Biniam Mehary prize money
Biniam Mehary has been paid $31,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 447th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All eight | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $31,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Biniam Mehary did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 5th | 12:59.95 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Biniam Mehary $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $31,000 from eight Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Biniam Mehary did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 4th | 13:00.24 | — |
Biniam Mehary stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Biniam Mehary did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres | 9th | 7:49.18 | — |
Biniam Mehary stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Biniam Mehary ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | 6th | 29:03 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
The championships have paid Biniam Mehary $3,000 of his own, for one finish inside the first six. A senior race pays $30,000 to win and $3,000 for 6th, and nothing at all to the seventh runner home. The team he ran on earned Ethiopia $20,000, all of it from a team standing, which is settled on the places of the first four runners a country gets home. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $31,000 at the top of this page. Hescored alongside Berihu Aregawi, Tadese Worku and Nibret Kinde, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Biniam Mehary
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | — | 2024 to 2026 | $26,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $5,000 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Biniam Mehary $26,000 of the $31,000, which is 84% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $6,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $12,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $12,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $12,500 from two starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $31,000.
Around Biniam Mehary on the money list
Ranks 427 to 467
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Biniam Mehary is 447th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $31,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Biniam Mehary most
Bislett Games 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kuma Girma, George Mills, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Graham Blanks and Yomif Kejelcha.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Benson Kiplangat, Kuma Girma, Samwel Chebolei Masai, Mike Foppen, Morgan McDonald and Nibret Kinde.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eduardo Herrera, Edwin Kurgat, Khairi Bejiga, Birhanu Balew, Cornelius Kemboi and Keneth Kiprop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Biniam Mehary won?
$31,000, which ranks 447th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Biniam Mehary's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 5000 m at the 2025 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Biniam Mehary 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 place is worth the same in the men's 5000 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.
Has Biniam Mehary 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.
How much did Biniam Mehary win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Biniam Mehary earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Biniam Mehary is Álex Quiñónez on $31,000, and one below Marcin Lewandowski on $31,000. Biniam Mehary is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Biniam Mehary has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 5000 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 5000 metres page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 3000 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.