Milcah Chemos prize money
Milcah Chemos has been paid $189,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 122nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 24 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, sixteen 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 24 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $189,000 is 24 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7 | 4 | Bislett Games | $58,000 |
| 2011 | 6 | 5 | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $52,500 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $30,000 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4 | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $42,500 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Glasgow Grand Prix | $6,000 |
season running total
2010 is the biggest of them, $58,000 from seven starts. Every season from 2010 to 2014 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $189,000.
Around Milcah Chemos on the money list
Ranks 102 to 142
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 136 | Christina Obergföll | Women's javelin throw | 12 | $179,000 |
| 137 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 6 | $178,750 |
| 138 | Tianna Bartoletta | two disciplines | 8 | $177,750 |
| 139 | Larissa Iapichino | Women's long jump | 6 | $177,500 |
| 140 | Sally Pearson | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $172,500 |
| 141 | Usain Bolt | two disciplines | 16 | $172,000 |
| 142 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 3 | $171,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Milcah Chemos is 122nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $189,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Milcah Chemos most
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lidya Chepkurui, Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew, Etenesh Diro, Lydia Chebet Rotich and Salima el Ouali Alami.
British Grand Prix 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sofia Assefa, Hiwot Ayalew, Lidya Chepkurui, Etenesh Diro, Purity Cherotich Kirui and Fancy Cherotich.
Monaco 2013 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lidya Chepkurui, Fancy Cherotich, Shalaya Kipp, Eilish McColgan, Jamie Cheever and Claire Perraux.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Milcah Chemos won?
$189,000, which ranks 122nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 24 paid finishes between 2010 and 2014.
What is Milcah Chemos's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2013 Golden Gala Pietro Mennea. 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 Milcah Chemos 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Milcah Chemos won?
Sixteen of 24, worth $160,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Milcah Chemos 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 Milcah Chemos is Carmelita Jeter on $189,000, and one below Shara Proctor on $187,000. Milcah Chemos 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 Milcah Chemos 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 Glasgow Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.