Daisy Osakue prize money
Daisy Osakue has been paid $7,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 936th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's discus throw, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Discus throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | Discus throw | 10th | — |
| Bislett Games 2024 | Discus throw | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Discus throw | 7th | $750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | Discus throw | 8th | $500 |
| All seven | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $500 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $500 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $3,500 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,500 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $3,500 from one start. Every season from 2021 to 2025 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,500.
Around Daisy Osakue on the money list
Ranks 916 to 956
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 916 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 917 | Lidio Andrés Feliz | Men's 400 m | — | $8,000 |
| 918 | Michał Rozmys | two disciplines | — | $8,000 |
| 919 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | — | $8,000 |
| 920 | Sofia Assefa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $8,000 |
| 921 | Thomas Wilkes | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $8,000 |
| 922 | Abby Steiner | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 923 | Adrián Ben | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 924 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 925 | Emmanuel Matadi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 926 | Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen | Men's 400 m | — | $7,750 |
| 927 | Ilionis Guillaume | Women's triple jump | — | $7,750 |
| 928 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 929 | Sage Watson | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,750 |
| 930 | Shaun Maswanganyi | two disciplines | — | $7,750 |
| 931 | Tomohiro Shinno | Men's high jump | — | $7,667 |
| 932 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | — | $7,583 |
| 933 | Audrey Leduc | Women's 200 m | — | $7,500 |
| 934 | Constantin Preis | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 935 | Craig Engels | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 936 | Daisy Osakue | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 937 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 938 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 939 | Lomi Muleta | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 940 | Luca Kozák | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 941 | Marija Tolj | Women's discus throw | — | $7,500 |
| 942 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 943 | Mezgebu Sime | two disciplines | — | $7,500 |
| 944 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 945 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 946 | Silas Kiplagat | Men's 1500 m | — | $7,500 |
| 947 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 948 | Thiago Braz da Silva | Men's pole vault | — | $7,500 |
| 949 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 950 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 951 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | — | $7,250 |
| 952 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | — | $7,250 |
| 953 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 954 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | — | $7,250 |
| 955 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | — | $7,250 |
| 956 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Daisy Osakue is 936th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $7,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Daisy Osakue most
Bislett Games 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jorinde van Klinken, Liliana Cá, Claudine Vita, Mélina Robert-Michon, Shanice Craft and Feng Bin.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jiang Zhichao, Vanessa Kamga, Valarie Allman, Yaime Pérez, Laulauga Tausaga and Jorinde van Klinken.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 paid $750 for 7th in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Izabela da Silva, Laulauga Tausaga, Valarie Allman, Feng Bin, Shanice Craft and Liliana Cá.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Daisy Osakue won?
$7,500, which ranks 936th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2021 and 2025.
What is Daisy Osakue's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the discus throw at the 2024 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Daisy Osakue 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 discus throw 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.
Has Daisy Osakue ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Daisy Osakue 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 Daisy Osakue is Craig Engels on $7,500, and one below Henrik Larsson on $7,500. Daisy Osakue is one of 69 Italy athletes athletics has paid, and Italy athletics prize money adds them up to $2,130,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Daisy Osakue 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.