Tobi Amusan prize money
Tobi Amusan has been paid $252,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 71st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, seven 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $252,250 is 32 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 Tobi Amusan did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 metres hurdles | 2nd | 12.29 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Tobi Amusan $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $252,250 from 32 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Tobi Amusan did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 100 metres hurdles | 2nd | 12.34 | $75,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Tobi Amusan $75,000 for one finish over three days, against $252,250 from 32 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. Three days there paid her more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $14,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $16,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $38,000 |
| 2022 | 5 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $55,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $56,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Meeting de Paris | $25,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $46,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $56,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Tobi Amusan in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $252,250.
Around Tobi Amusan on the money list
Ranks 51 to 91
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tobi Amusan is 71st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $252,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tobi Amusan most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Kendra Harrison, Danielle Williams, Megan Simmonds, Alaysha Johnson and Nia Ali.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tia Jones, Britany Anderson, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Devynne Charlton, Nia Ali and Pia Skrzyszowska.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nadine Visser, Megan Simmonds, Payton Chadwick, Cindy Sember, Gabbi Cunningham and Luca Kozák.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tobi Amusan won?
$252,250, which ranks 71st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Tobi Amusan's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m hurdles at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tobi Amusan 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 100 m hurdles 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 Tobi Amusan won?
Seven of 32, worth $140,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $100,000.
How much did Tobi Amusan win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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 Tobi Amusan 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.
Is this everything Tobi Amusan earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Ultimate Championship 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 Tobi Amusan is Murielle Ahouré-Demps on $252,750, and one below David Oliver on $247,000. Tobi Amusan is one of 16 Nigeria athletes athletics has paid, and Nigeria athletics prize money adds them up to $982,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Tobi Amusan has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 400 m and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting de Paris 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 100 metres hurdles page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 100 metres hurdles page.