Richard Kiplagat prize money
Richard Kiplagat has been paid $11,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1540th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's 800 m, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting Areva 2012 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 | 800 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2011 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Athletissima 2010 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Meeting Areva 2010 | 800 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All six | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $11,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $2,500 |
| 2011 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $6,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Meeting Areva | $2,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $11,000.
Around Richard Kiplagat on the money list
Ranks 1520 to 1560
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1520 | Melissa Courtney-Bryant | four disciplines | - | $11,250 |
| 1521 | Pål Haugen Lillefosse | Men's pole vault | - | $11,250 |
| 1522 | Andrew Wheating | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1523 | Anna Kiełbasińska | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1524 | Antonietta di Martino | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1525 | Betsy Saina | three disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1526 | Carrie Russell | Women's 100 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1527 | DeeDee Trotter | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1528 | Djilali Bedrani | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1529 | Edinah Jebitok | four disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1530 | Fatoumata Binta Diallo | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1531 | Georgi Ivanov | Men's shot put | - | $11,000 |
| 1532 | Ingvill Måkestad Bovim | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1533 | Karyna Demidik | Women's high jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1534 | Leford Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1535 | Madeline Heiner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1536 | Marione Fourie | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1537 | Nicole Leach | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,000 |
| 1538 | Nigel Levine | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1539 | Ola Stunes Isene | Men's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1540 | Richard Kiplagat | Men's 800 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1541 | Robby Andrews | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1542 | Robert Sobera | Men's pole vault | - | $11,000 |
| 1543 | Rondel Sorrillo | Men's 200 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1544 | Rondell Bartholomew | Men's 400 m | - | $11,000 |
| 1545 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $11,000 |
| 1546 | Vanessa Kamga | Women's discus throw | - | $11,000 |
| 1547 | Veronica Wanjiru | two disciplines | - | $11,000 |
| 1548 | Yanmei Li | Women's triple jump | - | $11,000 |
| 1549 | Maja Åskag | two disciplines | - | $10,750 |
| 1550 | Mohamed Tindouft | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,750 |
| 1551 | Ainars Kovals | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1552 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
| 1553 | Artur Felfner | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1554 | Donn Cabral | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,500 |
| 1555 | Edwin Kurgat | two disciplines | - | $10,500 |
| 1556 | Genki Dean | Men's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1557 | Jarmila Jurkovičová | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,500 |
| 1558 | Javianne Oliver | Women's 100 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1559 | Jeremiah Kipkorir Mutai | Men's 800 m | - | $10,500 |
| 1560 | Nadine Hildebrand | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $10,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Richard Kiplagat is 1540th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $11,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Richard Kiplagat most
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 800 m, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Antonio Manuel Reina, Marcin Lewandowski, Hamza Driouch, Asbel Kiprop, Michael Rimmer and Alfred Kirwa Yego.
Meeting Areva 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hamid Oualich, Elijah Greer, David Rudisha, Antonio Manuel Reina, Alfred Kirwa Yego and Lachlan Renshaw.
Athletissima 2011 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bram Som, Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, David Rudisha, Marcin Lewandowski, Amine Laalou and Jackson Mumbwa Kivuva.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Richard Kiplagat won?
$11,000, which ranks 1540th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Richard Kiplagat's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 800 m at the 2011 Qatar Athletic Super 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Richard Kiplagat 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 800 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.
Is this everything Richard Kiplagat 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 Richard Kiplagat is Ola Stunes Isene on $11,000, and one below Robby Andrews on $11,000. Richard Kiplagat 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 800 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Richard Kiplagat has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting Areva has its own page across every edition of it.