Samuel Tefera prize money
Samuel Tefera has been paid $30,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 453rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, men's 1500 m and men's 3000 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 11th | — |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2023 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 5000 m | 14th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 1500 m | 7th | $750 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Mile | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| All 18 | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $30,500 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the 18 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Samuel Tefera
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 9 | — | 2022 to 2025 | $21,250 |
| Men's 1500 m | 7 | — | 2019 to 2024 | $7,250 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2025 | $1,000 |
| Men's mile | 1 | — | 2019 | $1,000 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Samuel Tefera $21,250 of the $30,500, which is 70% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | — | Bauhausgalan | $5,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,750 |
| 2022 | 2 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $12,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Bislett Games | $750 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
| 2025 | 4 | — | Doha Diamond League | $9,500 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Samuel Tefera in 2020 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $30,500.
Around Samuel Tefera on the money list
Ranks 433 to 473
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 433 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | — | $32,250 |
| 434 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 435 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | — | $32,000 |
| 436 | Ivana Vuleta | Women's long jump | 2 | $32,000 |
| 437 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 438 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $32,000 |
| 439 | Shakima Wimbley | Women's 400 m | — | $32,000 |
| 440 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $32,000 |
| 441 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | — | $31,750 |
| 442 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 443 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $31,750 |
| 444 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $31,500 |
| 445 | Vashti Cunningham | Women's high jump | — | $31,250 |
| 446 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | — | $31,000 |
| 447 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | — | $31,000 |
| 448 | Marcin Lewandowski | three disciplines | 1 | $31,000 |
| 449 | Filip Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $30,750 |
| 450 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,750 |
| 451 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 452 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 453 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | — | $30,500 |
| 454 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $30,500 |
| 455 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | — | $30,458 |
| 456 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,250 |
| 457 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 2 | $30,000 |
| 458 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | — | $30,000 |
| 459 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | — | $30,000 |
| 460 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | — | $30,000 |
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Samuel Tefera is 453rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $30,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Samuel Tefera most
Prefontaine Classic 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Selemon Barega, Mohammed Ahmed, Getnet Wale, Matthew Ramsden, Brett Robinson and Sam Parsons.
Bislett Games 2022 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getnet Wale, Joe Klecker, Milkesa Mengesha, Jack Rayner, Adel Mechaal and Peter Maru.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Edwin Kurgat, Cornelius Kemboi, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Abdullahi Jama Mahamed, Addisu Yihune and Khairi Bejiga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Samuel Tefera won?
$30,500, which ranks 453rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Samuel Tefera's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Samuel Tefera 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 Samuel Tefera ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six 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 Samuel Tefera 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 Samuel Tefera is Graham Blanks on $30,500, and one below Tia Jones on $30,500. Samuel Tefera 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 5000 m prize money, men's 1500 m prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Samuel Tefera has been paid in four 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.