Ben True prize money
Ben True has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1309th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 3000 m and men's 5000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | 3000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 11th | — |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 5000 m | 9th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 3000 m | 10th | — |
| All five | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ben True
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 3 | — | 2017 to 2019 | $3,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 2 | — | 2019 | $0 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Ben True $3,000 of the $3,000, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | — | Oslo Bislett Games | $1,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ben True in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Ben True on the money list
Ranks 1289 to 1329
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1289 | Tony van Diepen | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1290 | Valentina Rosamilia | Women's 800 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1291 | William Grimsey | Men's high jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1292 | Xie Zhiyu | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1293 | Stefano Sottile | Men's high jump | — | $3,375 |
| 1294 | Assia Raziki | Women's 800 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1295 | Esther Guerrero | two disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1296 | Jamie Webb | Men's 800 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1297 | Line Kloster | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,250 |
| 1298 | Oskar Edlund | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,250 |
| 1299 | Rani Rosius | two disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1300 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | three disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1301 | Samwel Chebolei Masai | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1302 | Abria Smith | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1303 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1304 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1305 | Amber Hughes | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1306 | Angelika Cichocka | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1307 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1308 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1309 | Ben True | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1310 | Bernesh Dessie | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1311 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1312 | Caisja Chandler | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1313 | Caleb Ndiku | Men's 3000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1314 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1315 | Christopher Belcher | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1316 | Déborah Sananes | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1317 | Divine Oduduru | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1318 | Elena Kelety | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1319 | Elisabeth Pihela | Women's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1320 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1321 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | — | $3,000 |
| 1322 | Gil Roberts | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1323 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1324 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1325 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1326 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1327 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1328 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1329 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ben True is 1309th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ben True most
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Patrick Tiernan, Yenew Alamirew, Bethwell Birgen, Abdalaati Iguider, Albert Rop and Yemaneberhan Crippa.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 3000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrew Butchart, Muktar Edris, Matthew Ramsden, Milkesa Mengesha, Paul Kipngetich Tanui and Selemon Barega.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $0 for 11th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bethwell Birgen, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Oscar Chelimo, Paul Kipngetich Tanui, Milkesa Mengesha and Telahun Haile Bekele.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ben True won?
$3,000, which ranks 1309th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Ben True's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 3000 m at the 2017 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 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ben True 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 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 Ben True 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Ben True earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ben True is Axel Chapelle on $3,000, and one below Bernesh Dessie on $3,000. Ben True is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ben True has been paid in two 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 Oslo Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.