Germany athletics prize money
Germany has taken $1,858,417 out of athletics, 10th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Malaika Mihambo is the biggest earner on $242,750, 13.1% of the national total.
$1,796,417 of that belongs to 81 athletes by name. The other $62,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Germany athlete athletics has paid
81 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaika Mihambo | 26 | 8 | $242,750 |
| 2 | Julian Weber | 21 | 4 | $189,750 |
| 3 | Merlin Hummel | 2 | 1 | $185,000 |
| 4 | Johannes Vetter | 9 | 5 | $93,000 |
| 5 | Christin Hussong | 10 | 3 | $72,750 |
| 6 | Leo Neugebauer | 1 | 1 | $70,000 |
| 7 | Kristin Pudenz | 20 | — | $54,500 |
| 8 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 9 | 1 | $50,750 |
| 9 | Thomas Röhler | 12 | 2 | $44,750 |
| 10 | Frederik Ruppert | 3 | 1 | $42,000 |
| 11 | Andreas Hofmann | 6 | 2 | $40,000 |
| 12 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | 15 | — | $39,500 |
| 13 | Max Heß | 12 | — | $39,000 |
| 14 | Amanal Petros | 1 | — | $35,000 |
| 15 | Christina Honsel | 10 | 1 | $33,667 |
| 16 | Yemisi Ogunleye | 7 | — | $33,250 |
| 17 | Gina Lückenkemper | 12 | — | $29,750 |
| 18 | Claudine Vita | 16 | — | $28,250 |
| 19 | Emil Agyekum | 6 | — | $26,500 |
| 20 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | 6 | 1 | $26,500 |
| 21 | Christina Schwanitz | 6 | 1 | $26,000 |
| 22 | Yemisi Mabry | 7 | — | $25,000 |
| 23 | Shanice Craft | 12 | — | $24,500 |
| 24 | Henrik Janssen | 10 | — | $22,000 |
| 25 | Robert Farken | 8 | — | $19,500 |
| 26 | Christoph Harting | 7 | — | $19,000 |
| 27 | Imke Onnen | 6 | — | $17,750 |
| 28 | Karl Bebendorf | 5 | 1 | $17,500 |
| 29 | Cindy Roleder | 4 | — | $16,000 |
| 30 | Lea Meyer | 11 | — | $16,000 |
| 31 | Niklas Kaul | 1 | — | $16,000 |
| 32 | Nadine Müller | 7 | — | $13,500 |
| 33 | Joshua Hartmann | 9 | — | $12,750 |
| 34 | Sandrina Sprengel | 1 | — | $11,000 |
| 35 | Marike Steinacker | 6 | — | $10,250 |
| 36 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | 1 | 1 | $10,000 |
| 37 | Till Steinforth | 1 | — | $10,000 |
| 38 | Vanessa Grimm | 1 | — | $8,000 |
| 39 | Constantin Preis | 5 | — | $7,500 |
| 40 | Mateusz Przybylko | 4 | — | $7,500 |
| 41 | Tobias Potye | 4 | — | $7,000 |
| 42 | Kristin Gierisch | 3 | — | $6,500 |
| 43 | Lisa Ryzih | 2 | — | $6,500 |
| 44 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | 6 | — | $5,750 |
| 45 | Daniel Jasinski | 4 | — | $5,000 |
| 46 | Steven Richter | 2 | — | $5,000 |
| 47 | Clemens Prüfer | 3 | — | $4,750 |
| 48 | Bernhard Seifert | 3 | — | $4,500 |
| 49 | Sara Gambetta | 4 | — | $4,500 |
| 50 | Claudia Salman | 1 | — | $4,000 |
| 51 | Raphael Holzdeppe | 2 | — | $3,750 |
| 52 | David Storl | 2 | — | $3,500 |
| 53 | Simon Batz | 2 | — | $3,500 |
| 54 | Elena Kelety | 1 | — | $3,000 |
| 55 | Owen Ansah | 1 | — | $3,000 |
| 56 | Tatjana Pinto | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 57 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | 2 | — | $2,750 |
| 58 | Melanie Bauschke | 1 | — | $2,500 |
| 59 | Olivia Gürth | 3 | — | $2,500 |
| 60 | Robert Harting | 1 | — | $2,500 |
| 61 | Christina Hering | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 62 | Fabian Heinle | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 63 | Hanna Klein | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 64 | Julia Harting | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 65 | Niklas Buchholz | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 66 | Nadine Gonska | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 67 | Nadine Hildebrand | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 68 | Skadi Schier | 1 | — | $1,500 |
| 69 | Carolina Krafzik | 2 | — | $1,250 |
| 70 | Elena Burkard | 2 | — | $1,250 |
| 71 | Joshua Abuaku | 1 | — | $1,250 |
| 72 | Alexandra Burghardt | 2 | — | $1,000 |
