Ezinne Okparaebo prize money
Ezinne Okparaebo has been paid $16,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1280th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's 100 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2018 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| DN Galan 2013 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | 100 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $7,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $1,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ezinne Okparaebo in 2014 and 2017, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,000.
Around Ezinne Okparaebo on the money list
Ranks 1260 to 1300
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1260 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | - | $16,750 |
| 1261 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1262 | Angela Moroşanu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $16,500 |
| 1263 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1264 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1265 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,500 |
| 1266 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1267 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1268 | Martin Kupper | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1269 | Molly Huddle | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1270 | Randy Lewis | Men's triple jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1271 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1272 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | - | $16,500 |
| 1273 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 1274 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | - | $16,250 |
| 1275 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | - | $16,250 |
| 1276 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1277 | Ashton Eaton | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1278 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1279 | Barnabas Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1280 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1281 | Fabrizio Schembri | Men's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1282 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1283 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1284 | Josephine Terlecki | Women's shot put | - | $16,000 |
| 1285 | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1286 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1287 | Mariya Savinova | Women's 800 m | 4 | $16,000 |
| 1288 | Mason Finley | Men's discus throw | - | $16,000 |
| 1289 | Mickaël Hanany | Men's high jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1290 | Mohamed Moustaoui | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1291 | Morten Jensen | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1292 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1293 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1294 | Samantha Henry-Robinson | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1295 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1296 | Yosiris Urrutia | Women's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
| 1298 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | - | $15,958 |
| 1299 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 1300 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | - | $15,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ezinne Okparaebo is 1280th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $16,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ezinne Okparaebo most
Bislett Games 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mariya Ryemyen, Ruddy Zang Milama, Stephanie Durst, Verena Sailer, Ivet Lalova-Collio and Olesya Povh.
Bislett Games 2013 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sheri-Ann Brooks, Myriam Soumaré, Ivet Lalova-Collio, Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Mariya Ryemyen and Olesya Povh.
Memorial van Damme 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mikele Barber, Mariya Ryemyen, Carmelita Jeter, Veronica Campbell Brown, Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Shalonda Solomon.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ezinne Okparaebo won?
$16,000, which ranks 1280th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2010 and 2018.
What is Ezinne Okparaebo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 100 m at the 2011 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 Ezinne Okparaebo 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 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.
Is this everything Ezinne Okparaebo 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 Ezinne Okparaebo is Barnabas Kipyego on $16,000, and one below Fabrizio Schembri on $16,000. Ezinne Okparaebo is one of 64 Norway athletes athletics has paid, and Norway athletics prize money adds them up to $2,108,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ezinne Okparaebo has been paid in one 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.