Khairi Bejiga prize money
Khairi Bejiga has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1330th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 15th | — |
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 5000 m | 11th | — |
| All five | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
| 2026 | 4 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $3,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Khairi Bejiga in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Khairi Bejiga on the money list
Ranks 1310 to 1350
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1310 | Bernesh Dessie | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1311 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1312 | Caisja Chandler | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1313 | Caleb Ndiku | Men's 3000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1314 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1315 | Christopher Belcher | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1316 | Déborah Sananes | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1317 | Divine Oduduru | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1318 | Elena Kelety | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1319 | Elisabeth Pihela | Women's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1320 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1321 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | — | $3,000 |
| 1322 | Gil Roberts | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1323 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1324 | Ivet Lalova-Collio | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1325 | Jasmin Stowers | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1326 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1327 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1328 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1329 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1330 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1331 | Luis Castro | Men's high jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1332 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Khairi Bejiga is 1330th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Khairi Bejiga most
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Birhanu Balew, Cornelius Kemboi, Keneth Kiprop, Mathew Kipsang, Mezgebu Sime and Timothy Cheruiyot.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Isaac Kimeli, Ky Robinson, Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Graham Blanks, Birhanu Balew and Jacob Krop.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $0 for 15th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getnet Wale, Eduardo Herrera, Kuma Girma, Grant Fisher, Jacob Krop and Andreas Almgren.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Khairi Bejiga won?
$3,000, which ranks 1330th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Khairi Bejiga's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 5000 m at the 2026 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Khairi Bejiga 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 place 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.
Has Khairi Bejiga ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Khairi Bejiga earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Khairi Bejiga is Karabo Sibanda on $3,000, and one below Luis Castro on $3,000. Khairi Bejiga is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 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 Khairi Bejiga 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.