Collen Kebinatshipi prize money
Collen Kebinatshipi has been paid $145,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 188th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from sixteen paid finishes in the men's 400 m, six of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $30,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 400 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2025 | 400 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 400 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 400 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 400 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Herculis 2024 | 400 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 400 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 400 m | 8th | $500 |
| All sixteen | Men's 400 m | - | $145,500 |
The sixteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $145,500 is sixteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Collen Kebinatshipi did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 1st | 43.53 | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Collen Kebinatshipi $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $145,500 from sixteen Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. He ran on the Botswana team that won the men's 4 × 400 metres relay, $80,000 to the federation rather than to any one of the four. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Collen Kebinatshipi did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 400 metres | 1st | 43.39 | $150,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Collen Kebinatshipi $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $145,500 from sixteen Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Athletics Relays
What Collen Kebinatshipi ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | 1st | 2:54.47 | $40,000 |
The World Relays have paid $40,000 for the one team Collen Kebinatshipi ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to Botswana rather than to the four who ran. The $145,500 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid him. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. He was on the winning team once, which pays $40,000 against $20,000 for second. He ran alongside Lee Eppie, Letsile Tebogo and Bayapo Ndori, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Collen Kebinatshipi won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay | Silver | - |
The silver in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $7,500 |
| 2025 | 6 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $18,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $120,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $120,000 from six starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $145,500.
Around Collen Kebinatshipi on the money list
Ranks 168 to 208
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 168 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 7 | $154,500 |
| 169 | Jessica Schilder | Women's shot put | 5 | $153,250 |
| 170 | Silke Spiegelburg | Women's pole vault | 8 | $153,250 |
| 171 | Ruth Beitia | Women's high jump | 7 | $153,000 |
| 172 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | 2 | $152,500 |
| 173 | Mary Moraa | three disciplines | 9 | $151,500 |
| 174 | Ryan Whiting | Men's shot put | 5 | $150,500 |
| 175 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | 3 | $150,000 |
| 176 | Alexis Copello | Men's triple jump | 2 | $149,500 |
| 177 | Andreas Thorkildsen | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $149,500 |
| 178 | Cordell Tinch | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $149,500 |
| 179 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 4 | $149,250 |
| 180 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | 1 | $148,750 |
| 181 | Aries Merritt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $148,500 |
| 182 | Jamal Britt | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $148,500 |
| 183 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $148,000 |
| 184 | Michael Tinsley | Men's 400 m hurdles | 8 | $148,000 |
| 185 | Ramil Guliyev | two disciplines | 5 | $147,500 |
| 186 | Robert Harting | Men's discus throw | 11 | $147,500 |
| 187 | Oblique Seville | Men's 100 m | 5 | $146,000 |
| 188 | Collen Kebinatshipi | Men's 400 m | 6 | $145,500 |
| 189 | Mykolas Alekna | Men's discus throw | 7 | $145,500 |
| 190 | Simon Ehammer | Men's long jump | 3 | $145,500 |
| 191 | Rushell Clayton | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $145,250 |
| 192 | Dani Stevens | Women's discus throw | 1 | $145,000 |
| 193 | Veronica Campbell Brown | two disciplines | 7 | $145,000 |
| 194 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | - | $143,250 |
| 195 | Mo Farah | three disciplines | 9 | $142,500 |
| 196 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | 1 | $142,500 |
| 197 | Sharika Nelvis | Women's 100 m hurdles | 4 | $142,500 |
| 198 | Churandy Martina | two disciplines | 2 | $142,000 |
| 199 | Madara Palameika | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $142,000 |
| 200 | Wycliffe Kinyamal | two disciplines | 6 | $140,750 |
| 201 | Alonso Edward | two disciplines | 8 | $140,500 |
| 202 | Trayvon Bromell | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 203 | Yared Nuguse | two disciplines | 6 | $140,500 |
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Collen Kebinatshipi is 188th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $145,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Collen Kebinatshipi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jereem Richards, Jacory Patterson, Christopher Bailey, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Zakithi Nene and Daniel Segers.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Muzala Samukonga, Zakithi Nene, Christopher Bailey, Bayapo Ndori, Christopher Morales Williams and Attila Molnár.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 400 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zakithi Nene, Christopher Bailey, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Muzala Samukonga, Jereem Richards and Muhammad Abdallah Kounta.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Collen Kebinatshipi won?
$145,500, which ranks 188th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from sixteen paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Collen Kebinatshipi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 400 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Collen Kebinatshipi 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 win is worth the same in the men's 400 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Collen Kebinatshipi won?
Six of sixteen, worth $120,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $33,000.
How much did Collen Kebinatshipi win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
How much did Collen Kebinatshipi win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
What did Collen Kebinatshipi's World Relays teams win?
$40,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Collen Kebinatshipi or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Collen Kebinatshipi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships, Ultimate Championship and World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Collen Kebinatshipi is Oblique Seville on $146,000, and one below Mykolas Alekna on $145,500. Collen Kebinatshipi is one of 18 Botswana athletes athletics has paid, and Botswana athletics prize money adds them up to $1,657,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 400 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Collen Kebinatshipi 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full finals are on the men's 400 metres and men's 4 × 400 metres relay pages. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 400 metres page. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the men's 4 × 400 metres relay page.