Wilfried Happio prize money
Wilfried Happio has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 647th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 19 paid finishes in the men's 400 m hurdles, 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
The 19 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is 19 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2021 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | - | Herculis EBS | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,000 |
| 2023 | 7 | - | Meeting de Paris | $19,250 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $8,500 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $19,250 from seven starts. Every season from 2021 to 2024 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Wilfried Happio on the money list
Ranks 627 to 667
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wilfried Happio is 647th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wilfried Happio most
Meeting de Paris 2023 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m hurdles, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Trevor Bassitt, Ludvy Vaillant, Kyron McMaster, Khallifah Rosser and CJ Allen.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Julien Watrin, Yasmani Copello, Julien Bonvin, Nick Smidt, Alison dos Santos and Khallifah Rosser.
Doha Diamond League 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 400 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Kendziera, Khallifah Rosser, Nick Smidt, Ismail Abakar, Yasmani Copello and Alison dos Santos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wilfried Happio won?
$48,000, which ranks 647th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 19 paid finishes between 2021 and 2024.
What is Wilfried Happio's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 400 m hurdles at the 2023 Meeting de Paris. 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 Wilfried Happio 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 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.
Is this everything Wilfried Happio 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 Wilfried Happio is Virginia Nyambura on $48,000, and one below Aleia Hobbs on $47,750. Wilfried Happio is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Wilfried Happio 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.