Aynadis Mebratu prize money
Aynadis Mebratu has been paid $8,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1655th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 16th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 3000 m | 12th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| All eight | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,750 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. Three of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Aynadis Mebratu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 5 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $4,750 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $4,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Aynadis Mebratu $4,750 of the $8,750, which is 54% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,750 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Herculis EBS | $2,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $2,750 from three starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,750.
Around Aynadis Mebratu on the money list
Ranks 1635 to 1675
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1635 | Helen Clitheroe | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1636 | Henrik Larsson | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1637 | Irina Rodrigues | Women's discus throw | - | $9,000 |
| 1638 | Jerome Blake | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 1639 | Jonathan Jones | Men's 400 m | - | $9,000 |
| 1640 | Kim Juhl Christensen | Men's shot put | - | $9,000 |
| 1641 | Lawi Lalang | two disciplines | - | $9,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Aynadis Mebratu is 1655th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Aynadis Mebratu most
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mizan Alem, Cassandre Beaugrand, Yenenesh Shimeket, Bernesh Dessie, Nozomi Tanaka and Birke Haylom.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $2,000 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Caroline Nyaga, Rose Davies, Sembo Almayew, Yenawa Nbret, Mekedes Alemeshete and Georgia Griffith.
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $2,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Birke Haylom, Hirut Meshesha, Sifan Hassan, Fantaye Belayneh, Weini Kelati and Senayet Getachew.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Aynadis Mebratu won?
$8,750, which ranks 1655th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Aynadis Mebratu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the Diamond+ 3000 m at the 2026 Herculis EBS. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Aynadis Mebratu 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 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.
Has Aynadis Mebratu ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Aynadis Mebratu 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 Aynadis Mebratu is Aurel Manga on $8,750, and one below Elena Bellò on $8,750. Aynadis Mebratu 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 and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Aynadis Mebratu has been paid in two 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.