Hilal Yego prize money
Hilal Yego has been paid $84,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 371st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 27 paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 27 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $84,000 is 27 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $12,500 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Memorial van Damme | $8,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 2 | DN Galan | $30,500 |
| 2014 | 6 | - | ExxonMobil Bislett Games | $17,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | - | Bauhausgalan | $14,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $2,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $30,500 from five starts. Every season from 2011 to 2016 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $84,000.
Around Hilal Yego on the money list
Ranks 351 to 391
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Hilal Yego is 371st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $84,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Hilal Yego most
DN Galan 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gilbert Kirui, Conseslus Kipruto, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, John Kibet Koech and Daniel Huling.
Weltklasse 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Conseslus Kipruto, Mahiedine Mekhissi, Gilbert Kirui, Paul Kipsiele Koech and Brimin Kiprop Kipruto.
Bauhausgalan 2015 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrew Bayer, Mitko Tsenov, Ilgizar Safiulin, Mohamed Ismail, Stanley Kebenei and Hicham Sigueni.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Hilal Yego won?
$84,000, which ranks 371st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 27 paid finishes between 2011 and 2016.
What is Hilal Yego's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2013 DN Galan. 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 Hilal Yego 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 Hilal Yego won?
Two of 27, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Hilal Yego 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 Hilal Yego is Megan Simmonds on $84,250, and one below Payton Otterdahl on $83,750. Hilal Yego 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 men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Hilal Yego 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.