Kahmari Montgomery prize money
Kahmari Montgomery has been paid $17,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 645th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 400 m | 9th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 400 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All five | Men's 400 m | — | $17,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $14,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Birmingham Diamond League | $3,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kahmari Montgomery in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,500.
Around Kahmari Montgomery on the money list
Ranks 625 to 665
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 630 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 631 | Ashley Spencer | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 632 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 633 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 634 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 635 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 636 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | — | $18,000 |
| 637 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 638 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | — | $18,000 |
| 639 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 640 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 641 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | — | $17,750 |
| 642 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,750 |
| 643 | Winny Chebet | Women's 1500 m | — | $17,750 |
| 644 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | — | $17,500 |
| 645 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | — | $17,500 |
| 646 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 647 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | — | $17,500 |
| 648 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | — | $17,500 |
| 649 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | — | $17,250 |
| 650 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 651 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 1 | $17,250 |
| 652 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | — | $17,125 |
| 653 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | — | $17,000 |
| 654 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 655 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | — | $17,000 |
| 656 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 657 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | — | $17,000 |
| 658 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 659 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | — | $17,000 |
| 660 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 661 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 662 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | — | $16,750 |
| 663 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | Women's 100 m | 1 | $16,750 |
| 664 | Katie Nageotte | Women's pole vault | — | $16,750 |
| 665 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | — | $16,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kahmari Montgomery is 645th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $17,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kahmari Montgomery most
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fred Kerley, Jonathan Jones, Wilbert London, Machel Cedenio, Michael Cherry and Bralon Taplin.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Cherry, Jonathan Sacoor, Nathon Allen, Nathan Strother, Michael Norman and Fred Kerley.
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Isaac Makwala, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Alex Haydock-Wilson, Wilbert London and Matthew Hudson-Smith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kahmari Montgomery won?
$17,500, which ranks 645th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2019 and 2022.
What is Kahmari Montgomery's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2019 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Kahmari Montgomery 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 400 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 Kahmari Montgomery 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.
Is this everything Kahmari Montgomery earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Kahmari Montgomery is Geordie Beamish on $17,500, and one below Karl Bebendorf on $17,500. Kahmari Montgomery is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kahmari Montgomery 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 Birmingham Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.