Makanakaishe Charamba prize money
Makanakaishe Charamba has been paid $32,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 430th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 200 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 200 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 200 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 200 m | 3rd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All seven | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $32,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $32,500.
Around Makanakaishe Charamba on the money list
Ranks 410 to 450
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 410 | Ayanleh Souleiman | two disciplines | — | $35,000 |
| 411 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | — | $35,000 |
| 412 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 3 | $35,000 |
| 413 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | — | $34,750 |
| 414 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,750 |
| 415 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $34,750 |
| 416 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | — | $34,750 |
| 417 | Margaret Kipkemboi | two disciplines | — | $34,250 |
| 418 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 419 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 420 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | — | $34,000 |
| 421 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 422 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $33,750 |
| 423 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | — | $33,750 |
| 424 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | two disciplines | — | $33,500 |
| 425 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 426 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $33,500 |
| 427 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 428 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 429 | Andreas Almgren | three disciplines | 1 | $32,750 |
| 430 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | — | $32,500 |
| 431 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $32,500 |
| 432 | Wilma Murto | Women's pole vault | 1 | $32,500 |
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Makanakaishe Charamba is 430th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $32,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Makanakaishe Charamba most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letsile Tebogo, Courtney Lindsey, José Figueroa, Timothé Mumenthaler, Reynier Mena and Kenny Bednarek.
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexander Ogando, Phaezel Selepe, Reynier Mena, Kyree King, Cheickna Traore and Robin Ganter.
Herculis EBS 2025 paid $6,000 for 3rd in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alexander Ogando, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Jereem Richards, Timothé Mumenthaler, Téo Andant and Noah Lyles.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Makanakaishe Charamba won?
$32,500, which ranks 430th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Makanakaishe Charamba's biggest Diamond League payday?
$7,000, for finishing 3rd in the 200 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 Makanakaishe Charamba 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 Makanakaishe Charamba 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 Makanakaishe Charamba is Andreas Almgren on $32,750, and one below Mark English on $32,500. Makanakaishe Charamba is one of 3 Zimbabwe athletes athletics has paid, and Zimbabwe athletics prize money adds them up to $46,500 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 Makanakaishe Charamba 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.