Mercy Cherono prize money
Mercy Cherono has been paid $194,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 115th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 35 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m, women's 5000 m and women's 1500 m, nine of them wins.
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 35 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $194,500 is 35 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Mercy Cherono
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m | 13 | 7 | 2012 to 2022 | $100,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 17 | 1 | 2010 to 2016 | $66,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 3 | - | 2012 to 2015 | $15,000 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | 1 | 2014 | $10,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2015 | $2,500 |
The women's 3000 m has paid Mercy Cherono $100,500 of the $194,500, which is 52% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $12,000 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3 | Herculis | $42,000 |
| 2013 | 6 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $27,500 |
| 2014 | 7 | 4 | Adidas Grand Prix | $50,500 |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | Sainsburys Anniversary Games | $22,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $28,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $10,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $50,500 from seven starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Mercy Cherono in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $194,500.
Around Mercy Cherono on the money list
Ranks 95 to 135
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
| 131 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 5 | $181,750 |
| 132 | Bershawn Jackson | two disciplines | 9 | $181,500 |
| 133 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 6 | $181,500 |
| 134 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 3 | $180,500 |
| 135 | Beatrice Chebet | three disciplines | 11 | $180,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mercy Cherono is 115th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $194,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mercy Cherono most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amy-Eloise Markovc, Medina Eisa, Gloria Kite, Maureen Koster, Tsiyon Abebe and Rose Davies.
Sainsburys Anniversary Games 2015 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Molly Huddle, Janet Kisa, Marielle Hall, Haftamnesh Tesfaye, Emily Sisson and Rhona Auckland.
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Betsy Saina, Kalkidan Gezahegne, Sally Kipyego, Kim Conley, Julia Bleasdale and Buze Diriba.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mercy Cherono won?
$194,500, which ranks 115th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 35 paid finishes between 2010 and 2022.
What is Mercy Cherono's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m at the 2022 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. 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 Mercy Cherono 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 win is worth the same in the women'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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Mercy Cherono won?
Nine of 35, worth $90,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Mercy Cherono 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 Mercy Cherono is Stephenie Ann McPherson on $194,750, and one below Gerd Kanter on $194,000. Mercy Cherono 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 prize money, women's 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mercy Cherono has been paid in five 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 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has its own page across every edition of it.