Benjamin Compaoré prize money
Benjamin Compaoré has been paid $79,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 397th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 paid finishes in the men's triple jump, three of them wins.
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 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $79,000 is 22 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 24 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2010 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | Memorial van Damme | $15,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $19,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $17,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $12,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $500 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $19,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Benjamin Compaoré in 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $79,000.
Around Benjamin Compaoré on the money list
Ranks 377 to 417
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
| 416 | Ryan Wilson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $75,500 |
| 417 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $75,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Benjamin Compaoré is 397th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $79,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Benjamin Compaoré most
Meeting Areva 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christian Taylor, Alexis Copello, Nelson Évora, Ernesto Revé, Aleksey Fyodorov and Will Claye.
Adidas Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Christian Taylor, Gaetan Saku Bafuanga, Samyr Laine, Harold Correa, Peder Pawel Nielsen and Tosin Oke.
Memorial van Damme 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the triple jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Seref Osmanoglu, Alexis Copello, Fabrizio Schembri, Phillips Idowu and Gaetan Saku Bafuanga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Benjamin Compaoré won?
$79,000, which ranks 397th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2010 and 2024.
What is Benjamin Compaoré's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the triple jump at the 2014 Meeting Areva. 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 Benjamin Compaoré 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 triple jump 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 Benjamin Compaoré won?
Three of 24, worth $30,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Benjamin Compaoré ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Benjamin Compaoré 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 Benjamin Compaoré is Virgilijus Alekna on $79,500, and one below Jehue Gordon on $79,000. Benjamin Compaoré is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's triple jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Benjamin Compaoré 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.