Jairus Kipchoge Birech prize money
Jairus Kipchoge Birech has been paid $208,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 96th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 37 paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, ten 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 37 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $208,000 is 37 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2011 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Meeting Areva | $5,000 |
| 2012 | 7 | 1 | Aviva British Grand Prix | $31,500 |
| 2013 | 6 | - | Weltklasse | $19,000 |
| 2014 | 7 | 6 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $63,000 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $48,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $23,500 |
| 2017 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $16,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $2,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $63,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2011 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $208,000.
Around Jairus Kipchoge Birech on the money list
Ranks 76 to 116
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Javier Culson | Men's 400 m hurdles | 13 | $243,500 |
| 77 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 14 | $238,000 |
| 78 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | two disciplines | 10 | $235,000 |
| 79 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 13 | $233,500 |
| 80 | Andre De Grasse | two disciplines | 11 | $233,000 |
| 81 | Reese Hoffa | Men's shot put | 14 | $226,500 |
| 82 | Fabiana Murer | Women's pole vault | 13 | $223,000 |
| 83 | Paul Kipsiele Koech | two disciplines | 9 | $222,500 |
| 84 | Dawn Harper-Nelson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 15 | $220,500 |
| 85 | Amantle Montsho | Women's 400 m | 12 | $219,500 |
| 86 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 87 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 11 | $217,500 |
| 88 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 89 | Ayanleh Souleiman | four disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jairus Kipchoge Birech is 96th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $208,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jairus Kipchoge Birech most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Kipsiele Koech, Conseslus Kipruto, Jonathan Muia Ndiku, Clement Kimutai Kemboi, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto and Hilal Yego.
Bislett Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Conseslus Kipruto, Paul Kipsiele Koech, Hilal Yego, Donn Cabral, Brahim Taleb and Krystian Zalewski.
Meeting Areva 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Evan Jager, Conseslus Kipruto, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Clement Kimutai Kemboi, Paul Kipsiele Koech and Daniel Huling.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jairus Kipchoge Birech won?
$208,000, which ranks 96th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 37 paid finishes between 2011 and 2018.
What is Jairus Kipchoge Birech's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2015 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix. 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 Jairus Kipchoge Birech 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 Jairus Kipchoge Birech won?
Ten of 37, worth $100,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Jairus Kipchoge Birech 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 Jairus Kipchoge Birech is Brittney Reese on $210,500, and one below Gudaf Tsegay on $206,500. Jairus Kipchoge Birech 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 Jairus Kipchoge Birech 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.