Ezekiel Kemboi prize money
Ezekiel Kemboi has been paid $101,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 317th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, seven of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Herculis 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All thirteen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $101,000 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $101,000 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2015, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $30,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $32,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Golden Gala | $3,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $16,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2015 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $101,000.
Around Ezekiel Kemboi on the money list
Ranks 297 to 337
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
| 307 | Walter Dix | two disciplines | 8 | $104,000 |
| 308 | Emma Coburn | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $103,750 |
| 309 | Jacory Patterson | Men's 400 m | 4 | $103,000 |
| 310 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 4 | $102,750 |
| 311 | Omar McLeod | two disciplines | 7 | $102,500 |
| 312 | Rajindra Campbell | Men's shot put | 2 | $102,500 |
| 313 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | Men's discus throw | - | $102,000 |
| 314 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $102,000 |
| 315 | Ehsan Haddadi | Men's discus throw | 1 | $101,500 |
| 316 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 317 | Ezekiel Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 7 | $101,000 |
| 318 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 2 | $101,000 |
| 319 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 320 | Holly Bradshaw | Women's pole vault | - | $100,083 |
| 321 | Teddy Tamgho | Men's triple jump | 6 | $99,500 |
| 322 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | - | $98,750 |
| 323 | Fabrice Lapierre | Men's long jump | 2 | $98,000 |
| 324 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 4 | $98,000 |
| 325 | Gia Lewis-Smallwood | Women's discus throw | 1 | $97,500 |
| 326 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 327 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $97,208 |
| 328 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 329 | Kellie Wells | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $97,000 |
| 330 | Tyson Gay | two disciplines | 8 | $97,000 |
| 331 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ezekiel Kemboi is 317th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $101,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ezekiel Kemboi most
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Conseslus Kipruto, Evan Jager, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Jonathan Muia Ndiku and Hilal Yego.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Hilal Yego, Gilbert Kirui and Abel Kiprop Mutai.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mahiedine Mekhissi, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Roba Gari, Benjamin Kiplagat, Noureddine Smaïl and Hamid Ezzine.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ezekiel Kemboi won?
$101,000, which ranks 317th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2015.
What is Ezekiel Kemboi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Ezekiel Kemboi 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 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 many Diamond League meetings has Ezekiel Kemboi won?
Seven of thirteen, worth $70,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Ezekiel Kemboi 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 Ezekiel Kemboi is Alexander Ogando on $101,250, and one below Kamila Lićwinko on $101,000. Ezekiel Kemboi 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 Ezekiel Kemboi 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.