Samuel Firewu prize money
Samuel Firewu has been paid $72,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 205th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $72,500 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Samuel Firewu did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 4th | 8:34.68 | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Samuel Firewu $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $72,500 from 17 Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. 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 | 3 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $22,500 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $17,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | — | Doha Diamond League | $13,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $22,500 from five starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $72,500.
Around Samuel Firewu on the money list
Ranks 185 to 225
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 185 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $78,250 |
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 188 | Ramil Guliyev | Men's 200 m | 3 | $78,000 |
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Samuel Firewu is 205th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $72,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Samuel Firewu most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Geordie Beamish, Getnet Wale, Ryuji Miura, Abraham Kibiwot, Benjamin Kigen and Amos Serem.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Soufiane El Bakkali, Simon Koech, Edmund Serem, Hailemariyam Amare, Ryuji Miura and Abraham Kibiwot.
Doha Diamond League 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Getnet Wale, Amos Serem, Ryuji Miura, Daniel Arce and Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Samuel Firewu won?
$72,500, which ranks 205th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Samuel Firewu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Samuel Firewu 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Samuel Firewu won?
Two of 17, worth $20,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $14,500.
Has Samuel Firewu ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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 is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Samuel Firewu win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Samuel Firewu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Samuel Firewu is Christin Hussong on $72,750, and one below Jake Wightman on $71,750. Samuel Firewu is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 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 Samuel Firewu 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.