Buze Diriba prize money
Buze Diriba has been paid $20,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1134th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women'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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse 2013 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2012 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2012 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2012 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All nine | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $20,000 is nine 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Buze Diriba
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 6 | - | 2012 to 2013 | $12,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | - | 2012 to 2014 | $7,500 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Buze Diriba $12,500 of the $20,000, which is 63% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2012 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | - | Herculis | $8,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $10,500 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $1,500 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $10,500 from five starts. Every season from 2012 to 2014 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $20,000.
Around Buze Diriba on the money list
Ranks 1114 to 1154
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1114 | Nicholas Bett | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $21,000 |
| 1115 | Rabah Yousif | Men's 400 m | - | $21,000 |
| 1116 | Seref Osmanoglu | Men's triple jump | - | $21,000 |
| 1117 | Steven Hooker | Men's pole vault | - | $21,000 |
| 1118 | Teemu Wirkkala | Men's javelin throw | - | $21,000 |
| 1119 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1120 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | five disciplines | - | $20,750 |
| 1121 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | - | $20,750 |
| 1122 | Gabrielle Jennings | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,500 |
| 1123 | Ineta Radēviča | Women's long jump | - | $20,500 |
| 1124 | Jordan Díaz | Men's triple jump | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1125 | Mark Kosgei Kiptoo | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $20,500 |
| 1126 | Natalya Mikhnevich | Women's shot put | - | $20,500 |
| 1127 | Roman Avramenko | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,500 |
| 1128 | Jeron Robinson | Men's high jump | - | $20,417 |
| 1129 | Gabriela Leon | Women's pole vault | - | $20,250 |
| 1130 | Martina Weil | Women's 400 m | - | $20,250 |
| 1131 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | 1 | $20,250 |
| 1132 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | - | $20,083 |
| 1133 | Aleksey Fyodorov | Men's triple jump | - | $20,000 |
| 1134 | Buze Diriba | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1135 | Cindy Billaud | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1136 | Cooper Lutkenhaus | Men's 800 m | 2 | $20,000 |
| 1137 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1138 | Jade Lally | Women's discus throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1139 | Jaide Stepter Baynes | two disciplines | - | $20,000 |
| 1140 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 1141 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1142 | Marvin Anderson | Men's 200 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1143 | Robert Oosthuizen | Men's javelin throw | - | $20,000 |
| 1144 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1145 | Stephanie Garcia | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $20,000 |
| 1146 | Timothy Kitum | Men's 800 m | - | $20,000 |
| 1147 | William Sharman | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $20,000 |
| 1148 | Daniil Tsyplakov | Men's high jump | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1149 | Marvin Bracy | Men's 100 m | 1 | $19,750 |
| 1150 | Maureen Koster | three disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1151 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | - | $19,750 |
| 1152 | Stanley Joseph | Men's pole vault | - | $19,750 |
| 1153 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | - | $19,750 |
| 1154 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Buze Diriba is 1134th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $20,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Buze Diriba most
Herculis 2012 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shannon Rowbury, Azmera Gebru, Veronica Wanjiru, Emebet Anteneh, Gabriele Grunewald and Mercy Cherono.
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gelete Burka, Hiwot Ayalew, Belaynesh Oljira, Linet Chepkwemoi Masai, Tirunesh Dibaba and Mercy Cherono.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Molly Huddle, Alemitu Haroye, Genet Yalew, Tirunesh Dibaba, Almaz Ayana and Gelete Burka.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Buze Diriba won?
$20,000, which ranks 1134th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2012 and 2014.
What is Buze Diriba's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m at the 2012 Herculis. 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 Buze Diriba 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 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 Buze Diriba 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 Buze Diriba is Aleksey Fyodorov on $20,000, and one below Cindy Billaud on $20,000. Buze Diriba is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Buze Diriba has been paid in two 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.