Kenny Bednarek prize money
Kenny Bednarek has been paid $286,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 16th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, thirteen of them wins.
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 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $286,500 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.5% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Kenny Bednarek did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 2nd | 19.58 | $35,000 |
| Men's 100 metres | 4th | 9.92 | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Kenny Bednarek $51,000 for two finishes in Tokyo, against $286,500 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 100 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Kenny Bednarek did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 metres | 1st | 9.85 | $150,000 |
| Men's 200 metres | 1st | 19.52 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Kenny Bednarek $300,000 for two finishes over three days, against $286,500 from 27 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Athletics Relays
What Kenny Bednarek ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 2nd | 37.66 | $20,000 |
The World Relays have paid $20,000 for the one team Kenny Bednarek ran on in Guangzhou 2025, and all of it went to the United States rather than to the four who ran. The $286,500 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team he ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. He ran alongside Courtney Lindsey, Kyree King and Brandon Hicklin, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Kenny Bednarek won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | Silver | — |
The silver in the men's 200 metres paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Kenny Bednarek
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 22 | 13 | 2019 to 2026 | $267,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 5 | — | 2022 to 2026 | $19,500 |
The men's 200 m has paid Kenny Bednarek $267,000 of the $286,500, which is 93% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $72,000 |
| 2022 | 3 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $13,000 |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $30,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $59,500 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $6,000 |
| 2026 | 7 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $103,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $103,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kenny Bednarek in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $286,500.
Around Kenny Bednarek on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 34 | $585,750 |
| 2 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 3 | Femke Bol | two disciplines | 29 | $412,000 |
| 4 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $390,750 |
| 5 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 6 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 18 | $382,000 |
| 7 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 8 | Karsten Warholm | two disciplines | 17 | $356,000 |
| 9 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $345,000 |
| 10 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 8 | $322,000 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 12 | Valarie Allman | Women's discus throw | 17 | $321,000 |
| 13 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 14 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 19 | $305,500 |
| 15 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 8 | $288,917 |
| 16 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kenny Bednarek is 16th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $286,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kenny Bednarek most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sinesipho Dambile, Makanakaishe Charamba, Letsile Tebogo, Courtney Lindsey, José Figueroa and Timothé Mumenthaler.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Alexander Ogando, Courtney Lindsey, Fred Kerley, Kyree King and Joseph Fahnbulleh.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andre De Grasse, Fred Kerley, Aaron Brown, Josephus Lyles, Isaac Makwala and Vernon Norwood.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kenny Bednarek won?
$286,500, which ranks 16th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Kenny Bednarek's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 200 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kenny Bednarek 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 200 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 Kenny Bednarek won?
Thirteen of 27, worth $220,000 between them. Five of his appearances came at a final, which paid $104,500.
How much did Kenny Bednarek win at the 2025 World Championships?
$51,000, from two paid finals in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Kenny Bednarek win at the Ultimate Championship?
$300,000, from two paid finals at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
What did Kenny Bednarek's World Relays teams win?
$20,000, across one paid final in Guangzhou 2025. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Kenny Bednarek or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Kenny Bednarek earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Kenny Bednarek is Sam Kendricks on $288,917, and one below Daniel Ståhl on $284,750. Kenny Bednarek 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 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kenny Bednarek has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 400 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the men's 200 metres, men's 100 metres and men's 4 × 100 metres relay pages. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the men's 100 metres and men's 200 metres pages. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 100 metres relay page.