Dawit Seyaum prize money
Dawit Seyaum has been paid $80,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 393rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's 5000 m, four 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 15th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2014 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All sixteen | two disciplines | - | $80,000 |
The fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $80,000 is fifteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the sixteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Dawit Seyaum
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 14 | 2 | 2014 to 2019 | $60,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 2 | 2 | 2022 | $20,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Dawit Seyaum $60,000 of the $80,000, which is 75% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2014 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $18,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $16,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $16,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $3,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | Birmingham Diamond League | $20,000 |
season running total
2022 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Dawit Seyaum in 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $80,000.
Around Dawit Seyaum on the money list
Ranks 373 to 413
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
| 399 | Shawn Barber | Men's pole vault | - | $79,000 |
| 400 | Mirela Demireva | Women's high jump | 1 | $78,875 |
| 401 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $78,750 |
| 402 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,500 |
| 403 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 404 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $78,250 |
| 405 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 406 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $78,000 |
| 407 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 408 | Funmi Jimoh | Women's long jump | 2 | $77,000 |
| 409 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 410 | Alysha Newman | Women's pole vault | 1 | $76,500 |
| 411 | David Greene | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $76,500 |
| 412 | Rababe Arafi | three disciplines | 1 | $76,500 |
| 413 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dawit Seyaum is 393rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $80,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dawit Seyaum most
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hawi Feysa, Fantu Worku, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Hanna Klein, Jessica Warner-Judd and Sarah Lahti.
Bislett Games 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gudaf Tsegay, Letesenbet Gidey, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Alicia Monson, Almaz Ayana and Hawi Feysa.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Winny Chebet, Rababe Arafi, Gudaf Tsegay, Meraf Bahta, Angelika Cichocka and Jenny Simpson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dawit Seyaum won?
$80,000, which ranks 393rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2014 and 2022.
What is Dawit Seyaum's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2022 Birmingham Diamond League. 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 Dawit Seyaum 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 win is worth the same in the women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Dawit Seyaum won?
Four of sixteen, worth $40,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Dawit Seyaum ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Dawit Seyaum 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 Dawit Seyaum is Danniel Thomas-Dodd on $80,000, and one below Daniel Roberts on $79,750. Dawit Seyaum 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 1500 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Dawit Seyaum 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 Birmingham Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.