Erik Kynard prize money
Erik Kynard has been paid $111,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 278th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 26 paid finishes in the men's high jump, two of them wins.
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
The 26 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $111,000 is 26 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $24,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $22,500 |
| 2015 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $17,750 |
| 2016 | 5 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $36,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $4,750 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $36,000 from five starts. Every season from 2012 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $111,000.
Around Erik Kynard on the money list
Ranks 258 to 298
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Erik Kynard is 278th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $111,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Erik Kynard most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zhang Guowei, Marco Fassinotti, Robbie Grabarz, Derek Drouin, Donald Thomas and Mutaz Barsham.
Memorial Van Damme 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mutaz Barsham, Robbie Grabarz, Andriy Protsenko, Pavel Seliverstau, Majd Eddin Ghazal and Donald Thomas.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Edgar Rivera, Konstantinos Baniotis, Robbie Grabarz, Gianmarco Tamberi, Marco Fassinotti and Jaroslav Bába.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Erik Kynard won?
$111,000, which ranks 278th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 26 paid finishes between 2012 and 2018.
What is Erik Kynard's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2016 Qatar Athletic Super 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Erik Kynard 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Erik Kynard won?
Two of 26, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Erik Kynard 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 Erik Kynard is Devon Allen on $111,000, and one below Birhanu Balew on $110,750. Erik Kynard 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Erik Kynard 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.