Samuel Tefera prize money
Samuel Tefera has been paid $42,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 707th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen 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
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,500 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Six of the 21 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 | 10 | - | 2018 to 2024 | $19,250 |
| 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 $42,500, which is 50% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2018 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $12,000 |
| 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
2018 is the biggest of them, $12,000 from three 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 $42,500.
Around Samuel Tefera on the money list
Ranks 687 to 727
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Samuel Tefera is 707th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $42,500.
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.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abdalaati Iguider, Charles Simotwo, Justus Soget, Aman Wote, Thiago André and Bethwell Birgen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Samuel Tefera won?
$42,500, which ranks 707th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2018 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. Those starts 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 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 Samuel Tefera is Michał Haratyk on $42,500, and one below Simone Facey on $42,500. Samuel Tefera is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 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.