Charles Simotwo prize money
Charles Simotwo has been paid $34,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 820th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's 1500 m and men's mile, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 7th | $750 |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 15th | - |
| Bislett Games 2021 | Mile | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2021 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 1500 m | 11th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2018 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2017 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 1500 m | 5th | $5,000 |
| Herculis 2017 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All 17 | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $34,750 is fourteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Charles Simotwo
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 16 | - | 2017 to 2023 | $32,750 |
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2021 | $2,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Charles Simotwo $32,750 of the $34,750, which is 94% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $13,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Meeting de Paris | $10,500 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $750 |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | - |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Charles Simotwo in 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $34,750.
Around Charles Simotwo on the money list
Ranks 800 to 840
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Charles Simotwo is 820th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $34,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Charles Simotwo most
Athletissima 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Silas Kiplagat, Vincent Kibet, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Ayanleh Souleiman, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. and Bethwell Birgen.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kibet, Jake Wightman, Jakub Holuša, Timothy Cheruiyot, Silas Kiplagat and Elijah Manangoi.
Meeting de Paris 2018 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aman Wote, Jakub Holuša, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Bethwell Birgen, Ismael Debjani and Nick Willis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Charles Simotwo won?
$34,750, which ranks 820th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2017 and 2023.
What is Charles Simotwo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2017 Athletissima. 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 Charles Simotwo 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 Charles Simotwo ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Charles Simotwo 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 Charles Simotwo is Catriona Bisset on $34,750, and one below Irina Gordeyeva on $34,750. Charles Simotwo 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 and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Charles Simotwo has been paid in two 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.