Bayapo Ndori prize money
Bayapo Ndori has been paid $56,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 268th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 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
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $56,500 is 18 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Bayapo Ndori did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 3rd | 44.20 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Bayapo Ndori $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $56,500 from 18 Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. He ran on the Botswana team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Athletics Relays
What Bayapo Ndori ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1st | 2:54.47 | $40,000 |
The World Relays have paid $40,000 for the one team Bayapo Ndori ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Botswana rather than to the four who ran. The $56,500 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. He was on the winning team once, which pays $40,000 against $20,000 for second. He ran alongside Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo and Collen Kebinatshipi, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Bayapo Ndori won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver | — |
The silver in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $9,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $11,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,500 |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $6,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $30,500 from five starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $56,500.
Around Bayapo Ndori on the money list
Ranks 248 to 288
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 248 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $61,750 |
| 249 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 250 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 5 | $61,000 |
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
| 282 | Wayne Pinnock | Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| 283 | Ben Broeders | Men's pole vault | 1 | $54,500 |
| 284 | Cole Hocker | three disciplines | 1 | $54,500 |
| 285 | Gabriel Tual | two disciplines | — | $54,500 |
| 286 | Kristin Pudenz | Women's discus throw | — | $54,500 |
| 287 | Gong Lijao | Women's shot put | 1 | $54,000 |
| 288 | Ja'Kobe Tharp | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $54,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Bayapo Ndori is 268th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $56,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Bayapo Ndori most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Muzala Samukonga, Christopher Bailey, Daniel Segers, Collen Kebinatshipi and Alexander Doom.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christopher Bailey, Collen Kebinatshipi, Kirani James, Alexander Doom, Vernon Norwood and Lythe Pillay.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collen Kebinatshipi, Vernon Norwood, Kirani James, Alexander Doom, Lythe Pillay and Quincy Hall.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Bayapo Ndori won?
$56,500, which ranks 268th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Bayapo Ndori's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 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 Bayapo Ndori 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 Bayapo Ndori won?
One of 18, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $14,500.
How much did Bayapo Ndori win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, 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.
What did Bayapo Ndori's World Relays teams win?
$40,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Bayapo Ndori or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Bayapo Ndori earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Relays 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Bayapo Ndori is Piotr Lisek on $56,625, and one below Lázaro Martínez on $56,500. Bayapo Ndori 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 Bayapo Ndori 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 Xiamen Diamond League 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 finals are on the men's 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 400 metres relay page.