EJ Obiena prize money
EJ Obiena has been paid $78,125 by the Diamond League, which ranks 405th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 23 paid finishes in the men's pole vault, one of them a win.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 23 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $78,125 is 23 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 26 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What EJ Obiena did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pole vault | =9th | 5.70 | - |
EJ Obiena stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,750 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Meeting de Paris | $13,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $11,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $31,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Bislett Games | $9,375 |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $8,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $2,500 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $31,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid EJ Obiena in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $78,125.
Around EJ Obiena on the money list
Ranks 385 to 425
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
| 416 | Ryan Wilson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $75,500 |
| 417 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $75,500 |
| 418 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 419 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $75,000 |
| 420 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 421 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 422 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | two disciplines | - | $75,000 |
| 423 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | Men's 800 m | 2 | $75,000 |
| 424 | Bianca Knight | two disciplines | 2 | $74,500 |
| 425 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $74,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. EJ Obiena is 405th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $78,125.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid EJ Obiena most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sam Kendricks, Kurtis Marschall, Chris Nilsen, Ben Broeders, KC Lightfoot and Armand Duplantis.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Armand Duplantis, Chris Nilsen, Rutger Koppelaar, Thiago Braz, Renaud Lavillenie and Oleg Zernikel.
Bauhausgalan 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the pole vault, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Pål Haugen Lillefosse, Ben Broeders, Kurtis Marschall, Thiago Braz, Sondre Guttormsen and Armand Duplantis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has EJ Obiena won?
$78,125, which ranks 405th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 23 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is EJ Obiena's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the pole vault at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 EJ Obiena gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 EJ Obiena won?
One of 26, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $16,000.
Has EJ Obiena ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything EJ Obiena 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 him, 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 EJ Obiena is Sada Williams on $78,250, and one below Jasmin Stowers on $78,000. EJ Obiena is one of 1 Philippines athlete athletics has paid, and Philippines athletics prize money adds them up to $78,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and EJ Obiena has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's pole vault page.