Kaila McKnight prize money
Kaila McKnight has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2406th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, the best of them 6th.
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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2012 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All two | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Kaila McKnight on the money list
Ranks 2386 to 2426
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2386 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2387 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2388 | Fanjanteino Felix | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2389 | Fouad el Kaam | Men's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2390 | Gao Yang | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2391 | Gary Kikaya | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2392 | Hanna Shelekh | Women's pole vault | - | $3,000 |
| 2393 | Hilary Stellingwerff | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2394 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2395 | J-Mee Samuels | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2396 | Jadel Gregório | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2397 | Jenny Elbe | Women's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2398 | Joel Fearon | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2399 | Johan Cronje | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2400 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2401 | José Carlos Herrera | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2402 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2403 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2404 | Justyn Warner | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2405 | Ka Bian | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2406 | Kaila McKnight | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2407 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2408 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2409 | Korene Hinds | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2410 | Kseniya Zadorina | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2411 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Women's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2412 | Lawrence Clarke | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2413 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2414 | Maksim Sidorov | Men's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2415 | Marielle Hall | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2416 | Marzia Caravelli | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2417 | Me'Lisa Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2418 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2419 | Michelle Perry | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2420 | Mohammed Shaween | Men's mile | - | $3,000 |
| 2421 | Mostafa Smaili | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2422 | Mouhcine Khoua | Men's long jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2423 | Natalia Pohrebniak | Women's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2424 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2425 | Natalya Alekseyeva | Women's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2426 | Niall Flannery | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kaila McKnight is 2406th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kaila McKnight most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eunice Sum, Janeth Jepkosgei, Genzebe Dibaba, Abeba Aregawi, Ibtissam Lakhouad and Hellen Obiri.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Jenny Simpson, Anna Willard, Laura Weightman, Morgan Uceny and Shannon Rowbury.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kaila McKnight won?
$3,000, which ranks 2406th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2012.
What is Kaila McKnight's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 1500 m at the 2012 Shanghai Golden 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 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kaila McKnight gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 1500 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.
Is this everything Kaila McKnight 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 her, 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 Kaila McKnight is Ka Bian on $3,000, and one below Karabo Sibanda on $3,000. Kaila McKnight is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kaila McKnight has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.