Jonah Koech prize money
Jonah Koech has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1579th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 1500 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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is one 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.
The World Championships
What Jonah Koech did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 13th | 3:37.00 | - |
Jonah Koech 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.
Around Jonah Koech on the money list
Ranks 1559 to 1599
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Jonah Koech is 1579th 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 Jonah Koech most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reynold Cheruiyot, Festus Lagat, Azeddine Habz, Anass Essayi, Vincent Ciattei and Ruben Verheyden.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Jonah Koech won?
$10,000, which ranks 1579th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2025.
What is Jonah Koech's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Jonah Koech 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 Jonah Koech won?
One of one, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Jonah Koech 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 Jonah Koech is Jhon Murillo on $10,000, and one below Josanne Lucas on $10,000. Jonah Koech is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Jonah Koech 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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 1500 metres page.