Saudi Arabia athletics prize money
Saudi Arabia has taken $48,000 out of athletics, 94th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Youssef Ahmed Masrahi is the biggest earner on $39,500, 82.3% of the national total.
All of it belongs to six athletes by name. Saudi Arabia has never been paid a relay purse, a World Relays ladder place or a cross country team standing, which are the three things that pay a federation rather than a person.
Every Saudi Arabia athlete athletics has paid
6 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | 10 | 1 | $39,500 |
| 2 | Mohammed Shaween | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 3 | Abdullah Abkar Mohammed | 1 | - | $2,500 |
| 4 | Bandar Yahya al Sharakili | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 5 | Mazen Al-Yassin | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 6 | Sultan Abdulmajeed al Hebshi | 1 | - | $1,000 |
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. Six of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
All six of them
Youssef Ahmed Masrahi holds 82.3% of everything Saudi Arabia has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 93.8% of it between them, and $8,000 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Saudi Arabia
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 6 | 1 | $48,000 | - | $48,000 |
| World Championships | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indoor Championships | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ultimate Championship | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | - | - | - | - | - |
| All six | 6 | 1 | $48,000 | - | $48,000 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Saudi Arabia on $48,000, 100% of the national total. It is also the only one of the six that has ever paid Saudi Arabia anything. Saudi Arabia has won nothing at the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column adds up to 6 because no Saudi Arabia athlete has been paid by more than one of the six. Where one has, the same person is counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total.
Saudi Arabia against the rest
Where $48,000 puts Saudi Arabia
That is under 0.1% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 94th out of 130. Saudi Arabia has Uruguay above on $50,500 and Namibia below on $44,750.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% 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 Saudi Arabia
- Barbados
- Romania
- Dominica
- Denmark
- Israel
- Iran
- Cameroon
- Liberia
- Luxembourg
- Uzbekistan
- Philippines
- Tanzania
- Syria
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Cyprus
- Sudan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Uruguay
- Namibia
- Chinese Taipei
- Egypt
- Moldova
- Chile
- Bermuda
- Haiti
- Eritrea
- Samoa
- Guyana
- Iceland
- Costa Rica
- Argentina
- Gambia
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Ghana
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Peru
- CAY
- Guatemala
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Saudi Arabia won in athletics?
$48,000 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 94th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and under 0.1% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Saudi Arabia athlete earns the most prize money?
Youssef Ahmed Masrahi, on $39,500 from ten paid finishes and one win. That is 82.3% of everything Saudi Arabia has won. Mohammed Shaween is next on $3,000.
Does prize money won by Saudi Arabia go to the athlete or the federation?
All of it belongs to six athletes by name. Saudi Arabia has never been paid a relay purse, a World Relays ladder place or a cross country team standing, which are the three things that pay a federation rather than a person.
How many athletes from Saudi Arabia have won athletics prize money?
6, sharing $48,000 between them, which is $8,000 each. One of them has won a title, 1 in all. Not one of them has been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Saudi Arabia
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 Saudi Arabia against the other 129 the sport has paid.