Amel Tuka prize money
Amel Tuka has been paid $47,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 649th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's 800 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2021 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 800 m | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 800 m | 8th | $500 |
| Anniversary Games 2021 | 800 m | 9th | - |
| Herculis 2019 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 800 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2015 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All 19 | Men's 800 m | - | $47,750 |
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $47,750 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 19 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2015 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | Herculis | $14,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Herculis | $10,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 7 | - | Doha Diamond League | $6,750 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $14,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Amel Tuka in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $47,750.
Around Amel Tuka on the money list
Ranks 629 to 669
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Amel Tuka is 649th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $47,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Amel Tuka most
Herculis 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nijel Amos, Ayanleh Souleiman, Boris Berian, Adam Kszczot, Marcin Lewandowski and Ferguson Rotich.
Herculis 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Michael Saruni, Brandon McBride, Wesley Vázquez, Adam Kszczot, Jake Wightman and Pierre-Ambroise Bosse.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $4,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Donavan Brazier, Nijel Amos, Brandon McBride and Emmanuel Korir.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Amel Tuka won?
$47,750, which ranks 649th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2015 and 2022.
What is Amel Tuka's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2015 Herculis. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Amel Tuka 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 800 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 Amel Tuka won?
One of 19, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $5,500.
Has Amel Tuka ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Amel Tuka 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 Amel Tuka is Aleia Hobbs on $47,750, and one below Līna Mūze on $47,250. Amel Tuka is one of 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina athletes athletics has paid, and Bosnia and Herzegovina athletics prize money adds them up to $51,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Amel Tuka has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.