Lachlan Kennedy prize money
Lachlan Kennedy has been paid $12,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1458th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 100 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 100 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 100 m | 8th | $1,500 |
| All five | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,500 is five 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 Indoor Championships
What Lachlan Kennedy did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 60 metres | 2nd | 6.50 | $20,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Lachlan Kennedy $20,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $12,500 from five Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. Three days indoors paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Lachlan Kennedy ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | 4th | 38.00 | $8,000 |
The World Relays have paid $8,000 for the one team Lachlan Kennedy ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Australia rather than to the four who ran. The $12,500 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 Rohan Browning, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $4,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $8,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $8,500 from three starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,500.
Around Lachlan Kennedy on the money list
Ranks 1438 to 1478
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1438 | Xiongfeng Su | Men's long jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1439 | Yuneysi Santiusti | Women's 800 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1440 | Xingjuan Zheng | Women's high jump | - | $12,833 |
| 1441 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1442 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1443 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1444 | Przemysław Czerwiński | Men's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1445 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | - | $12,667 |
| 1446 | Damiel Dossevi | Men's pole vault | - | $12,583 |
| 1447 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1448 | Antoine Gakeme | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1449 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1450 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1451 | Emebet Anteneh | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lachlan Kennedy is 1458th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lachlan Kennedy most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gift Leotlela, Christian Coleman, Akani Simbine, Trayvon Bromell, Oblique Seville and Emmanuel Eseme.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Akani Simbine, Letsile Tebogo, Christian Coleman, Xie Zhenye, Gift Leotlela and Ferdinand Omanyala.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 100 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Eseme, Letsile Tebogo, Xie Zhenye, Rohan Watson, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown and Akani Simbine.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lachlan Kennedy won?
$12,500, which ranks 1458th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Lachlan Kennedy's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 4th in the Diamond+ 100 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 Lachlan Kennedy 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 100 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 Lachlan Kennedy won at the World Indoor Championships?
$20,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. 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.
What did Lachlan Kennedy's World Relays teams win?
$8,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Lachlan Kennedy 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 Lachlan Kennedy earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Indoor Championships 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Lachlan Kennedy is Kethobogile Haingura on $12,500, and one below Misleydis González on $12,500. Lachlan Kennedy is one of 87 Australia athletes athletics has paid, and Australia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,553,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Lachlan Kennedy has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. 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. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 60 metres page. 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.