Fantaye Belayneh prize money
Fantaye Belayneh has been paid $65,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 471st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 3000 m and women's 5000 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 3000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2026 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 3000 m | 1st | $50,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 5000 m | 8th | $500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 3000 m | 7th | $750 |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $65,750 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $65,750 is nine separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Fantaye Belayneh did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 metres | 9th | 15:02.05 | - |
Fantaye Belayneh stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Fantaye Belayneh did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 metres | 3rd | 14:32.62 | $40,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Fantaye Belayneh $40,000 for one finish over three days, against $65,750 from ten Diamond League starts between 2022 and 2026. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Fantaye Belayneh
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 3 | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | $53,250 |
| Women's 5000 m | 7 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $12,500 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Fantaye Belayneh $53,250 of the $65,750, which is 81% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2022 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $750 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 2 | - | Herculis | $2,500 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $57,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | London Athletics Meet | $5,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $57,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Fantaye Belayneh in 2023, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $65,750.
Around Fantaye Belayneh on the money list
Ranks 451 to 491
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 470 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 471 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 472 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | 1 | $65,750 |
| 473 | Sherone Simpson | two disciplines | - | $65,500 |
| 474 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $65,417 |
| 475 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | 1 | $65,250 |
| 476 | Danielle Carruthers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $65,000 |
| 477 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fantaye Belayneh is 471st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $65,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fantaye Belayneh most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Josette Andrews, Likina Amebaw, Georgia Griffith, Aleshign Baweke, Marta García and Caroline Nyaga.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rose Davies, Fotyen Tesfay, Georgia Griffith, Hirut Meshesha, Nozomi Tanaka and Marta Alemayo.
London Athletics Meet 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Linden Hall, Georgia Griffith, Medina Eisa, Hawi Abera, Marta Alemayo and Laura Muir.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fantaye Belayneh won?
$65,750, which ranks 471st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2022 and 2026.
What is Fantaye Belayneh's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 3000 m at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. 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 Fantaye Belayneh 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 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 Fantaye Belayneh won?
One of ten, worth $50,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Has Fantaye Belayneh 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Fantaye Belayneh win at the Ultimate Championship?
$40,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Fantaye Belayneh earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship 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 Fantaye Belayneh is Andrenette Knight on $66,250, and one below Timur Morgunov on $65,750. Fantaye Belayneh is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Fantaye Belayneh has been paid in two 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 London Athletics Meet 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 5000 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's 5000 metres page.