Baboloki Thebe prize money
Baboloki Thebe has been paid $49,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 633rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve 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 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | 400 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2018 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All twelve | Men's 400 m | - | $49,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,000 is twelve 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.
Season by season
2016 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | Bislett Games | $32,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | $3,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from five starts. Every season from 2016 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,000.
Around Baboloki Thebe on the money list
Ranks 613 to 653
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Baboloki Thebe is 633rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $49,000.
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.
Prefontaine Classic 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Tony McQuay, Pavel Maslák, Paul Dedewo, Matthew Hudson-Smith and LaShawn Merritt.
Bauhausgalan 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kevin Borlée, Luka Janežič, Rafał Omelko, Rabah Yousif, Onkabetse Nkobolo and Pieter Conradie.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Baboloki Thebe won?
$49,000, which ranks 633rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2016 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 twelve, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Is this everything Baboloki Thebe 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 Baboloki Thebe is Antti Ruuskanen on $49,000, and one below Kemi Adekoya on $49,000. Baboloki Thebe is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 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.