Margaret Akidor prize money
Margaret Akidor has been paid $17,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1223rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 3000 m | 18th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 5000 m | 15th | - |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 3000 m | 9th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | 3000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,750 is four 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. Six of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Margaret Akidor
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 6 | 1 | 2024 to 2026 | $13,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $4,750 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Margaret Akidor $13,000 of the $17,750, which is 73% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $4,750 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | Herculis | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Margaret Akidor in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,750.
Around Margaret Akidor on the money list
Ranks 1203 to 1243
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
| 1226 | Aleksandr Gripich | Men's pole vault | - | $17,500 |
| 1227 | Alena Abramchuk | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1228 | Balázs Baji | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $17,500 |
| 1229 | Brianna Glenn | Women's long jump | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1230 | Chandra Sturrup | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1231 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1232 | Ilham Tanui Özbilen | two disciplines | - | $17,500 |
| 1233 | Irene Pusterla | Women's long jump | - | $17,500 |
| 1234 | Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva | Men's 800 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1235 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1236 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 1237 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | - | $17,500 |
| 1238 | Xavier Carter | Men's 200 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1239 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | - | $17,500 |
| 1240 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | - | $17,250 |
| 1241 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 1242 | Meghan Beesley | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,250 |
| 1243 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Women's long jump | - | $17,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Margaret Akidor is 1223rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $17,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Margaret Akidor most
Herculis 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Likina Amebaw, Nozomi Tanaka, Fantaye Belayneh, Nadia Battocletti, Melknat Wudu and Marta Alemayo.
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aynadis Mebratu, Caroline Nyaga, Mekedes Alemeshete, Melknat Wudu, Selah Jepleting Busienei and Yenawa Nbret.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of 21 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Caroline Nyaga, Medina Eisa, Aleshign Baweke, Fantaye Belayneh, Asayech Ayichew and Weini Kelati.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Margaret Akidor won?
$17,750, which ranks 1223rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Margaret Akidor's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2024 Herculis. 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 Margaret Akidor 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 5000 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 Margaret Akidor won?
One of ten, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Margaret Akidor ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Margaret Akidor 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 Margaret Akidor is David Neville on $17,750, and one below Shafiqua Maloney on $17,750. Margaret Akidor 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 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Margaret Akidor has been paid in two 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.