Alemnat Walle prize money
Alemnat Walle has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1662nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 5th.
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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 12th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | - |
| Athletissima 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| All seven | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $5,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $5,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Alemnat Walle on the money list
Ranks 1642 to 1682
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1642 | Oscar Pistorius | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1643 | Samuel Pihlström | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1644 | Shawn Crawford | Men's 200 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1645 | Tatyana Lebedeva | Women's triple jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1646 | Tommi Evilä | Men's long jump | - | $9,000 |
| 1647 | Treniere Moser | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1648 | Veronica Borsi | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1649 | Veronica Vancardo | Women's 800 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1650 | Viivi Lehikoinen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,000 |
| 1651 | Yoann Kowal | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1652 | Giuseppe Gibilisco | Men's pole vault | - | $8,833 |
| 1653 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1654 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1655 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1656 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | - | $8,750 |
| 1657 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1658 | Luiza Gega | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1659 | Monika Pyrek | Women's pole vault | - | $8,750 |
| 1660 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1661 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1662 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1663 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1664 | Alexis Brown | Women's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1665 | Anna Jagaciak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1666 | Anna Jesień | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1667 | Asha Philip | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1668 | Ben Bruce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1669 | Brett Morse | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1670 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1671 | Cyrus Hostetler | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1672 | Daisy Osakue | Women's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1673 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1674 | Gideon Gathimba | Men's mile | - | $8,500 |
| 1675 | Gloria Asumnu | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1676 | Hrystyna Stuy | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1677 | Jeff Riseley | three disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1678 | Joanna Wiśniewska | Women's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1679 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1680 | Josh Mance | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1681 | LeJerald Betters | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1682 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | Women's 800 m | - | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Alemnat Walle is 1662nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Alemnat Walle most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Norah Jeruto, Parul Chaudhary, Lexy Halladay-Lowry, Olivia Markezich, Kaylee Mitchell and Frehiwot Gesese.
Athletissima 2025 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kinga Królik, Rihab Dhahri, Gabrielle Jennings, Doris Lemngole, Sembo Almayew and Olivia Markezich.
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lexy Halladay-Lowry, Juliane Hvid, Olivia Markezich, Courtney Wayment, Alice Finot and Kinga Królik.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Alemnat Walle won?
$8,500, which ranks 1662nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Alemnat Walle's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Alemnat Walle 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 place is worth the same in the women'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.
Has Alemnat Walle 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 Alemnat Walle 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 Alemnat Walle is Saúl Ordóñez on $8,750, and one below Alex Rose on $8,500. Alemnat Walle is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Alemnat Walle has been paid in one 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.