Benjamin Kigen prize money
Benjamin Kigen has been paid $102,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 310th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, four 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $102,750 is 21 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. Two of the 23 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $7,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $25,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Herculis | $23,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $40,750 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $5,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $40,750 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Benjamin Kigen in 2020 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $102,750.
Around Benjamin Kigen on the money list
Ranks 290 to 330
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Benjamin Kigen is 310th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $102,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Benjamin Kigen most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Soufiane El Bakkali, Abraham Kibiwot, Leonard Bett, Getnet Wale, Tadese Takele and Hillary Bor.
Meeting de Paris 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Leonard Bett, Getnet Wale, Matthew Hughes, Yemane Haileselassie and Osama Zoghlami.
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Conseslus Kipruto, Evan Jager, Amos Kirui, Nicholas Kiptanui Bett, Jairus Kipchoge Birech and Hillary Bor.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Benjamin Kigen won?
$102,750, which ranks 310th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2017 and 2024.
What is Benjamin Kigen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2021 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Benjamin Kigen 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Benjamin Kigen won?
Four of 23, worth $60,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $41,500.
Has Benjamin Kigen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Benjamin Kigen 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 Benjamin Kigen is Jacory Patterson on $103,000, and one below Omar McLeod on $102,500. Benjamin Kigen 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 Benjamin Kigen 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.