Courtney Okolo prize money
Courtney Okolo has been paid $12,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 768th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2019 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All five | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Courtney Okolo ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 1st | 3:09.54 | $40,000 |
The World Relays have paid $40,000 for the one team Courtney Okolo ran on in Guangzhou 2025, and all of it went to the United States rather than to the four who ran. The $12,500 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. She was on the winning team once, which pays $40,000 against $20,000 for second. She ran alongside Chris Robinson, Johnnie Blockburger and Lynna Irby-Jackson, 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.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | — | Athletissima | $2,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. Every season from 2017 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,500.
Around Courtney Okolo on the money list
Ranks 748 to 788
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 748 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | — | $13,250 |
| 749 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 750 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 751 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 752 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | — | $13,250 |
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 754 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 755 | Jimmy Vicaut | Men's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 756 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 757 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 758 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 1 | $13,000 |
| 759 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | — | $13,000 |
| 760 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $13,000 |
| 761 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 762 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 763 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | — | $12,750 |
| 764 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
| 765 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | — | $12,500 |
| 766 | Christine Botlogetswe | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 767 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 768 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | — | $12,500 |
| 769 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | — | $12,500 |
| 770 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 771 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | — | $12,500 |
| 772 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | — | $12,500 |
| 773 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | — | $12,500 |
| 774 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | four disciplines | — | $12,250 |
| 775 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | — | $12,250 |
| 776 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 777 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | — | $12,000 |
| 778 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | — | $12,000 |
| 779 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 780 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $12,000 |
| 781 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 782 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 783 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | — | $12,000 |
| 784 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | — | $12,000 |
| 785 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | — | $12,000 |
| 786 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $12,000 |
| 787 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | — | $11,750 |
| 788 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | — | $11,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Courtney Okolo is 768th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $12,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Courtney Okolo most
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shericka Jackson, Lydia Jele, Floria Gueï, Déborah Sananes and Novlene Williams-Mills.
Bislett Games 2018 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anyika Onuora, Floria Gueï, Salwa Eid Naser, Phyllis Francis, Shakima Wimbley and Jessica Beard.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Floria Gueï, Anastasia Le-Roy, Salwa Eid Naser, Jessica Beard, Phyllis Francis and Shakima Wimbley.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Courtney Okolo won?
$12,500, which ranks 768th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Courtney Okolo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2017 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Courtney Okolo 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 place is worth the same in the women'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.
What did Courtney Okolo's World Relays teams win?
$40,000, across one paid final in Guangzhou 2025. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Courtney Okolo 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 Courtney Okolo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The 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 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 Courtney Okolo is Cory McGee on $12,500, and one below Jaydon Hibbert on $12,500. Courtney Okolo is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Courtney Okolo has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. 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 mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page.