Ben Blankenship prize money
Ben Blankenship has been paid $9,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1632nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's mile, men's 1500 m and men's 3000 m, the best of them 4th.
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 2019 | Mile | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 1500 m | 13th | - |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 | Mile | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2015 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All five | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $9,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ben Blankenship
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's mile | 2 | - | 2015 to 2019 | $4,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 2 | - | 2015 to 2017 | $3,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2015 | $2,000 |
The men's mile has paid Ben Blankenship $4,000 of the $9,000, which is 44% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2015 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ben Blankenship in 2016, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $9,000.
Around Ben Blankenship on the money list
Ranks 1612 to 1652
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1617 | Mikele Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1618 | Rosângela Santos | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1619 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1620 | Sofi Flink | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1621 | Tarsis Orogot | Men's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1622 | Teahna Daniels | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1623 | Tobias Grønstad | Men's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1624 | Wilfried Koffi Hua | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1625 | Xinyue Su | Women's discus throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1626 | Yamilé Aldama | Women's triple jump | - | $9,500 |
| 1627 | Rohan Watson | Men's 100 m | - | $9,250 |
| 1628 | Ryoichi Akamatsu | Men's high jump | - | $9,250 |
| 1629 | Tobias Scherbarth | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1630 | Zach Bradford | Men's pole vault | - | $9,250 |
| 1631 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1632 | Ben Blankenship | three disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1633 | Birtukan Fente Alemu | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1634 | Gerhard Mayer | Men's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1651 | Yoann Kowal | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1652 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Men's pole vault | - | $8,833 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ben Blankenship is 1632nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $9,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ben Blankenship most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Biwott, James Kiplagat Magut, Jakub Holuša, Ronald Musagala, Silas Kiplagat and Hillary Ngetich.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 paid $2,500 for 5th in the mile, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Jakub Holuša, Leonel Manzano, Asbel Kiprop, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and Ayanleh Souleiman.
Herculis 2015 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ali Kaya, Hillary Kipkorir Maiyo, Caleb Ndiku, Yenew Alamirew, Isiah Kiplangat Koech and Edwin Soi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ben Blankenship won?
$9,000, which ranks 1632nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2015 and 2019.
What is Ben Blankenship's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 1500 m at the 2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ben Blankenship 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 mile 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.
Has Ben Blankenship ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Ben Blankenship 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 Ben Blankenship is Abdelati El Guesse on $9,000, and one below Birtukan Fente Alemu on $9,000. Ben Blankenship is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's mile prize money, men's 1500 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ben Blankenship has been paid in three 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.