Brahim Taleb prize money
Brahim Taleb has been paid $18,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1205th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Herculis 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| All seven | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2012 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $4,500 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 2 | - | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $3,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $10,500 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $10,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Brahim Taleb in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,000.
Around Brahim Taleb on the money list
Ranks 1185 to 1225
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
| 1223 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 1224 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | - | $17,750 |
| 1225 | Michaela Hrubá | Women's high jump | - | $17,583 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Brahim Taleb is 1205th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $18,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Brahim Taleb most
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hilal Yego, Andrew Bayer, Mitko Tsenov, Ilgizar Safiulin, Mohamed Ismail and Stanley Kebenei.
Weltklasse Zürich 2015 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Conseslus Kipruto, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Matthew Hughes, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Jairus Kipchoge Birech and Evan Jager.
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Roba Gari, Hilal Yego, Jonathan Muia Ndiku, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto and Abel Kiprop Mutai.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Brahim Taleb won?
$18,000, which ranks 1205th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2012 and 2015.
What is Brahim Taleb's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2015 Bauhausgalan. 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 Brahim Taleb 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 Brahim Taleb 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 Brahim Taleb is Oksana Okuneva on $18,050, and one below Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton on $18,000. Brahim Taleb is one of 48 Morocco athletes athletics has paid, and Morocco athletics prize money adds them up to $977,750 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 Brahim Taleb 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 Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.