Benson Seurei prize money
Benson Seurei has been paid $6,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1892nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 1500 m and men's 3000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 3000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,000 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Benson Seurei
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 3 | - | 2012 to 2013 | $5,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2015 | $1,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Benson Seurei $5,000 of the $6,000, which is 83% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2012 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $1,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Benson Seurei in 2014, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,000.
Around Benson Seurei on the money list
Ranks 1872 to 1912
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1883 | Abigail Irozuru | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1884 | Alida van Daalen | Women's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1885 | Amanda Moll | Women's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1886 | Amy-Eloise Markovc | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1887 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1888 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1889 | Axel Härstedt | Men's discus throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1890 | Azmera Gebru | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1891 | Beate Schrott | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1892 | Benson Seurei | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1893 | Beverly Ramos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1894 | Calesio Newman | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1895 | Carlo Paech | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1896 | Charles Grethen | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1897 | Chituru Ali | Men's 100 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1898 | Christian Malcolm | Men's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1899 | Dalia Kaddari | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1900 | Elena Mirela Lavric | Women's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1901 | Festus Lagat | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1902 | Geisa Aparecida Coutinho | Women's 400 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1903 | Germán Chiaraviglio | Men's pole vault | - | $6,000 |
| 1904 | Getaneh Molla | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1905 | Hillary Ngetich | Men's 1500 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1906 | Innes FitzGerald | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1907 | Janeth Chepngetich | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1908 | Jarret Eaton | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1909 | Juan Luis Barrios | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1910 | Kimani Jack | Men's high jump | - | $6,000 |
| 1911 | Kimberly Hyacinthe | two disciplines | - | $6,000 |
| 1912 | Lachlan Renshaw | Men's 800 m | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Benson Seurei is 1892nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Benson Seurei most
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Florian Carvalho de Fonsesco, Bouabdellah Tahri, Ayanleh Souleiman, Aman Wote, Leonel Manzano and Mohamed Moustaoui.
Herculis 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Collins Cheboi, Álvaro Rodríguez, Asbel Kiprop, Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba, Nick Willis and Taoufik Makhloufi.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Mo Farah, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Imane Merga, Yomif Kejelcha and Isiah Kiplangat Koech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Benson Seurei won?
$6,000, which ranks 1892nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2012 and 2015.
What is Benson Seurei's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 1500 m at the 2013 Meeting Areva. 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 Benson Seurei 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 1500 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.
Is this everything Benson Seurei 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 Benson Seurei is Beate Schrott on $6,000, and one below Beverly Ramos on $6,000. Benson Seurei is one of 18 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,047,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Benson Seurei 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 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.