Jessika Gbai prize money
Jessika Gbai has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1577th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 200 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 200 m | 6th | $2,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 200 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 200 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| All five | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is five 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
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $8,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from four starts. Every season from 2024 to 2025 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,000.
Around Jessika Gbai on the money list
Ranks 1557 to 1597
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jessika Gbai is 1577th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jessika Gbai most
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $2,500 for 6th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica-Bianca Wessolly, Twanisha Terry, Maboundou Koné, Anavia Battle, Rhasidat Adeleke and Henriette Jæger.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Li Yuting, Twanisha Terry, Mujinga Kambundji, Anavia Battle, Shericka Jackson and Jenna Prandini.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dalia Kaddari, Paula Sevilla, Maboundou Koné, Anavia Battle, Amy Hunt and Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jessika Gbai won?
$10,000, which ranks 1577th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Jessika Gbai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 6th in the Diamond+ 200 m at the 2025 Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Jessika Gbai 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 200 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 Jessika Gbai 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 Jessika Gbai is Irine Chepet Cheptai on $10,000, and one below Jhon Murillo on $10,000. Jessika Gbai is one of 8 Ivory Coast athletes athletics has paid, and Ivory Coast athletics prize money adds them up to $788,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Jessika Gbai 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.