Luvo Manyonga prize money
Luvo Manyonga has been paid $184,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 127th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's long jump, eight 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Long jump | 4th | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | Long jump | 1st | $50,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | Long jump | 1st | $50,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | Long jump | 7th | $1,500 |
| All fourteen | Men's long jump | - | $184,500 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $184,500 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Indoor Championships
What Luvo Manyonga did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | - | NM | - |
Luvo Manyonga 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.
Season by season
2016 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | Memorial Van Damme | $11,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $70,000 |
| 2018 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $84,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $19,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $84,000 from five starts. Every season from 2016 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $184,500.
Around Luvo Manyonga on the money list
Ranks 107 to 147
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Luvo Manyonga is 127th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $184,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Luvo Manyonga most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Henry Frayne, Tajay Gayle, Jeff Henderson, Marquis Dendy and Thobias Montler.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Jarrion Lawson, Michel Tornéus, Fabrice Lapierre, Emiliano Lasa and Michael Hartfield.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shi Yuhao, Henry Frayne, Jeff Henderson, Huang Changzhou, Xinglong Gao and Damar Forbes.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Luvo Manyonga won?
$184,500, which ranks 127th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2016 and 2019.
What is Luvo Manyonga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Luvo Manyonga 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 long jump 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 Luvo Manyonga won?
Eight of fourteen, worth $160,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $106,000.
Is this everything Luvo Manyonga 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 Luvo Manyonga is Novlene Williams-Mills on $185,000, and one below Leyanis Pérez on $183,250. Luvo Manyonga is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Luvo Manyonga 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. 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 long jump page.