Edmund Serem prize money
Edmund Serem has been paid $50,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 619th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eleven | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $50,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Edmund Serem did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 3rd | 8:34.56 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Edmund Serem $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $50,000 from eleven Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $29,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $50,000.
Around Edmund Serem on the money list
Ranks 599 to 639
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 599 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,750 |
| 600 | Abubaker Kaki | Men's 800 m | 3 | $51,500 |
| 601 | Shanice Craft | two disciplines | - | $51,500 |
| 602 | Tia Brooks-Wannemacher | Women's shot put | 2 | $51,500 |
| 603 | Erika Kinsey | Women's high jump | - | $51,333 |
| 604 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | - | $51,250 |
| 605 | Martin Wierig | Men's discus throw | - | $51,000 |
| 606 | Tariku Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $51,000 |
| 607 | Yekaterina Koneva | Women's triple jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 608 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | - | $50,875 |
| 609 | Khaddi Sagnia | two disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 610 | Dana Velďáková | Women's triple jump | - | $50,500 |
| 611 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 612 | Myriam Soumaré | two disciplines | 1 | $50,500 |
| 613 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 614 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $50,250 |
| 615 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 616 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 617 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 618 | Chris Benard | Men's triple jump | - | $50,000 |
| 619 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $50,000 |
| 620 | Ignisious Gaisah | Men's long jump | - | $50,000 |
| 621 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | - | $50,000 |
| 622 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 623 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | two disciplines | 1 | $49,750 |
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Edmund Serem is 619th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $50,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Edmund Serem most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Salaheddine Ben Yazide, Daniel Arce, Nicolas-Marie Daru, Isaac Updike, Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui and Abrham Sime.
Bauhausgalan 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Salaheddine Ben Yazide, Geordie Beamish, Simon Koech, Karl Bebendorf and Matthew Wilkinson.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Simon Koech, Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui, Nicolas-Marie Daru, Samuel Firewu, Abraham Kibiwot and Avinash Sable.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Edmund Serem won?
$50,000, which ranks 619th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Edmund Serem's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Edmund Serem 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 place is worth the same in the men's 3000 m steeplechase 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 Edmund Serem win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, 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 Edmund Serem 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 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 Edmund Serem is Chris Benard on $50,000, and one below Ignisious Gaisah on $50,000. Edmund Serem 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Edmund Serem 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 Bauhausgalan 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 men's 3000 metres steeplechase page.