Niels Laros prize money
Niels Laros has been paid $91,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 157th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 800 m, three 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 800 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $50,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Mile | 1st | $20,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2024 | Mile | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2024 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2023 | 1500 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | Mile | 9th | — |
| All eight | three disciplines | — | $91,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $91,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Niels Laros did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 5th | 3:34.52 | $11,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Niels Laros $11,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $91,000 from eight Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Niels Laros
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 4 | 2 | 2023 to 2025 | $63,000 |
| Men's mile | 3 | 1 | 2023 to 2025 | $22,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 1 | — | 2026 | $6,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Niels Laros $63,000 of the $91,000, which is 69% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 2 | — | London Athletics Meet | $4,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $80,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $6,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $80,000 from three starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $91,000.
Around Niels Laros on the money list
Ranks 137 to 177
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 137 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $102,000 |
| 138 | Alexander Ogando | two disciplines | 2 | $101,250 |
| 139 | Matthew Hudson-Smith | Men's 400 m | 5 | $101,250 |
| 140 | Trey Cunningham | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $100,750 |
| 141 | Anzhelika Sidorova | Women's pole vault | 3 | $99,000 |
| 142 | Lieke Klaver | Women's 400 m | — | $98,750 |
| 143 | Natalia Kaczmarek | Women's 400 m | 3 | $98,750 |
| 144 | Adriana Vilagoš | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $97,250 |
| 145 | Feng Bin | Women's discus throw | 3 | $97,000 |
| 146 | Janieve Russell | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $97,000 |
| 147 | Chris Nilsen | Men's pole vault | 2 | $96,750 |
| 148 | Emma Zapletalová | Women's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $96,500 |
| 149 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 1 | $96,250 |
| 150 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 7 | $95,833 |
| 151 | Jorinde van Klinken | two disciplines | 1 | $94,000 |
| 152 | Lamecha Girma | five disciplines | 6 | $94,000 |
| 153 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $93,000 |
| 154 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $92,500 |
| 155 | Amy Hunt | two disciplines | — | $92,500 |
| 156 | Berihu Aregawi | three disciplines | 4 | $91,750 |
| 157 | Niels Laros | three disciplines | 3 | $91,000 |
| 158 | Nelly Chepchirchir | two disciplines | 4 | $90,750 |
| 159 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | — | $88,000 |
| 160 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 161 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 162 | Peruth Chemutai | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $86,750 |
| 163 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 164 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 165 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 2 | $85,750 |
| 166 | Selemon Barega | four disciplines | 3 | $85,750 |
| 167 | Hagos Gebrhiwet | Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,500 |
| 168 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 169 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Niels Laros is 157th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $91,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Niels Laros most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Reynold Cheruiyot, Phanuel Koech, Timothy Cheruiyot, Azeddine Habz, Anass Essayi and Yared Nuguse.
Prefontaine Classic 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the mile, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yared Nuguse, Azeddine Habz, Cole Hocker, Reynold Cheruiyot, Cameron Myers and Timothy Cheruiyot.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Phanuel Koech, Yared Nuguse, Isaac Nader, Reynold Cheruiyot, Samuel Pihlström and Ruben Verheyden.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Niels Laros won?
$91,000, which ranks 157th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Niels Laros's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 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 Niels Laros gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men'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 Niels Laros won?
Three of eight, worth $80,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Has Niels Laros ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. He is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Niels Laros win at the 2025 World Championships?
$11,000, 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 Niels Laros earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 him, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Niels Laros is Berihu Aregawi on $91,750, and one below Nelly Chepchirchir on $90,750. Niels Laros is one of 40 Netherlands athletes athletics has paid, and Netherlands athletics prize money adds them up to $2,032,667 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money and men's 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Niels Laros has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he 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. 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 men's 1500 metres page.