Benjamin Kiplagat prize money
Benjamin Kiplagat has been paid $33,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 845th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| DN Galan 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| All ten | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $12,000 |
| 2011 | 5 | - | DN Galan | $17,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Golden Gala | $1,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $17,500 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,000.
Around Benjamin Kiplagat on the money list
Ranks 825 to 865
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 863 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 864 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Benjamin Kiplagat is 845th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $33,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Benjamin Kiplagat most
DN Galan 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jonathan Muia Ndiku, Hilal Yego, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Elijah Kipterege, Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong and Abubaker Ali Kamal.
Athletissima 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Kipsiele Koech, Daniel Huling, Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong, Tarik Langat Akdag, Roba Gari and Ángel Mullera.
Meeting Areva 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Roba Gari, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Tarik Langat Akdag, Ruben Ramolefi, Łukasz Parszczyński and Mahiedine Mekhissi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Benjamin Kiplagat won?
$33,000, which ranks 845th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Benjamin Kiplagat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 DN Galan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Benjamin Kiplagat 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 Benjamin Kiplagat 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 Kiplagat is Tyrone Smith on $33,500, and one below Brittany Smith on $33,000. Benjamin Kiplagat is one of 19 Uganda athletes athletics has paid, and Uganda athletics prize money adds them up to $599,750 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 Kiplagat 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.