Purity Cherotich Kirui prize money
Purity Cherotich Kirui has been paid $43,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 690th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $43,500 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 20 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2013 to 2021, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $9,000 |
| 2014 | 3 | - | Adidas Grand Prix | $11,500 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Herculis | $5,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Muller Anniversary Games | $8,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | - | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | $1,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Bauhausgalan | $2,000 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $11,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Purity Cherotich Kirui in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $43,500.
Around Purity Cherotich Kirui on the money list
Ranks 670 to 710
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
| 677 | Max Burgin | Men's 800 m | 1 | $44,750 |
| 678 | Xie Zhenye | two disciplines | - | $44,750 |
| 679 | Alaysha Johnson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,500 |
| 680 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | - | $44,500 |
| 681 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | - | $44,500 |
| 682 | Patrizia Van der Weken | Women's 100 m | 1 | $44,250 |
| 683 | Álex Quiñónez | Men's 200 m | - | $44,000 |
| 684 | Ginnie Crawford | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $44,000 |
| 685 | Jasmine Moore | two disciplines | 1 | $44,000 |
| 686 | Reynier Mena | Men's 200 m | 2 | $44,000 |
| 687 | Anna Rogowska | Women's pole vault | 1 | $43,500 |
| 688 | Bernard Lagat | three disciplines | - | $43,500 |
| 689 | Dayron Robles | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $43,500 |
| 690 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $43,500 |
| 691 | Thomas Barr | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $43,500 |
| 692 | Jacob Krop | two disciplines | 1 | $43,250 |
| 693 | Josette Andrews | four disciplines | - | $43,250 |
| 694 | Shunsuke Izumiya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $43,250 |
| 695 | Abdalelah Haroun | Men's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 696 | Cheng Chao-tsun | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $43,000 |
| 697 | Jimmy Gressier | three disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 698 | Jinzhe Li | Men's long jump | 2 | $43,000 |
| 699 | Kipyegon Bett | two disciplines | 1 | $43,000 |
| 700 | LaShauntea Moore | two disciplines | 2 | $43,000 |
| 701 | Shericka Williams | Women's 400 m | 1 | $43,000 |
| 702 | KC Lightfoot | Men's pole vault | 1 | $42,875 |
| 703 | Christian Olsson | Men's triple jump | 1 | $42,500 |
| 704 | Justin Gaymon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $42,500 |
| 705 | Kenia Sinclair | two disciplines | 3 | $42,500 |
| 706 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | - | $42,500 |
| 707 | Samuel Tefera | four disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 708 | Simone Facey | two disciplines | - | $42,500 |
| 709 | Tshepiso Masalela | Men's 800 m | 2 | $42,500 |
| 710 | Rhasidat Adeleke | two disciplines | 1 | $42,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Purity Cherotich Kirui is 690th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $43,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Purity Cherotich Kirui most
Adidas Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Lidya Chepkurui, Stephanie Garcia, Fancy Cherotich, Beverly Ramos, Rolanda Bell and Maria Cristina Mancebo.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aisha Praught-Leer, Shalaya Kipp, Sara Louise Treacy, Caroline Tuigong, Ophélie Claude-Boxberger and Habiba Ghribi.
Bislett Games 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Luiza Gega, Daisy Jepkemei, Joan Kipkemoi, Tigest Getent, Peruth Chemutai and Norah Jeruto.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Purity Cherotich Kirui won?
$43,500, which ranks 690th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2013 and 2021.
What is Purity Cherotich Kirui's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2014 Adidas Grand Prix. 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 Purity Cherotich Kirui 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 place 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.
Has Purity Cherotich Kirui 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 Purity Cherotich Kirui 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 her, 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 Purity Cherotich Kirui is Dayron Robles on $43,500, and one below Thomas Barr on $43,500. Purity Cherotich Kirui 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 women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Purity Cherotich Kirui has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.