Khaleb McRae prize money
Khaleb McRae has been paid $15,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1327th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All six | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Khaleb McRae did in Tokyo, 2025
Khaleb McRae went to the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo on a relay and ran no individual final there. He ran on the United States team that finished 2nd in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $40,000 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 World Indoor Championships
What Khaleb McRae did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 2nd | 45.03 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Khaleb McRae $20,000 for one finish in Toruń 2026, against $15,000 from six Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. Three days indoors paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. He ran on the United States team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay in Toruń 2026, $40,000 to the team rather than to any one of the four. A winning quartet indoors takes $40,000, exactly what a winning individual takes, which is true of no other championship in the sport. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $12,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,000.
Around Khaleb McRae on the money list
Ranks 1307 to 1347
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1307 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1308 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,500 |
| 1309 | Felisha Johnson | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1310 | Gabriele Grunewald | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1311 | Huang Changzhou | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1346 | Hannah England | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1347 | Harold Correa | Men's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Khaleb McRae is 1327th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Khaleb McRae most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zakithi Nene, Bayapo Ndori, Attila Molnár, Mohamed Yassine Zerhoumi, Quincy Hall and Jacory Patterson.
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Charlie Dobson, Carl Bengtström, Muzala Samukonga, Zakithi Nene, Jacory Patterson and Jereem Richards.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Muzala Samukonga, Charlie Dobson, Kirani James, Alexander Doom, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Christopher Bailey.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Khaleb McRae won?
$15,000, which ranks 1327th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Khaleb McRae's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 400 m at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Khaleb McRae 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.
How much has Khaleb McRae won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Toruń 2026. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Khaleb McRae earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor Championships 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Khaleb McRae is James Dasaolu on $15,000, and one below Lázaro Borges on $15,000. Khaleb McRae is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 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 Khaleb McRae 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 International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 final is on the men's 4 × 400 metres relay page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor finals are on the men's 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages.