Linet Chepkwemoi Masai prize money
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai has been paid $29,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 910th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2011 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All seven | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $14,500 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $14,000 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $14,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Linet Chepkwemoi Masai in 2012, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,500.
Around Linet Chepkwemoi Masai on the money list
Ranks 890 to 930
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 890 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,250 |
| 891 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $30,250 |
| 892 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 893 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,000 |
| 894 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is 910th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Linet Chepkwemoi Masai most
Prefontaine Classic 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mercy Cherono, Sally Kipyego, Pauline Chemning Korikwiang, Shalane Flanagan, Wude Ayalew and Esther Chemtai.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Meselech Melkamu, Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet, Sule Utura, Emebet Anteneh, Mercy Cherono and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot.
Memorial Van Damme 2010 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sentayehu Ejigu, Sally Kipyego, Elvan Abeylegesse, Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet, Ines Chenonge and Meselech Melkamu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Linet Chepkwemoi Masai won?
$29,500, which ranks 910th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Linet Chepkwemoi Masai's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2011 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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.
Is this everything Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 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 her, 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 Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is Keila Costa on $29,500, and one below Naoto Tobe on $29,500. Linet Chepkwemoi Masai 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 women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Linet Chepkwemoi Masai has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.