Eduardo Herrera prize money
Eduardo Herrera has been paid $8,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1673rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 17th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 3000 m | 15th | - |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2025 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| All six | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $8,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Eduardo Herrera
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 4 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $7,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2026 | $1,500 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Eduardo Herrera $7,000 of the $8,500, which is 82% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from four starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $8,500.
Around Eduardo Herrera on the money list
Ranks 1653 to 1693
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1653 | Arthur Cissé | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1654 | Aurel Manga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1655 | Aynadis Mebratu | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1656 | Elena Bellò | Women's 800 m | - | $8,750 |
| 1657 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $8,750 |
| 1658 | Luiza Gega | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1659 | Monika Pyrek | Women's pole vault | - | $8,750 |
| 1660 | Mouhamadou Fall | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1661 | Saúl Ordóñez | two disciplines | - | $8,750 |
| 1662 | Alemnat Walle | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1663 | Alex Rose | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1664 | Alexis Brown | Women's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1665 | Anna Jagaciak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1666 | Anna Jesień | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1667 | Asha Philip | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1668 | Ben Bruce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1669 | Brett Morse | Men's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1670 | Celera Barnes | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1671 | Cyrus Hostetler | Men's javelin throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1672 | Daisy Osakue | Women's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1673 | Eduardo Herrera | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1674 | Gideon Gathimba | Men's mile | - | $8,500 |
| 1675 | Gloria Asumnu | Women's 100 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1676 | Hrystyna Stuy | Women's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1677 | Jeff Riseley | three disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1678 | Joanna Wiśniewska | Women's discus throw | - | $8,500 |
| 1679 | José Figueroa | Men's 200 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1680 | Josh Mance | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1681 | LeJerald Betters | Men's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1682 | Lucia Hrivnák Klocová | Women's 800 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1683 | Marija Šestak | Women's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1684 | Meskerem Assefa | Women's 1500 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1685 | Naomi Van den Broeck | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1686 | Nathan Douglas | Men's triple jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1687 | Nicholas Kipkoech | two disciplines | - | $8,500 |
| 1688 | Raymond Richards | Men's high jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1689 | Regina George | Women's 400 m | - | $8,500 |
| 1690 | Roxroy Cato | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
| 1691 | Ruben Ramolefi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $8,500 |
| 1692 | Salim Sdiri | Men's long jump | - | $8,500 |
| 1693 | Sarah Lavin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $8,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eduardo Herrera is 1673rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $8,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eduardo Herrera most
Athletissima 2025 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Samuel Tefera, Ishmael Kipkurui, Edwin Kurgat, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Graham Blanks and Denis Kipkoech.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Edwin Kurgat, Khairi Bejiga, Birhanu Balew, Cornelius Kemboi, Keneth Kiprop and Mathew Kipsang.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacob Krop, Kuma Girma, Ishmael Kipkurui, Birhanu Balew, Getnet Wale and Keneth Kiprop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eduardo Herrera won?
$8,500, which ranks 1673rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Eduardo Herrera's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 5000 m at the 2025 Athletissima. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eduardo Herrera 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 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.
Has Eduardo Herrera ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Eduardo Herrera 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 Eduardo Herrera is Daisy Osakue on $8,500, and one below Gideon Gathimba on $8,500. Eduardo Herrera is one of 10 Mexico athletes athletics has paid, and Mexico athletics prize money adds them up to $198,917 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Eduardo Herrera has been paid in two 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.