Fantu Worku prize money
Fantu Worku has been paid $19,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 609th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 3000 m | 8th | $500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2022 | 3000 m | 11th | — |
| Athletissima 2022 | 3000 m | 9th | — |
| Bislett Games 2021 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 3000 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 5000 m | 8th | $2,000 |
| All eight | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $19,250 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Fantu Worku
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 4 | — | 2019 to 2022 | $17,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | — | 2021 to 2022 | $1,750 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Fantu Worku $17,500 of the $19,250, which is 91% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2019 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | Bauhausgalan | $8,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Bislett Games | $7,250 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Birmingham Diamond League | $4,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Fantu Worku in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $19,250.
Around Fantu Worku on the money list
Ranks 589 to 629
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 589 | Favour Ofili | two disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 590 | Hyvin Kiyeng | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 591 | Jacob Kiplimo | three disciplines | — | $20,000 |
| 592 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | Women's long jump | — | $20,000 |
| 593 | Kemba Nelson | Women's 100 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 594 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $20,000 |
| 595 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $20,000 |
| 596 | Marcell Jacobs | Men's 100 m | — | $19,750 |
| 597 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | — | $19,750 |
| 598 | Rose Davies | two disciplines | — | $19,750 |
| 599 | Victoria Hudson | Women's javelin throw | — | $19,750 |
| 600 | Maria Żodzik | Women's high jump | 1 | $19,667 |
| 601 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | — | $19,625 |
| 602 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | — | $19,500 |
| 603 | David Kendziera | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $19,500 |
| 604 | Emil Agyekum | two disciplines | — | $19,500 |
| 605 | Jacious Sears | Women's 100 m | — | $19,500 |
| 606 | Maddi Wesche | Women's shot put | — | $19,500 |
| 607 | Shanice Craft | Women's discus throw | — | $19,500 |
| 608 | Dylan Beard | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $19,250 |
| 609 | Fantu Worku | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 610 | Heather MacLean | two disciplines | — | $19,250 |
| 611 | Lisanne de Witte | Women's 400 m | — | $19,250 |
| 612 | Oliver Helander | Men's javelin throw | — | $19,250 |
| 613 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | — | $19,000 |
| 614 | Cole Walsh | Men's pole vault | — | $19,000 |
| 615 | Jasmine Jones | two disciplines | — | $19,000 |
| 616 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | — | $19,000 |
| 617 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 618 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | — | $19,000 |
| 619 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | — | $18,750 |
| 620 | Léa Sprunger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,750 |
| 621 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 622 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | — | $18,750 |
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Fantu Worku is 609th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $19,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Fantu Worku most
Bislett Games 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Margaret Kipkemboi, Eilish McColgan, Beatrice Chebet, Yasemin Can, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal and Andrea Seccafien.
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Margaret Kipkemboi, Eilish McColgan and Melissa Courtney.
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Hanna Klein, Jessica Warner-Judd, Sarah Lahti, Carla Gallardo and Rose Davies.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Fantu Worku won?
$19,250, which ranks 609th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2019 and 2022.
What is Fantu Worku's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2021 Bislett Games. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Fantu Worku 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 place is worth the same in the women'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.
Has Fantu Worku ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Fantu Worku earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 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 Fantu Worku is Dylan Beard on $19,250, and one below Heather MacLean on $19,250. Fantu Worku is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Fantu Worku 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Birmingham Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.