Jakob Ingebrigtsen prize money
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been paid $348,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 33rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 33 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 3000 m, 19 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 33 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $348,000 is 33 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.3% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Jakob Ingebrigtsen did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 10th | 13:02.00 | - |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Jakob Ingebrigtsen did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 1st | 12:59.24 | $150,000 |
| Men's 1500 metres | - | DNS | - |
The Ultimate Championship paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen $150,000 for one finish over three days, against $348,000 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. One win in Budapest paid $150,000, which is more than the Diamond League has paid him in any single season. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
The World Indoor Championships
What Jakob Ingebrigtsen did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 1st | 3:38.79 | $40,000 |
| Men's 3000 metres | 1st | 7:46.09 | $40,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen $80,000 for two finishes in Nanjing 2025, against $348,000 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2018 and 2026. He won it twice, and each title paid the same $40,000. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Jakob Ingebrigtsen won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | Gold | $50,000 |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen was paid $50,000 for the men's 5000 metres in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
The European Championships
The Gold Crown Jakob Ingebrigtsen has won
| EVENT | MARK | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 3:31.95 | €50,000 |
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has won one Gold Crown at the European Championships, worth €50,000, for the 1500 metres at Rome 2024. A crown goes to the best performance in one of five event groups for men and five for women, so 79 of the 99 titles at Rome 2024 and Birmingham 2026 paid nothing. It is paid in euros and is not added to the $348,000 at the top of this page. From Silesia 2028 the crowns give way to a ladder paying €30,000 for every title. The European Championships page holds every crown, the athletes who won them and the ladder that replaces them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 22 | 11 | 2018 to 2026 | $217,000 |
| Men's mile | 7 | 4 | 2019 to 2024 | $71,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 3 | 3 | 2021 to 2024 | $50,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 1 | 1 | 2021 | $10,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen $217,000 of the $348,000, which is 62% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | - | Herculis | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 6 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $38,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 6 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $55,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $60,000 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | Prefontaine Classic | $100,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $82,000 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $9,500 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $100,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $348,000.
Around Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the money list
Ranks 13 to 53
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
| 42 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 13 | $309,000 |
| 43 | Yaime Pérez | Women's discus throw | 8 | $307,500 |
| 44 | Conseslus Kipruto | two disciplines | 15 | $305,500 |
| 45 | Caster Semenya | three disciplines | 20 | $304,000 |
| 46 | Asbel Kiprop | four disciplines | 19 | $302,500 |
| 47 | Hellen Obiri | five disciplines | 13 | $301,000 |
| 48 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 12 | $300,500 |
| 49 | Kaliese Carter | two disciplines | 21 | $297,500 |
| 50 | Beatrice Chepkoech | three disciplines | 11 | $297,000 |
| 51 | Salwa Eid Naser | two disciplines | 13 | $296,500 |
| 52 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $292,875 |
| 53 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 11 | $287,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jakob Ingebrigtsen is 33rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $348,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Jakob Ingebrigtsen most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Timothy Cheruiyot, Cole Hocker, Azeddine Habz, Jochem Vermeulen, Yared Nuguse and Reynold Cheruiyot.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yomif Kejelcha, Grant Fisher, Telahun Haile Bekele, Selemon Barega, Berihu Aregawi and Luis Grijalva.
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the mile, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yared Nuguse, George Mills, Mario García, Reynold Cheruiyot, Cole Hocker and Narve Gilje Nordås.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jakob Ingebrigtsen won?
$348,000, which ranks 33rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 33 paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Jakob Ingebrigtsen's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2024 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Jakob Ingebrigtsen 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 1500 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 Jakob Ingebrigtsen won?
19 of 33, worth $270,000 between them. Seven of his appearances came at a final, which paid $156,000.
How much did Jakob Ingebrigtsen win at the Ultimate Championship?
$150,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
How much has Jakob Ingebrigtsen won at the World Indoor Championships?
$80,000, from two paid finals in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Jakob Ingebrigtsen earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship, World Indoor Championships, Olympic and European 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 Jakob Ingebrigtsen is Daniel Ståhl on $355,750, and one below Chase Jackson on $347,500. Jakob Ingebrigtsen is one of 64 Norway athletes athletics has paid, and Norway athletics prize money adds them up to $2,108,833 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been paid in four 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 AG Memorial Van Damme 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. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full finals are on the men's 5000 metres and men's 1500 metres pages. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor finals are on the men's 1500 metres and men's 3000 metres pages.