Dejen Gebremeskel prize money
Dejen Gebremeskel has been paid $57,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 539th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, three 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2016 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2015 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2013 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All twelve | Men's 5000 m | - | $57,000 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $57,000 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $12,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | Adidas Grand Prix | $15,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | Bislett Games | $23,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | - | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $1,500 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $2,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $23,000 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $57,000.
Around Dejen Gebremeskel on the money list
Ranks 519 to 559
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 519 | Ben Youssef Meïté | Men's 100 m | 1 | $59,000 |
| 520 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | three disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 521 | Grant Fisher | four disciplines | 1 | $59,000 |
| 522 | Kimberley Mickle | Women's javelin throw | - | $59,000 |
| 523 | Mitchell Watt | Men's long jump | 5 | $59,000 |
| 524 | Kate Grace | three disciplines | 2 | $58,750 |
| 525 | Jason Joseph | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $58,500 |
| 526 | Maryam Yusuf Jamal | three disciplines | 4 | $58,500 |
| 527 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | - | $58,500 |
| 528 | Svetlana Feofanova | Women's pole vault | 2 | $58,500 |
| 529 | Nicole Büchler | Women's pole vault | 1 | $58,083 |
| 530 | Addison Wiley | three disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 531 | Jonathan Borlée | two disciplines | 1 | $58,000 |
| 532 | Vincent Kiprop Chepkok | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 533 | Wallace Spearmon | two disciplines | 2 | $58,000 |
| 534 | Ashley Spencer | two disciplines | 2 | $57,500 |
| 535 | Christina Clemons | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $57,500 |
| 536 | Taoufik Makhloufi | three disciplines | 1 | $57,500 |
| 537 | Amos Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $57,250 |
| 538 | Aman Wote | two disciplines | 1 | $57,000 |
| 539 | Dejen Gebremeskel | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $57,000 |
| 540 | Malika Akkaoui | two disciplines | - | $57,000 |
| 541 | Saly Sarr | Women's triple jump | 2 | $57,000 |
| 542 | Isiah Young | two disciplines | - | $56,750 |
| 543 | Oliver Hoare | two disciplines | 1 | $56,750 |
| 544 | Bayapo Ndori | Men's 400 m | 1 | $56,500 |
| 545 | Charlie Dobson | two disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 546 | Hirut Meshesha | five disciplines | 2 | $56,250 |
| 547 | Ilya Ivanyuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $56,250 |
| 548 | Michelle-Lee Ahye | two disciplines | 1 | $56,250 |
| 549 | Josh Kerr | two disciplines | 2 | $56,000 |
| 550 | Mohamed Katir | three disciplines | 3 | $56,000 |
| 551 | Romaine Beckford | Men's high jump | - | $56,000 |
| 552 | Slimane Moula | Men's 800 m | 3 | $56,000 |
| 553 | Tirunesh Dibaba | Women's 5000 m | 5 | $56,000 |
| 554 | Anthonique Strachan | two disciplines | - | $55,750 |
| 555 | Nicholas Kimeli | two disciplines | 1 | $55,750 |
| 556 | Félix Sánchez | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $55,500 |
| 557 | Michel Tornéus | Men's long jump | - | $55,500 |
| 558 | Shalonda Solomon | two disciplines | - | $55,500 |
| 559 | Kayla White | two disciplines | 1 | $55,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dejen Gebremeskel is 539th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $57,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dejen Gebremeskel most
Bislett Games 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Imane Merga, Tariku Bekele, Kenenisa Bekele, Moses Ndiema Kipsiro and Sileshi Sihine.
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hagos Gebrhiwet, Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Yenew Alamirew, Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, John Kipkoech and Tariku Bekele.
Adidas Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bernard Lagat, Tariku Bekele, Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Juan Luis Barrios, Edwin Soi and Kaan Kigen Özbilen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dejen Gebremeskel won?
$57,000, which ranks 539th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Dejen Gebremeskel's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2012 Bislett Games. 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 Dejen Gebremeskel 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 5000 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 Dejen Gebremeskel won?
Three of twelve, worth $30,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Dejen Gebremeskel 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 Dejen Gebremeskel is Aman Wote on $57,000, and one below Malika Akkaoui on $57,000. Dejen Gebremeskel 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 men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Dejen Gebremeskel 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.