Women's high jump prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,662,500 in the women's high jump, to 61 athletes across 50 runnings of it, from 2018 to 2026. Yaroslava Mahuchikh has taken more of it than anyone, $382,250.
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 50 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Four of the 50 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's high jump has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | 38 | 21 | 1st | $382,250 |
| 2 | Nicola Olyslagers | 29 | 10 | 1st | $231,167 |
| 3 | Mariya Lasitskene | 12 | 9 | 1st | $164,000 |
| 4 | Iryna Herashchenko | 30 | 2 | 2nd | $131,375 |
| 5 | Eleanor Patterson | 29 | 2 | 1st | $130,750 |
| 6 | Yuliya Levchenko | 29 | 1 | 1st | $102,375 |
| 7 | Angelina Topić | 19 | 2 | 1st | $68,500 |
| 8 | Morgan Lake | 20 | 1 | 1st | $48,250 |
| 9 | Vashti Cunningham | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $31,250 |
| 10 | Mirela Demireva | 9 | 0 | 2nd | $30,458 |
| 11 | Kamila Lićwinko | 9 | 1 | 1st | $29,750 |
| 12 | Christina Honsel | 9 | 1 | =1st | $28,167 |
| 13 | Erika Kinsey | 10 | 0 | 2nd | $23,583 |
| 14 | Maria Żodzik | 7 | 1 | =1st | $19,667 |
| 15 | Nafissatou Thiam | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $19,250 |
| 16 | Lamara Distin | 10 | 0 | 3rd | $18,750 |
| 17 | Lia Apostolovski | 9 | 0 | 2nd | $17,125 |
| 18 | Safina Sadullayeva | 5 | 1 | 1st | $16,375 |
| 19 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | 8 | 0 | 4th | $16,250 |
| 20 | Elena Vallortigara | 12 | 0 | 5th | $15,000 |
| 21 | Imke Onnen | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $13,750 |
| 22 | Nicola McDermott | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $13,750 |
| 23 | Marija Vuković | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $11,750 |
| 24 | Karyna Taranda | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 25 | Levern Spencer | 4 | 0 | =4th | $8,125 |
| 26 | Ana Šimić | 3 | 0 | =2nd | $7,583 |
| 27 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $7,500 |
| 28 | Charity Hufnagel | 4 | 0 | 6th | $7,250 |
| 29 | Emily Borthwick | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $6,750 |
| 30 | Nawal Meniker | 5 | 0 | =4th | $4,750 |
| 31 | Iryna Gerashchenko | 2 | 0 | 4th | $4,000 |
| 32 | Elena Kulichenko | 2 | 0 | 6th | $3,500 |
| 33 | Elisabeth Pihela | 2 | 0 | 4th | $3,000 |
| 34 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | 2 | 0 | 7th | $2,750 |
| 35 | Maja Nilsson | 3 | 0 | 6th | $2,375 |
| 36 | Alessia Trost | 2 | 0 | 5th | $2,250 |
| 37 | Engla Nilsson | 1 | 0 | =4th | $2,250 |
| 38 | Sofie Skoog | 1 | 0 | =5th | $2,250 |
| 39 | Airinė Palšytė | 1 | 0 | 6th | $2,000 |
| 40 | Karyna Demidik | 2 | 0 | 5th | $2,000 |
Yaroslava Mahuchikh has collected $382,250 of the $1,662,500 this discipline has paid out, 23.0% of it. Yaroslava Mahuchikh has won 21 of them, more than anyone else. 39 of the 61 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 61.
Every Diamond League women's high jump
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women'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: 2023 ran it eight times and 2018 once. One of the 50 runnings was tied at the top: athletes level for a place take the places between them and split the money for all of them, so a three-way tie for the win is first, second and third added up and divided by three.
Where the women's high jump is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 6 | $292,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 5 | $237,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | 6 | $160,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 4 | $138,000 |
| Athletissima | 5 | $135,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 5 | $135,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 3 | $115,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 4 | $104,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 3 | $90,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 2 | $60,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 2 | $55,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 2 | $55,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 1 | $30,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games | 1 | $30,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | 1 | $25,000 |
| 15 meetings | 50 | $1,662,500$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. AG Memorial Van Damme and Meeting de Paris have each run it six times. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women'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 women'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 50 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 women's high jump?
$1,662,500 across 50 runnings of it, to 61 athletes from 28 countries. That is 3.1% of everything the series has paid, and the 16th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women'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 50 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 women's high jump?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, on $382,250 from 38 paid finishes, 21 of them wins. 39 of the 61 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's high jump titles?
Yaroslava Mahuchikh, on 21 wins. Twelve different athletes have won a Diamond League women's high jump across the 50 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's high jump?
50 times across eight seasons, from 2018 to 2026, on the programmes of fifteen different meetings. AG Memorial Van Damme and Meeting de Paris have each run it six 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 women's high jump pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 390 payments have gone to 61 athletes in this discipline, and 63 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 Men's high jump, which has paid $1,657,750.
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
- Men'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