Graham Blanks prize money
Graham Blanks has been paid $30,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 452nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $30,500 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Graham Blanks did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | 11th | 29:01.27 | — |
Graham Blanks stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Graham Blanks did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 7th | 13:00.40 | — |
Graham Blanks stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Graham Blanks ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 19th | 29:41 | — | $10,000 |
Graham Blanks has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The team he ran on earned United States $10,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $30,500 at the top of this page. Hescored alongside Parker Wolfe and Nico Young, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Graham Blanks
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 8 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $22,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $8,000 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Graham Blanks $22,500 of the $30,500, which is 74% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $21,500 from six starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $30,500.
Around Graham Blanks on the money list
Ranks 432 to 472
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Graham Blanks is 452nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $30,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Graham Blanks most
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Birhanu Balew, Jacob Krop, Cornelius Kemboi, Biniam Mehary, Etienne Daguinos and Khairi Bejiga.
Weltklasse Zürich 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cameron Myers, Egide Ntakarutimana, Biniam Mehary, Ky Robinson, Grant Fisher and Nico Young.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jimmy Gressier, Samuel Tefera, Soufiane El Bakkali, Nico Young, Yann Schrub and Etienne Daguinos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Graham Blanks won?
$30,500, which ranks 452nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Graham Blanks's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2026 Herculis EBS. 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 Graham Blanks 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 place is worth the same in the men's 5000 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 Graham Blanks earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships 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 him, 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 Graham Blanks is Anaïs Bourgoin on $30,500, and one below Samuel Tefera on $30,500. Graham Blanks 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 men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Graham Blanks has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 10,000 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 5000 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.