Yemi Mary John prize money
Yemi Mary John has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1352nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's 400 m, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All two | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Yemi Mary John ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay | 3rd | 3:09.84 | $10,000 |
The World Relays have paid $10,000 for the one team Yemi Mary John ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Great Britain rather than to the four who ran. The $3,000 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. She ran alongside Alex Haydock-Wilson and Lina Nielsen, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Yemi Mary John won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay | Bronze | — |
The bronze in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Yemi Mary John on the money list
Ranks 1332 to 1372
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1332 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1351 | Tatjana Pinto | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1352 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1353 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1354 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | — | $2,750 |
| 1355 | Allie Wilson | Women's 800 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1356 | Daniel Keaton | Men's pole vault | — | $2,750 |
| 1357 | Edoardo Scotti | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1358 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Men's triple jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1359 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Women's 200 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1360 | Loïc Gasch | Men's high jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1361 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1362 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1363 | Mehdi Belhadj | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,750 |
| 1364 | Morgan McDonald | Men's 5000 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1365 | Pauline Hondema | Women's long jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1366 | Yoshihide Kiryū | Men's 100 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1367 | Clayton Fritsch | Men's pole vault | — | $2,625 |
| 1368 | Wang Zhen | Men's high jump | — | $2,542 |
| 1369 | Abdulla Aboobacker | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1370 | Abduraqhman Karriem | Men's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1371 | Ahmed Mohamed Hussein | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1372 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yemi Mary John is 1352nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yemi Mary John most
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Charlotte Henrich, Marileidy Paulino, Henriette Jæger, Stacey-Ann Williams, Nickisha Pryce and Natalia Bukowiecka.
Herculis EBS 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amandine Brossier, Marileidy Paulino, Aaliyah Butler, Nickisha Pryce, Natalia Bukowiecka and Lieke Klaver.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yemi Mary John won?
$3,000, which ranks 1352nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Yemi Mary John's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the Diamond+ 400 m at the 2026 London Athletics Meet. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yemi Mary John 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 place is worth the same in the women'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.
What did Yemi Mary John's World Relays teams win?
$10,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Yemi Mary John or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Yemi Mary John earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Relays 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Yemi Mary John is Tatjana Pinto on $3,000, and one below Zhang Yaoguang on $3,000. Yemi Mary John is one of 126 Great Britain athletes athletics has paid, and Great Britain athletics prize money adds them up to $3,411,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yemi Mary John has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay page.