Paul Chelimo prize money
Paul Chelimo has been paid $39,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 762nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, men's 3000 m and men's 2 miles, 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 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 | - |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 5000 m | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 5000 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 3000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 3000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | 5000 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 3000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | three disciplines | - | $39,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $39,000 is ten 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. Three 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 Paul Chelimo
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 5000 m | 8 | 1 | 2016 to 2023 | $25,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 4 | - | 2016 to 2022 | $10,000 |
| Men's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2021 | $3,500 |
The men's 5000 m has paid Paul Chelimo $25,500 of the $39,000, which is 65% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $7,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | $7,500 |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | Müller Anniversary Games | $17,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | - | Athletissima | $4,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $3,500 |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Herculis | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Paul Chelimo in 2020, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $39,000.
Around Paul Chelimo on the money list
Ranks 742 to 782
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Paul Chelimo is 762nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $39,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Paul Chelimo most
Müller Anniversary Games 2018 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Muktar Edris, Yomif Kejelcha, Birhanu Balew, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Mohammed Ahmed and Richard Yator.
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.
Weltklasse Zürich 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Evan Jager, Albert Rop, Abdalaati Iguider, Bernard Lagat, Yomif Kejelcha and Mohammed Ahmed.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Paul Chelimo won?
$39,000, which ranks 762nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2016 and 2023.
What is Paul Chelimo's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 5000 m at the 2018 Müller Anniversary Games. 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 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 win is worth the same in the men's 5000 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 Paul Chelimo won?
One of thirteen, worth $10,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $6,000.
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. Those starts 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 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 him, 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 Paul Chelimo is Leonel Manzano on $39,000, and one below Bryce Deadmon on $38,750. Paul Chelimo is one of 659 United States athletes athletics has paid, and United States athletics prize money adds them up to $29,436,125 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 5000 m prize money, men's 3000 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.