Courtney Okolo prize money
Courtney Okolo has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 641st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen 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 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 400 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 400 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2017 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All fourteen | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 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 $48,000 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
2016 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $28,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $11,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $2,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $28,000 from five starts. Every season from 2016 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Courtney Okolo on the money list
Ranks 621 to 661
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Courtney Okolo is 641st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Courtney Okolo most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natasha Hastings, Shericka Jackson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Lydia Jele and Shaunae Miller-Uibo.
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, Olha Zemlyak, Déborah Sananes and Novlene Williams-Mills.
Müller Anniversary Games 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shamier Little, Novlene Williams-Mills, Shericka Jackson, Natasha Hastings, Emily Diamond and Floria Gueï.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Courtney Okolo won?
$48,000, which ranks 641st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2016 and 2019.
What is Courtney Okolo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m at the 2017 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
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 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Courtney Okolo is Ari Mannio on $48,000, and one below Khallifah Rosser on $48,000. Courtney Okolo 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 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.