Brandon Miller prize money
Brandon Miller has been paid $21,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1109th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 800 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All four | Men's 800 m | - | $21,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $21,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Brandon Miller did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 4th | 1:42.54 | - |
Brandon Miller stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Brandon Miller did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 5th | 1:46.44 | $6,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Brandon Miller $6,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $21,000 from four Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $18,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from three starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $21,000.
Around Brandon Miller on the money list
Ranks 1089 to 1129
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1089 | Ronnie Ash | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $22,000 |
| 1090 | Rose-Marie Whyte-Robinson | Women's 400 m | - | $22,000 |
| 1091 | Augusto Dutra | Men's pole vault | - | $21,750 |
| 1092 | Morolake Akinosun | two disciplines | - | $21,750 |
| 1093 | Trevor Barry | Men's high jump | - | $21,750 |
| 1094 | Ancuţa Bobocel | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1095 | Anna Rüh | Women's discus throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1096 | Hamish Peacock | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,500 |
| 1097 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1098 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | - | $21,500 |
| 1099 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | - | $21,500 |
| 1100 | Snežana Vukmirovič | Women's triple jump | - | $21,500 |
| 1101 | T'erea Brown | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,500 |
| 1102 | Tarik Langat Akdag | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $21,500 |
| 1103 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 1104 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | - | $21,250 |
| 1105 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | - | $21,250 |
| 1106 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $21,250 |
| 1107 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | - | $21,250 |
| 1108 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1109 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1110 | Daniel Kipchirchir Komen | three disciplines | - | $21,000 |
| 1111 | Haron Keitany | two disciplines | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1112 | Jarrod Bannister | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1113 | Joel Brown | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $21,000 |
| 1114 | Nicholas Bett | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1115 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1116 | Seref Osmanoglu | Men's triple jump | - | $21,000 |
| 1117 | Steven Hooker | Men's pole vault | - | $21,000 |
| 1118 | Teemu Wirkkala | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1119 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1120 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | five disciplines | - | $20,750 |
| 1121 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1122 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,500 |
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
| 1127 | Roman Avramenko | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,500 |
| 1128 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | - | $20,417 |
| 1129 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | - | $20,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brandon Miller is 1109th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $21,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brandon Miller most
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mark English, Max Burgin, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Ben Pattison, Peter Bol and Cian McPhillips.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luke Boyes, Yanis Meziane, Ben Pattison, Adrián Ben, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Marino Bloudek.
Athletissima 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Gabriel Tual, Marino Bloudek, David Barroso, Francesco Pernici and Emmanuel Wanyonyi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brandon Miller won?
$21,000, which ranks 1109th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Brandon Miller's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2026 London Athletics Meet. 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 Brandon Miller 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 800 m 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 Brandon Miller won?
One of four, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
How much has Brandon Miller won at the World Indoor Championships?
$6,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Brandon Miller earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Brandon Miller is Besu Sado on $21,000, and one below Daniel Kipchirchir Komen on $21,000. Brandon Miller 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Brandon Miller has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 800 metres page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 800 metres page.