Habitam Alemu prize money
Habitam Alemu has been paid $89,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 357th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the women's 800 m, women's 1500 m and women's 1000 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
The 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $89,500 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 33 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Habitam Alemu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 26 | - | 2016 to 2025 | $82,250 |
| Women's 1500 m | 6 | - | 2018 to 2024 | $5,750 |
| Women's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2025 | $1,500 |
The women's 800 m has paid Habitam Alemu $82,250 of the $89,500, which is 92% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2016 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $13,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $12,000 |
| 2018 | 7 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $26,500 |
| 2019 | 4 | - | Bauhausgalan | $16,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $7,250 |
| 2022 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $1,000 |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $10,750 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $26,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Habitam Alemu in 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $89,500.
Around Habitam Alemu on the money list
Ranks 337 to 377
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Habitam Alemu is 357th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $89,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Habitam Alemu most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Noélie Yarigo, Gabriela Gajanová, Eloisa Coiro, Rachel Klopfenstein, Anita Horvat and Assia Raziki.
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nelly Jepkosgei, Raevyn Rogers, Lovisa Lindh, Renée Eykens, Lynsey Sharp and Hanna Hermansson.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Olha Lyakhova, Lynsey Sharp, Halimah Nakaayi, Ce'Aira Brown, Emily Cherotich Tuei and Malika Akkaoui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Habitam Alemu won?
$89,500, which ranks 357th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2016 and 2025.
What is Habitam Alemu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 800 m at the 2024 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Habitam Alemu 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 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.
Has Habitam Alemu 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 Habitam Alemu 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 Habitam Alemu is Ameer Webb on $89,500, and one below Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa on $89,500. Habitam Alemu 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 800 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money and women's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Habitam Alemu 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.