| 73 | Eileen Demes | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 74 | Katharina Trost | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 75 | Maryse Luzolo | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 76 | Robin Ganter | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 77 | Corinna Schwab | 1 | — | $750 |
| 78 | Lilly Kaden | 1 | — | $750 |
| 79 | Oleg Zernikel | 1 | — | $750 |
| 80 | Alina Kenzel | 1 | — | $500 |
| 81 | Sam Parsons | 1 | — | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 74 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 81
Malaika Mihambo holds 13.1% of everything Germany has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 33.2% of it between them, and $22,178 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Germany
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 74 | 31 | $1,323,917 | — | $1,323,917 |
| World Championships | 13 | 1 | $250,500 | $32,000 | $282,500 |
| Indoor Championships | 5 | — | $32,000 | — | $32,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 2 | 1 | $190,000 | — | $190,000 |
| World Relays | — | — | — | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| Cross Country | — | — | — | — | — |
| All six | 81 | 33 | $1,796,417$1.8m | $62,000 | $1,858,417$1.9m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Germany on $1,323,917, 71.2% of the national total. Five of the six have paid Germany. Germany has won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 81: eleven athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Malaika Mihambo has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
8 team payments, paid to Germany rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Sina Mayer, Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk, Gina Lückenkemper | $20,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 5th | Julian Wagner, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah | $12,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 3rd | Kevin Kranz, Marvin Schulte, Owen Ansah, Lucas Ansah-Peprah | $10,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Yannick Wolf, Chelsea Kadiri, Heiko Gussmann, Sina Kammerschmitt | $8,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Viola John, Rebekka Haase, Gina Lückenkemper | $4,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 6th | Kevin Kranz, Owen Ansah, Julian Wagner, Lucas Ansah-Peprah | $4,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 8th | Eileen Demes, Luna Bulmahn, Annkathrin Hoven, Irina Gorr | $2,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Skadi Schier, Annkathrin Hoven, Mona Mayer, Jana Lakner | $2,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
Germany against the rest
Where $1,858,417 puts Germany
That is 2.5% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 10th out of 121. Germany has Sweden above on $1,899,458 and Norway below on $1,648,250.
The biggest of the 121 is the United States on $16,292,792, which is 21.7% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of Germany
- United States
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Australia
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Germany won in athletics?
$1,858,417 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 10th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 2.5% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Germany athlete earns the most prize money?
Malaika Mihambo, on $242,750 from 26 paid finishes and eight wins. That is 13.1% of everything Germany has won. Julian Weber is next on $189,750.
Does prize money won by Germany go to the athlete or the federation?
$1,796,417 of that belongs to 81 athletes by name. The other $62,000 is the federation's, won by eight teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Germany have won athletics prize money?
81, sharing $1,796,417 between them, which is $22,178 each. Fifteen of them have won a title, 33 in all. Eleven have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Germany
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts Germany against the other 120 the sport has paid.