Letsile Tebogo prize money
Letsile Tebogo has been paid $213,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 88th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 31 paid finishes in the men's 200 m and men's 100 m, ten of them wins.
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 31 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $213,250 is 31 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Letsile Tebogo did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 4th | 19.65 | $16,000 |
| Men's 100 metres | - | DQ | - |
The 2025 World Championships paid Letsile Tebogo $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $213,250 from 31 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. He ran on the Botswana team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Letsile Tebogo did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | 2nd | 19.76 | $75,000 |
| Men's 100 metres | 7th | 10.07 | - |
The Ultimate Championship paid Letsile Tebogo $75,000 for one finish over three days, against $213,250 from 31 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. Three days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Athletics Relays
What Letsile Tebogo ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1st | 2:54.47 | $40,000 |
The World Relays have paid $40,000 for the one team Letsile Tebogo ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Botswana rather than to the four who ran. The $213,250 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. He was on the winning team once, which pays $40,000 against $20,000 for second. He ran alongside Lee Eppie, Bayapo Ndori and Collen Kebinatshipi, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Letsile Tebogo won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver | - |
Letsile Tebogo was paid $50,000 for the men's 200 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The silver in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Letsile Tebogo
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 200 m | 16 | 9 | 2023 to 2026 | $166,000 |
| Men's 100 m | 15 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $47,250 |
The men's 200 m has paid Letsile Tebogo $166,000 of the $213,250, which is 78% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,250 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 | Athletissima | $29,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $65,500 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $52,500 |
| 2026 | 9 | 2 | Bislett Games | $65,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $65,500 from seven starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $213,250.
Around Letsile Tebogo on the money list
Ranks 68 to 108
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Letsile Tebogo is 88th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $213,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Letsile Tebogo most
Bislett Games 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sinesipho Dambile, Jereem Richards, Reynier Mena, Timothé Mumenthaler, Gout Gout and Andreas Ofstad Kulseng.
Athletissima 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sinesipho Dambile, Makanakaishe Charamba, José Figueroa, Zharnel Hughes, Timothé Mumenthaler and Courtney Lindsey.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexander Ogando, Robert Gregory, Reynier Mena, Kyree King, Udodi Onwuzurike and Joseph Fahnbulleh.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Letsile Tebogo won?
$213,250, which ranks 88th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 31 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Letsile Tebogo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 200 m at the 2026 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Letsile Tebogo 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 win is worth the same in the men'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Letsile Tebogo won?
Ten of 31, worth $120,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $29,500.
How much did Letsile Tebogo win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Letsile Tebogo win at the Ultimate Championship?
$75,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
What did Letsile Tebogo's World Relays teams win?
$40,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Letsile Tebogo or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Letsile Tebogo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship, World Relays and Olympic 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Letsile Tebogo is Yomif Kejelcha on $217,500, and one below Ayanleh Souleiman on $212,000. Letsile Tebogo is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money and men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Letsile Tebogo has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he 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. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the men's 200 metres, men's 100 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the men's 200 metres and men's 100 metres pages. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 400 metres relay page.