Yohan Blake prize money
Yohan Blake has been paid $128,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 238th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the men's 100 m and men's 200 m, three 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $128,250 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 30 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Yohan Blake
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 26 | 2 | 2010 to 2024 | $104,250 |
| Men's 200 m | 4 | 1 | 2010 to 2014 | $24,000 |
The men's 100 m has paid Yohan Blake $104,250 of the $128,250, which is 81% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | - | New York adidas Grand Prix | $32,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $20,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $2,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $18,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $24,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $19,250 |
| 2023 | 7 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,750 |
| 2024 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $1,750 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Yohan Blake in 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $128,250.
Around Yohan Blake on the money list
Ranks 218 to 258
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yohan Blake is 238th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $128,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yohan Blake most
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aaron Brown, Akani Simbine, Yupun Abeykoon, Reece Prescod, Kyree King and Andre De Grasse.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adam Gemili, Mike Rodgers, Christopher Belcher, Andre De Grasse, Tyquendo Tracey and Akani Simbine.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Justin Gatlin, Akani Simbine, Zharnel Hughes, Adam Gemili, Mike Rodgers and Alex Wilson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yohan Blake won?
$128,250, which ranks 238th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2010 and 2024.
What is Yohan Blake's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 100 m at the 2022 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Yohan Blake 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 win is worth the same in the men's 100 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Yohan Blake won?
Three of 30, worth $30,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $34,500.
Has Yohan Blake ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Yohan Blake 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 Yohan Blake is Jason Richardson on $129,000, and one below Christian Cantwell on $128,000. Yohan Blake is one of 158 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $8,413,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money and men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yohan Blake has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 110 m hurdles. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.