Ruswahl Samaai prize money
Ruswahl Samaai has been paid $49,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 321st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's long jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2022 | Long jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 | Long jump | 6th | $1,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | Long jump | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | Long jump | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | Long jump | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Long jump | 2nd | $20,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Long jump | 5th | $2,500 |
| All ten | Men's long jump | — | $49,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $30,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $16,250 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $2,250 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $30,500 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ruswahl Samaai in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,000.
Around Ruswahl Samaai on the money list
Ranks 301 to 341
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 301 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 302 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | — | $50,875 |
| 303 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 304 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $50,500 |
| 305 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 306 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 307 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 308 | Kate Grace | two disciplines | 2 | $50,250 |
| 309 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 310 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $50,000 |
| 311 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | — | $50,000 |
| 312 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 313 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | — | $49,750 |
| 314 | Kyree King | two disciplines | — | $49,750 |
| 315 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $49,750 |
| 316 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $49,500 |
| 317 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 318 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | — | $49,250 |
| 319 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 320 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 4 | $49,000 |
| 321 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | — | $49,000 |
| 322 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,750 |
| 323 | Khaddi Sagnia | Women's long jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 324 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 325 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 326 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 327 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,000 |
| 328 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 329 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 330 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 331 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 332 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | — | $47,000 |
| 333 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 334 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 335 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | — | $46,667 |
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
| 337 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 338 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 339 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 3 | $45,250 |
| 340 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $45,000 |
| 341 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | — | $45,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruswahl Samaai is 321st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $49,000.
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 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the long jump, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Simon Ehammer, Benjamin Gföhler, Radek Juška, Filippo Randazzo, Thobias Montler and Steffin McCarter.
Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Filippo Randazzo, Benjamin Gföhler, Artem Primak, Erwan Konaté, Eusebio Cáceres and Fabian Heinle.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ruswahl Samaai won?
$49,000, which ranks 321st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2019 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 place 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.
Is this everything Ruswahl Samaai 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 Ruswahl Samaai is Gong Lijiao on $49,000, and one below Ayomide Folorunso on $48,750. Ruswahl Samaai is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 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.