Malik James-King prize money
Malik James-King has been paid $10,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 821st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 9th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Herculis 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 4th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 400 m hurdles | 5th | $1,250 |
| All six | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $10,250 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,250 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | — | Meeting de Paris | $8,750 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $8,750 from four starts. Every season from 2024 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,250.
Around Malik James-King on the money list
Ranks 801 to 841
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | — | $11,250 |
| 802 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | — | $11,000 |
| 803 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $11,000 |
| 804 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | — | $11,000 |
| 805 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 806 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | — | $11,000 |
| 807 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 808 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 809 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $11,000 |
| 810 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | — | $11,000 |
| 811 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | — | $11,000 |
| 812 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | — | $10,750 |
| 813 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,750 |
| 814 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 1 | $10,750 |
| 815 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | — | $10,500 |
| 816 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | — | $10,500 |
| 817 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | — | $10,500 |
| 818 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | — | $10,500 |
| 819 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | — | $10,500 |
| 820 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | — | $10,500 |
| 821 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $10,250 |
| 822 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | — | $10,250 |
| 823 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | — | $10,250 |
| 824 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 825 | Ana Peleteiro | Women's triple jump | — | $10,000 |
| 826 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 827 | Eda Tuğsuz | Women's javelin throw | — | $10,000 |
| 828 | Freweyni Gebreezibeher | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 829 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 830 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 831 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | — | $10,000 |
| 832 | Jo-Ané van Dyk | Women's javelin throw | — | $10,000 |
| 833 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 834 | Marta García | four disciplines | — | $10,000 |
| 835 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $10,000 |
| 836 | Mercy Cherono | Women's 3000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 837 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 838 | Nathan Strother | Men's 400 m | — | $10,000 |
| 839 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | — | $10,000 |
| 840 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 841 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 1 | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Malik James-King is 821st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $10,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Malik James-King most
Meeting de Paris 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wilfried Happio, Gerald Drummond, Carl Bengtström, Ismail Abakar, Berke Akçam and Alison dos Santos.
Herculis 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abderrahman Samba, CJ Allen, Wilfried Happio, Caleb Dean, Rai Benjamin and Karsten Warholm.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gerald Drummond, Wilfried Happio, Alison dos Santos, Abderrahman Samba, Rasmus Mägi and CJ Allen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Malik James-King won?
$10,250, which ranks 821st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Malik James-King's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2024 Meeting de Paris. 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 Malik James-King 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 hurdles 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 Malik James-King 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Malik James-King 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 Malik James-King is Yuki Hashioka on $10,500, and one below Marike Steinacker on $10,250. Malik James-King is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Malik James-King 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.