Kevin Borlée prize money
Kevin Borlée has been paid $4,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1194th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men'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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 400 m | 7th | $750 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 400 m | 8th | $500 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All three | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,250 is three 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
2017 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $500 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $750 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Kevin Borlée in 2018, 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,250.
Around Kevin Borlée on the money list
Ranks 1174 to 1214
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1174 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1175 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1176 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1177 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,500 |
| 1178 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1179 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | — | $4,500 |
| 1180 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1181 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1182 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1183 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | — | $4,500 |
| 1184 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1185 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1186 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1187 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1188 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1189 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1190 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1191 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1192 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1193 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1194 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1195 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1196 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1197 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1198 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1199 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1200 | Andrew Hudson | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1201 | Carolle Zahi | Women's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1202 | Chantel Malone | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1203 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1204 | Chen Yang | Women's discus throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1205 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1206 | Ethan Olivier | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1207 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1208 | Fabienne Hoenke | Women's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1209 | Femi Ogunode | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1210 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1211 | Haregeweyni Kalayu | Women's 1500 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1212 | Harry Coppell | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
| 1213 | Iryna Gerashchenko | Women's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1214 | Jacob Wooten | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kevin Borlée is 1194th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kevin Borlée most
Bislett Games 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rafał Omelko, Pieter Conradie, Jonathan Borlée, Mauritz Kåshagen, Baboloki Thebe and Matthew Hudson-Smith.
Meeting de Paris 2022 paid $750 for 7th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Steven Gardiner, Lidio Andrés Feliz, Zakithi Nene, Trevor Stewart, Liemarvin Bonevacia and Loïc Prévot.
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $500 for 8th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Norman, Anthony Zambrano, Fred Kerley, Kirani James, Vernon Norwood and Mazen Al-Yassin.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kevin Borlée won?
$4,250, which ranks 1194th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2022.
What is Kevin Borlée's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 400 m at the 2017 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kevin Borlée 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 place is worth the same in the men'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 Kevin Borlée 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 Kevin Borlée is Gaia Sabbatini on $4,250, and one below Michael Kibet on $4,250. Kevin Borlée is one of 43 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $539,875 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kevin Borlée has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.