Michael Bingham prize money
Michael Bingham has been paid $18,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1197th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 400 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All seven | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $14,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,500 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,500.
Around Michael Bingham on the money list
Ranks 1177 to 1217
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1177 | Boris Berian | Men's 800 m | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1178 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | - | $19,000 |
| 1179 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $19,000 |
| 1180 | Gabriela Petrova | Women's triple jump | - | $19,000 |
| 1181 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1182 | Joanna Atkins | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1183 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1184 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Michael Bingham is 1197th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $18,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Michael Bingham most
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gary Kikaya, Ben Offereins, Leslie Djhone, Xiaosheng Liu, Johan Wissman and Jeremy Wariner.
Meeting Areva 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Leslie Djhone, Greg Nixon, Renny Quow, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner and Jermaine Gonzales.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Gillick, Martyn Rooney, Kevin Borlée, Jamaal Torrance, Jeremy Wariner and Jermaine Gonzales.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Michael Bingham won?
$18,500, which ranks 1197th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Michael Bingham's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m at the 2010 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Michael Bingham 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 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.
Is this everything Michael Bingham 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 Michael Bingham is Lyukman Adams on $18,500, and one below Sheri-Ann Brooks on $18,500. Michael Bingham 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 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Michael Bingham 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.