Ben Bruce prize money
Ben Bruce has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1668th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| All four | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is four 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | British Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $7,500 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Ben Bruce on the money list
Ranks 1648 to 1688
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1683 | Marija Šestak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1684 | Meskerem Assefa | Women's 1500 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1685 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1686 | Nathan Douglas | Men's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1687 | Nicholas Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1688 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ben Bruce is 1668th 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 Ben Bruce most
British Grand Prix 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luke Gunn, Youcef Abdi, Bisluke Kipkorir Kiplagat, Kyle Alcorn, Ruben Ramolefi and Linus Kipwambok Chumba.
New York adidas Grand Prix 2010 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anthony Famiglietti, Brian Olinger, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Tarik Langat Akdag, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto and Daniel Huling.
London Grand Prix 2010 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luke Gunn, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Ezekiel Kemboi, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Linus Kipwambok Chumba and Antonio David Jiménez.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ben Bruce won?
$8,500, which ranks 1668th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Ben Bruce's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2010 British 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 Ben Bruce 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.
Is this everything Ben Bruce 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 Ben Bruce is Asha Philip on $8,500, and one below Brett Morse on $8,500. Ben Bruce is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 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 Ben Bruce 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.