Ferdinand Omanyala prize money
Ferdinand Omanyala has been paid $78,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 403rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's 100 m, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 100 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 100 m | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 100 m | 9th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 100 m | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 100 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 100 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | 100 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 | 100 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 100 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| All sixteen | Men's 100 m | - | $78,250 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $78,250 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Allianz Memorial Van Damme | $2,000 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $32,500 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,750 |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $18,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $19,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $32,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ferdinand Omanyala in 2022, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $78,250.
Around Ferdinand Omanyala on the money list
Ranks 383 to 423
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 414 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 415 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | - | $75,500 |
| 416 | Ryan Wilson | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $75,500 |
| 417 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $75,500 |
| 418 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 419 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $75,000 |
| 420 | Isiah Kiplangat Koech | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 421 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | two disciplines | 2 | $75,000 |
| 422 | Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | two disciplines | - | $75,000 |
| 423 | Pierre-Ambroise Bosse | Men's 800 m | 2 | $75,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ferdinand Omanyala is 403rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $78,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ferdinand Omanyala most
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gift Leotlela, Trayvon Bromell, Kenny Bednarek, Akani Simbine, Lachlan Kennedy and Christian Coleman.
Herculis EBS 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Ackeem Blake, Yohan Blake, Kishane Thompson, Joshua Hartmann and Courtney Lindsey.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 100 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kishane Thompson, Yohan Blake, Joshua Hartmann, Letsile Tebogo, Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ferdinand Omanyala won?
$78,250, which ranks 403rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Ferdinand Omanyala's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 100 m at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League. 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 Ferdinand Omanyala 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 100 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 Ferdinand Omanyala won?
Two of sixteen, worth $20,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $7,000.
Has Ferdinand Omanyala 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Ferdinand Omanyala 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 Ferdinand Omanyala is Raphael Holzdeppe on $78,500, and one below Sada Williams on $78,250. Ferdinand Omanyala 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 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ferdinand Omanyala has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's pole vault, men's 800 m and men's 200 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.