David Rudisha prize money
David Rudisha has been paid $166,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 150th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's 800 m, fourteen 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
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $166,000 is 21 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 4 | Doha Diamond League | $40,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | Athletissima | $30,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | Adidas Grand Prix | $26,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | Qatar Athletic | $20,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | Adidas Grand Prix | $25,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $16,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $5,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $3,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $40,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2017 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $166,000.
Around David Rudisha on the money list
Ranks 130 to 170
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
| 152 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $164,750 |
| 153 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $164,000 |
| 154 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 5 | $163,750 |
| 155 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | 11 | $162,500 |
| 156 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 2 | $162,000 |
| 157 | Marco Arop | two disciplines | 5 | $162,000 |
| 158 | Anderson Peters | Men's javelin throw | 7 | $161,000 |
| 159 | Konstantinos Filippidis | Men's pole vault | 6 | $161,000 |
| 160 | Julian Weber | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $160,750 |
| 161 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $160,750 |
| 162 | Tajay Gayle | Men's long jump | 4 | $160,250 |
| 163 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | 4 | $160,000 |
| 164 | Nickel Ashmeade | two disciplines | 6 | $159,500 |
| 165 | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12 | $158,500 |
| 166 | Mike Rodgers | Men's 100 m | 1 | $157,000 |
| 167 | Brianna Rollins-McNeal | Women's 100 m hurdles | 6 | $155,000 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. David Rudisha is 150th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $166,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid David Rudisha most
Adidas Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Boris Berian, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Leonel Manzano, Robby Andrews and Mark English.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mark English, Duane Solomon, Marcin Lewandowski, Adam Kszczot, Wesley Vázquez and Ferguson Rotich.
Glasgow Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: André Olivier, Michael Rimmer, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., Erik Sowinski, Wesley Vázquez and Mukhtar Mohammed.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has David Rudisha won?
$166,000, which ranks 150th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2010 and 2017.
What is David Rudisha's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2015 Adidas Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what David Rudisha 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 800 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 David Rudisha won?
Fourteen of 21, worth $140,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything David Rudisha 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 David Rudisha is Abeba Aregawi on $166,000, and one below Neeraj Chopra on $165,500. David Rudisha 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and David Rudisha has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.