Kemi Adekoya prize money
Kemi Adekoya has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1003rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 400 m hurdles, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| All three | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is three 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.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $1,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | $5,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from two starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Kemi Adekoya on the money list
Ranks 983 to 1023
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 983 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $6,750 |
| 984 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | — | $6,750 |
| 985 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | — | $6,750 |
| 986 | Kaylin Whitney | Women's 400 m | — | $6,750 |
| 987 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | — | $6,750 |
| 988 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | two disciplines | — | $6,750 |
| 989 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | Women's 100 m | — | $6,750 |
| 990 | Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake | two disciplines | — | $6,750 |
| 991 | Abdelati El Guesse | Men's 800 m | — | $6,500 |
| 992 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 993 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | — | $6,500 |
| 994 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 995 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | — | $6,500 |
| 996 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 997 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | — | $6,500 |
| 998 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | — | $6,500 |
| 999 | Ehsan Hadadi | Men's discus throw | — | $6,500 |
| 1000 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1001 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 1002 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | — | $6,500 |
| 1003 | Kemi Adekoya | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,500 |
| 1004 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1005 | Lex Brown | Women's long jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1006 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | — | $6,500 |
| 1007 | Maggie Malone | Women's javelin throw | — | $6,500 |
| 1008 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 1009 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $6,500 |
| 1010 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1011 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | — | $6,500 |
| 1012 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | — | $6,500 |
| 1013 | Shawnacy Barber | Men's pole vault | — | $6,500 |
| 1014 | Su Bingtian | Men's 100 m | — | $6,500 |
| 1015 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,500 |
| 1016 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | — | $6,500 |
| 1017 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | — | $6,250 |
| 1018 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | — | $6,250 |
| 1019 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | — | $6,250 |
| 1020 | Gina Bass | two disciplines | — | $6,250 |
| 1021 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | — | $6,250 |
| 1022 | Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $6,250 |
| 1023 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $6,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kemi Adekoya is 1003rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kemi Adekoya most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gianna Woodruff, Amalie Iuel, Ashley Miller, Ayomide Folorunso, Eileen Demes and Emma Zapletalová.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paulien Couckuyt, Anna Cockrell, Gianna Woodruff, Naomi Van den Broeck, Andrenette Knight and Amalie Iuel.
Athletissima 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Emma Zapletalová, Anna Cockrell, Paulien Couckuyt, Rushell Clayton, Gianna Woodruff and Jasmine Jones.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kemi Adekoya won?
$6,500, which ranks 1003rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Kemi Adekoya's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2026 Doha Diamond League. 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 Kemi Adekoya 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 400 m hurdles 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 Kemi Adekoya 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 Kemi Adekoya is Josh Awotunde on $6,500, and one below Kristin Gierisch on $6,500. Kemi Adekoya is one of 11 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $593,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Kemi Adekoya 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.