Dorcus Ewoi prize money
Dorcus Ewoi has been paid $35,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 806th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's mile, the best of them 2nd.
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 2026 | 1500 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Mile | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All five | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $35,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Dorcus Ewoi did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 2nd | 3:54.92 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Dorcus Ewoi $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $35,500 from five Diamond League starts in 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Dorcus Ewoi did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 5th | 3:58.55 | - |
Dorcus Ewoi stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where she finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Dorcus Ewoi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 4 | - | 2026 | $29,500 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2026 | $6,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Dorcus Ewoi $29,500 of the $35,500, which is 83% of everything the series has given her.
Around Dorcus Ewoi on the money list
Ranks 786 to 826
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dorcus Ewoi is 806th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $35,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dorcus Ewoi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Hull, Georgia Hunter Bell, Nikki Hiltz, Agathe Guillemot, Abbey Caldwell and Emily Mackay.
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Faith Kipyegon, Klaudia Kazimierska, Jessica Hull, Emily Mackay, Sarah Healy and Georgia Hunter Bell.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Klaudia Kazimierska, Emily Mackay, Agathe Guillemot, Sarah Billings, Birke Haylom and Sarah Healy.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dorcus Ewoi won?
$35,500, which ranks 806th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes in 2026.
What is Dorcus Ewoi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 1500 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 Dorcus Ewoi 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 place 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 much did Dorcus Ewoi win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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.
Is this everything Dorcus Ewoi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships 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 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 Dorcus Ewoi is Mateusz Przybylko on $35,750, and one below English Gardner on $35,500. Dorcus Ewoi 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 women's 1500 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Dorcus Ewoi 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 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 final is on the women's 1500 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 1500 metres page.