Josh Kerr prize money
Josh Kerr has been paid $56,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 275th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the men's mile and men's 1500 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | Mile | 1st | $20,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 1500 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | Mile | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Athletissima 2022 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| All ten | two disciplines | — | $56,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,000 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Josh Kerr did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 14th | 4:11.23 | — |
Josh Kerr stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Josh Kerr did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 1st | 3:29.35 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Josh Kerr $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $56,000 from ten Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Josh Kerr did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres | 1st | 7:35.56 | $40,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Josh Kerr $40,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $56,000 from ten Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. An indoor title paid $40,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Josh Kerr won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | Silver | — |
The silver in the men's 1500 metres paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Josh Kerr
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 2 | 2 | 2024 to 2026 | $30,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 8 | — | 2022 to 2025 | $26,000 |
The men's mile has paid Josh Kerr $30,000 of the $56,000, which is 54% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $5,250 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $9,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $11,250 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | London Athletics Meet | $10,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $20,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from one start. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,000.
Around Josh Kerr on the money list
Ranks 255 to 295
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
| 289 | Emily Grove | Women's pole vault | 1 | $53,750 |
| 290 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $53,750 |
| 291 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 1 | $53,500 |
| 292 | Ejgayehu Taye | two disciplines | — | $53,500 |
| 293 | Shelby McEwen | Men's high jump | 2 | $53,375 |
| 294 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 2 | $53,250 |
| 295 | Sembo Almayew | two disciplines | 1 | $53,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Josh Kerr is 275th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $56,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Josh Kerr most
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the mile, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yared Nuguse, Jake Heyward, Robert Farken, Nathan Green, Arlo Ludewick and Ethan Strand.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Nader, Jake Wightman, Jude Thomas, Elliot Giles, Narve Gilje Nordås and Adam Spencer.
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the mile, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Yared Nuguse, Neil Gourley, Jake Wightman, Reynold Cheruiyot and Cole Hocker.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Josh Kerr won?
$56,000, which ranks 275th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Josh Kerr's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ mile 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 Josh Kerr 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 mile 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 Josh Kerr won?
Two of ten, worth $30,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
Has Josh Kerr 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Josh Kerr win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Josh Kerr won at the World Indoor Championships?
$40,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. 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 Josh Kerr earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The Ultimate Championship and 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Josh Kerr is Megan Tapper on $56,250, and one below Mohamed Katir on $56,000. Josh Kerr is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Josh Kerr has been paid in two 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 London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 1500 metres page. 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 1500 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 3000 metres page.