KC Lightfoot prize money
KC Lightfoot has been paid $42,875 by the Diamond League, which ranks 356th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the men's pole vault, one of them a win.
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
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,875 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | — | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | $8,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $8,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $6,250 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | Bislett Games | $17,625 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Herculis EBS | — |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $17,625 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid KC Lightfoot in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $42,875.
Around KC Lightfoot on the money list
Ranks 336 to 376
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
| 337 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 338 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 339 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 3 | $45,250 |
| 340 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $45,000 |
| 341 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | — | $45,000 |
| 342 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 343 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $44,750 |
| 344 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $44,500 |
| 345 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $44,250 |
| 346 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 347 | Femke Broeders-Bol | Women's 800 m | — | $44,000 |
| 348 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 349 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 350 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $43,750 |
| 351 | Hellen Obiri | two disciplines | 3 | $43,500 |
| 352 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 353 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 354 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 355 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 356 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 357 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | — | $42,750 |
| 358 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 359 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 360 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 3 | $42,000 |
| 361 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 362 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | — | $41,250 |
| 363 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 364 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 365 | Omar McLeod | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $41,000 |
| 366 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 367 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $40,750 |
| 368 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $40,500 |
| 369 | Marquis Dendy | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,250 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 372 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $40,000 |
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. KC Lightfoot is 356th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $42,875.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid KC Lightfoot most
Bislett Games 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanouil Karalis, EJ Obiena, Sam Kendricks, Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, Menno Vloon and Chris Nilsen.
Doha Diamond League 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Broeders, Chris Nilsen, Valentin Lavillenie, Renaud Lavillenie, Piotr Lisek and Emmanouil Karalis.
Bauhausgalan 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thibaut Collet, Clayton Fritsch, Ben Broeders, EJ Obiena, Chris Nilsen and Armand Duplantis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has KC Lightfoot won?
$42,875, which ranks 356th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is KC Lightfoot's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault at the 2024 Bislett Games. 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 KC Lightfoot 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 pole vault 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 KC Lightfoot won?
One of 19, worth $10,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Has KC Lightfoot ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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 are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything KC Lightfoot 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 KC Lightfoot is Jimmy Gressier on $43,000, and one below Winnie Nanyondo on $42,750. KC Lightfoot 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 pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and KC Lightfoot has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m 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.