Kofi Kingston Net Worth

What is Kofi Kingston's Net Worth?

Kofi Kingston is an American professional wrestler who has a net worth of $3 million. Kofi Kingston performs under the Raw brand in WWE, and with Xavier Woods is part of the tag team the New Day. Among his numerous career achievements, Kingston is a multiple-time Intercontinental Champion, United States Champion, and World Tag Team Champion, as well as a WWE Champion and Tag Team Triple Crown Champion.

Early Life and Education

Kofi Kingston was born Kofi Nahaje Sarkodie-Mensah on August 14, 1981 in Kumasi, Ghana to Elizabeth and Kwasi. He has a brother named Kwame and had a sister named Nana who passed away. As a youth, Kingston moved with his family to the United States, settling in the Greater Boston metro area. He attended Winchester High School and then went to Boston College, where he majored in communications.

Independent Wrestling Circuit

Kingston made his official wrestling debut in 2006 with the independent New England promotion Chaotic Wrestling. He continued performing on the New England independent circuit throughout the year, doing stints with such promotions as the Millennium Wrestling Federation and New England Championship Wrestling. During this time, Kingston performed as a Jamaican character, a character he continued playing in his early WWE days.

World Wrestling Entertainment

In September of 2006, Kingston signed a developmental contract with World Wrestling Entertainment. He made his debut with the Georgia-based developmental territory Deep South Wrestling. A couple of years later, he made his debut under WWE's Extreme Championship Wrestling brand. Kingston quickly made a name for himself in WWE, winning four Intercontinental Championships and three United States Championships between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, he won a World Tag Team Championship with CM Punk and two Tag Team Championships with Evan Bourne and R-Truth. Kingston reached a new level of renown in 2014 when he formed the tag team the New Day with Big E and Xavier Woods. The trio went on to hold the World Tag Team Championship from August of 2015 to December of 2016, breaking the record for the longest Tag Team Championship reign in the history of WWE.

Kingston reached one of his biggest milestones in the spring of 2019, when he defeated Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 35 to win his first WWE Championship. This made him the first African-born World Champion in WWE history, as well as WWE's 20th overall Grand Slam Champion and 30th Triple Crown Champion. Later, in 2022, Kingston became a Tag Team Triple Crown Champion after winning the NXT Tag Team Championship. The following year, Kingston and his teammate Woods were drafted to WWE's Raw brand. In late 2024, the pair turned heel for the first time since 2016 when Big E attempted to reconcile with the team. The New Day went on to win the World Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 41 in the spring of 2025, and held the title for 72 days before losing it to Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh of the Judgment Day.

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Other Media Appearances

Among his other media appearances, Kingston appeared in an episode of the Disney XD television sitcom "Kickin' It" in 2012. In 2016, he appeared alongside his New Day teammates on a Christmas edition of the game show "Let's Make a Deal," and had an uncredited part in the WWE Studios action film "Countdown." In 2020, Kingston had a cameo in the Netflix sports comedy "The Main Event," about an aspiring WWE wrestler. Remaining with Netflix, Kingston went on to star alongside his New Day teammates in the 2021 interactive haunted-house film "Escape the Undertaker." In other media, Kingston has appeared in numerous WWE video games, starting with "WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009."

Personal Life

In 2010, Kingston married Kori Campfield. Together, they have two sons and a daughter. In 2020, Kingston revealed in an interview with Muscle & Fitness magazine that he had become a vegan.

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