Kevin Borlée prize money
Kevin Borlée has been paid $69,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 448th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men'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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,750 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,500 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $8,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | 1 | Memorial van Damme | $21,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $8,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $9,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $500 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $750 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $21,000 from four starts. 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 $69,750.
Around Kevin Borlée on the money list
Ranks 428 to 468
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 428 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 429 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $73,500 |
| 430 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $73,500 |
| 431 | Nancy Jebet Langat | two disciplines | 5 | $73,500 |
| 432 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | - | $73,500 |
| 433 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 434 | Brenda Martinez | two disciplines | 2 | $73,000 |
| 435 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 436 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 437 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $72,750 |
| 438 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 439 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $72,000 |
| 440 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | 4 | $72,000 |
| 441 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | - | $71,500 |
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
| 447 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 448 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | 1 | $69,750 |
| 449 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 450 | Gelete Burka | three disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kevin Borlée is 448th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $69,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kevin Borlée most
Memorial van Damme 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonathan Borlée, Lalonde Gordon, Luguelín Santos, Martyn Rooney, Calvin Smith and Angelo Taylor.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Makwala, Christopher Brown, Nery Brenes, Rabah Yousif, Rusheen McDonald and Jonathan Borlée.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liemarvin Bonevacia, Pieter Conradie, Isaac Makwala, Gil Roberts, Vernon Norwood and Pavel Maslák.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kevin Borlée won?
$69,750, which ranks 448th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2010 and 2022.
What is Kevin Borlée's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2012 Memorial van Damme. 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 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Kevin Borlée won?
One of 24, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Is this everything Kevin Borlée earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Kevin Borlée is Courtney Lindsey on $69,750, and one below Mackenzie Little on $69,750. Kevin Borlée is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 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.