Edwin Kurgat prize money
Edwin Kurgat has been paid $10,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1555th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four 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 | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m | 17th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | 3000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All five | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,500 is four 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. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Edwin Kurgat did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 10,000 metres | 7th | 28:57.83 | $6,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Edwin Kurgat $6,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $10,500 from five Diamond League starts between 2024 and 2026. Nine days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Edwin Kurgat
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 3 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $7,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $3,500 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Edwin Kurgat $7,000 of the $10,500, which is 67% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | London Athletics Meet | $3,500 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $4,500 from two starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,500.
Around Edwin Kurgat on the money list
Ranks 1535 to 1575
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Edwin Kurgat is 1555th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Edwin Kurgat most
London Athletics Meet 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Telahun Haile Bekele, Sean McGorty, Cornelius Kemboi, Brian Fay, Emmanuel Korir Kiplagat and Morgan Beadlescomb.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Khairi Bejiga, Birhanu Balew, Cornelius Kemboi, Keneth Kiprop, Mathew Kipsang and Mezgebu Sime.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cornelius Kemboi, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Abdullahi Jama Mahamed, Addisu Yihune, Khairi Bejiga and Cooper Teare.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Edwin Kurgat won?
$10,500, which ranks 1555th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Edwin Kurgat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m at the 2024 London Athletics Meet. 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 Edwin Kurgat 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 Edwin Kurgat ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Edwin Kurgat win at the 2025 World Championships?
$6,000, 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 Edwin Kurgat 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 Edwin Kurgat is Donn Cabral on $10,500, and one below Genki Dean on $10,500. Edwin Kurgat 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 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Edwin Kurgat 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. 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 10,000 metres page.