Diribe Welteji prize money
Diribe Welteji has been paid $85,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 367th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 3000 m and women's 800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 1500 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2024 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2024 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2022 | 1500 m | 4th | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2022 | 800 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| All twelve | three disciplines | - | $85,250 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $85,250 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Indoor Championships
What Diribe Welteji did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | - | 3:59.30 | - |
Diribe Welteji stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Diribe Welteji
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 10 | 3 | 2022 to 2024 | $74,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | 1 | 2024 | $10,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | - | 2022 | $1,250 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Diribe Welteji $74,000 of the $85,250, which is 87% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2022 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $17,250 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $24,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $44,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $44,000 from five starts. Every season from 2022 to 2024 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $85,250.
Around Diribe Welteji on the money list
Ranks 347 to 387
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Diribe Welteji is 367th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $85,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Diribe Welteji most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Hull, Freweyni Hailu, Nelly Chepchirchir, Georgia Griffith, Georgia Hunter Bell and Birke Haylom.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Laura Muir, Freweyni Hailu, Linden Hall, Birke Haylom, Hirut Meshesha and Jessica Hull.
Prefontaine Classic 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Hull, Elle Purrier St. Pierre, Laura Muir, Nikki Hiltz, Emily Mackay and Katie Snowden.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Diribe Welteji won?
$85,250, which ranks 367th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2022 and 2024.
What is Diribe Welteji's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2024 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 Diribe Welteji 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 Diribe Welteji won?
Four of twelve, worth $40,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $28,000.
Is this everything Diribe Welteji 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 Diribe Welteji is Evan Jager on $85,500, and one below Philip Milanov on $85,250. Diribe Welteji 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, women's 3000 m prize money and women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Diribe Welteji has been paid in three 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 1500 metres page.