Ferguson Rotich prize money
Ferguson Rotich has been paid $181,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 131st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 39 paid finishes in the men's 800 m and men's 1000 m, five 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
The 39 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $181,750 is 39 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. Three of the 42 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Ferguson Rotich
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 40 | 4 | 2013 to 2022 | $171,750 |
| Men's 1000 m | 2 | 1 | 2018 to 2022 | $10,000 |
The men's 800 m has paid Ferguson Rotich $171,750 of the $181,750, which is 94% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2013 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $5,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $14,000 |
| 2016 | 6 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $36,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $15,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | Bauhausgalan | $31,500 |
| 2019 | 7 | 1 | Müller Anniversary Games | $31,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $39,500 |
| 2022 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,250 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $39,500 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Ferguson Rotich in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $181,750.
Around Ferguson Rotich on the money list
Ranks 111 to 151
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
| 143 | Emmanouil Karalis | Men's pole vault | 3 | $170,875 |
| 144 | Keely Hodgkinson | two disciplines | 9 | $170,500 |
| 145 | Marcin Lewandowski | four disciplines | 2 | $170,500 |
| 146 | Sarah Mitton | Women's shot put | 3 | $170,250 |
| 147 | Yuliya Levchenko | Women's high jump | 1 | $169,125 |
| 148 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $167,000 |
| 149 | Abeba Aregawi | four disciplines | 12 | $166,000 |
| 150 | David Rudisha | Men's 800 m | 14 | $166,000 |
| 151 | Neeraj Chopra | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $165,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ferguson Rotich is 131st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $181,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ferguson Rotich most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Clayton Murphy, Marco Arop, Elliot Giles, Isaiah Harris, Amel Tuka and Wycliffe Kinyamal.
Bauhausgalan 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marco Arop, Elliot Giles, Adrián Ben, Isaiah Harris, Amel Tuka and Andreas Kramer.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Wycliffe Kinyamal, Marcin Lewandowski, Cornelius Tuwei, Wesley Vázquez, Jamie Webb and Adam Kszczot.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ferguson Rotich won?
$181,750, which ranks 131st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 39 paid finishes between 2013 and 2022.
What is Ferguson Rotich's biggest Diamond League payday?
$12,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2021 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 Ferguson Rotich 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 800 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 Ferguson Rotich won?
Five of 42, worth $50,000 between them. Four of his appearances came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Has Ferguson Rotich ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Ferguson Rotich 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 Ferguson Rotich is Vítězslav Veselý on $183,000, and one below Bershawn Jackson on $181,500. Ferguson Rotich 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 800 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ferguson Rotich has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.