Faith Cherotich prize money
Faith Cherotich has been paid $198,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 108th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 20 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, eight 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 20 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $198,000 is 20 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Faith Cherotich did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 1st | 8:51.59 | $70,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Faith Cherotich $70,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $198,000 from 20 Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. A world title paid $70,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid her in any single season. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Faith Cherotich won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $9,000 |
| 2023 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $14,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $43,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $66,000 |
| 2026 | 6 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $66,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $66,000 from five starts. Every season from 2022 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $198,000.
Around Faith Cherotich on the money list
Ranks 88 to 128
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Faith Cherotich is 108th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $198,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Faith Cherotich most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Doris Lemngole, Winfred Yavi, Marwa Bouzayani, Peruth Chemutai, Lexy Halladay-Lowry and Kena Tufa.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Norah Jeruto, Marwa Bouzayani, Courtney Wayment, Gabrielle Jennings, Daisy Jepkemei and Olivia Markezich.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Winfred Yavi, Peruth Chemutai, Gesa Felicitas Krause, Gabrielle Jennings, Marwa Bouzayani and Valerie Constien.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Faith Cherotich won?
$198,000, which ranks 108th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 20 paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Faith Cherotich's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Faith Cherotich gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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 Faith Cherotich won?
Eight of 20, worth $140,000 between them. Five of her appearances came at a final, which paid $104,000.
How much did Faith Cherotich win at the 2025 World Championships?
$70,000, 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 Faith Cherotich 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 her, 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 Faith Cherotich is Haruka Kitaguchi on $199,500, and one below Nina Kennedy on $197,500. Faith Cherotich 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 women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Faith Cherotich has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and AG Memorial Van Damme 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 women's 3000 metres steeplechase page.