Bernard Lagat prize money
Bernard Lagat has been paid $43,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 688th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, men's mile and men's 1500 m, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2013 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | Mile | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2010 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2010 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| All ten | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $43,500 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Bernard Lagat
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 7 | - | 2010 to 2016 | $32,000 |
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2011 | $6,000 |
| Men's 1500 m | 2 | - | 2010 to 2011 | $5,500 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Bernard Lagat $32,000 of the $43,500, which is 74% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | $5,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $22,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $6,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Bernard Lagat in 2014 and 2015, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $43,500.
Around Bernard Lagat on the money list
Ranks 668 to 708
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
| 677 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 678 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | - | $44,750 |
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Bernard Lagat is 688th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $43,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Bernard Lagat most
Memorial Van Damme 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Edwin Soi, Galen Rupp, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Albert Rop and Evan Jager.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tariku Bekele, Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Juan Luis Barrios, Edwin Soi, Kaan Kigen Özbilen and Alistair Ian Cragg.
Herculis 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Imane Merga, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Eliud Kipchoge, Tariku Bekele and Yenew Alamirew.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Bernard Lagat won?
$43,500, which ranks 688th 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 2016.
What is Bernard Lagat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2013 Memorial Van Damme. 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 Bernard Lagat 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 5000 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 Bernard Lagat 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 Bernard Lagat is Anna Rogowska on $43,500, and one below Dayron Robles on $43,500. Bernard Lagat is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money, men's mile prize money and men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Bernard Lagat has been paid in three 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 Muller Anniversary Games has its own page across every edition of it.