Muhammad Abdallah Kounta prize money
Muhammad Abdallah Kounta has been paid $2,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2585th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 400 m, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All two | Men's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,500 is two 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.
Around Muhammad Abdallah Kounta on the money list
Ranks 2565 to 2605
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2565 | Lee Eppie | Men's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2566 | Linda Leverton | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2567 | Linda Olivieri | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2568 | Liu Qizhen | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2569 | Ludovica Cavalli | Women's 1500 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2570 | Łukasz Oslizlo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2571 | Madiea Ghafoor | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2572 | Mahau Suguimati | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2573 | Margot Appleton | Women's 2 miles | - | $2,500 |
| 2574 | Mariely Sánchez | Women's 100 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2575 | Maruša Černjul | Women's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2576 | Mary Cain | Women's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2577 | Mekedes Alemeshete | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2578 | Mercy Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2579 | Miguel Francis | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2580 | Mihai Donisan | Men's high jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2581 | Miles Ukaoma | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2582 | Mitko Tsenov | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2583 | Moa Granat | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2584 | Mthi Mthimkulu | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2585 | Muhammad Abdallah Kounta | Men's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2586 | Musab Adam Ali | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2587 | Natalia Stratulat | Women's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2588 | Nathalie Marie-Nely | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2589 | Nathan Green | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2590 | Nathan Woodward | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2591 | Nazim Babayev | Men's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2592 | Nichole Denby | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2593 | Nicola Sanders | Women's 400 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2594 | Nikkita Holder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,500 |
| 2595 | Nil de Oliveira | two disciplines | - | $2,500 |
| 2596 | Olivia Gürth | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,500 |
| 2597 | Patrick van Luijk | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2598 | Paul Renaudie | Men's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2599 | Paulo André Camilo | Men's 200 m | - | $2,500 |
| 2600 | Petya Dacheva | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2601 | Riley Dolezal | Men's javelin throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2602 | Rocío Barbara Comba | Women's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2603 | Rodney Brown | Men's discus throw | - | $2,500 |
| 2604 | Ruth Ndoumbe | Women's triple jump | - | $2,500 |
| 2605 | Rynhardt van Rensburg | Men's 800 m | - | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Muhammad Abdallah Kounta is 2585th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Muhammad Abdallah Kounta most
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collen Kebinatshipi, Zakithi Nene, Christopher Bailey, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Muzala Samukonga and Jereem Richards.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collen Kebinatshipi, Jacory Patterson, Rai Benjamin, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Zakithi Nene and Jereem Richards.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Muhammad Abdallah Kounta won?
$2,500, which ranks 2585th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes in 2026.
What is Muhammad Abdallah Kounta's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the Diamond+ 400 m at the 2026 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Muhammad Abdallah Kounta 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 400 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.
Is this everything Muhammad Abdallah Kounta 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 Muhammad Abdallah Kounta is Mthi Mthimkulu on $2,500, and one below Musab Adam Ali on $2,500. Muhammad Abdallah Kounta is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Muhammad Abdallah Kounta has been paid in one 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.