Faith Kipyegon prize money
Faith Kipyegon has been paid $275,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 18th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 22 paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's mile and women's 1000 m, 17 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 22 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $275,000 is 22 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.5% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Faith Kipyegon did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 1st | 3:52.15 | $70,000 |
| Women's 5000 metres | 2nd | 14:55.07 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Faith Kipyegon $105,000 for two finishes in Tokyo, against $275,000 from 22 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Faith Kipyegon won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
| Women's 5000 metres | Silver | — |
Faith Kipyegon was paid $50,000 for the women's 1500 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The silver in the women's 5000 metres 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Faith Kipyegon
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 15 | 13 | 2017 to 2025 | $222,000 |
| Women's mile | 2 | 1 | 2023 to 2026 | $14,000 |
| Women's 1000 m | 1 | 1 | 2025 | $10,000 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | 1 | 2023 | $10,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | 1 | 2021 | $10,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2022 to 2026 | $9,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Faith Kipyegon $222,000 of the $275,000, which is 81% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $66,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $56,000 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | Prefontaine Classic | $70,000 |
| 2024 | 3 | 3 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $50,000 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | Xiamen Diamond League | $20,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $7,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Faith Kipyegon in 2018, 2019 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $275,000.
Around Faith Kipyegon on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 34 | $585,750 |
| 2 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 3 | Femke Bol | two disciplines | 29 | $412,000 |
| 4 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $390,750 |
| 5 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 6 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 18 | $382,000 |
| 7 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 8 | Karsten Warholm | two disciplines | 17 | $356,000 |
| 9 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $345,000 |
| 10 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 8 | $322,000 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 12 | Valarie Allman | Women's discus throw | 17 | $321,000 |
| 13 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 14 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 19 | $305,500 |
| 15 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 8 | $288,917 |
| 16 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Faith Kipyegon is 18th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $275,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Faith Kipyegon most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Diribe Welteji, Jessica Hull, Freweyni Hailu, Nelly Chepchirchir, Georgia Griffith and Georgia Hunter Bell.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Diribe Welteji, Laura Muir, Freweyni Hailu, Linden Hall, Birke Haylom and Hirut Meshesha.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ciara Mageean, Freweyni Hailu, Diribe Welteji, Laura Muir, Gudaf Tsegay and Heather MacLean.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Faith Kipyegon won?
$275,000, which ranks 18th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 22 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Faith Kipyegon's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2024 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 Kipyegon 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 1500 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 Faith Kipyegon won?
17 of 22, worth $250,000 between them. Four of her appearances came at a final, which paid $120,000.
How much did Faith Kipyegon win at the 2025 World Championships?
$105,000, from two paid finals 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 Kipyegon earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and Olympic 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Faith Kipyegon is Daniel Ståhl on $284,750, and one below Joe Kovacs on $262,000. Faith Kipyegon 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 women's 1500 m prize money, women's mile prize money, women's 1000 m prize money, women's 5000 m prize money, women's 800 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Faith Kipyegon has been paid in six 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 Prefontaine Classic 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 finals are on the women's 1500 metres and women's 5000 metres pages.