Mark English prize money
Mark English has been paid $41,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 728th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten 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 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2015 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All twelve | Men's 800 m | - | $41,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the twelve 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
2014 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $1,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 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. No Diamond League meeting paid Mark English in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,000.
Around Mark English on the money list
Ranks 708 to 748
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mark English is 728th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,000.
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.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Duane Solomon, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot, Wesley Vázquez, Ferguson Rotich and Robby Andrews.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mark English won?
$41,000, which ranks 728th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2014 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 twelve, 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. Those starts 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 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 Mark English is Jordan Geist on $41,000, and one below Mbulaeni Mulaudzi on $41,000. Mark English is one of 25 Ireland athletes athletics has paid, and Ireland athletics prize money adds them up to $372,000 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.