Kendall Ellis prize money
Kendall Ellis has been paid $26,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 503rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 400 m, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis 2024 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 400 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All seven | Women's 400 m | — | $26,750 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $26,750 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | — | Meeting de Paris | $12,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $750 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Herculis | $3,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $12,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kendall Ellis in 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $26,750.
Around Kendall Ellis on the money list
Ranks 483 to 523
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 502 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 503 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 504 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 505 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $26,500 |
| 506 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 507 | Lukas Weisshaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 508 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 509 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | — | $26,250 |
| 510 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | — | $26,250 |
| 511 | Reece Prescod | Men's 100 m | — | $26,250 |
| 512 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | — | $26,250 |
| 513 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | — | $26,125 |
| 514 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | — | $26,000 |
| 515 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 516 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 1 | $26,000 |
| 517 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | — | $26,000 |
| 518 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | — | $26,000 |
| 519 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 520 | Sage Hurta | Women's 800 m | — | $26,000 |
| 521 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | — | $25,750 |
| 522 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $25,750 |
| 523 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | — | $25,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kendall Ellis is 503rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $26,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kendall Ellis most
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Lieke Klaver, Kaylin Whitney, Hannah Williams, Shericka Jackson and Lisanne de Witte.
Meeting de Paris 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Lisanne de Witte, Christine Botlogetswe, Déborah Sananes and Amandine Brossier.
Herculis 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amandine Brossier, Lurdes Gloria Manuel, Emma Montoya, Shana Grebo, Rhasidat Adeleke and Lieke Klaver.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kendall Ellis won?
$26,750, which ranks 503rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2019 and 2024.
What is Kendall Ellis's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead. 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 Kendall Ellis 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Kendall Ellis won?
One of seven, worth $10,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $3,000.
Is this everything Kendall Ellis 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 Kendall Ellis is Carl Bengtström on $26,750, and one below Twanisha Terry on $26,750. Kendall Ellis 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 Kendall Ellis 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.