Niklas Buchholz prize money
Niklas Buchholz has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1566th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, and it was 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | — |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 13th | — |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | — |
| All four | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Niklas Buchholz did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 15th | 8:42.81 | — |
Niklas Buchholz 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.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | — | — | — | — |
| 2026 | 3 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Niklas Buchholz in 2023, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,000.
Around Niklas Buchholz on the money list
Ranks 1546 to 1586
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1546 | Mark Pearce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1547 | Maruša Mišmaš | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1548 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1549 | Mathew Kipsang | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1550 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | Men's mile | — | $2,000 |
| 1551 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | Men's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1552 | Melissa Boekelman | Women's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1553 | Melvin Raffin | Men's triple jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1554 | Merel Maes | Women's high jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1555 | Mikiah Brisco | Women's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1556 | Mohamed Nasir Abbas | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1557 | Morgann LeLeux | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1558 | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1559 | Mostafa Smaili | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1560 | Mouhcine Khoua | Men's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1561 | Naa Anang | Women's long jump | — | $2,000 |
| 1562 | Nelvin Jepkemboi | Women's 5000 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1563 | Ngeno Kipngetich | Men's 800 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1564 | Nicholas Percy | Men's discus throw | — | $2,000 |
| 1565 | Nigel Ellis | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1566 | Niklas Buchholz | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,000 |
| 1567 | Nikola Horowska | Women's 200 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1568 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1569 | Oumar Doudai Abakar | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1570 | Phylicia George | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1571 | Raphael Bouju | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1572 | Reece Holder | Men's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1573 | Reetta Hurske | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1574 | Robert Dunning | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1575 | Romain Lecoeur | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $2,000 |
| 1576 | Ronal Longa | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1577 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1578 | Ryiem Forde | Men's 100 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1579 | Salomé Afonso | three disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1580 | Samuel Abate | two disciplines | — | $2,000 |
| 1581 | Sarah McDonald | Women's 1500 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1582 | Scott Lincoln | Men's shot put | — | $2,000 |
| 1583 | Seif Heneida | Men's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1584 | Sophie Becker | Women's 400 m | — | $2,000 |
| 1585 | Sophie Cook | Women's pole vault | — | $2,000 |
| 1586 | Sophie McKinna | Women's shot put | — | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Niklas Buchholz is 1566th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Niklas Buchholz most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hailemariyam Amare, Ahmed Jaziri, Amos Serem, Soufiane El Bakkali, Samuel Firewu and Daniel Arce.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $0 for 11th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicolas-Marie Daru, Simon Koech, Ryuji Miura, Edmund Serem, Matthew Wilkinson and Leonard Bett.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $0 for 13th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ahmed Jaziri, Amos Serem, Gemechu Godana, Soufiane El Bakkali, Salaheddine Ben Yazide and Ruben Querinjean.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Niklas Buchholz won?
$2,000, which ranks 1566th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2023 and 2026.
What is Niklas Buchholz's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the Diamond+ 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 Doha 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 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Niklas Buchholz 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Niklas Buchholz ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Niklas Buchholz 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 Niklas Buchholz is Nigel Ellis on $2,000, and one below Nikola Horowska on $2,000. Niklas Buchholz 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 steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Niklas Buchholz 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 Doha Diamond League 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 3000 metres steeplechase page.