Kipyegon Bett prize money
Kipyegon Bett has been paid $43,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 699th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 800 m and men's 1000 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 1000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2018 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 800 m | 4th | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All nine | two disciplines | - | $43,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $43,000 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Kipyegon Bett
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 800 m | 8 | 1 | 2016 to 2018 | $41,000 |
| Men's 1000 m | 1 | - | 2018 | $2,000 |
The men's 800 m has paid Kipyegon Bett $41,000 of the $43,000, which is 95% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $6,000 |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $34,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $3,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $34,000 from five starts. Every season from 2016 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $43,000.
Around Kipyegon Bett on the money list
Ranks 679 to 719
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
| 711 | Svetlana Shkolina | Women's high jump | 5 | $42,250 |
| 712 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $42,000 |
| 713 | Erik Cadée | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 714 | Frederik Ruppert | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $42,000 |
| 715 | Lawrence Okoye | Men's discus throw | - | $42,000 |
| 716 | Mahiedine Mekhissi | two disciplines | 1 | $42,000 |
| 717 | Mary Saxer | Women's pole vault | - | $41,583 |
| 718 | Abel Kiprop Mutai | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $41,500 |
| 719 | Gil Roberts | two disciplines | - | $41,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Kipyegon Bett is 699th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $43,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Kipyegon Bett most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Robert Biwott, Ferguson Rotich, David Rudisha, Alfred Kipketer, Adam Kszczot and Marcin Lewandowski.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Donavan Brazier, Elijah Manangoi, Marcin Lewandowski, Brandon McBride, Alfred Kipketer and Nicholas Kipkoech.
Meeting de Paris 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferguson Rotich, Robert Biwott, Amel Tuka, Job Koech Kinyor, Pierre-Ambroise Bosse and Thijmen Kupers.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Kipyegon Bett won?
$43,000, which ranks 699th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2016 and 2018.
What is Kipyegon Bett's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2017 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai. 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 Kipyegon Bett 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 800 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 Kipyegon Bett won?
One of nine, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $6,000.
Has Kipyegon Bett ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Kipyegon Bett 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 Kipyegon Bett is Jinzhe Li on $43,000, and one below LaShauntea Moore on $43,000. Kipyegon Bett 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 800 m prize money and men's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Kipyegon Bett has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.