Marta Alemayo prize money
Marta Alemayo has been paid $13,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1393rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 2 miles and women's 3000 m, 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | 2 miles | 4th | $3,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2026 | 3000 m | 10th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 5000 m | 17th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 5000 m | 12th | - |
| Herculis 2024 | 5000 m | 7th | $750 |
| All ten | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,750 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Marta Alemayo ran on the grass, 2024 and 2026
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U20 women's race | 1st | 18:52 | - | - |
| U20 women's race | 1st | 19:28 | - | - |
Marta Alemayo has run two races here and was paid nothing in her own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. Sheran alongside Asayech Ayichew and Yenawa Nbret, and the Diamond League has paid every one of them too. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Marta Alemayo
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 7 | - | 2024 to 2026 | $8,750 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2026 | $3,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 2 | - | 2025 to 2026 | $2,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Marta Alemayo $8,750 of the $13,750, which is 64% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Herculis | $750 |
| 2025 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | - | Doha Diamond League | $10,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from five starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,750.
Around Marta Alemayo on the money list
Ranks 1373 to 1413
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1373 | Erik Sowinski | Men's 800 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1374 | Ksenija Balta | Women's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1375 | Lawrence Kemboi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $14,000 |
| 1376 | Leonard Kirwa Kosencha | Men's 800 m | 1 | $14,000 |
| 1377 | Marian Oprea | Men's triple jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1378 | Märt Israel | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1379 | Olesya Povh | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1380 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1381 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $14,000 |
| 1382 | Ricardo Chambers | Men's 400 m | - | $14,000 |
| 1383 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | - | $14,000 |
| 1384 | Sebastian Bayer | Men's long jump | - | $14,000 |
| 1385 | Sergey Makarov | Men's javelin throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1386 | Simon Pettersson | Men's discus throw | - | $14,000 |
| 1387 | Valentin Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | - | $14,000 |
| 1388 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1389 | Anita Horvat | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1390 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1391 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,750 |
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Marta Alemayo is 1393rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Marta Alemayo most
Doha Diamond League 2026 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bernesh Dessie, Hawi Abera, Nelvin Jepkemboi, Melknat Wudu, Cynthia Chepkirui and Aynadis Mebratu.
Prefontaine Classic 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 2 miles, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Margot Appleton, Karissa Schweizer, Yenawa Nbret, Asayech Ayichew, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford and Aleshign Baweke.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 5000 m, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleshign Baweke, Senayet Getachew, Fantaye Belayneh, Likina Amebaw, Marta García and Hannah Nuttall.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Marta Alemayo won?
$13,750, which ranks 1393rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Marta Alemayo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the Diamond+ 5000 m at the 2026 Doha Diamond League. 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 Marta Alemayo 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.
Has Marta Alemayo ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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 Marta Alemayo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Cross Country Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Marta Alemayo is Luis Grijalva on $13,750, and one below Matthew Hughes on $13,750. Marta Alemayo is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Marta Alemayo has been paid in three 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. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the races are on the pages.