Alfred Kipketer prize money
Alfred Kipketer has been paid $33,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 838th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 800 m and men's 1000 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 1000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 800 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2015 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All eleven | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,500 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Alfred Kipketer
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 10 | 1 | 2015 to 2017 | $32,500 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2018 | $1,000 |
The men's 800 m has paid Alfred Kipketer $32,500 of the $33,500, which is 97% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2015 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $8,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $16,500 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $8,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $1,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $16,500 from three starts. Every season from 2015 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,500.
Around Alfred Kipketer on the money list
Ranks 818 to 858
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Alfred Kipketer is 838th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $33,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Alfred Kipketer most
Meeting de Paris 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Taoufik Makhloufi, Jonathan Kitilit, Ferguson Rotich, Ayanleh Souleiman, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse and Marcin Lewandowski.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $4,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elliot Giles, Asbel Kiprop, Nijel Amos, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot and Kipyegon Bett.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thijmen Kupers, David Rudisha, Antoine Gakeme, Rynhardt van Rensburg, Erik Sowinski and Ferguson Rotich.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Alfred Kipketer won?
$33,500, which ranks 838th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2015 and 2018.
What is Alfred Kipketer's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2016 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Alfred Kipketer 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Alfred Kipketer won?
One of eleven, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
Has Alfred Kipketer 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 Alfred Kipketer 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 Alfred Kipketer is Airinė Palšytė on $33,500, and one below Collins Cheboi on $33,500. Alfred Kipketer 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 and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Alfred Kipketer has been paid in two 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.