Genzebe Dibaba prize money
Genzebe Dibaba has been paid $37,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 390th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 3000 m and women's 800 m, two 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 1500 m | 4th | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 3000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All six | three disciplines | — | $37,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $37,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 1500 m | 3 | 2 | 2019 | $26,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2019 | $9,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | — | 2017 | $2,500 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Genzebe Dibaba $26,000 of the $37,500, which is 69% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $35,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $35,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Genzebe Dibaba in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $37,500.
Around Genzebe Dibaba on the money list
Ranks 370 to 410
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 372 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $40,000 |
| 373 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 374 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 375 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | — | $40,000 |
| 376 | Donald Scott | Men's triple jump | — | $40,000 |
| 377 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | — | $40,000 |
| 378 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 379 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | — | $39,750 |
| 380 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 381 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 382 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 383 | Clayton Murphy | three disciplines | — | $39,000 |
| 384 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 385 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | — | $38,750 |
| 386 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | — | $38,500 |
| 387 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 388 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $38,000 |
| 389 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,500 |
| 390 | Genzebe Dibaba | three disciplines | 2 | $37,500 |
| 391 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | — | $37,500 |
| 392 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 393 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | — | $37,250 |
| 394 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | — | $36,500 |
| 395 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | — | $36,250 |
| 396 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | — | $36,250 |
| 397 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 398 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $36,000 |
| 399 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 400 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | — | $36,000 |
| 401 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 402 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 403 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | — | $35,750 |
| 404 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $35,750 |
| 405 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | — | $35,500 |
| 406 | Hillary Bor | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $35,500 |
| 407 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $35,500 |
| 408 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | — | $35,250 |
| 409 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 410 | Ayanleh Souleiman | two disciplines | — | $35,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Genzebe Dibaba is 390th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $37,500.
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 Elinor Purrier.
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.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Beatrice Chepkoech, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Gloria Kite, Gudaf Tsegay and Yasemin Can.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Genzebe Dibaba won?
$37,500, which ranks 390th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2017 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 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 Genzebe Dibaba won?
Two of six, worth $20,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Is this everything Genzebe Dibaba 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 Genzebe Dibaba is Flor Ruiz on $37,500, and one below Rojé Stona on $37,500. Genzebe Dibaba 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 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m 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 three 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.