Nigeria athletics prize money
Nigeria has taken $982,250 out of athletics, 32nd of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Tobi Amusan is the biggest earner on $362,250, 36.9% of the national total.
$978,250 of that belongs to sixteen athletes by name. The other $4,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Nigeria athlete athletics has paid
16 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tobi Amusan | 34 | 7 | $362,250 |
| 2 | Blessing Okagbare | 70 | 11 | $338,250 |
| 3 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | 9 | - | $48,000 |
| 4 | Chukwuebuka Enekwechi | 15 | - | $41,750 |
| 5 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | 4 | 1 | $39,000 |
| 6 | Tosin Oke | 13 | - | $32,000 |
| 7 | Ese Brume | 8 | - | $29,000 |
| 8 | Ajoke Odumosu | 11 | - | $27,000 |
| 9 | Favour Ofili | 6 | - | $20,000 |
| 10 | Gloria Asumnu | 4 | - | $8,500 |
| 11 | Regina George | 5 | - | $8,500 |
| 12 | Doreen Amata | 2 | - | $8,000 |
| 13 | Emmanuel Bamidele | 2 | - | $7,250 |
| 14 | Udodi Onwuzurike | 2 | - | $5,500 |
| 15 | Miles Ukaoma | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 16 | Chioma Onyekwere | 1 | - | $750 |
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. Sixteen of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 16
Tobi Amusan holds 36.9% of everything Nigeria has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 76.2% of it between them, and $61,141 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Nigeria
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 16 | 19 | $828,250 | - | $828,250 |
| World Championships | 4 | - | $69,000 | - | $69,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 1 | - | $6,000 | - | $6,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 1 | - | $75,000 | - | $75,000 |
| World Relays | - | - | - | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 16 | 19 | $978,250 | $4,000 | $982,250 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Nigeria on $828,250, 84.3% of the national total. Five of the six have paid Nigeria. Nigeria has won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 16: four 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. Tobi Amusan has been paid by three of them: the Diamond League, the World Championships and the Ultimate Championship.
The cheques that went to the federation
1 team payment, paid to Nigeria rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Favour Ashe, Obi Chukwuka, Chidera Ezeakor, Maria Thompson Omokwe | $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.
Nigeria against the rest
Where $982,250 puts Nigeria
That is 0.7% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 32nd out of 130. Nigeria has Bahrain above on $1,047,250 and Morocco below on $977,750.
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 Nigeria
- Italy
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Cuba
- Norway
- China
- Czechia
- Botswana
- Greece
- Switzerland
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Uganda
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Nigeria won in athletics?
$982,250 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 32nd of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.7% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Nigeria athlete earns the most prize money?
Tobi Amusan, on $362,250 from 34 paid finishes and seven wins. That is 36.9% of everything Nigeria has won. Blessing Okagbare is next on $338,250.
Does prize money won by Nigeria go to the athlete or the federation?
$978,250 of that belongs to sixteen athletes by name. The other $4,000 is the federation's, won by one team whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Nigeria have won athletics prize money?
16, sharing $978,250 between them, which is $61,141 each. Three of them have won a title, 19 in all. Four have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Nigeria
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 Nigeria against the other 129 the sport has paid.