Abeba Aregawi prize money
Abeba Aregawi has been paid $166,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 149th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 25 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 800 m and women's mile, twelve 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 25 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $166,000 is 25 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the 26 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Abeba Aregawi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 22 | 12 | 2010 to 2015 | $159,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 2 | - | 2013 to 2015 | $5,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2015 | $2,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2025 | $0 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Abeba Aregawi $159,000 of the $166,000, which is 96% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | BAUHAUS-galan | $5,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | Golden Gala | $50,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | 6 | Qatar Athletic | $62,000 |
| 2014 | 5 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $33,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $15,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | - |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $62,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Abeba Aregawi in 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $166,000.
Around Abeba Aregawi on the money list
Ranks 129 to 169
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Abeba Aregawi is 149th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $166,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Abeba Aregawi most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jenny Simpson, Sifan Hassan, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Mimi Belete, Rababe Arafi and Gudaf Tsegay.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dawit Seyaum, Jenny Simpson, Shannon Rowbury, Irene Jelagat, Treniere Moser and Morgan Uceny.
Qatar Athletic 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Faith Kipyegon, Genzebe Dibaba, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Eunice Sum, Mary Kuria and Siham Hilali.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Abeba Aregawi won?
$166,000, which ranks 149th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 25 paid finishes between 2010 and 2025.
What is Abeba Aregawi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2014 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Abeba Aregawi gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 1500 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 Abeba Aregawi won?
Twelve of 26, worth $120,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Abeba Aregawi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Abeba Aregawi 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 her, 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 Abeba Aregawi is Aaron Brown on $167,000, and one below David Rudisha on $166,000. Abeba Aregawi is one of 89 Sweden athletes athletics has paid, and Sweden athletics prize money adds them up to $2,690,592 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money, women's 800 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Abeba Aregawi has been paid in four of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.