Botswana athletics prize money
Botswana has taken $1,657,250 out of athletics, 20th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Collen Kebinatshipi is the biggest earner on $365,500, 22.1% of the national total.
$1,523,250 of that belongs to 18 athletes by name. The other $134,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Botswana athlete athletics has paid
18 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collen Kebinatshipi | 18 | 8 | $365,500 |
| 2 | Letsile Tebogo | 33 | 10 | $304,250 |
| 3 | Nijel Amos | 24 | 13 | $233,500 |
| 4 | Amantle Montsho | 32 | 12 | $219,500 |
| 5 | Isaac Makwala | 35 | 1 | $148,750 |
| 6 | Bayapo Ndori | 19 | 1 | $78,500 |
| 7 | Baboloki Thebe | 12 | 1 | $49,000 |
| 8 | Tshepiso Masalela | 13 | 2 | $47,500 |
| 9 | Christine Botlogetswe | 5 | - | $14,000 |
| 10 | Oratile Nowe | 6 | - | $14,000 |
| 11 | Leungo Scotch | 7 | - | $13,250 |
| 12 | Kethobogile Haingura | 4 | - | $12,500 |
| 13 | Lee Eppie | 2 | - | $7,500 |
| 14 | Lydia Jele | 3 | - | $7,000 |
| 15 | Karabo Sibanda | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 16 | Phaezel Selepe | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 17 | Onkabetse Nkobolo | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 18 | Obakeng Kamberuka | 1 | - | $1,000 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 18 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 18
Collen Kebinatshipi holds 22.1% of everything Botswana has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 54.5% of it between them, and $84,625 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Botswana
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 18 | 46 | $1,180,250 | - | $1,180,250 |
| World Championships | 5 | 2 | $118,000 | $80,000 | $198,000 |
| Indoor Championships | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ultimate Championship | 2 | 1 | $225,000 | - | $225,000 |
| World Relays | - | 1 | - | $54,000 | $54,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 18 | 50 | $1,523,250$1.5m | $134,000 | $1,657,250$1.7m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Botswana on $1,180,250, 71.2% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Botswana. Botswana has won nothing at the World Indoor Championships and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 18: five athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Collen Kebinatshipi has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
4 team payments, paid to Botswana rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 1st | Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi | $80,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 1st | Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo, Bayapo Ndori, Collen Kebinatshipi | $40,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Lee Eppie, Justice Oratile, Kabo Rankgwe, Leungo Scotch | $10,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Jayson Game Mandoze, Prince Phaezel Selepe, Godiraone Lobatlamang, Calvin Bogosi Omphile | $4,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Botswana against the rest
Where $1,657,250 puts Botswana
That is 1.2% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 20th out of 130. Botswana has Czechia above on $1,752,792 and Greece below on $1,638,125.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Botswana
- United States
- Kenya
- Jamaica
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Germany
- Australia
- France
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Sweden
- Italy
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Botswana won in athletics?
$1,657,250 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 20th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 1.2% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Botswana athlete earns the most prize money?
Collen Kebinatshipi, on $365,500 from 18 paid finishes and eight wins. That is 22.1% of everything Botswana has won. Letsile Tebogo is next on $304,250.
Does prize money won by Botswana go to the athlete or the federation?
$1,523,250 of that belongs to 18 athletes by name. The other $134,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Botswana have won athletics prize money?
18, sharing $1,523,250 between them, which is $84,625 each. Eight of them have won a title, 50 in all. Five have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Botswana
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Botswana against the other 129 the sport has paid.