Betsy Saina prize money
Betsy Saina has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1525th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 3000 m, women's 2 miles and women's 5000 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 | 2 miles | 5th | $2,500 |
| All three | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is three 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 Betsy Saina
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2014 | $6,000 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2014 | $2,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2014 | $2,500 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Betsy Saina $6,000 of the $11,000, which is 55% of everything the series has given her.
Around Betsy Saina on the money list
Ranks 1505 to 1545
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1507 | Nickiesha Wilson | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1508 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1509 | Pauline Chemning Korikwiang | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1510 | Priscah Jepleting Cherono | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1511 | Ralf Bartels | Men's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1512 | Salima el Ouali Alami | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,500 |
| 1513 | Serhiy Smelyk | Men's 200 m | 1 | $11,500 |
| 1514 | Tatyana Kotova | Women's long jump | - | $11,500 |
| 1515 | Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1516 | Adel Mechaal | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1517 | Carolin Hingst | Women's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1518 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | - | $11,250 |
| 1519 | JaCorian Duffield | Men's high jump | 1 | $11,250 |
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Betsy Saina is 1525th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Betsy Saina most
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kalkidan Gezahegne, Sally Kipyego, Kim Conley, Julia Bleasdale, Buze Diriba and Nikki Hamblin.
Herculis 2014 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Molly Huddle, Mercy Cherono, Shannon Rowbury, Genzebe Dibaba, Almaz Ayana and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 2 miles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Alemitu Haroye, Susan Krumins, Renata Pliś, Mercy Cherono, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot and Irene Jelagat.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Betsy Saina won?
$11,000, which ranks 1525th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes in 2014.
What is Betsy Saina's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m at the 2014 Adidas Grand Prix. 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 Betsy Saina gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women's 3000 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 Betsy Saina 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 her, 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 Betsy Saina is Antonietta di Martino on $11,000, and one below Carrie Russell on $11,000. Betsy Saina 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 women's 3000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Betsy Saina has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Adidas Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.