Reynold Cheruiyot prize money
Reynold Cheruiyot has been paid $69,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 222nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 17 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's 5000 m and men's mile, 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
The 17 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $69,500 is 17 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the 21 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Reynold Cheruiyot did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 3rd | 3:34.25 | $22,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Reynold Cheruiyot $22,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $69,500 from 21 Diamond League starts between 2023 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Cross Country Championships
What Reynold Cheruiyot ran on the grass, 2024 and 2026
| RACE | PLACE | MARK | EARNED | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed relay | — | 22:15 | — | $12,000 |
| Mixed relay | — | 22:42 | — | $4,000 |
Reynold Cheruiyot has run two races here and was paid nothing in his own name. Only the first six across the line are, $30,000 for the win down to $3,000 for 6th, and there is no appearance money underneath it. The teams he ran on earned Kenya $16,000, all of it from the mixed relay, which is timed rather than scored and pays a country rather than the four who ran it. It is the federation's money rather than his, and it is not added to the $69,500 at the top of this page. The cross country page holds all 10 races across two championships and the $620,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Reynold Cheruiyot
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 13 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $47,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 2 | 1 | 2025 to 2026 | $10,000 |
| Men's mile | 5 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $6,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | — | 2026 | $6,000 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Reynold Cheruiyot $47,000 of the $69,500, which is 68% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | — | Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | $6,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | Doha Diamond League | $9,000 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $46,500 |
| 2026 | 6 | — | Shanghai Diamond League | $7,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $46,500 from seven starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $69,500.
Around Reynold Cheruiyot on the money list
Ranks 202 to 242
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
| 211 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 212 | Thobias Montler | Men's long jump | 2 | $70,750 |
| 213 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | — | $70,500 |
| 214 | Benjamin Kigen | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $70,250 |
| 215 | Andrius Gudžius | Men's discus throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 216 | Caster Semenya | two disciplines | 7 | $70,000 |
| 217 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $70,000 |
| 218 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 219 | Fedrick Dacres | Men's discus throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 220 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 221 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 222 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 223 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 224 | Liadagmis Povea | Women's triple jump | — | $69,000 |
| 225 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 226 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 227 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | — | $68,500 |
| 228 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 2 | $68,250 |
| 229 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 230 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 3 | $68,000 |
| 231 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | — | $67,500 |
| 232 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 233 | Erriyon Knighton | two disciplines | 3 | $66,500 |
| 234 | Andrenette Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $66,250 |
| 235 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $66,250 |
| 236 | Fantaye Belayneh | two disciplines | 1 | $65,750 |
| 237 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $65,750 |
| 238 | Keshorn Walcott | Men's javelin throw | — | $65,250 |
| 239 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | — | $65,000 |
| 240 | Elina Tzengko | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $65,000 |
| 241 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | — | $64,250 |
| 242 | Francine Niyonsaba | three disciplines | 4 | $64,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Reynold Cheruiyot is 222nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $69,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Reynold Cheruiyot most
Weltklasse Zürich 2025 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Phanuel Koech, Timothy Cheruiyot, Azeddine Habz, Anass Essayi, Yared Nuguse and Samuel Pihlström.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu, Birhanu Balew, Samuel Tefera, Edwin Kurgat, Cornelius Kemboi and Mohamed Abdilaahi.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andreas Almgren, Timothy Cheruiyot, Cornelius Kemboi, Mathew Kipsang, Eduardo Herrera and Jacob Krop.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Reynold Cheruiyot won?
$69,500, which ranks 222nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 17 paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Reynold Cheruiyot's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the Diamond+ 1500 m at the 2025 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 Reynold Cheruiyot 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 Reynold Cheruiyot won?
One of 21, worth $10,000 between them. Three of his appearances came at a final, which paid $24,000.
Has Reynold Cheruiyot ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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.
How much did Reynold Cheruiyot win at the 2025 World Championships?
$22,000, 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 Reynold Cheruiyot earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships and World Cross Country 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 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 Reynold Cheruiyot is Donavan Brazier on $69,500, and one below Tina Clayton on $69,500. Reynold Cheruiyot is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's 5000 m prize money, men's mile prize money and men's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Reynold Cheruiyot has been paid in four 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 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 men's 1500 metres page. Cross country prize money is the Belgrade 2024 and Tallahassee 2026 championships, $620,000 put up across 10 races, half of it a runner's and half of it a federation's, and the race is on the mixed relay page.