Kaylin Whitney prize money
Kaylin Whitney has been paid $6,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 986th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 400 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2022 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m | — | $6,750 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,750 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | — | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $3,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Herculis | $750 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $3,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kaylin Whitney in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,750.
Around Kaylin Whitney on the money list
Ranks 966 to 1006
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 966 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,000 |
| 967 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 968 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | — | $7,000 |
| 969 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | — | $7,000 |
| 970 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 971 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 972 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 973 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 974 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 975 | Simone Facey | Women's 200 m | — | $7,000 |
| 976 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | — | $7,000 |
| 977 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | — | $7,000 |
| 978 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | — | $7,000 |
| 979 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $6,750 |
| 980 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | — | $6,750 |
| 981 | Chris Baker | Men's high jump | — | $6,750 |
| 982 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | — | $6,750 |
| 983 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $6,750 |
| 984 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | — | $6,750 |
| 985 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | — | $6,750 |
| 986 | Kaylin Whitney | Women's 400 m | — | $6,750 |
| 987 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | — | $6,750 |
| 988 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | two disciplines | — | $6,750 |
| 989 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Women's 100 m | — | $6,750 |
| 990 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | two disciplines | — | $6,750 |
| 991 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | — | $6,500 |
| 992 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 993 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | — | $6,500 |
| 994 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 995 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | — | $6,500 |
| 996 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 997 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | — | $6,500 |
| 998 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | — | $6,500 |
| 999 | Ehsan Hadadi | Men's discus throw | — | $6,500 |
| 1000 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1001 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 1002 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | — | $6,500 |
| 1003 | Kemi Adekoya | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,500 |
| 1004 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1005 | Lex Brown | Women's long jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1006 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | — | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kaylin Whitney is 986th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $6,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kaylin Whitney most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliyah Abrams, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Evelis Aguilar, Haruna Kuboyama, Marileidy Paulino and Talitha Diggs.
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hannah Williams, Shericka Jackson, Lisanne de Witte, Laviai Nielsen, Kendall Ellis and Stephenie Ann McPherson.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aliyah Abrams, Evelis Aguilar, Floria Gueï, Marileidy Paulino, Natalia Kaczmarek and Britton Wilson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kaylin Whitney won?
$6,750, which ranks 986th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Kaylin Whitney's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m at the 2024 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kaylin Whitney 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 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.
Is this everything Kaylin Whitney 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 her, 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 Kaylin Whitney is Jarrion Lawson on $6,750, and one below Marvin Bracy on $6,750. Kaylin Whitney 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 women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kaylin Whitney 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.