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ATHLETICS · 87th OF 130 · 3 PAID ATHLETES

Zambia athletics prize money

Zambia has taken $64,000 out of athletics, 87th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Muzala Samukonga is the biggest earner on $60,000, 93.8% of the national total.

All of it belongs to three athletes by name. Zambia 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.

TOTAL WON $64,000
RANK 87/130
ATHLETES PAID 3
TITLES 1
TO THE FEDERATION $0

Every Zambia athlete athletics has paid

3 of them, biggest first

$64,000 between them
Every athlete from Zambia who has won athletics prize money, ranked by career total across the six competitions, with which of them paid, how many paid finishes and how many titles.
# ATHLETE PAID WINS TOTAL
1 Muzala Samukonga Diamond League 12 1 $60,000
2 Gerald Phiri Diamond League 2 - $2,500
3 Kabange Mupopo Diamond League 1 - $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. Three of these athletes have a page of their own here.

The biggest earners

All three of them

Muzala Samukonga $60k Gerald Phiri $2,500 Kabange Mupopo $1,500

Muzala Samukonga holds 93.8% of everything Zambia has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 100% of it between them, and $21,333 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.

Where the money comes from

All six competitions, and what each has sent Zambia

$64,000 in all
What each of the six athletics competitions has paid Zambia, split between money that went to an athlete by name and money that went to the federation.
COMPETITION ATHLETES WINS TO ATHLETES TO FEDERATION TOTAL
Diamond League 3 1 $64,000 - $64,000
World Championships - - - - -
Indoor Championships - - - - -
Ultimate Championship - - - - -
World Relays - - - - -
Cross Country - - - - -
All six 3 1 $64,000 - $64,000

The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Zambia on $64,000, 100% of the national total. It is also the only one of the six that has ever paid Zambia anything. Zambia 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 3 because no Zambia 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.

Zambia against the rest

Where $64,000 puts Zambia

That is under 0.1% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 87th out of 130. Zambia has Syria above on $73,500 and Zimbabwe below on $62,500.

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 Zambia

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money has Zambia won in athletics?

$64,000 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 87th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and under 0.1% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.

Which Zambia athlete earns the most prize money?

Muzala Samukonga, on $60,000 from twelve paid finishes and one win. That is 93.8% of everything Zambia has won. Gerald Phiri is next on $2,500.

Does prize money won by Zambia go to the athlete or the federation?

All of it belongs to three athletes by name. Zambia 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 Zambia have won athletics prize money?

3, sharing $64,000 between them, which is $21,333 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 Zambia

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 Zambia against the other 129 the sport has paid.

The six competitions