Elias Ngeny prize money
Elias Ngeny has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1822nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 800 m, and it was 6th.
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 2024 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 800 m | 9th | — |
| All two | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Elias Ngeny on the money list
Ranks 1802 to 1842
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1802 | Ben Jefferies | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1803 | Benjamin Lobo Vedel | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1804 | Beyenu Degefa | Women's 3000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1805 | Bob Bertemes | Men's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1806 | Bradley Nkoana | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1807 | Brigitte Ntiamoah | Women's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1808 | Cameron Burrell | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1809 | Cassandre Beaugrand | Women's 3000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1810 | Catalin Tecuceanu | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1811 | Cathal Doyle | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1812 | Cátia Azevedo | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1813 | Charlotte Henrich | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1814 | Clara Liberman | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1815 | Cooper Teare | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1816 | Cynthia Chepkirui | Women's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1817 | Dana Noor Salem | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1818 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1819 | Dylan Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1820 | Eduardo Santos Rodrigues | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1821 | Eileen Demes | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1822 | Elias Ngeny | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1823 | Elijah Hall | Men's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1824 | Elisa Valensin | Women's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1825 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1826 | Emily Newnham | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1827 | Emma Beiter Bomme | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1828 | Emma Montoya | Women's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1829 | Eveliina Määttänen | Women's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1830 | Evonne Britton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1831 | Felise Vaha'i Sosaia | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1832 | Feng Zhiqiang | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1833 | Fernanda Martins | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1834 | Floriane Gnafoua | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1835 | Fouad Messaoudi | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1836 | Francesco Pernici | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1837 | Frehiwot Gesese | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1838 | Gong Debin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1839 | Hafid Rizqy | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1840 | Hajar Eddou | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1841 | Hamdi Ali | Men's high jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1842 | Hanna Hermansson | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Elias Ngeny is 1822nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Elias Ngeny most
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Clayton Murphy, Abdelati El Guesse, Ethan Hussey, Peter Bol, Mark English and Marco Arop.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $0 for 9th in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ngeno Kipngetich, Tshepiso Masalela, Slimane Moula, Wyclife Kinyamal, Clayton Murphy and Abdelati El Guesse.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Elias Ngeny won?
$1,000, which ranks 1822nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2024.
What is Elias Ngeny's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 6th in the 800 m at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Elias Ngeny 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 800 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 Elias Ngeny 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Elias Ngeny earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Elias Ngeny is Eileen Demes on $1,000, and one below Elijah Hall on $1,000. Elias Ngeny is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Elias Ngeny has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 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.