Barnabas Kipyego prize money
Barnabas Kipyego has been paid $16,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1279th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 3000 m steeplechase | 10th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All six | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,000 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. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2014 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 3 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $10,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $10,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Barnabas Kipyego in 2015, 2018 and 2019, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,000.
Around Barnabas Kipyego on the money list
Ranks 1259 to 1299
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1259 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1260 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | - | $16,750 |
| 1261 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1262 | Angela Moroşanu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $16,500 |
| 1263 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1264 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1265 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,500 |
| 1266 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1267 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1268 | Martin Kupper | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1269 | Molly Huddle | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1270 | Randy Lewis | Men's triple jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1271 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1272 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | - | $16,500 |
| 1273 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 1274 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | - | $16,250 |
| 1275 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | - | $16,250 |
| 1276 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1277 | Ashton Eaton | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1278 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1279 | Barnabas Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1280 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1281 | Fabrizio Schembri | Men's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1282 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1283 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1284 | Josephine Terlecki | Women's shot put | - | $16,000 |
| 1285 | Kafétien Gomis | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1286 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1287 | Mariya Savinova | Women's 800 m | 4 | $16,000 |
| 1288 | Mason Finley | Men's discus throw | - | $16,000 |
| 1289 | Mickaël Hanany | Men's high jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1290 | Mohamed Moustaoui | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1291 | Morten Jensen | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1292 | Radek Juška | Men's long jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1293 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1294 | Samantha Henry-Robinson | two disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1295 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1296 | Yosiris Urrutia | Women's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
| 1298 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | - | $15,958 |
| 1299 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Barnabas Kipyego is 1279th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $16,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Barnabas Kipyego most
British Athletics Grand Prix 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Clement Kimutai Kemboi, Krystian Zalewski, Taylor Milne and Conseslus Kipruto.
Herculis 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Soufiane El Bakkali, Abraham Kibiwot, Andrew Bayer, Lawrence Kemboi, Sebastián Martos and Conseslus Kipruto.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hilal Yego, Conseslus Kipruto, Haron Lagat, Lawrence Kemboi, Donn Cabral and Jairus Kipchoge Birech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Barnabas Kipyego won?
$16,000, which ranks 1279th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2014 and 2019.
What is Barnabas Kipyego's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2016 British Athletics 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Barnabas Kipyego 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 place 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.
Has Barnabas Kipyego 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 Barnabas Kipyego 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 Barnabas Kipyego is Baptiste Thiery on $16,000, and one below Ezinne Okparaebo on $16,000. Barnabas Kipyego 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 Barnabas Kipyego 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.