Kyle Langford prize money
Kyle Langford has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2115th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 800 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 800 m | 9th | - |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All four | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2015 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $3,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | - |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Kyle Langford in 2016, 2018 and 2019, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,500.
Around Kyle Langford on the money list
Ranks 2095 to 2135
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2095 | Carvin Nkanata | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2096 | Cheickna Traore | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2097 | Christopher Belcher | Men's 100 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2098 | Daichi Sawano | Men's pole vault | - | $4,500 |
| 2099 | David Torrence | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2100 | Demish Gaye | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2101 | Eglė Balčiūnaitė | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2102 | Emmanuel Kipkemei Bett | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2103 | Etienne Daguinos | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2104 | Hélène Parisot | Women's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2105 | Jacob Paul | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2106 | Joanna Linkiewicz | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2107 | Johan Wissman | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2108 | Jonathan Henrique Silva | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2109 | Jordan Boase | Men's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2110 | Karjuan Williams | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2111 | Kateryna Karsak | Women's discus throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2112 | Kevin Craddock | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2113 | Kim Conley | Women's 3000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2114 | Kristin Sundsteigen | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2115 | Kyle Langford | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2116 | Lauma Grīva | Women's long jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2117 | Lehann Fourie | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2118 | Leif Arrhenius | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2119 | Léonie Pointet | Women's 200 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2120 | Leslie Djhone | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2121 | Lucas Kimeli Rotich | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2122 | Mame-Ibra Anne | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2123 | Marc Minichello | Men's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2124 | Matthew Ramsden | four disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2125 | Mauricio Ortega | Men's discus throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2126 | Michael Stigler | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2127 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Men's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2128 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2129 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2130 | Nicole Sifuentes | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2131 | Noemi Zbären | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2132 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2133 | Peder Pawel Nielsen | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2134 | Rafith Rodríguez | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2135 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kyle Langford is 2115th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kyle Langford most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Asbel Kiprop, Guy Learmonth, Nijel Amos, Adam Kszczot, Marcin Lewandowski and Brandon McBride.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2015 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Theo Blundell, Nijel Amos, Adam Kszczot, Marcin Lewandowski, Job Koech Kinyor and Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nijel Amos, Donavan Brazier, Asbel Kiprop, Erik Sowinski, Elliot Giles and Adam Kszczot.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kyle Langford won?
$4,500, which ranks 2115th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2015 and 2019.
What is Kyle Langford's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 800 m at the 2017 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Kyle Langford 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 800 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.
Has Kyle Langford ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Kyle Langford 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 Kyle Langford is Kristin Sundsteigen on $4,500, and one below Lauma Grīva on $4,500. Kyle Langford is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kyle Langford has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.