Mathew Kipsang prize money
Mathew Kipsang has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2781st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's 3000 m and men's 5000 m, and it was 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 3000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 5000 m | 9th | - |
| Athletissima 2026 | 5000 m | 17th | - |
| All four | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Mathew Kipsang did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 metres | 11th | 13:03.67 | - |
Mathew Kipsang stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mathew Kipsang
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2026 | $2,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 3 | - | 2026 | $0 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Mathew Kipsang $2,000 of the $2,000, which is 100% of everything the series has given him.
Around Mathew Kipsang on the money list
Ranks 2761 to 2801
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2761 | Li Chenyang | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2762 | Li Zhilong | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2763 | Liang Xiaojing | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2764 | Linus Pihl | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2765 | Lorène Bazolo | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2766 | Louey Ouerrat | Men's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2767 | Lucy Hadaway | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2768 | Luke Cutts | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2769 | Madison Wiltrout | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2770 | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik | Women's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2771 | Manon Depuydt | Women's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2772 | Marc Schneeberger | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2773 | Mardrea Hyman | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2774 | Mareike Rittweg | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2775 | María Isabel Pérez | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2776 | Marije van Hunenstijn | Women's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2777 | Marino Bloudek | Men's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2778 | Mark Pearce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2779 | Martial Mbandjock | Men's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2780 | Mary Kuria | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2781 | Mathew Kipsang | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2782 | Megan Wright | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2783 | Melvin Raffin | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2784 | Mercedes Chilla | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2785 | Merel Maes | Women's high jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2786 | Michael Berry | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2787 | Mickael Francois | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2788 | Mikiah Brisco | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2789 | Mohamed Nasir Abbas | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2790 | Mohamed Seghaier | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2791 | Mohammed Abbas Darwish | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2792 | Morgann LeLeux | Women's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2793 | Mostafa Amr Hassan | Men's shot put | - | $2,000 |
| 2794 | Muna Lee | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2795 | Naa Anang | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2796 | Natalie Knight | Women's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2797 | Neisha Bernard-Thomas | Women's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2798 | Nelvin Jepkemboi | Women's 5000 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2799 | Ngeno Kipngetich | Men's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2800 | Nicholas Kiptanui Kemboi | Men's mile | - | $2,000 |
| 2801 | Nicholas Percy | Men's discus throw | - | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mathew Kipsang is 2781st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mathew Kipsang most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eduardo Herrera, Jacob Krop, Kuma Girma, Ishmael Kipkurui, Birhanu Balew and Getnet Wale.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $0 for 11th in the 5000 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mezgebu Sime, Timothy Cheruiyot, Addisu Yihune, Mohamed Abdilaahi, Biniam Mehary and Eduardo Herrera.
Meeting de Paris 2026 paid $0 for 9th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Addisu Yihune, Khairi Bejiga, Getnet Wale, Eduardo Herrera, Kuma Girma and Grant Fisher.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mathew Kipsang won?
$2,000, which ranks 2781st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2026.
What is Mathew Kipsang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 3000 m at the 2026 Shanghai 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 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mathew Kipsang 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 place is worth the same in the men's 3000 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 Mathew Kipsang ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Mathew Kipsang 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 Mathew Kipsang is Mary Kuria on $2,000, and one below Megan Wright on $2,000. Mathew Kipsang 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 men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Mathew Kipsang 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 5000 metres page.