Aaron Cheminingwa prize money
Aaron Cheminingwa has been paid $5,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2017th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 800 m, the best of them 4th.
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 | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 800 m | 12th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2024 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2024 | 800 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| All five | Men's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from three starts. Every season from 2024 to 2025 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $5,000.
Around Aaron Cheminingwa on the money list
Ranks 1997 to 2037
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Shalaya Kipp | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1998 | Simon Magakwe | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1999 | Tan Jian | Women's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2000 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 2001 | Tigst Assefa | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2002 | Tyquendo Tracey | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2003 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2004 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2005 | Wu Yanni | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 2006 | Yanxi Li | Men's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 2007 | Yuki Koike | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2008 | Amere Lattin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2009 | Brandon Carnes | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2010 | Chris McAlister | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2011 | Leandro Ramos | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2012 | Line Kloster | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2013 | Luminosa Bogliolo | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2014 | Marie-Therese Obst | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2015 | Ricky Petrucciani | Men's 400 m | - | $5,250 |
| 2016 | Timothy Herman | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2017 | Aaron Cheminingwa | Men's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2018 | Alizée Minard | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2019 | Alyxandria Treasure | Women's high jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2020 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2021 | Anca Heltne | Women's shot put | - | $5,000 |
| 2022 | Andrew Howe | two disciplines | - | $5,000 |
| 2023 | Ángela Tenorio | two disciplines | - | $5,000 |
| 2024 | Benson Kiplangat | Men's 5000 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Bianca Stuart | Women's long jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2026 | Brianna Lyston | Women's 100 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2027 | Caroline Tuigong | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,000 |
| 2028 | Chelsea Hayes | Women's long jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2029 | Clarence Munyai | Men's 200 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2030 | Concepción Montaner | Women's long jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2031 | Conrad Williams | Men's 400 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2032 | David Payne | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2033 | Demisha Roswell | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2034 | Dolores Checa | Women's 5000 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2035 | Emma Jackson | Women's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2036 | Endiorass Kingley | Men's triple jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2037 | Fabian Delryd | Men's high jump | - | $5,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aaron Cheminingwa is 2017th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aaron Cheminingwa most
Meeting de Paris 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wycliffe Kinyamal, Eliott Crestan, Andreas Kramer, Azeddine Habz, Benjamin Robert and Tshepiso Masalela.
Herculis 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ben Pattison, Marco Arop, Andreas Kramer, Eliott Crestan, Catalin Tecuceanu and Benjamin Robert.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tshepiso Masalela, Bryce Hoppel, Wycliffe Kinyamal, Slimane Moula, Ibrahim Chuot and Andreas Kramer.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aaron Cheminingwa won?
$5,000, which ranks 2017th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2024 and 2025.
What is Aaron Cheminingwa's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 4th in the 800 m at the 2024 Meeting de Paris. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aaron Cheminingwa 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 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.
Has Aaron Cheminingwa 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.
Is this everything Aaron Cheminingwa 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 Aaron Cheminingwa is Timothy Herman on $5,250, and one below Alizée Minard on $5,000. Aaron Cheminingwa is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 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 Aaron Cheminingwa 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.