Max Burgin prize money
Max Burgin has been paid $44,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 677th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 800 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 800 m | 4th | $5,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 800 m | 11th | - |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| All nine | Men's 800 m | - | $44,750 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $44,750 is eight 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. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Max Burgin did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 6th | 1:42.29 | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Max Burgin $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $44,750 from nine Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $750 |
| 2025 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $14,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $30,000 from six starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $44,750.
Around Max Burgin on the money list
Ranks 657 to 697
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
| 677 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 678 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | - | $44,750 |
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Max Burgin is 677th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $44,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Max Burgin most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Djamel Sedjati, Tshepiso Masalela, Mohamed Attaoui, Bryce Hoppel and Josh Hoey.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Slimane Moula, Gabriel Tual, Donavan Brazier, Eliott Crestan and Kethobogile Haingura.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Brandon Miller, Kethobogile Haingura, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Abderrahman El Assal and Yanis Meziane.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Max Burgin won?
$44,750, which ranks 677th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Max Burgin's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Max Burgin 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 Max Burgin won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $12,000.
Has Max Burgin 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.
How much did Max Burgin win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Max Burgin earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships 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 Max Burgin is Konrad Bukowiecki on $44,750, and one below Xie Zhenye on $44,750. Max Burgin 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 Max Burgin 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 800 metres page.