Abel Kiprop Mutai prize money
Abel Kiprop Mutai has been paid $41,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 718th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 2nd.
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
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $41,500 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | - | Golden Gala | $21,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $6,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $2,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $5,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $21,000 from five starts. Every season from 2012 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $41,500.
Around Abel Kiprop Mutai on the money list
Ranks 698 to 738
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Abel Kiprop Mutai is 718th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $41,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Abel Kiprop Mutai most
Golden Gala 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Ezekiel Kemboi, Mahiedine Mekhissi, Hilal Yego, Jacob Araptany and Benjamin Kiplagat.
Aviva British Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Donn Cabral, Haron Lagat, Łukasz Oslizlo, Rob Mullett, Youcef Abdi and Jairus Kipchoge Birech.
Athletissima 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Donn Cabral, Amos Kirui, Andrew Bayer and Abraham Kibiwot.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Abel Kiprop Mutai won?
$41,500, which ranks 718th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2012 and 2016.
What is Abel Kiprop Mutai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2012 Golden Gala. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Abel Kiprop Mutai 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 3000 m steeplechase 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.
Is this everything Abel Kiprop Mutai 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 Abel Kiprop Mutai is Mary Saxer on $41,583, and one below Gil Roberts on $41,500. Abel Kiprop Mutai 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Abel Kiprop Mutai has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Athletissima has its own page across every edition of it.