Sam Parsons prize money
Sam Parsons has been paid $500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3657th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, and it was 8th.
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 2024 | 5000 m | 15th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 5000 m | 8th | $500 |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $500 is one 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. Three of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Sam Parsons did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres | 12th | 7:54.15 | - |
Sam Parsons stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Sam Parsons
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 3 | - | 2022 to 2024 | $500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2024 | $0 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Sam Parsons $500 of the $500, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $500 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Sam Parsons in 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $500.
Around Sam Parsons on the money list
Ranks 3637 to 3677
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3637 | Markus Rooth | Men's long jump | - | $500 |
| 3638 | Martyna Kotwiła | Women's 200 m | - | $500 |
| 3639 | Mason Ferlic | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $500 |
| 3640 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Men's 200 m | - | $500 |
| 3641 | Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim | Men's discus throw | - | $500 |
| 3642 | Mohamad Al-Garni | Men's 1500 m | - | $500 |
| 3643 | Mohamed Koussi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $500 |
| 3644 | Mudhawi Al-Shammari | Women's 100 m | - | $500 |
| 3645 | Nibret Kinde | two disciplines | - | $500 |
| 3646 | Ojie Edoburun | Men's 100 m | - | $500 |
| 3647 | Olga Safronova | Women's 100 m | - | $500 |
| 3648 | Paola Borovic | Women's triple jump | - | $500 |
| 3649 | Peter Maru | Men's 5000 m | - | $500 |
| 3650 | Phil Norman | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $500 |
| 3651 | Pietro Arese | Men's 1500 m | - | $500 |
| 3652 | Rebekah Walton | Women's javelin throw | - | $500 |
| 3653 | Regan Yee | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $500 |
| 3654 | Robert Kiprop | Men's 5000 m | - | $500 |
| 3655 | Roman Kokoshko | Men's shot put | - | $500 |
| 3656 | Ryann Porter | Women's triple jump | - | $500 |
| 3657 | Sam Parsons | two disciplines | - | $500 |
| 3658 | Sander Skotheim | Men's long jump | - | $500 |
| 3659 | Sara El-Hachimi | Women's 200 m | - | $500 |
| 3660 | Sebastian Urbaniak | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $500 |
| 3661 | Shannon Ray | Women's 200 m | - | $500 |
| 3662 | Sokhna Lacoste | Women's 400 m | - | $500 |
| 3663 | Solène Gicquel | Women's high jump | - | $500 |
| 3664 | Stella Rutto | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $500 |
| 3665 | Sumire Hata | Women's long jump | - | $500 |
| 3666 | Takashi Eto | Men's high jump | - | $500 |
| 3667 | Taymir Burnet | Men's 200 m | - | $500 |
| 3668 | Wellington Zaza | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $500 |
| 3669 | William Paulson | two disciplines | - | $500 |
| 3670 | Wu Ruiting | Men's triple jump | - | $500 |
| 3671 | Wubrist Aschal | two disciplines | - | $500 |
| 3672 | Yasin Hajjaji | Men's long jump | - | $500 |
| 3673 | Yasmin Giger | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $500 |
| 3674 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | two disciplines | - | $500 |
| 3675 | Yue Ya Xin | Women's long jump | - | $500 |
| 3676 | Zandrion Barnes | Men's 400 m | - | $500 |
| 3677 | Bram Ghuys | Men's high jump | - | $333 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Sam Parsons is 3657th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Sam Parsons most
Prefontaine Classic 2022 paid $500 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Geordie Beamish, Richard Yator, Luis Grijalva, Berihu Aregawi, Samuel Tefera and Selemon Barega.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $0 for 15th in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Matthew Ramsden, Lamecha Girma, Nicholas Kimeli, Birhanu Balew, Samwel Chebolei Masai and Addisu Yihune.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $0 for 12th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brian Fay, Selemon Barega, Biniam Mehary, Benson Kiplangat, Kuma Girma and Samwel Chebolei Masai.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Sam Parsons won?
$500, which ranks 3657th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2022 and 2024.
What is Sam Parsons's biggest Diamond League payday?
$500, for finishing 8th in the 5000 m at the 2022 Prefontaine Classic. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Sam Parsons 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 5000 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.
Has Sam Parsons 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Sam Parsons 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 Sam Parsons is Ryann Porter on $500, and one below Sander Skotheim on $500. Sam Parsons is one of 139 Germany athletes athletics has paid, and Germany athletics prize money adds them up to $4,199,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Sam Parsons has been paid in two 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. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 3000 metres page.