Samson Oni prize money
Samson Oni has been paid $13,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1410th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's high jump, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | High jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| All five | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,500 is five 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $8,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $5,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $8,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Samson Oni in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,500.
Around Samson Oni on the money list
Ranks 1390 to 1430
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1390 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1391 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,750 |
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1414 | Ebba Jungmark | Women's high jump | - | $13,250 |
| 1415 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 1416 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,250 |
| 1417 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1418 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1419 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | - | $13,250 |
| 1420 | Martina Strutz | Women's pole vault | - | $13,250 |
| 1421 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1422 | Cydonie Mothersill | Women's 200 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1423 | Delloreen Ennis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1424 | Dentarius Locke | Men's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1425 | Dongpeng Shi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1426 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1427 | Jeanine Assani Issouf | Women's triple jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1428 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1429 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,000 |
| 1430 | Linus Kipwambok Chumba | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $13,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Samson Oni is 1410th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Samson Oni most
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaroslav Bába, Donald Thomas, Dusty Jonas, Sylwester Bednarek, Andra Manson and Linus Thörnblad.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Donald Thomas, Trevor Barry, Zhang Guowei, Jaroslav Bába, Dimitrios Chondrokoukis and Jesse Williams.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the high jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robbie Grabarz, Jaroslav Bába, Ivan Ukhov, Jesse Williams, Donald Thomas and Aleksandr Shustov.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Samson Oni won?
$13,500, which ranks 1410th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Samson Oni's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the high jump at the 2010 New York adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Samson Oni 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 high jump 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 Samson Oni 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 Samson Oni is Ristananna Tracey on $13,500, and one below Simona la Mantia on $13,500. Samson Oni 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Samson Oni 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 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.