Blessing Okagbare prize money
Blessing Okagbare has been paid $68,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 228th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the women's 100 m, women's 200 m and women's long jump, two 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 100 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 200 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 100 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 200 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 100 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| All fifteen | three disciplines | — | $68,250 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $68,250 is fifteen 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Blessing Okagbare
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 m | 9 | 1 | 2017 to 2021 | $44,250 |
| Women's 200 m | 5 | 1 | 2017 to 2019 | $22,500 |
| Women's long jump | 1 | — | 2017 | $1,500 |
The women's 100 m has paid Blessing Okagbare $44,250 of the $68,250, which is 65% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | — | Meeting de Paris | $7,500 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $9,000 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $44,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $7,250 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $44,500 from eight starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Blessing Okagbare in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $68,250.
Around Blessing Okagbare on the money list
Ranks 208 to 248
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 235 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $66,250 |
| 236 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 237 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $65,750 |
| 238 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | — | $65,250 |
| 239 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | — | $65,000 |
| 240 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
| 242 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 4 | $64,000 |
| 243 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $63,500 |
| 244 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 245 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 6 | $63,500 |
| 246 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $63,250 |
| 247 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 248 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $61,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Blessing Okagbare is 228th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $68,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Blessing Okagbare most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Crystal Emmanuel, Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue, Dafne Schippers, Gina Lückenkemper and Vitória Cristina Rosa.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elaine Thompson, Dina Asher-Smith, Salwa Eid Naser, Jenna Prandini, Dafne Schippers and Brittany Brown.
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Javianne Oliver, Marie-Josée Ta Lou, Hannah Cunliffe, Kiara Parker, Ajla Del Ponte and Mudhawi Al-Shammari.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Blessing Okagbare won?
$68,250, which ranks 228th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2017 and 2021.
What is Blessing Okagbare's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2019 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Blessing Okagbare gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 100 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 Blessing Okagbare won?
Two of fifteen, worth $20,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $9,000.
Is this everything Blessing Okagbare 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 her, 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 Blessing Okagbare is Renaud Lavillenie on $68,500, and one below Phanuel Koech on $68,000. Blessing Okagbare is one of 10 Nigeria athletes athletics has paid, and Nigeria athletics prize money adds them up to $608,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money, women's 200 m prize money and women's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Blessing Okagbare has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 800 m and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.