Nelly Jepkosgei prize money
Nelly Jepkosgei has been paid $38,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 776th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eleven paid finishes in the women's 800 m and women's 1500 m, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 800 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | 800 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2019 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 800 m | 9th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2018 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2017 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Bislett Games 2013 | 800 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| All thirteen | two disciplines | - | $38,000 |
The eleven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $38,000 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. Two of the thirteen starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Nelly Jepkosgei
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 7 | 1 | 2013 to 2019 | $24,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 6 | - | 2017 to 2026 | $13,500 |
The women's 800 m has paid Nelly Jepkosgei $24,500 of the $38,000, which is 64% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2013 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $2,500 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | - | - | - | - |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $3,000 |
| 2018 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $13,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $17,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | - | - | - | - |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Nelly Jepkosgei in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $38,000.
Around Nelly Jepkosgei on the money list
Ranks 756 to 796
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
| 772 | Daisy Jepkemei | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $38,250 |
| 773 | Mateusz Kołodziejski | Men's high jump | 1 | $38,250 |
| 774 | Paraskevi Papachristou | Women's triple jump | - | $38,250 |
| 775 | Christoph Harting | Men's discus throw | - | $38,000 |
| 776 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $38,000 |
| 777 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | - | $38,000 |
| 778 | Julian Forte | two disciplines | 1 | $37,750 |
| 779 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | - | $37,625 |
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Nelly Jepkosgei is 776th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $38,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Nelly Jepkosgei most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Habitam Alemu, Olha Lyakhova, Lynsey Sharp, Halimah Nakaayi, Ce'Aira Brown and Emily Cherotich Tuei.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Habitam Alemu, Besu Sado, Alemaz Samuel, Gudaf Tsegay, Rababe Arafi and Judy Kiyeng.
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Raevyn Rogers, Lovisa Lindh, Renée Eykens, Lynsey Sharp, Hanna Hermansson and Natoya Goule-Toppin.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Nelly Jepkosgei won?
$38,000, which ranks 776th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eleven paid finishes between 2013 and 2026.
What is Nelly Jepkosgei's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 800 m at the 2019 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 Nelly Jepkosgei 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 800 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 Jepkosgei won?
One of thirteen, worth $10,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Nelly Jepkosgei ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two 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 Nelly Jepkosgei 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 Nelly Jepkosgei is Christoph Harting on $38,000, and one below Sha'Keela Saunders on $38,000. Nelly Jepkosgei is one of 18 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,047,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 800 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Nelly Jepkosgei 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.