Benjamin Kigen prize money
Benjamin Kigen has been paid $70,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 214th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, two 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 fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $70,250 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 $70,250.
Around Benjamin Kigen on the money list
Ranks 194 to 234
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Benjamin Kigen is 214th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $70,250.
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.
Herculis 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getnet Wale, Fernando Carro, Abraham Kibiwott, Hillary Bor, Djilali Bedrani and Takele Nigate.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Benjamin Kigen won?
$70,250, which ranks 214th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2019 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?
Two of 17, worth $40,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $37,500.
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. He 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 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 Benjamin Kigen is Halimah Nakaayi on $70,500, and one below Andrius Gudžius on $70,000. Benjamin Kigen is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 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.