Isaac Kimeli prize money
Isaac Kimeli has been paid $12,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1472nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, one of them a win.
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 2026 | 5000 m | 14th | - |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2025 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2022 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| All six | Men's 5000 m | - | $12,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,000 is two 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. Four of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Isaac Kimeli did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 2nd | 12:58.78 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Isaac Kimeli $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $12,000 from six Diamond League starts between 2021 and 2026. Nine days there paid him more than any whole Diamond League season has. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $2,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | Athletissima | $10,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Isaac Kimeli in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2026, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,000.
Around Isaac Kimeli on the money list
Ranks 1452 to 1492
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1461 | Robert Farken | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1462 | Sule Utura | Women's 5000 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1463 | Verena Sailer | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1464 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Men's high jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1465 | Annik Kälin | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1490 | Fabian Schulze | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1491 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1492 | Olena Holosha | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Isaac Kimeli is 1472nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Isaac Kimeli most
Athletissima 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Grant Fisher, Eduardo Herrera, Samuel Tefera, Ishmael Kipkurui, Edwin Kurgat and Hagos Gebrhiwet.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacob Krop, Cornelius Kemboi, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Ronald Kwemoi, Berihu Aregawi and Hagos Gebrhiwet.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $0 for 14th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tshepo Tshite, Addisu Yihune, Birhanu Balew, Andreas Almgren, Parker Wolfe and Grant Fisher.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Isaac Kimeli won?
$12,000, which ranks 1472nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Isaac Kimeli's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2025 Athletissima. 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 Isaac Kimeli 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 Isaac Kimeli won?
One of six, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $2,000.
Has Isaac Kimeli ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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.
How much did Isaac Kimeli win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Isaac Kimeli earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Isaac Kimeli is Fausto Desalu on $12,000, and one below Kena Tufa on $12,000. Isaac Kimeli is one of 60 Belgium athletes athletics has paid, and Belgium athletics prize money adds them up to $821,458 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 Isaac Kimeli 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.