Norah Jeruto prize money
Norah Jeruto has been paid $118,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 111th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from fifteen paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase and women's 3000 m, six 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 fifteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $118,250 is fifteen 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. Three of the 18 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Norah Jeruto did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 6th | 9:06.34 | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Norah Jeruto $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $118,250 from 18 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Norah Jeruto did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres | 10th | 9:04.22 | — |
Norah Jeruto stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Norah Jeruto
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 17 | 6 | 2017 to 2026 | $118,250 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2018 | $0 |
The women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Norah Jeruto $118,250 of the $118,250, which is 100% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | Bislett Games | $10,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | — | Meeting de Paris | $3,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | Oslo Bislett Games | $22,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $50,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $10,000 |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $750 |
| 2025 | 3 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $18,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Shanghai Diamond League | $4,000 |
season running total
2021 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Norah Jeruto in 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $118,250.
Around Norah Jeruto on the money list
Ranks 91 to 131
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91 | Hamish Kerr | Men's high jump | 7 | $134,750 |
| 92 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 93 | Iryna Herashchenko | Women's high jump | 2 | $131,375 |
| 94 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $130,750 |
| 95 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 96 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | two disciplines | 6 | $130,500 |
| 97 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 98 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $128,000 |
| 99 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 5 | $127,000 |
| 100 | Kendra Harrison | Women's 100 m hurdles | 5 | $126,750 |
| 101 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 102 | Aaron Brown | two disciplines | 2 | $126,000 |
| 103 | Laura Muir | five disciplines | 7 | $125,750 |
| 104 | Chase Ealey | Women's shot put | 6 | $125,000 |
| 105 | Yomif Kejelcha | three disciplines | 7 | $125,000 |
| 106 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $124,750 |
| 107 | Nadine Visser | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $124,250 |
| 108 | Abderrahman Samba | three disciplines | 4 | $122,000 |
| 109 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 110 | Kurtis Marschall | Men's pole vault | 2 | $119,000 |
| 111 | Norah Jeruto | two disciplines | 6 | $118,250 |
| 112 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 113 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 114 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 115 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 116 | Vernon Norwood | two disciplines | — | $115,750 |
| 117 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $115,500 |
| 118 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 119 | Wyclife Kinyamal | two disciplines | 4 | $112,750 |
| 120 | Emmanuel Korir | two disciplines | 3 | $111,500 |
| 121 | Andriy Protsenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 122 | Dalilah Muhammad | Women's 400 m hurdles | 6 | $110,500 |
| 123 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $108,875 |
| 124 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 125 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 4 | $106,750 |
| 126 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 127 | Natoya Goule | Women's 800 m | 1 | $106,500 |
| 128 | Hansle Parchment | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $106,000 |
| 129 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 130 | Christian Taylor | Men's triple jump | 4 | $105,250 |
| 131 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Norah Jeruto is 111th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $118,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Norah Jeruto most
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hyvin Jepkemoi, Courtney Frerichs, Mekides Abebe, Celliphine Chespol, Winfred Yavi and Peruth Chemutai.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marwa Bouzayani, Courtney Wayment, Gabrielle Jennings, Daisy Jepkemei, Olivia Markezich and Lea Meyer.
Prefontaine Classic 2022 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Winfred Yavi, Mekides Abebe, Peruth Chemutai, Werkuha Getachew, Celliphine Chespol and Jackline Chepkoech.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Norah Jeruto won?
$118,250, which ranks 111th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from fifteen paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Norah Jeruto's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2021 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 Norah Jeruto 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 Norah Jeruto won?
Six of 18, worth $80,000 between them. Three of her appearances came at a final, which paid $52,000.
Has Norah Jeruto ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
How much did Norah Jeruto win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, 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 Norah Jeruto 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 her, 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 Norah Jeruto is Kurtis Marschall on $119,000, and one below JuVaughn Harrison on $117,250. Norah Jeruto is one of 6 Kazakhstan athletes athletics has paid, and Kazakhstan athletics prize money adds them up to $206,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Norah Jeruto 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Diamond League 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 3000 metres steeplechase page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's 3000 metres page.