Emmanuel Wanyonyi prize money
Emmanuel Wanyonyi has been paid $321,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 37th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 23 paid finishes in the men's 800 m and men's 1000 m, fifteen 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 23 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $321,500 is 23 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Emmanuel Wanyonyi did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 1st | 1:41.86 | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Emmanuel Wanyonyi $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $321,500 from 23 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Emmanuel Wanyonyi did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 3rd | 1:42.44 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Emmanuel Wanyonyi $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $321,500 from 23 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The Olympic Games
What Emmanuel Wanyonyi won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
Emmanuel Wanyonyi was paid $50,000 for the men's 800 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Emmanuel Wanyonyi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 22 | 14 | 2022 to 2026 | $301,500 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | 1 | 2026 | $20,000 |
The men's 800 m has paid Emmanuel Wanyonyi $301,500 of the $321,500, which is 94% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $60,500 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $52,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $84,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $115,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $115,000 from six starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $321,500.
Around Emmanuel Wanyonyi on the money list
Ranks 17 to 57
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Emmanuel Wanyonyi is 37th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $321,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Emmanuel Wanyonyi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $60,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Djamel Sedjati, Yanis Meziane, Marco Arop, Ben Pattison, Gabriel Tual and Tobias Grønstad.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Max Burgin, Marco Arop, Djamel Sedjati, Tshepiso Masalela, Mohamed Attaoui and Bryce Hoppel.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Djamel Sedjati, Marco Arop, Gabriel Tual, Eliott Crestan, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Andreas Kramer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Emmanuel Wanyonyi won?
$321,500, which ranks 37th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 23 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Emmanuel Wanyonyi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$60,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 800 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Emmanuel Wanyonyi 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 Emmanuel Wanyonyi won?
Fifteen of 23, worth $280,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $150,000.
How much did Emmanuel Wanyonyi win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, 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.
How much did Emmanuel Wanyonyi win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Emmanuel Wanyonyi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and Olympic 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Emmanuel Wanyonyi is Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce on $335,000, and one below Julien Alfred on $316,000. Emmanuel Wanyonyi is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Emmanuel Wanyonyi has been paid in two 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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 800 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 800 metres page.