Ruswahl Samaai prize money
Ruswahl Samaai has been paid $152,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 172nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the men's long jump, two of them wins.
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
The 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $152,500 is 24 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $22,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $44,500 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $33,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,250 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $2,250 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $44,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ruswahl Samaai in 2015 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $152,500.
Around Ruswahl Samaai on the money list
Ranks 152 to 192
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruswahl Samaai is 172nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $152,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ruswahl Samaai most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tajay Gayle, Luvo Manyonga, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Wang Jianan, Thobias Montler and Zarck Visser.
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Henry Frayne, Tajay Gayle, Jeff Henderson, Marquis Dendy, Thobias Montler and Huang Changzhou.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jarrion Lawson, Michel Tornéus, Fabrice Lapierre, Emiliano Lasa, Michael Hartfield and Benjamin Gföhler.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ruswahl Samaai won?
$152,500, which ranks 172nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2014 and 2022.
What is Ruswahl Samaai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the long jump at the 2019 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 Ruswahl Samaai 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 long jump 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 Ruswahl Samaai won?
Two of 24, worth $20,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $67,000.
Is this everything Ruswahl Samaai 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 Ruswahl Samaai is Ruth Beitia on $153,000, and one below Mary Moraa on $151,500. Ruswahl Samaai is one of 54 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $2,356,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ruswahl Samaai 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.