Baboloki Thebe prize money
Baboloki Thebe has been paid $15,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 697th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| All four | Men's 400 m | — | $15,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | Bislett Games | $10,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. Every season from 2017 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,500.
Around Baboloki Thebe on the money list
Ranks 677 to 717
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 677 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | — | $16,250 |
| 678 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 679 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 708 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | — | $15,000 |
| 709 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 710 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 711 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
| 712 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $14,750 |
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Baboloki Thebe is 697th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $15,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Baboloki Thebe most
Bislett Games 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Hudson-Smith, Pavel Maslák, Kevin Borlée, Rafał Omelko, Pieter Conradie and Jonathan Borlée.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mohamed Nasir Abbas, Vernon Norwood, Pieter Conradie, Steven Gardiner, Abdalelah Haroun and Isaac Makwala.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luka Janežič, Rabah Yousif, Akeem Bloomfield, Jonathan Jones, Nathon Allen and Obi Igbokwe.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Baboloki Thebe won?
$15,500, which ranks 697th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Baboloki Thebe's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2017 Bislett Games. 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 Baboloki Thebe 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Baboloki Thebe won?
One of four, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Baboloki Thebe 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 Baboloki Thebe is Antonio Alkana on $15,500, and one below Courtney Wayment on $15,500. Baboloki Thebe is one of 15 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,108,250 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 Baboloki Thebe 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 Müller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.