Almaz Ayana prize money
Almaz Ayana has been paid $104,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 303rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 3000 m and women's 3000 m steeplechase, six 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2014 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2014 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Aviva British Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All 17 | three disciplines | - | $104,000 |
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $104,000 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Almaz Ayana
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 10 | 4 | 2012 to 2022 | $66,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | 2 | 2014 to 2016 | $25,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | - | 2010 to 2013 | $13,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Almaz Ayana $66,000 of the $104,000, which is 63% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Aviva British Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Memorial van Damme | $1,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $9,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $17,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $26,000 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $40,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $40,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Almaz Ayana in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $104,000.
Around Almaz Ayana on the money list
Ranks 283 to 323
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Almaz Ayana is 303rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $104,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Almaz Ayana most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mercy Cherono, Gelete Burka, Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot, Janet Kisa, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot and Etenesh Diro.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Senbere Teferi, Janet Kisa, Ababel Yeshaneh, Alemitu Haroye and Meraf Bahta.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mercy Cherono, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Senbere Teferi, Etenesh Diro, Yasemin Can and Janet Kisa.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Almaz Ayana won?
$104,000, which ranks 303rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2010 and 2022.
What is Almaz Ayana's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m at the 2016 Qatar Athletic Super 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 Almaz Ayana 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 5000 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 Almaz Ayana won?
Six of 17, worth $60,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Almaz Ayana 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 Almaz Ayana is Rasmus Mägi on $104,250, and one below Anavia Battle on $104,000. Almaz Ayana 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 5000 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money and women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Almaz Ayana has been paid in three 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.