Malaika Mihambo prize money
Malaika Mihambo has been paid $244,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 75th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 31 paid finishes in the women's long jump, ten 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 31 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $244,750 is 31 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 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 $244,750 from 31 Diamond League starts between 2014 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.
The European Championships
The Gold Crown Malaika Mihambo has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's long jump | 7.22 m | €50,000 |
Malaika Mihambo has won one Gold Crown at the European Championships, worth €50,000, for the long jump at Rome 2024. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $244,750 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Season by season
2014 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | DN Galan | $2,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | Athletissima | $32,000 |
| 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 2016, 2017 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $244,750.
Around Malaika Mihambo on the money list
Ranks 55 to 95
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
| 68 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 69 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $257,500 |
| 70 | Murielle Ahouré-Demps | two disciplines | 10 | $252,750 |
| 71 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $252,250 |
| 72 | David Oliver | Men's 110 m hurdles | 14 | $247,000 |
| 73 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14 | $246,750 |
| 74 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $244,917 |
| 75 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 10 | $244,750 |
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Malaika Mihambo is 75th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $244,750.
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 Buschkuehl.
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?
$244,750, which ranks 75th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 31 paid finishes between 2014 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?
Ten of 31, worth $150,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $82,500.
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 224 meetings. The World Championships and European 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Malaika Mihambo is Nicola Olyslagers on $244,917, and one below Javier Culson on $243,500. Malaika Mihambo is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 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 400 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.