Abraham Kibiwot prize money
Abraham Kibiwot has been paid $132,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 225th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 38 paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, one of them a win.
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 38 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $132,250 is 38 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. Six of the 44 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Abraham Kibiwot did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | - | DNF | - |
Abraham Kibiwot stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Abraham Kibiwot won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2015 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $1,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | Athletissima | $19,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $10,000 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $10,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $19,750 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $17,500 |
| 2023 | 6 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $20,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $15,500 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $8,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Bauhausgalan | $7,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Abraham Kibiwot in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $132,250.
Around Abraham Kibiwot on the money list
Ranks 205 to 245
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Abraham Kibiwot is 225th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $132,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Abraham Kibiwot most
Athletissima 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kiptanui Bett, Abel Kiprop Mutai, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Donn Cabral and Amos Kirui.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryuji Miura, Leonard Bett, Amos Serem, Lawrence Kemboi, Hailemariyam Amare and Soufiane El Bakkali.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $7,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Leonard Bett, Getnet Wale, Tadese Takele, Hillary Bor, Ahmed Abdelwahed and Mohamed Tindouft.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Abraham Kibiwot won?
$132,250, which ranks 225th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 38 paid finishes between 2015 and 2026.
What is Abraham Kibiwot's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2016 Athletissima. 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 Abraham Kibiwot 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Abraham Kibiwot won?
One of 44, worth $10,000 between them. Six of his appearances came at a final, which paid $28,000.
Has Abraham Kibiwot ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Six 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 Abraham Kibiwot 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 Abraham Kibiwot is Getnet Wale on $132,750, and one below Asafa Powell on $131,500. Abraham Kibiwot 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 Abraham Kibiwot 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 3000 metres steeplechase page.