Jonathan Kitilit prize money
Jonathan Kitilit has been paid $29,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 923rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 800 m and men's 1000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis 2019 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2016 | 1000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All nine | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,000 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Jonathan Kitilit
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 8 | - | 2016 to 2019 | $25,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2016 | $4,000 |
The men's 800 m has paid Jonathan Kitilit $25,000 of the $29,000, which is 86% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $9,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 3 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $16,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $16,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jonathan Kitilit in 2017, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,000.
Around Jonathan Kitilit on the money list
Ranks 903 to 943
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
| 934 | Kimberlyn Duncan | Women's 200 m | - | $28,500 |
| 935 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,500 |
| 936 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 937 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,500 |
| 938 | Vera Markaryan | Women's javelin throw | - | $28,500 |
| 939 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 940 | Andrew Osagie | two disciplines | - | $28,000 |
| 941 | Jeff Porter | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,000 |
| 942 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 943 | Mabel Gay | Women's triple jump | - | $28,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jonathan Kitilit is 923rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jonathan Kitilit most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marcin Lewandowski, Antoine Gakeme, Brandon McBride, Clayton Murphy, Andrew Osagie and Rynhardt van Rensburg.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elijah Manangoi, Ferguson Rotich, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot, Jake Wightman and Erik Sowinski.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brandon McBride, Amel Tuka, Álvaro de Arriba, Adam Kszczot, Kipyegon Bett and Wycliffe Kinyamal.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jonathan Kitilit won?
$29,000, which ranks 923rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2016 and 2019.
What is Jonathan Kitilit's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2018 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Jonathan Kitilit 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 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.
Has Jonathan Kitilit ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Jonathan Kitilit 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 Jonathan Kitilit is Fantu Magiso on $29,000, and one below Keston Bledman on $29,000. Jonathan Kitilit is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jonathan Kitilit has been paid in two 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.