Muzala Samukonga prize money
Muzala Samukonga has been paid $60,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 510th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 400 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 400 m | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 400 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All twelve | Men's 400 m | - | $60,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $60,000 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Olympic Games
What Muzala Samukonga won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the men's 400 metres 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.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $35,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $9,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $10,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $35,000 from five starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $60,000.
Around Muzala Samukonga on the money list
Ranks 490 to 530
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Muzala Samukonga is 510th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $60,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Muzala Samukonga most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kirani James, Jereem Richards, Bayapo Ndori, Vernon Norwood, Charlie Dobson and Bryce Deadmon.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vernon Norwood, Bayapo Ndori, Jonathan Sacoor, Collen Kebinatshipi, Matthew Hudson-Smith and Charlie Dobson.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zakithi Nene, Christopher Bailey, Bayapo Ndori, Christopher Morales Williams, Attila Molnár and Vernon Norwood.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Muzala Samukonga won?
$60,000, which ranks 510th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Muzala Samukonga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2024 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Muzala Samukonga 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Muzala Samukonga won?
One of twelve, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $11,000.
Is this everything Muzala Samukonga 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 Muzala Samukonga is Letesenbet Gidey on $60,000, and one below Prudence Sekgodiso on $60,000. Muzala Samukonga is one of 3 Zambia athletes athletics has paid, and Zambia athletics prize money adds them up to $64,000 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 Muzala Samukonga 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.