Mahiedine Mekhissi prize money
Mahiedine Mekhissi has been paid $42,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 716th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase and men's mile, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| ExxonMobil Bislett Games 2014 | Mile | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse 2013 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $1,000 |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $42,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $42,000 is ten 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.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mahiedine Mekhissi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 9 | 1 | 2010 to 2016 | $39,500 |
| Men's mile | 1 | - | 2014 | $2,500 |
The men's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Mahiedine Mekhissi $39,500 of the $42,000, which is 94% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | Meeting Areva | $13,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Golden Gala | $2,500 |
| 2013 | 3 | - | Meeting Areva | $13,000 |
| 2014 | 2 | - | Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | $8,500 |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $4,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mahiedine Mekhissi in 2015, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $42,000.
Around Mahiedine Mekhissi on the money list
Ranks 696 to 736
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mahiedine Mekhissi is 716th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $42,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mahiedine Mekhissi most
Meeting Areva 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ezekiel Kemboi, Benjamin Kiplagat, Roba Gari, Jairus Kipchoge Birech, Tarik Langat Akdag and Ruben Ramolefi.
Belgacom Memorial Van Damme 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Evan Jager, Daniel Huling, Conseslus Kipruto, Brimin Kiprop Kipruto, Ilgizar Safiulin and Hilal Yego.
Meeting Areva 2013 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Kipsiele Koech, Roba Gari, Benjamin Kiplagat, Noureddine Smaïl, Hamid Ezzine and Yoann Kowal.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mahiedine Mekhissi won?
$42,000, which ranks 716th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Mahiedine Mekhissi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 Meeting Areva. 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 Mahiedine Mekhissi 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Mahiedine Mekhissi won?
One of ten, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Mahiedine Mekhissi 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 Mahiedine Mekhissi is Lawrence Okoye on $42,000, and one below Mary Saxer on $41,583. Mahiedine Mekhissi is one of 181 France athletes athletics has paid, and France athletics prize money adds them up to $3,087,958 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and men's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mahiedine Mekhissi has been paid in two 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 Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it.