Mark English prize money
Mark English has been paid $32,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 431st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 800 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 800 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 11th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 800 m | 12th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| All nine | Men's 800 m | — | $32,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $32,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Ultimate Championship
What Mark English did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 6th | 1:42.78 | — |
Mark English stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $750 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $750 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Meeting de Paris | $5,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 | Shanghai Diamond League | $26,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from three starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $32,500.
Around Mark English on the money list
Ranks 411 to 451
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 411 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | — | $35,000 |
| 412 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 3 | $35,000 |
| 413 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | — | $34,750 |
| 414 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,750 |
| 415 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $34,750 |
| 416 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | — | $34,750 |
| 417 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | — | $34,250 |
| 418 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
| 421 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 422 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $33,750 |
| 423 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | — | $33,750 |
| 424 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | two disciplines | — | $33,500 |
| 425 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 426 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $33,500 |
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mark English is 431st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $32,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mark English most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kethobogile Haingura, Brandon Miller, Luke Boyes, Yanis Meziane, Ben Pattison and Adrián Ben.
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Max Burgin, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Ben Pattison, Peter Bol, Cian McPhillips and Tobias Grønstad.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Kramer, Tshepiso Masalela, Slimane Moula, Yanis Meziane, Wyclife Kinyamal and Mohamed Attaoui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mark English won?
$32,500, which ranks 431st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Mark English's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. 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 Mark English 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Mark English won?
One of nine, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Mark English ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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 are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Mark English 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 Mark English is Makanakaishe Charamba on $32,500, and one below Wilma Murto on $32,500. Mark English is one of 16 Ireland athletes athletics has paid, and Ireland athletics prize money adds them up to $317,000 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 Mark English 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 800 metres page.