Blessing Okagbare prize money
Blessing Okagbare has been paid $338,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 35th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 70 paid finishes in the women's 100 m, women's 200 m and women's long jump, eleven 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
The 70 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $338,250 is 70 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 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 | 39 | 4 | 2010 to 2021 | $180,750 |
| Women's 200 m | 16 | 4 | 2011 to 2019 | $83,000 |
| Women's long jump | 15 | 3 | 2011 to 2017 | $74,500 |
The women's 100 m has paid Blessing Okagbare $180,750 of the $338,250, which is 53% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,500 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $13,000 |
| 2012 | 9 | 1 | Herculis | $44,000 |
| 2013 | 9 | 4 | British Grand Prix | $70,000 |
| 2014 | 9 | 3 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $55,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $40,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $12,000 |
| 2017 | 8 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $29,500 |
| 2018 | 6 | - | Doha Diamond League | $15,500 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $44,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $7,250 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from nine 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 $338,250.
Around Blessing Okagbare on the money list
Ranks 15 to 55
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Blessing Okagbare is 35th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $338,250.
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-Smith, 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-Herah, Dina Asher-Smith, Salwa Eid Naser, Jenna Prandini, Dafne Schippers and Brittany Brown.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Tianna Bartoletta, Morolake Akinosun, Jura Levy, Christania Williams and Elaine Thompson-Herah.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Blessing Okagbare won?
$338,250, which ranks 35th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 70 paid finishes between 2010 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?
Eleven of 70, worth $110,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $19,000.
Is this everything Blessing Okagbare 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 her, 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 Blessing Okagbare is Chase Jackson on $347,500, and one below Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on $335,000. Blessing Okagbare is one of 16 Nigeria athletes athletics has paid, and Nigeria athletics prize money adds them up to $982,250 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 400 m and women's 800 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.