Caroline Nyaga prize money
Caroline Nyaga has been paid $16,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1264th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 3000 m and women's 5000 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 3000 m | 5th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 3000 m | 7th | $750 |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 3000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | 3000 m | 8th | $500 |
| All eleven | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,500 is nine 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. Two of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Caroline Nyaga
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 5 | - | 2023 to 2025 | $8,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 6 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $8,000 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Caroline Nyaga $8,500 of the $16,500, which is 52% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,750 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $3,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | - | Bauhausgalan | $11,500 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $11,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Caroline Nyaga in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,500.
Around Caroline Nyaga on the money list
Ranks 1244 to 1284
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1244 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | - | $17,125 |
| 1245 | Amos Kirui | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1246 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1247 | Becky Breisch | Women's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1248 | Casey Malone | Men's discus throw | - | $17,000 |
| 1249 | Daniel Huling | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $17,000 |
| 1250 | Daniella Hill | Women's shot put | - | $17,000 |
| 1251 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 1252 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | - | $17,000 |
| 1253 | Jemma Simpson | Women's 800 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1254 | Kemar Bailey-Cole | Men's 100 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1255 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $17,000 |
| 1256 | Marie Gayot | Women's 400 m | - | $17,000 |
| 1257 | Mauro Vinicius da Silva | Men's long jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1258 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1259 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | - | $17,000 |
| 1260 | Lovisa Lindh | Women's 800 m | - | $16,750 |
| 1261 | Anass Essayi | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1262 | Angela Moroşanu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $16,500 |
| 1263 | Anthony Zambrano | Men's 400 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1264 | Caroline Nyaga | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1265 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,500 |
| 1266 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 1267 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1268 | Martin Kupper | Men's discus throw | - | $16,500 |
| 1269 | Molly Huddle | two disciplines | - | $16,500 |
| 1270 | Randy Lewis | Men's triple jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1271 | Yahya Berrabah | Men's long jump | - | $16,500 |
| 1272 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | - | $16,500 |
| 1273 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 1274 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | - | $16,250 |
| 1275 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | - | $16,250 |
| 1276 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1277 | Ashton Eaton | three disciplines | - | $16,000 |
| 1278 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | - | $16,000 |
| 1279 | Barnabas Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $16,000 |
| 1280 | Ezinne Okparaebo | Women's 100 m | - | $16,000 |
| 1281 | Fabrizio Schembri | Men's triple jump | - | $16,000 |
| 1282 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1283 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | 1 | $16,000 |
| 1284 | Josephine Terlecki | Women's shot put | - | $16,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Caroline Nyaga is 1264th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $16,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Caroline Nyaga most
Bauhausgalan 2025 paid $3,000 for 5th in the 3000 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hellen Ekalale Lobun, Águeda Marqués, Marta García, Salomé Afonso, Marta Zenoni and Nozomi Tanaka.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $3,000 for 7th in the 3000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hannah Nuttall, Rose Davies, Hirut Meshesha, Fantaye Belayneh, Josette Andrews and Likina Amebaw.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of 21 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Medina Eisa, Aleshign Baweke, Fantaye Belayneh, Asayech Ayichew, Weini Kelati and Hirut Meshesha.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Caroline Nyaga won?
$16,500, which ranks 1264th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Caroline Nyaga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 5th in the Diamond+ 3000 m at the 2025 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Caroline Nyaga 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.
Has Caroline Nyaga ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Caroline Nyaga 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 Caroline Nyaga is Anthony Zambrano on $16,500, and one below Hailemariyam Amare on $16,500. Caroline Nyaga 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 and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Caroline Nyaga 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.