Irine Chepet Cheptai prize money
Irine Chepet Cheptai has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1576th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All six | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2013 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 3 | - | Bislett Games | $6,500 |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $1,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Irine Chepet Cheptai in 2014 and 2016, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,000.
Around Irine Chepet Cheptai on the money list
Ranks 1556 to 1596
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1561 | Nataliya Lupu | Women's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1562 | Yuki Hashioka | Men's long jump | - | $10,500 |
| 1563 | Antonio Manuel Reina | Men's 800 m | - | $10,250 |
| 1564 | Hendrik Gruber | Men's pole vault | - | $10,250 |
| 1565 | Malik James-King | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,250 |
| 1566 | Marike Steinacker | Women's discus throw | - | $10,250 |
| 1567 | Adaejah Hodge | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1568 | Apostolos Parellis | Men's discus throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1569 | Ashley Higginson | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1570 | Chris Solinsky | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1571 | Edgar Rivera | Men's high jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1572 | Geoffrey Kamworor | Men's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1573 | Hannah Nuttall | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1574 | Hicham Sigueni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1575 | Ignacio Fontes | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Irine Chepet Cheptai is 1576th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Irine Chepet Cheptai most
Bislett Games 2015 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Susan Krumins, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Magdalyne Masai, Genzebe Dibaba, Senbere Teferi and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Magdalyne Masai, Perine Nengampi, Almaz Ayana, Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Senbere Teferi and Alemitu Haroye.
Prefontaine Classic 2015 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Viola Jelagat Kibiwot, Yelena Korobkina, Genzebe Dibaba, Faith Kipyegon, Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot and Sally Kipyego.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Irine Chepet Cheptai won?
$10,000, which ranks 1576th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2013 and 2017.
What is Irine Chepet Cheptai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 5000 m at the 2015 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 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Irine Chepet Cheptai 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 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.
Is this everything Irine Chepet Cheptai 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 Irine Chepet Cheptai is Ignacio Fontes on $10,000, and one below Jessika Gbai on $10,000. Irine Chepet Cheptai 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. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Irine Chepet Cheptai has been paid in one 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 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea has its own page across every edition of it.