Getnet Wale prize money
Getnet Wale has been paid $132,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 224th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 21 paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, men's 5000 m and men's 3000 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
The 21 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $132,750 is 21 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the 26 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Getnet Wale did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 14th | 8:41.23 | - |
Getnet Wale 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 World Indoor Championships
What Getnet Wale did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres | 11th | 7:50.07 | - |
| Men's 3000 metres | 12th | 7:40.21 | - |
Getnet Wale stood in two World Indoor Championships finals and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Getnet Wale
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 19 | 2 | 2019 to 2025 | $127,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 5 | - | 2022 to 2026 | $4,750 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $1,000 |
The men's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Getnet Wale $127,000 of the $132,750, which is 96% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2019 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $64,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,500 |
| 2022 | 6 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $21,750 |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $17,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $13,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $12,500 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $64,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Getnet Wale in 2020 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $132,750.
Around Getnet Wale on the money list
Ranks 204 to 244
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 204 | Matthew Denny | Men's discus throw | 3 | $139,000 |
| 205 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $138,250 |
| 206 | Natasha Hastings | two disciplines | 3 | $138,000 |
| 207 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $137,750 |
| 208 | Francena McCorory | Women's 400 m | 6 | $137,500 |
| 209 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $137,375 |
| 210 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $136,750 |
| 211 | Piotr Lisek | Men's pole vault | 3 | $136,375 |
| 212 | Grant Holloway | Men's 110 m hurdles | 8 | $136,000 |
| 213 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $135,833 |
| 214 | Pascal Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | 6 | $135,500 |
| 215 | Hugues Fabrice Zango | Men's triple jump | 3 | $135,250 |
| 216 | Natalia Bukowiecka | Women's 400 m | 3 | $135,250 |
| 217 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 5 | $135,000 |
| 218 | Leonardo Fabbri | Men's shot put | 5 | $135,000 |
| 219 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 220 | Jenny Simpson | four disciplines | 4 | $133,500 |
| 221 | Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | 5 | $133,250 |
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Getnet Wale is 224th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $132,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Getnet Wale most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Soufiane El Bakkali, Lamecha Girma, Benjamin Kigen, Hillary Bor, Abraham Kibiwot and Conseslus Kipruto.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Ryuji Miura, Leonard Bett, Amos Serem, Lawrence Kemboi and Hailemariyam Amare.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $10,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Updike, Abraham Kibiwot, Karl Bebendorf, Daniel Arce, Tim van de Velde and Zakaria El Ahlaami.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Getnet Wale won?
$132,750, which ranks 224th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 21 paid finishes between 2019 and 2026.
What is Getnet Wale's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Getnet Wale 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 3000 m steeplechase 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 Getnet Wale won?
Two of 26, worth $60,000 between them. Five of his appearances came at a final, which paid $70,000.
Has Getnet Wale ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five 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 Getnet Wale 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 Getnet Wale is Eleanor Patterson on $132,750, and one below Abraham Kibiwot on $132,250. Getnet Wale 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 men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money, men's 5000 m prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Getnet Wale has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Diamond League 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 men's 3000 metres steeplechase page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the men's 3000 metres page.