Phanuel Koech prize money
Phanuel Koech has been paid $68,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 462nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men'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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 1500 m | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2026 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| London Athletics Meet 2025 | 1500 m | 1st | $20,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2025 | 1500 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All six | Men's 1500 m | - | $68,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $68,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Phanuel Koech did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 10th | 3:31.77 | - |
Phanuel Koech stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | London Athletics Meet | $36,000 |
| 2026 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $32,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $36,000 from three starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $68,000.
Around Phanuel Koech on the money list
Ranks 442 to 482
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
| 447 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 448 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | 1 | $69,750 |
| 449 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 450 | Gelete Burka | three disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
| 466 | Jillian Camarena-Williams | Women's shot put | - | $67,000 |
| 467 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 468 | Linda Stahl | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $66,500 |
| 469 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 470 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 471 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 472 | Timur Morgunov | Men's pole vault | 1 | $65,750 |
| 473 | Sherone Simpson | two disciplines | - | $65,500 |
| 474 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $65,417 |
| 475 | Rénelle Lamote | Women's 800 m | 1 | $65,250 |
| 476 | Danielle Carruthers | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $65,000 |
| 477 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Phanuel Koech is 462nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $68,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Phanuel Koech most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ethan Strand, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Yared Nuguse, Hobbs Kessler, Cole Hocker and Jake Heyward.
London Athletics Meet 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Josh Kerr, Isaac Nader, Jake Wightman, Jude Thomas, Elliot Giles and Narve Gilje Nordås.
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Timothy Cheruiyot, Azeddine Habz, Anass Essayi, Yared Nuguse, Samuel Pihlström and Robert Farken.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Phanuel Koech won?
$68,000, which ranks 462nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Phanuel Koech's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 1500 m at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Phanuel Koech 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 Phanuel Koech won?
One of six, worth $20,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $30,000.
Is this everything Phanuel Koech 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 Phanuel Koech is Edwin Soi on $68,000, and one below Christabel Nettey on $67,750. Phanuel Koech is one of 221 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $10,867,417 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Phanuel Koech has been paid in one 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 1500 metres page.