Hellen Obiri prize money
Hellen Obiri has been paid $301,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 47th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 38 paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 3000 m and women's 1500 m, thirteen 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 38 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $301,000 is 38 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the 40 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Olympic Games
What Hellen Obiri won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's marathon | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's marathon paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Hellen Obiri
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 12 | 7 | 2016 to 2021 | $169,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 11 | 4 | 2013 to 2021 | $59,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 14 | 1 | 2011 to 2016 | $57,000 |
| Women's mile | 2 | 1 | 2017 to 2018 | $14,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | - | 2011 | $1,500 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Hellen Obiri $169,500 of the $301,000, which is 56% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | London Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | - | Golden Gala | $16,500 |
| 2013 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $18,000 |
| 2014 | 4 | 2 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $25,000 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | Herculis | $30,000 |
| 2017 | 6 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $93,000 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $72,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $28,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Bislett Games | $15,500 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $93,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Hellen Obiri in 2015 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $301,000.
Around Hellen Obiri on the money list
Ranks 27 to 67
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
| 54 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 55 | Allyson Felix | three disciplines | 19 | $283,250 |
| 56 | Jakub Vadlejch | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $281,750 |
| 57 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $281,250 |
| 58 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 11 | $280,250 |
| 59 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 16 | $272,000 |
| 60 | Dafne Schippers | two disciplines | 11 | $271,000 |
| 61 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 10 | $270,500 |
| 62 | Sergey Shubenkov | Men's 110 m hurdles | 7 | $268,000 |
| 63 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 11 | $266,750 |
| 64 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 13 | $266,000 |
| 65 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $263,500 |
| 66 | Christian Coleman | two disciplines | 10 | $263,000 |
| 67 | Olga Rypakova | Women's triple jump | 9 | $262,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hellen Obiri is 47th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $301,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hellen Obiri most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sifan Hassan, Senbere Teferi, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Agnes Tirop, Genzebe Dibaba and Letesenbet Gidey.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Senbere Teferi, Margaret Kipkemboi, Beatrice Chepkoech, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and Letesenbet Gidey.
Bislett Games 2021 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Fantu Worku, Margaret Kipkemboi, Eilish McColgan, Beatrice Chebet, Yasemin Can and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hellen Obiri won?
$301,000, which ranks 47th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 38 paid finishes between 2011 and 2021.
What is Hellen Obiri's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2018 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 Hellen Obiri 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 Hellen Obiri won?
Thirteen of 40, worth $210,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $106,000.
Has Hellen Obiri ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Hellen Obiri 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 Hellen Obiri is Asbel Kiprop on $302,500, and one below Sandi Morris on $300,500. Hellen Obiri is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's mile prize money and women's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Hellen Obiri 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.