Mike Foppen prize money
Mike Foppen has been paid $5,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1990th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 3000 m | 11th | - |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 3000 m | 11th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Bauhausgalan 2022 | 3000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Mike Foppen did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 12th | 13:05.94 | - |
Mike Foppen stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mike Foppen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 6 | - | 2021 to 2025 | $4,750 |
| Men's 3000 m | 4 | - | 2022 to 2025 | $750 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Mike Foppen $4,750 of the $5,500, which is 86% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2021 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | - |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,500 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $3,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mike Foppen in 2021 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $5,500.
Around Mike Foppen on the money list
Ranks 1970 to 2010
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Dovilė Kilty | Women's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1971 | Elisa Cusma | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1972 | Emel Dereli̇ | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1973 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1974 | Eric Edwards Jr. | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1975 | Gabbi Cunningham | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1976 | Hamid Ezzine | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1977 | Hawi Abera | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1978 | Hyleas Fountain | Women's long jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1979 | Ibrahim Ezzaydouni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1980 | Jacquelyn Coward | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1981 | Janeek Brown | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1982 | Joe Klecker | three disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1983 | Jonathan Sacoor | Men's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1984 | Kevin López | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1985 | Leah Nugent | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1986 | Li Lingyu | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1987 | Luka Bošković | Men's long jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1988 | Mario Pestano | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1989 | Māris Urtāns | Men's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1990 | Mike Foppen | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1991 | Monica Hargrove | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1992 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1993 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1994 | Pedrya Seymour | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1995 | Richard Yates | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1996 | Sarah Stevens-Walker | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1997 | Shalaya Kipp | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1998 | Simon Magakwe | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1999 | Tan Jian | Women's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2000 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 2001 | Tigst Assefa | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2002 | Tyquendo Tracey | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2003 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2004 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2005 | Wu Yanni | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 2006 | Yanxi Li | Men's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 2007 | Yuki Koike | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2008 | Amere Lattin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2009 | Brandon Carnes | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2010 | Chris McAlister | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mike Foppen is 1990th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mike Foppen most
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Keneth Kiprop, Denis Kipkoech, Cole Hocker, Morgan Beadlescomb, Eduardo Herrera and Cornelius Kemboi.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Morgan McDonald, Nibret Kinde, Jack Rayner, Sam Parsons, Brian Fay and Selemon Barega.
Meeting de Paris 2022 paid $750 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdessamad Oukhelfen, Isaac Kimeli, Selemon Barega, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Muktar Edris and Jimmy Gressier.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mike Foppen won?
$5,500, which ranks 1990th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2021 and 2025.
What is Mike Foppen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 5000 m at the 2025 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mike Foppen 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 Mike Foppen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Mike Foppen 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 Mike Foppen is Māris Urtāns on $5,500, and one below Monica Hargrove on $5,500. Mike Foppen is one of 55 Netherlands athletes athletics has paid, and Netherlands athletics prize money adds them up to $2,809,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mike Foppen has been paid in two 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 Bauhausgalan 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 men's 5000 metres page.