Paul Chelimo prize money
Paul Chelimo has been paid $13,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 742nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 3000 m, men's 5000 m and men's 2 miles, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2023 | 5000 m | 9th | — |
| Herculis 2022 | 3000 m | 11th | — |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 2 miles | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 5000 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 5000 m | 8th | $2,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 5000 m | 12th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All seven | three disciplines | — | $13,500 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,500 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Paul Chelimo
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2017 to 2022 | $6,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 4 | — | 2019 to 2023 | $4,000 |
| Men's 2 miles | 1 | — | 2021 | $3,500 |
The men's 3000 m has paid Paul Chelimo $6,000 of the $13,500, which is 44% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | — | Athletissima | $4,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Herculis | — |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | — |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Paul Chelimo in 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,500.
Around Paul Chelimo on the money list
Ranks 722 to 762
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 722 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 723 | Anvar Anvarov | Men's long jump | 1 | $14,000 |
| 724 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
| 725 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | — | $14,000 |
| 726 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,000 |
| 727 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | — | $14,000 |
| 728 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | — | $13,750 |
| 729 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 730 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $13,750 |
| 731 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 732 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 733 | Nicola McDermott | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 734 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 735 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 736 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | — | $13,750 |
| 737 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 738 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,500 |
| 739 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | — | $13,500 |
| 740 | Maggie Malone-Hardin | Women's javelin throw | — | $13,500 |
| 741 | Nadine Müller | Women's discus throw | — | $13,500 |
| 742 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | — | $13,500 |
| 743 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | — | $13,500 |
| 744 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $13,250 |
| 745 | Eilish McColgan | four disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 746 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 747 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $13,250 |
| 748 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | — | $13,250 |
| 749 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 750 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 751 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | — | $13,250 |
| 752 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | — | $13,250 |
| 753 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 754 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 755 | Jimmy Vicaut | Men's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 756 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | — | $13,000 |
| 757 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 758 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 1 | $13,000 |
| 759 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | — | $13,000 |
| 760 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $13,000 |
| 761 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | — | $13,000 |
| 762 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | — | $12,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Paul Chelimo is 742nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $13,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Paul Chelimo most
Doha Diamond League 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yomif Kejelcha, Caleb Ndiku, Albert Rop, Muktar Edris, Jacob Kiplimo and Andrew Butchart.
Prefontaine Classic 2021 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 2 miles, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jacob Kiplimo, Berihu Aregawi, Grant Fisher, Joe Klecker, Mark Owon Lomuket and Michael Kibet.
Athletissima 2019 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 5000 m, one of 20 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Kipngetich Tanui, Nicholas Kimeli, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Birhanu Balew, Albert Rop and Muktar Edris.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Paul Chelimo won?
$13,500, which ranks 742nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2017 and 2023.
What is Paul Chelimo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m at the 2017 Doha Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Paul Chelimo 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 place is worth the same in the men's 3000 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.
Has Paul Chelimo 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. He are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Paul Chelimo earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 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 Paul Chelimo is Nadine Müller on $13,500, and one below Song Jiayuan on $13,500. Paul Chelimo is one of 352 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $16,292,792 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m prize money, men's 5000 m prize money and men's 2 miles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Paul Chelimo has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.