Lawrence Okoye prize money
Lawrence Okoye has been paid $42,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 715th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the men's discus throw, 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
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,000 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 20 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2012 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | - | Athletissima | $18,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Müller Anniversary Games | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $7,500 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 3 | - | London Athletics Meet | $7,500 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $5,500 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $18,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lawrence Okoye in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $42,000.
Around Lawrence Okoye on the money list
Ranks 695 to 735
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lawrence Okoye is 715th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $42,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lawrence Okoye most
Athletissima 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Frank Casanas, Martin Wierig, Virgilijus Alekna, Erik Cadée, Ehsan Haddadi and Benn Harradine.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Ståhl, Rojé Stona, Henrik Janssen, Claudio Romero, Nicholas Percy and Mykolas Alekna.
London Grand Prix 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Erik Cadée, Frank Casanas, Rutger Smith, Abdul Buhari, Brett Morse and Gerd Kanter.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lawrence Okoye won?
$42,000, which ranks 715th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2012 and 2026.
What is Lawrence Okoye's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the discus throw at the 2012 Athletissima. 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 Lawrence Okoye 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 discus throw 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.
Has Lawrence Okoye ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Lawrence Okoye 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 Lawrence Okoye is Frederik Ruppert on $42,000, and one below Mahiedine Mekhissi on $42,000. Lawrence Okoye is one of 249 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $6,351,625 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Lawrence Okoye has been paid in one 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.