Kuma Girma prize money
Kuma Girma has been paid $22,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 558th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, men's 1500 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m | 9th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 19th | — |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 3rd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 11th | — |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 8th | $500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| Athletissima 2023 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 5000 m | 15th | — |
| All twelve | three disciplines | — | $22,750 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $22,750 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the twelve starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Kuma Girma
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 9 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $22,750 |
| Men's 1500 m | 1 | — | 2024 | $0 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $0 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Kuma Girma $22,750 of the $22,750, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | — | Athletissima | $750 |
| 2024 | 3 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 4 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $18,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $1,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from four starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $22,750.
Around Kuma Girma on the money list
Ranks 538 to 578
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 538 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | — | $24,000 |
| 539 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 540 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | — | $24,000 |
| 541 | Olivia McTaggart | Women's pole vault | 1 | $24,000 |
| 542 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | — | $23,750 |
| 543 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo | two disciplines | 1 | $23,750 |
| 544 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | — | $23,583 |
| 545 | Britany Anderson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $23,500 |
| 546 | CJ Ujah | Men's 100 m | — | $23,500 |
| 547 | George Mills | four disciplines | — | $23,500 |
| 548 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | — | $23,500 |
| 549 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $23,250 |
| 550 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | — | $23,000 |
| 551 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 552 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | — | $23,000 |
| 553 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 2 | $23,000 |
| 554 | Jeremiah Azu | Men's 100 m | — | $23,000 |
| 555 | Maria Andrejczyk | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 556 | Marthe Koala | Women's long jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 557 | Tori Peeters | Women's javelin throw | — | $23,000 |
| 558 | Kuma Girma | three disciplines | — | $22,750 |
| 559 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | — | $22,750 |
| 560 | Agathe Guillemot | three disciplines | — | $22,500 |
| 561 | Armin Sinančević | Men's shot put | — | $22,500 |
| 562 | Ralford Mullings | Men's discus throw | 1 | $22,500 |
| 563 | Ronald Musagala | two disciplines | 1 | $22,500 |
| 564 | Roshawn Clarke | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $22,500 |
| 565 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | — | $22,250 |
| 566 | Henrik Janssen | Men's discus throw | — | $22,000 |
| 567 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $21,500 |
| 568 | Senayet Getachew | two disciplines | — | $21,500 |
| 569 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $21,500 |
| 570 | Alexander Doom | Men's 400 m | 1 | $21,250 |
| 571 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | — | $21,250 |
| 572 | Ben Pattison | two disciplines | — | $21,250 |
| 573 | Maksim Nedasekau | Men's high jump | — | $21,250 |
| 574 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $21,250 |
| 575 | Sam Mattis | Men's discus throw | — | $21,250 |
| 576 | Brandon Miller | Men's 800 m | 1 | $21,000 |
| 577 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | — | $21,000 |
| 578 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | — | $21,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kuma Girma is 558th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $22,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kuma Girma most
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mezgebu Sime, Nicholas Kimeli, Keneth Kiprop, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Benson Kiplangat and Cornelius Kemboi.
Bislett Games 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: George Mills, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Graham Blanks, Yomif Kejelcha and Mezgebu Sime.
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ky Robinson, Mike Foppen, Keneth Kiprop, Denis Kipkoech, Cole Hocker and Morgan Beadlescomb.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kuma Girma won?
$22,750, which ranks 558th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Kuma Girma's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2025 Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Kuma Girma 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 Kuma Girma ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Kuma Girma earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Kuma Girma is Tori Peeters on $23,000, and one below Tori Franklin on $22,750. Kuma Girma 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, men's 1500 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kuma Girma has been paid in three 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 Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.