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $21,000 |
| 24 | Tihomir Ivanov | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $19,625 |
| 25 | Jan Štefela | 9 | 0 | 2nd | $15,958 |
| 26 | Wang Yu | 3 | 1 | 1st | $14,750 |
| 27 | Naoto Tobe | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 28 | Erick Portillo | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $11,583 |
| 29 | Mikhail Akimenko | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 30 | Sanghyeok Woo | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 31 | Jeron Robinson | 4 | 0 | 7th | $9,250 |
| 32 | Robbie Grabarz | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $9,250 |
| 33 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | 2 | 0 | =2nd | $9,250 |
| 34 | Mathew Sawe | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $9,000 |
| 35 | Raymond Richards | 4 | 0 | 4th | $8,500 |
| 36 | Yual Reath | 3 | 0 | =2nd | $8,250 |
| 37 | Tomohiro Shinno | 4 | 0 | =4th | $7,667 |
| 38 | Mateusz Przybylko | 4 | 0 | 4th | $7,500 |
| 39 | Vernon Turner | 2 | 0 | =4th | $7,500 |
| 40 | Tobias Potye | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $7,000 |
Gianmarco Tamberi has collected $149,250 of the $1,657,750 this discipline has paid out, 9.0% of it. Hamish Kerr and Mutaz Barsham have won seven of them, more than anyone else. 56 of the 75 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 75.
Every Diamond League men's high jump
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the men's high jump paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2019 ran it seven times and 2018 twice. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the men's high jump is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 5 | $297,500 |
| Doha Diamond League | 7 | $224,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 7 | $220,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 3 | $146,500 |
| Herculis EBS | 5 | $135,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 4 | $110,000 |
| Bislett Games | 2 | $60,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 2 | $60,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 2 | $60,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 1 | $57,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 2 | $55,000 |
| Anniversary Games | 2 | $54,500 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 2 | $54,500 |
| London Athletics Meet | 2 | $48,750 |
| Athletissima | 1 | $25,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 1 | $24,500 |
| 17 meetings | 49 | $1,657,750$1.7m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Doha Diamond League and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea have each run it seven times. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the men's high jump
The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's high jump is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the four of 49 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's high jump?
$1,657,750 across 49 runnings of it, to 75 athletes from 32 countries. That is 3.1% of everything the series has paid, and the 17th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the men's high jump pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Seven of the 49 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the men's high jump?
Gianmarco Tamberi, on $149,250 from 20 paid finishes, five of them wins. 56 of the 75 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League men's high jump titles?
Hamish Kerr and Mutaz Barsham, on seven wins apiece. 21 different athletes have won a Diamond League men's high jump across the 49 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's high jump?
49 times across nine seasons, from 2017 to 2026, on the programmes of 17 different meetings. Doha Diamond League and Golden Gala Pietro Mennea have each run it seven times, more often than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the men's high jump pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 380 payments have gone to 75 athletes in this discipline, and 56 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's high jump, which has paid $1,662,500.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Men's 100 m
- Women's 100 m
- Women's 100 m hurdles
- Women's 800 m
- Women's 400 m
- Men's pole vault
- Men's 800 m
- Men's 200 m
- Men's 400 m hurdles
- Women's 200 m
- Women's 400 m hurdles
- Women's pole vault
- Men's 110 m hurdles
- Men's 400 m
- Women's 1500 m
- Women's high jump
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's 1500 m
- Women's long jump
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's shot put
- Women's discus throw
- Women's shot put
- Men's discus throw
- Men's long jump
- Women's triple jump
- Men's triple jump
- Women's javelin throw
- Men's 5000 m
- Women's 5000 m
- Women's 3000 m
- Men's 3000 m
- Men's mile
- Women's mile
- Men's 300 m hurdles
- Men's 1000 m
- Women's 1000 m
- Women's 2 miles
- Men's 2 miles
Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Meeting de Paris
- Doha Diamond League
- Bislett Games
- Athletissima
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Bauhausgalan
- Herculis EBS
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Shanghai Diamond League
- London Athletics Meet
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Anniversary Games
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead