Hagos Gebrhiwet prize money
Hagos Gebrhiwet has been paid $85,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 167th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, three 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2025 | 5000 m | 5th | $3,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 5000 m | 2nd | $12,000 |
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Athletissima 2023 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 5000 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 5000 m | 10th | — |
| All thirteen | Men's 5000 m | — | $85,500 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $85,500 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Hagos Gebrhiwet did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 13th | 13:07.02 | — |
Hagos Gebrhiwet 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.
Season by season
2019 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $28,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $6,000 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $13,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $32,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $32,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Hagos Gebrhiwet in 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $85,500.
Around Hagos Gebrhiwet on the money list
Ranks 147 to 187
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 147 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 148 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 149 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 1 | $96,250 |
| 150 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 7 | $95,833 |
| 151 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 152 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 153 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $93,000 |
| 154 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $92,500 |
| 155 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | — | $92,500 |
| 156 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 157 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 158 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
| 167 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,500 |
| 168 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 169 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
| 178 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 179 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $81,000 |
| 180 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 181 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 182 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 2 | $79,250 |
| 183 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $78,750 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 185 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $78,250 |
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hagos Gebrhiwet is 167th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $85,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hagos Gebrhiwet most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kimeli, Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega, Yomif Kejelcha, Stanley Mburu and Paul Chelimo.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Telahun Haile Bekele, Nicholas Kimeli, Yomif Kejelcha, Isaac Kimeli, Jacob Krop and Cornelius Kemboi.
Bislett Games 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yomif Kejelcha, Jacob Kiplimo, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Addisu Yihune, Luis Grijalva and Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hagos Gebrhiwet won?
$85,500, which ranks 167th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2019 and 2025.
What is Hagos Gebrhiwet's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2019 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 Hagos Gebrhiwet 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 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 Hagos Gebrhiwet won?
Three of thirteen, worth $30,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $32,000.
Has Hagos Gebrhiwet ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Hagos Gebrhiwet 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 him, 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 Hagos Gebrhiwet is Selemon Barega on $85,750, and one below Diribe Welteji on $85,250. Hagos Gebrhiwet 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 men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Hagos Gebrhiwet has been paid in one 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 Bislett Games 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 5000 metres page.