Richard Yator prize money
Richard Yator has been paid $6,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1863rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2022 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 5000 m | 10th | - |
| Athletissima 2019 | 5000 m | 11th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 | 5000 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All six | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $6,500 is three 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. Three of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $6,500 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | - |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $6,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Richard Yator in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $6,500.
Around Richard Yator on the money list
Ranks 1843 to 1883
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1843 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1844 | Erica McLain | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1845 | Fátima Diame | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1846 | Hanna Hatsko | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1847 | Helen Schlachtenhaufen | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1848 | Ines Chenonge | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1849 | Ivan Zaytsev | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1850 | Jamie Nieto | Men's high jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1851 | Jarred Rome | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1852 | Jillian Schwartz | Women's pole vault | - | $6,500 |
| 1853 | Johnathan Cabral | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1854 | Josh Awotunde | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1855 | Karol Hoffmann | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1856 | Lauryn Williams | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1857 | Limei Xie | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1858 | Marta Zenoni | three disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1859 | Maurice Mitchell | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1860 | Michael Obasuyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1861 | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Men's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1862 | Patriks Gailums | Men's javelin throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1863 | Richard Yator | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1864 | Sheila Reid | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1865 | Stipe Žunić | Men's shot put | - | $6,500 |
| 1866 | Takatoshi Abe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,500 |
| 1867 | Thomas Gogois | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1868 | Travis Padgett | Men's 100 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1869 | Walter Davis | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1870 | Yeimer López | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1871 | Yekaterina Kayukova-Chernenko | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1872 | Yigrem Demelash | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1873 | Yoandri Betanzos | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1874 | Adelle Tracey | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1875 | Andrea Dallavalle | Men's triple jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1876 | Andrew Coscoran | two disciplines | - | $6,250 |
| 1877 | Anna Iljuštšenko | Women's high jump | - | $6,250 |
| 1878 | Elisa Molinarolo | Women's pole vault | - | $6,250 |
| 1879 | Imani-Lara Lansiquot | Women's 100 m | - | $6,250 |
| 1880 | Nnenya Hailey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $6,250 |
| 1881 | Rosefline Chepngetich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,250 |
| 1882 | Abera Kuma | Men's 5000 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1883 | Abigail Irozuru | Women's long jump | - | $6,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Richard Yator is 1863rd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $6,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Richard Yator most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2018 paid $3,000 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getaneh Molla, Selemon Barega, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yomif Kejelcha, Muktar Edris and Abadi Hadis.
Athletissima 2018 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Muktar Edris, Telahun Haile Bekele, Aron Kifle, Birhanu Balew, Selemon Barega and Abadi Hadis.
Müller Anniversary Games 2018 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Chelimo, Muktar Edris, Yomif Kejelcha, Birhanu Balew, Hagos Gebrhiwet and Mohammed Ahmed.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Richard Yator won?
$6,500, which ranks 1863rd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2018 and 2022.
What is Richard Yator's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 7th in the 5000 m at the 2018 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 Richard Yator 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 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.
Has Richard Yator 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 Richard Yator 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 Yator is Patriks Gailums on $6,500, and one below Sheila Reid on $6,500. Richard Yator 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 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Richard Yator 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.