Nelly Chepchirchir prize money
Nelly Chepchirchir has been paid $90,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 352nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's 1500 m and women's 1000 m, four 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $30,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2025 | 1000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2023 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $90,750 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $90,750 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.08% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Nelly Chepchirchir did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 metres | 4th | 3:55.25 | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Nelly Chepchirchir $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $90,750 from ten Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2025. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nelly Chepchirchir
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 9 | 3 | 2023 to 2025 | $80,750 |
| Women's 1000 m | 1 | 1 | 2025 | $10,000 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Nelly Chepchirchir $80,750 of the $90,750, which is 89% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $9,500 |
| 2024 | 3 | - | Doha Diamond League | $7,250 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $74,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $74,000 from five starts. Every season from 2023 to 2025 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $90,750.
Around Nelly Chepchirchir on the money list
Ranks 332 to 372
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 332 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 333 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 334 | Shannon Rowbury | four disciplines | 2 | $96,500 |
| 335 | Julius Yego | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $96,000 |
| 336 | Zharnel Hughes | two disciplines | 2 | $95,500 |
| 337 | Mujinga Kambundji | two disciplines | 1 | $95,250 |
| 338 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $94,750 |
| 339 | Cleopatra Borel | Women's shot put | - | $94,500 |
| 340 | Yargelis Savigne | two disciplines | 7 | $94,500 |
| 341 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 342 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 343 | Sanya Richards-Ross | two disciplines | 5 | $93,500 |
| 344 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | 1 | $93,000 |
| 345 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | - | $92,500 |
| 346 | Christophe Lemaitre | two disciplines | 1 | $92,500 |
| 347 | Chaunte Lowe | Women's high jump | 5 | $92,000 |
| 348 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 349 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $91,750 |
| 350 | L. J. van Zyl | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $91,500 |
| 351 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 352 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 353 | Levern Spencer | Women's high jump | 1 | $90,508 |
| 354 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $90,250 |
| 355 | Jeremy Wariner | Men's 400 m | 7 | $90,000 |
| 356 | Ameer Webb | two disciplines | 3 | $89,500 |
| 357 | Habitam Alemu | three disciplines | - | $89,500 |
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nelly Chepchirchir is 352nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $90,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nelly Chepchirchir most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jessica Hull, Linden Hall, Sinclaire Johnson, Heather MacLean, Susan Ejore and Birke Haylom.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Susan Ejore, Jemma Reekie, Saron Berhe, Agathe Guillemot, Elsabet Amare and Teresia Muthoni Gateri.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sarah Healy, Birke Haylom, Linden Hall, Worknesh Mesele, Georgia Hunter Bell and Agathe Guillemot.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nelly Chepchirchir won?
$90,750, which ranks 352nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2023 and 2025.
What is Nelly Chepchirchir's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2025 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Nelly Chepchirchir 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 1500 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 Nelly Chepchirchir won?
Four of ten, worth $70,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $32,500.
How much did Nelly Chepchirchir win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Nelly Chepchirchir earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World 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 Nelly Chepchirchir is Niels Laros on $91,000, and one below Levern Spencer on $90,508. Nelly Chepchirchir 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 1500 m prize money and women's 1000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nelly Chepchirchir has been paid in two 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 Weltklasse Zürich 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 women's 1500 metres page.