Leonard Bett prize money
Leonard Bett has been paid $40,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 736th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 2nd.
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 fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,500 is fourteen 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. Three of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $5,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $7,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 3 | - | Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | $13,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | - | Athletissima | $7,250 |
| 2023 | 2 | - | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $4,750 |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $500 |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Herculis EBS | $2,500 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $13,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Leonard Bett in 2020 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,500.
Around Leonard Bett on the money list
Ranks 716 to 756
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 720 | Martyn Rooney | Men's 400 m | - | $41,500 |
| 721 | Ryan Bailey | two disciplines | 1 | $41,500 |
| 722 | Stephanie Brown-Trafton | Women's discus throw | 1 | $41,500 |
| 723 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | - | $41,250 |
| 724 | Lisa Ryzih | Women's pole vault | - | $41,250 |
| 725 | Andrey Silnov | Men's high jump | 1 | $41,000 |
| 726 | Christopher Bailey | Men's 400 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 727 | Jordan Geist | Men's shot put | 1 | $41,000 |
| 728 | Mark English | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 729 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi | Men's 800 m | 1 | $41,000 |
| 730 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | - | $41,000 |
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Leonard Bett is 736th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Leonard Bett most
Müller Grand Prix Gateshead 2021 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Djilali Bedrani, Mark Pearce, Daniel Arce, Ole Hesselbjerg, Abraham Kibiwot and Phil Norman.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getnet Wale, Tadese Takele, Hillary Bor, Ahmed Abdelwahed, Mohamed Tindouft and Benjamin Kigen.
Doha Diamond League 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chala Beyo, Abraham Kibiwot, Lawrence Kemboi, Nicholas Kiptanui Bett, Benjamin Kigen and Kennedy Njiru.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Leonard Bett won?
$40,500, which ranks 736th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2018 and 2026.
What is Leonard Bett's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2021 Müller Grand Prix Gateshead. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Leonard 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 place 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.
Has Leonard Bett 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Leonard 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 Leonard Bett is Sara Kolak on $40,750, and one below Vadims Vasiļevskis on $40,500. Leonard 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Leonard Bett 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.