Malaika Mihambo prize money
Malaika Mihambo has been paid $207,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 36th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 25 paid finishes in the women'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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 25 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $207,750 is 25 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Malaika Mihambo did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's long jump | 2nd | 6.99 m | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Malaika Mihambo $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $207,750 from 25 Diamond League starts between 2019 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Malaika Mihambo won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's long jump | Silver | — |
The silver in the women's long jump paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $70,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | Bislett Games | $30,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Birmingham Diamond League | $21,250 |
| 2023 | 2 | — | Bauhausgalan | $7,250 |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $10,750 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $42,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $26,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Malaika Mihambo in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $207,750.
Around Malaika Mihambo on the money list
Ranks 16 to 56
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
| 43 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 6 | $195,000 |
| 44 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $193,000 |
| 45 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 46 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 9 | $190,500 |
| 47 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 7 | $190,000 |
| 48 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 9 | $188,500 |
| 49 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $187,250 |
| 50 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 51 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 6 | $183,000 |
| 52 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 53 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 6 | $178,000 |
| 54 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 5 | $178,000 |
| 55 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 56 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Malaika Mihambo is 36th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $207,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Malaika Mihambo most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brittney Reese, Katarina Johnson-Thompson, Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, Lorraine Ugen, Yelena Sokolova and Brooke Stratton.
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Claire Bryant, Larissa Iapichino, Hilary Kpatcha, Agate de Sousa, Lucy Hadaway and Ramona Elena Verman.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hilary Kpatcha, Claire Bryant, Annik Kälin, Monae' Nichols and Larissa Iapichino.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Malaika Mihambo won?
$207,750, which ranks 36th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 25 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Malaika Mihambo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2019 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 Malaika Mihambo gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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 Malaika Mihambo won?
Eight of 25, worth $130,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $76,500.
How much did Malaika Mihambo win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Malaika Mihambo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, 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 Malaika Mihambo is Ryan Crouser on $210,000, and one below Marie-Josée Ta Lou on $202,000. Malaika Mihambo is one of 81 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $1,858,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Malaika Mihambo has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and London Athletics Meet has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's long jump page.