Lydia Chebet Rotich prize money
Lydia Chebet Rotich has been paid $48,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 644th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 18 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, the best of them 3rd.
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
The 18 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $48,000 is 18 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $22,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $15,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $3,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $22,000 from six starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lydia Chebet Rotich in 2014 and 2015, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $48,000.
Around Lydia Chebet Rotich on the money list
Ranks 624 to 664
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 624 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | - | $49,750 |
| 625 | Kyree King | two disciplines | - | $49,750 |
| 626 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $49,750 |
| 627 | Debbie Dunn | Women's 400 m | - | $49,500 |
| 628 | Denisa Rosolová | two disciplines | - | $49,500 |
| 629 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 630 | Celliphine Chespol | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $49,250 |
| 631 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 632 | Antti Ruuskanen | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $49,000 |
| 633 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $49,000 |
| 634 | Kemi Adekoya | two disciplines | 1 | $49,000 |
| 635 | Sara Petersen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,750 |
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lydia Chebet Rotich is 644th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $48,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lydia Chebet Rotich most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Birtukan Fente Alemu, Mardrea Hyman, Cristina Casandra, Milcah Chemos and Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Katarzyna Kowalska, Sofia Assefa, Ancuţa Bobocel, Lisa Aguilera, Elizabeth Mueni and Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi.
Bislett Games 2010 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Wioletta Frankiewicz, Katarzyna Kowalska, Ancuţa Bobocel, Elizabeth Mueni and Milcah Chemos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lydia Chebet Rotich won?
$48,000, which ranks 644th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 18 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Lydia Chebet Rotich's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lydia Chebet Rotich 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 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.
Is this everything Lydia Chebet Rotich 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 Lydia Chebet Rotich is Leevan Sands on $48,000, and one below Vikas Gowda on $48,000. Lydia Chebet Rotich 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Lydia Chebet Rotich 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.