Yohan Blake prize money
Yohan Blake has been paid $58,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 261st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's 100 m, one of them a win.
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 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $58,250 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 18 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
| 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
2019 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Yohan Blake in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $58,250.
Around Yohan Blake on the money list
Ranks 241 to 281
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
| 242 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 4 | $64,000 |
| 243 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $63,500 |
| 244 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 245 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 6 | $63,500 |
| 246 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $63,250 |
| 247 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 248 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $61,750 |
| 249 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 250 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 5 | $61,000 |
| 251 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $60,250 |
| 252 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 253 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 254 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | — | $59,500 |
| 255 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 256 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 257 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 258 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $59,000 |
| 259 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 260 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $58,250 |
| 261 | Yohan Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $58,250 |
| 262 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 263 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 264 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $57,000 |
| 265 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 266 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 267 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 2 | $56,625 |
| 268 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 269 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $56,500 |
| 270 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | — | $56,500 |
| 271 | Charles Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 272 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 273 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 274 | Megan Tapper | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $56,250 |
| 275 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 276 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 277 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | — | $56,000 |
| 278 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 279 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 280 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | — | $55,250 |
| 281 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yohan Blake is 261st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $58,250.
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?
$58,250, which ranks 261st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2018 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?
One of 18, worth $10,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $24,500.
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. He 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Yohan Blake is Yasmani Copello on $58,250, and one below Addison Wiley on $58,000. Yohan Blake is one of 93 Jamaica athletes athletics has paid, and Jamaica athletics prize money adds them up to $4,659,750 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yohan Blake has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. 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.