Mohammed Ahmed prize money
Mohammed Ahmed has been paid $27,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 960th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, men's 3000 m and men's mile, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 3000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 5000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | Mile | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2021 | 3000 m | 9th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 5000 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All sixteen | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $27,000 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Mohammed Ahmed did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | - | DNF | - |
Mohammed Ahmed 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.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Mohammed Ahmed ran on the grass
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race | - | DNF | - | - |
Mohammed Ahmed has run one race here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. No team standing he ran in finished inside the first six, which is as far as that ladder reaches: $20,000 to the winning country down to $4,000 for 6th, and every dollar of it a federation's. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mohammed Ahmed
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 13 | - | 2016 to 2024 | $26,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2021 to 2024 | $1,000 |
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2021 | $0 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Mohammed Ahmed $26,000 of the $27,000, which is 96% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $4,500 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,250 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $1,750 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mohammed Ahmed in 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $27,000.
Around Mohammed Ahmed on the money list
Ranks 940 to 980
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 940 | Andrew Osagie | two disciplines | - | $28,000 |
| 941 | Jeff Porter | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,000 |
| 942 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 943 | Mabel Gay | Women's triple jump | - | $28,000 |
| 944 | Roba Gari | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,000 |
| 945 | Yanfeng Li | Women's discus throw | 2 | $28,000 |
| 946 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | - | $27,800 |
| 947 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,750 |
| 948 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | - | $27,500 |
| 949 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 950 | Maksym Mazuryk | Men's pole vault | - | $27,500 |
| 951 | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $27,500 |
| 952 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | - | $27,500 |
| 953 | Su Bingtian | Men's 100 m | - | $27,500 |
| 954 | Tiffany Williams | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 955 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 956 | Ajoke Odumosu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,000 |
| 957 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 958 | Irene Jelagat | four disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 959 | Job Koech Kinyor | Men's 800 m | - | $27,000 |
| 960 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 961 | Tiffany Townsend | two disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 962 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 963 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 964 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 965 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $26,500 |
| 966 | Liliana Cá | Women's discus throw | - | $26,500 |
| 967 | Linus Thörnblad | Men's high jump | 2 | $26,500 |
| 968 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | two disciplines | 1 | $26,500 |
| 969 | Aleksey Dmitrik | Men's high jump | 1 | $26,333 |
| 970 | Ackelia Smith | two disciplines | - | $26,250 |
| 971 | Alexis Holmes | Women's 400 m | - | $26,250 |
| 972 | Roger Steen | Men's shot put | - | $26,250 |
| 973 | Thomas Carmoy | Men's high jump | - | $26,125 |
| 974 | Aaliyah Butler | Women's 400 m | - | $26,000 |
| 975 | André Olivier | Men's 800 m | - | $26,000 |
| 976 | Anyika Onuora | three disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 977 | Cornelius Kemboi | two disciplines | - | $26,000 |
| 978 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $26,000 |
| 979 | Jeffery Gibson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $26,000 |
| 980 | Sosthene Moguenara-Taroum | Women's long jump | - | $26,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mohammed Ahmed is 960th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $27,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mohammed Ahmed most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yenew Alamirew, Albert Rop, Ben True, Mo Farah, Muktar Edris and Yomif Kejelcha.
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Edwin Soi, Hassan Mead, Yenew Alamirew, Joshua Cheptegei and Muktar Edris.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mohamed Katir, Justyn Knight, Joshua Cheptegei, Birhanu Balew, Robert Kiprop and Yemaneberhan Crippa.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mohammed Ahmed won?
$27,000, which ranks 960th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2016 and 2024.
What is Mohammed Ahmed's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing 5th in the 5000 m at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Mohammed Ahmed 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 Mohammed Ahmed ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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 Mohammed Ahmed earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country 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 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 Mohammed Ahmed is Job Koech Kinyor on $27,000, and one below Tiffany Townsend on $27,000. Mohammed Ahmed is one of 70 Canada athletes athletics has paid, and Canada athletics prize money adds them up to $2,287,458 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mohammed Ahmed has been paid in three 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 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 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 10,000 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the senior men's race page.