Tshepiso Masalela prize money
Tshepiso Masalela has been paid $42,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 709th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 800 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 800 m | 6th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 800 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | 800 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 800 m | 11th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 800 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All fourteen | Men's 800 m | - | $42,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,500 is twelve 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. Two of the fourteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Tshepiso Masalela did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 metres | 8th | 1:42.77 | $5,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Tshepiso Masalela $5,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $42,500 from fourteen Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2025. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $3,500 |
| 2024 | 6 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $10,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $29,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $29,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2023 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $42,500.
Around Tshepiso Masalela on the money list
Ranks 689 to 729
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tshepiso Masalela is 709th 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 Tshepiso Masalela most
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bryce Hoppel, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Slimane Moula, Ibrahim Chuot, Andreas Kramer and Abdelati El Guesse.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Max Burgin, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Brandon Miller, Kethobogile Haingura, Wycliffe Kinyamal and Abderrahman El Assal.
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ngeno Kipngetich, Andreas Kramer, Elias Ngeny, Clayton Murphy, Abdelati El Guesse and Ethan Hussey.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tshepiso Masalela won?
$42,500, which ranks 709th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Tshepiso Masalela's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tshepiso Masalela 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 800 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Tshepiso Masalela won?
Two of fourteen, worth $20,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $3,500.
Has Tshepiso Masalela ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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.
How much did Tshepiso Masalela win at the 2025 World Championships?
$5,000, 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 Tshepiso Masalela earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Tshepiso Masalela is Simone Facey on $42,500, and one below Rhasidat Adeleke on $42,250. Tshepiso Masalela is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tshepiso Masalela has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 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 800 metres page.