Margaret Wambui prize money
Margaret Wambui has been paid $40,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 748th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from nine paid finishes in the women's 800 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 800 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2017 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All nine | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
The nine paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,000 is nine 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
2016 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $26,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $8,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Doha Diamond League | $2,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from four starts. Every season from 2016 to 2019 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,000.
Around Margaret Wambui on the money list
Ranks 728 to 768
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Margaret Wambui is 748th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Margaret Wambui most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Habitam Alemu, Sifan Hassan, Charlene Lipsey, Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, Selina Büchel and Caster Semenya.
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eunice Sum, Habitam Alemu, Genzebe Dibaba, Charlene Lipsey, Malika Akkaoui and Natoya Goule-Toppin.
Prefontaine Classic 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Francine Niyonsaba, Habitam Alemu, Selina Büchel, Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, Joanna Jóźwik and Lynsey Sharp.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Margaret Wambui won?
$40,000, which ranks 748th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from nine paid finishes between 2016 and 2019.
What is Margaret Wambui's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the 800 m at the 2017 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Margaret Wambui 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 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.
Is this everything Margaret Wambui 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 Margaret Wambui is Jan Kudlička on $40,000, and one below Nadine Kleinert on $40,000. Margaret Wambui 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Margaret Wambui 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 Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.