Joseph Fahnbulleh prize money
Joseph Fahnbulleh has been paid $49,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 624th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 paid finishes in the men's 200 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
The 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,750 is 22 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.
Season by season
2022 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $2,500 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Bislett Games | $12,000 |
| 2024 | 6 | - | Doha Diamond League | $8,250 |
| 2025 | 7 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $27,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $27,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2022 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,750.
Around Joseph Fahnbulleh on the money list
Ranks 604 to 644
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Joseph Fahnbulleh is 624th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $49,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Joseph Fahnbulleh most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Gregory, Wayde van Niekerk, Kyree King, Benjamin Richardson, Ryan Zeze and Courtney Lindsey.
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kyree King, Henrik Larsson, Abduraqhman Karriem, Erik Erlandsson, Joshua Hartmann and Reynier Mena.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aaron Brown, Filippo Tortu, Kyree King, Shaun Maswanganyi, William Reais and Letsile Tebogo.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Joseph Fahnbulleh won?
$49,750, which ranks 624th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2022 and 2025.
What is Joseph Fahnbulleh's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 200 m at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Joseph Fahnbulleh 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 200 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.
Is this everything Joseph Fahnbulleh 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 Joseph Fahnbulleh is Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui on $49,750, and one below Kyree King on $49,750. Joseph Fahnbulleh is one of 6 Liberia athletes athletics has paid, and Liberia athletics prize money adds them up to $93,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Joseph Fahnbulleh has been paid in one 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.