Lilian Odira prize money
Lilian Odira has been paid $25,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 989th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 800 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All three | Women's 800 m | - | $25,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $25,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Lilian Odira did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 metres | 1st | 1:54.62 | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Lilian Odira $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $25,500 from three Diamond League starts in 2026. A world title paid $70,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Around Lilian Odira on the money list
Ranks 969 to 1009
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 969 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Men's high jump | 1 | $26,333 |
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
| 981 | Troy Doris | Men's triple jump | - | $26,000 |
| 982 | Calvin Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $25,750 |
| 983 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 984 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | - | $25,750 |
| 985 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | - | $25,750 |
| 986 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | - | $25,542 |
| 987 | Desirèe Henry | two disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 988 | Gilbert Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 989 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 990 | Mélanie Melfort | Women's high jump | - | $25,500 |
| 991 | Omar Cisneros | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $25,500 |
| 992 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $25,500 |
| 993 | Ronald Musagala | three disciplines | 1 | $25,500 |
| 994 | Siham Hilali | three disciplines | - | $25,500 |
| 995 | Patryk Dobek | two disciplines | - | $25,250 |
| 996 | Steven Lewis | Men's pole vault | - | $25,250 |
| 997 | Derek Miles | Men's pole vault | - | $25,083 |
| 998 | Andrew Riley | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 999 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $25,000 |
| 1000 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis | Men's high jump | 2 | $25,000 |
| 1001 | Keturah Orji | Women's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1002 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1003 | Melissa Bishop-Nriagu | Women's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1004 | Nick Symmonds | Men's 800 m | - | $25,000 |
| 1005 | Ryan Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $25,000 |
| 1006 | Samyr Laine | Men's triple jump | - | $25,000 |
| 1007 | Trell Kimmons | two disciplines | - | $25,000 |
| 1008 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | Men's shot put | - | $24,750 |
| 1009 | Anna Pyatykh | Women's triple jump | - | $24,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lilian Odira is 989th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $25,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lilian Odira most
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keely Hodgkinson, Addison Wiley, Sanu Jallow-Lockhart, Raevyn Rogers, Anaïs Bourgoin and Prudence Sekgodiso.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Oratile Nowe, Anaïs Bourgoin, Prudence Sekgodiso, Sarah Billings, Sage Hurta-Klecker and Eloisa Coiro.
Athletissima 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Prudence Sekgodiso, Oratile Nowe, Sage Hurta-Klecker, Audrey Werro, Femke Broeders-Bol and Saida Tsehaye.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lilian Odira won?
$25,500, which ranks 989th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2026.
What is Lilian Odira's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Lilian Odira 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 win is worth the same in the women's 800 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 Lilian Odira won?
One of three, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
How much did Lilian Odira win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, 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.
Is this everything Lilian Odira earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World 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 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 Lilian Odira is Gilbert Kirui on $25,500, and one below Mélanie Melfort on $25,500. Lilian Odira is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lilian Odira 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 Prefontaine Classic 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 women's 800 metres page.