Ayanleh Souleiman prize money
Ayanleh Souleiman has been paid $212,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 89th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 37 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 800 m, eight 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 37 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $212,000 is 37 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 40 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ayanleh Souleiman
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 22 | 3 | 2013 to 2019 | $105,500 |
| Men's mile | 11 | 3 | 2012 to 2019 | $66,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 6 | 1 | 2013 to 2016 | $30,500 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | 1 | 2016 | $10,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Ayanleh Souleiman $105,500 of the $212,000, which is 50% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2012 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3 | Bislett Games | $47,000 |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $45,000 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $47,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | Athletissima | $12,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $2,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $25,500 |
| 2019 | 7 | - | Bauhausgalan | $29,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $47,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2012 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $212,000.
Around Ayanleh Souleiman on the money list
Ranks 69 to 109
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ayanleh Souleiman is 89th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $212,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ayanleh Souleiman most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdalaati Iguider, Brahim Kaazouzi, Aman Wote, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Samuel Tefera and Timothy Cheruiyot.
Athletissima 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Biwott, Jonathan Kitilit, Asbel Kiprop, Marcin Lewandowski, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and Nicholas Kipkoech.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Alfred Kipketer, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Asbel Kiprop, Job Koech Kinyor and Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ayanleh Souleiman won?
$212,000, which ranks 89th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 37 paid finishes between 2012 and 2019.
What is Ayanleh Souleiman's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2018 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 Ayanleh Souleiman 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 1500 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 Ayanleh Souleiman won?
Eight of 40, worth $80,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $13,000.
Has Ayanleh Souleiman ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Ayanleh Souleiman 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 Ayanleh Souleiman is Letsile Tebogo on $213,250, and one below Hyvin Jepkemoi on $212,000. Ayanleh Souleiman is one of 4 Djibouti athletes athletics has paid, and Djibouti athletics prize money adds them up to $217,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 800 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ayanleh Souleiman has been paid in four 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.