Eliud Kipchoge prize money
Eliud Kipchoge has been paid $33,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 847th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 5000 m and men's 3000 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| British Grand Prix 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2010 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All eight | two disciplines | - | $33,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $33,000 is eight 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Eliud Kipchoge
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 7 | 1 | 2010 to 2012 | $29,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $4,000 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Eliud Kipchoge $29,000 of the $33,000, which is 88% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | Doha Diamond League | $22,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $1,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $33,000.
Around Eliud Kipchoge on the money list
Ranks 827 to 867
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
| 853 | Meraf Bahta | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 854 | Michael Frater | Men's 100 m | - | $33,000 |
| 855 | O'Dayne Richards | Men's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 856 | Tori Franklin | Women's triple jump | - | $32,750 |
| 857 | Makanakaishe Charamba | Men's 200 m | - | $32,500 |
| 858 | Perdita Felicien | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $32,500 |
| 859 | Sage Hurta-Klecker | two disciplines | - | $32,500 |
| 860 | Sigrid Borge | Women's javelin throw | - | $32,500 |
| 861 | Eilish McColgan | five disciplines | - | $32,250 |
| 862 | Ezekiel Nathaniel | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 863 | Kanyinsola Ajayi | Men's 100 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 864 | Natasha Morrison | two disciplines | - | $32,000 |
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 866 | Tosin Oke | Men's triple jump | - | $32,000 |
| 867 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | - | $31,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Eliud Kipchoge is 847th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $33,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Eliud Kipchoge most
Doha Diamond League 2010 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vincent Kiprop Chepkok, Imane Merga, Essa Ismail Rashed, Teklemariam Medhin, Ahmad Hassan Abdullah and Abera Kuma.
British Grand Prix 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Imane Merga, Tariku Bekele, Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio, Mo Farah and Micah Kemboi Kogo.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Augustine Kiprono Choge, Vincent Kiprop Chepkok, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, Moses Ndiema Kipsiro, Tariku Bekele and Yenew Alamirew.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Eliud Kipchoge won?
$33,000, which ranks 847th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Eliud Kipchoge's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2010 Doha 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Eliud Kipchoge 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Eliud Kipchoge won?
One of eight, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Eliud Kipchoge 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 Eliud Kipchoge is Brittany Smith on $33,000, and one below Elliot Giles on $33,000. Eliud Kipchoge 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 Eliud Kipchoge 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 Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.