Genzebe Dibaba prize money
Genzebe Dibaba has been paid $204,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 99th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 34 paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 1500 m and women's 3000 m, twelve 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 34 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $204,500 is 34 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Genzebe Dibaba
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 12 | 7 | 2011 to 2018 | $86,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 12 | 4 | 2010 to 2019 | $75,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 8 | 1 | 2013 to 2019 | $38,000 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2014 | $3,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | - | 2017 | $2,500 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Genzebe Dibaba $86,000 of the $204,500, which is 42% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $4,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $20,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | Golden Grand Prix | $25,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $41,000 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $46,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | Athletissima | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $4,500 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $16,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $35,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $46,000 from five starts. Every season from 2010 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $204,500.
Around Genzebe Dibaba on the money list
Ranks 79 to 119
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Genzebe Dibaba is 99th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $204,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Genzebe Dibaba most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Laura Muir, Gudaf Tsegay, Jenny Simpson, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Eilish McColgan and Elle Purrier St. Pierre.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sifan Hassan, Gudaf Tsegay, Rababe Arafi, Axumawit Embaye, Winnie Nanyondo and Jenny Simpson.
Prefontaine Classic 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letesenbet Gidey, Hellen Obiri, Gudaf Tsegay, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Margaret Kipkemboi and Meraf Bahta.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Genzebe Dibaba won?
$204,500, which ranks 99th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 34 paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Genzebe Dibaba's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2019 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Genzebe Dibaba 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Genzebe Dibaba won?
Twelve of 34, worth $120,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $10,000.
Is this everything Genzebe Dibaba 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 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 Genzebe Dibaba is Silas Kiplagat on $205,000, and one below Danielle Williams on $204,250. Genzebe Dibaba 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 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Genzebe Dibaba has been paid in five 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.