Bethwell Birgen prize money
Bethwell Birgen has been paid $61,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 501st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 29 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 3000 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 29 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $61,250 is 29 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Nine of the 38 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Bethwell Birgen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 25 | - | 2011 to 2021 | $47,250 |
| Men's mile | 7 | - | 2011 to 2019 | $12,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 5 | - | 2016 to 2022 | $2,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2019 | $0 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Bethwell Birgen $47,250 of the $61,250, which is 77% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2011 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $19,000 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $7,500 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $8,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $5,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $3,500 |
| 2019 | 7 | - | Doha Diamond League | $9,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Herculis | - |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $19,000 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Bethwell Birgen in 2015, 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $61,250.
Around Bethwell Birgen on the money list
Ranks 481 to 521
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Bethwell Birgen is 501st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $61,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Bethwell Birgen most
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Charles Simotwo, Ronald Kwemoi, George Meitamei Manangoi, Brahim Kaazouzi and Ryan Gregson.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Timothy Cheruiyot, Robert Biwott, Ryan Gregson, Aman Wote and Jakub Holuša.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba, Collins Cheboi, Ilham Tanui Özbilen, Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen and Silas Kiplagat.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Bethwell Birgen won?
$61,250, which ranks 501st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 29 paid finishes between 2011 and 2022.
What is Bethwell Birgen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2019 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Bethwell Birgen 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.
Has Bethwell Birgen ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Nine 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 Bethwell Birgen 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 Bethwell Birgen is Marco Fassinotti on $61,333, and one below Kishane Thompson on $61,250. Bethwell Birgen 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 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Bethwell Birgen has been paid in four 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 Herculis has its own page across every edition of it.