Hellen Obiri prize money
Hellen Obiri has been paid $43,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 351st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 5000 m and women's 3000 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2021 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Allianz Memorial Van Damme 2021 | 5000 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 3000 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 3000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 5000 m | 4th | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 3000 m | 14th | — |
| All nine | two disciplines | — | $43,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $43,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the nine 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 | 5 | 2 | 2019 to 2021 | $29,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 4 | 1 | 2018 to 2021 | $14,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Hellen Obiri $29,500 of the $43,500, which is 68% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2018 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 2 | Doha Diamond League | $28,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | Bislett Games | $15,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $28,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Hellen Obiri in 2018 and 2020, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $43,500.
Around Hellen Obiri on the money list
Ranks 331 to 371
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 331 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 332 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | — | $47,000 |
| 333 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 334 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 335 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | — | $46,667 |
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
| 337 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 338 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 339 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 3 | $45,250 |
| 340 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $45,000 |
| 341 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | — | $45,000 |
| 342 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 343 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $44,750 |
| 344 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $44,500 |
| 345 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $44,250 |
| 346 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 347 | Femke Broeders-Bol | Women's 800 m | — | $44,000 |
| 348 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 349 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 350 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $43,750 |
| 351 | Hellen Obiri | two disciplines | 3 | $43,500 |
| 352 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 353 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 354 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 355 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 356 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 357 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | — | $42,750 |
| 358 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 359 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 360 | Elijah Manangoi | three disciplines | 3 | $42,000 |
| 361 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 362 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | — | $41,250 |
| 363 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 364 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 365 | Omar McLeod | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $41,000 |
| 366 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Men's high jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 367 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $40,750 |
| 368 | Andrew Pozzi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $40,500 |
| 369 | Marquis Dendy | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,250 |
| 370 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | — | $40,250 |
| 371 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hellen Obiri is 351st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $43,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hellen Obiri most
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.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Genzebe Dibaba, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Beatrice Chepkoech, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Gloria Kite and Gudaf Tsegay.
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Agnes Jebet Tirop, Sifan Hassan, Margaret Kipkemboi, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Eva Cherono and Beatrice Chebet.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hellen Obiri won?
$43,500, which ranks 351st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2018 and 2021.
What is Hellen Obiri's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2021 Bislett Games. 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 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?
Three of nine, worth $30,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $6,000.
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. She 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 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 Hellen Obiri is Lilian Kasait Rengeruk on $43,750, and one below Jacob Krop on $43,250. Hellen Obiri is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Hellen Obiri has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 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.