Obi Igbokwe prize money
Obi Igbokwe has been paid $15,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1332nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 400 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 400 m | 4th | $6,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 400 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All three | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Obi Igbokwe on the money list
Ranks 1312 to 1352
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
| 1338 | Genevieve Gregson | three disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1339 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | - | $14,750 |
| 1340 | Jérôme Clavier | Men's pole vault | - | $14,750 |
| 1341 | Alana Boyd | Women's pole vault | - | $14,583 |
| 1342 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1343 | Bernard Nganga | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1344 | Birtukan Adamu | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,500 |
| 1345 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1346 | Hannah England | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1347 | Harold Correa | Men's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1348 | Jorge Fernández | Men's discus throw | - | $14,500 |
| 1349 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
| 1350 | Kristin Gierisch | Women's triple jump | - | $14,500 |
| 1351 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | - | $14,500 |
| 1352 | Rhys Williams | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $14,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Obi Igbokwe is 1332nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Obi Igbokwe most
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Hudson-Smith, Kahmari Montgomery, Michael Cherry, Demish Gaye, Vernon Norwood and Nathon Allen.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $6,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kahmari Montgomery, Michael Cherry, Jonathan Sacoor, Nathon Allen, Nathan Strother and Michael Norman.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Demish Gaye, Baboloki Thebe, Luka Janežič, Rabah Yousif, Akeem Bloomfield and Jonathan Jones.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Obi Igbokwe won?
$15,000, which ranks 1332nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2019.
What is Obi Igbokwe's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m at the 2019 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham. 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 Obi Igbokwe 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 400 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.
Is this everything Obi Igbokwe 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 Obi Igbokwe is Ngonidzashe Makusha on $15,000, and one below Schillonie Calvert-Powell on $15,000. Obi Igbokwe is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Obi Igbokwe 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 Müller Grand Prix Birmingham has its own page across every edition of it.