Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge prize money
Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge has been paid $34,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 832nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| DN Galan 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2012 | 3000 m steeplechase | 7th | $1,500 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| London Grand Prix 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| BAUHAUS-galan 2010 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| All eleven | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $34,000 is eleven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | - | London Grand Prix | $6,500 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $18,000 |
| 2012 | 4 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $9,500 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $18,000 from four starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $34,000.
Around Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge on the money list
Ranks 812 to 852
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
| 838 | Alfred Kipketer | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 839 | Collins Cheboi | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 840 | Gift Leotlela | Men's 100 m | 1 | $33,500 |
| 841 | James Kiplagat Magut | two disciplines | - | $33,500 |
| 842 | Katharina Molitor | Women's javelin throw | - | $33,500 |
| 843 | Mohamed Attaoui | two disciplines | 1 | $33,500 |
| 844 | Tyrone Smith | Men's long jump | - | $33,500 |
| 845 | Benjamin Kiplagat | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $33,000 |
| 846 | Brittany Smith | Women's shot put | - | $33,000 |
| 847 | Eliud Kipchoge | two disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 848 | Elliot Giles | three disciplines | - | $33,000 |
| 849 | Georgia Griffith | three disciplines | 1 | $33,000 |
| 850 | Ihab Abdelrahman | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $33,000 |
| 851 | Jiřina Ptáčníková | Women's pole vault | - | $33,000 |
| 852 | Kurt Roberts | Men's shot put | 1 | $33,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge is 832nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $34,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lydia Chebet Rotich, Sofia Assefa, Birtukan Fente Alemu, Mardrea Hyman, Cristina Casandra and Milcah Chemos.
Athletissima 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Habiba Ghribi, Birtukan Adamu, Birtukan Fente Alemu, Lydia Chebet Rotich, Fionnuala McCormack and Milcah Chemos.
London Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lydia Chebet Rotich, Lidya Chepkurui, Gesa Felicitas Krause, Mekdes Bekele, Emma Coburn and Milcah Chemos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge won?
$34,000, which ranks 832nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2011 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge 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 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.
Is this everything Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge 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 Wanjiku Njoroge is Doris Lemngole on $34,000, and one below Nicholas Kiptanui Bett on $34,000. Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge 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 steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.