Mohamed Abdilaahi prize money
Mohamed Abdilaahi has been paid $26,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 508th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 3000 m and men's 5000 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 13th | — |
| All seven | two disciplines | — | $26,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $26,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mohamed Abdilaahi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | 1 | 2025 to 2026 | $14,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 5 | — | 2024 to 2026 | $12,500 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Mohamed Abdilaahi $14,000 of the $26,500, which is 53% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | — |
| 2025 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | 1 | Shanghai Diamond League | $16,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $16,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mohamed Abdilaahi in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $26,500.
Around Mohamed Abdilaahi on the money list
Ranks 488 to 528
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 502 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 503 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 504 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | — | $26,750 |
| 505 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $26,500 |
| 506 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 507 | Lukas Weisshaidinger | Men's discus throw | — | $26,500 |
| 508 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 509 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | — | $26,250 |
| 510 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | — | $26,250 |
| 511 | Reece Prescod | Men's 100 m | — | $26,250 |
| 512 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | — | $26,250 |
| 513 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | — | $26,125 |
| 514 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | — | $26,000 |
| 515 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 516 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 1 | $26,000 |
| 517 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | — | $26,000 |
| 518 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | — | $26,000 |
| 519 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 520 | Sage Hurta | Women's 800 m | — | $26,000 |
| 521 | Lurdes Gloria Manuel | Women's 400 m | — | $25,750 |
| 522 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $25,750 |
| 523 | Norbert Kobielski | Men's high jump | — | $25,750 |
| 524 | Thibaut Collet | Men's pole vault | — | $25,542 |
| 525 | Lilian Odira | Women's 800 m | 1 | $25,500 |
| 526 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | — | $25,500 |
| 527 | Asier Martínez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $25,000 |
| 528 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | — | $25,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mohamed Abdilaahi is 508th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $26,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mohamed Abdilaahi most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reynold Cheruiyot, Andreas Almgren, Timothy Cheruiyot, Cornelius Kemboi, Mathew Kipsang and Eduardo Herrera.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Biniam Mehary, Eduardo Herrera, Edwin Kurgat, Khairi Bejiga, Birhanu Balew and Cornelius Kemboi.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 3000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Biniam Mehary, Graham Blanks, George Mills, Samuel Tefera, Jonas Raess and Mike Foppen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mohamed Abdilaahi won?
$26,500, which ranks 508th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Mohamed Abdilaahi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mohamed Abdilaahi 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 3000 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Mohamed Abdilaahi won?
One of seven, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
Has Mohamed Abdilaahi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Mohamed Abdilaahi 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 Mohamed Abdilaahi is Lukas Weisshaidinger on $26,500, and one below Ackelia Smith on $26,250. Mohamed Abdilaahi 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 men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mohamed Abdilaahi 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.