Ruben Querinjean prize money
Ruben Querinjean has been paid $29,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 925th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $4,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $20,000 |
| All five | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $29,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Ruben Querinjean did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 3000 metres steeplechase | 10th | 8:37.49 | - |
Ruben Querinjean stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $20,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $9,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from one start. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $29,000.
Around Ruben Querinjean on the money list
Ranks 905 to 945
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 906 | David Verburg | Men's 400 m | - | $29,500 |
| 907 | Henry Frayne | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 908 | Julia Harting | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 909 | Keila Costa | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 910 | Linet Chepkwemoi Masai | Women's 5000 m | - | $29,500 |
| 911 | Naoto Tobe | Men's high jump | - | $29,500 |
| 912 | Nicoleta Grasu | Women's discus throw | - | $29,500 |
| 913 | Paulina Guba | Women's shot put | - | $29,500 |
| 914 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
| 915 | TJ Holmes | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $29,500 |
| 916 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 917 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $29,250 |
| 918 | Filippo Tortu | two disciplines | - | $29,250 |
| 919 | Ben True | two disciplines | 1 | $29,000 |
| 920 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 921 | Ese Brume | Women's long jump | - | $29,000 |
| 922 | Fantu Magiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $29,000 |
| 923 | Jonathan Kitilit | two disciplines | - | $29,000 |
| 924 | Keston Bledman | Men's 100 m | - | $29,000 |
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
| 934 | Kimberlyn Duncan | Women's 200 m | - | $28,500 |
| 935 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,500 |
| 936 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 937 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,500 |
| 938 | Vera Markaryan | Women's javelin throw | - | $28,500 |
| 939 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 940 | Andrew Osagie | two disciplines | - | $28,000 |
| 941 | Jeff Porter | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,000 |
| 942 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 943 | Mabel Gay | Women's triple jump | - | $28,000 |
| 944 | Roba Gari | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,000 |
| 945 | Yanfeng Li | Women's discus throw | 2 | $28,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruben Querinjean is 925th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $29,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ruben Querinjean most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 paid $20,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Getnet Wale, Isaac Updike, Abraham Kibiwot, Karl Bebendorf, Daniel Arce and Tim van de Velde.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $4,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Daniel Arce, Edmund Serem, Samuel Firewu, Ryuji Miura, Karl Bebendorf and Matthew Wilkinson.
Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of 17 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Samuel Firewu, Edmund Serem, Karl Bebendorf, Daniel Arce, Ryuji Miura and Mohamed Tindouft.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ruben Querinjean won?
$29,000, which ranks 925th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Ruben Querinjean's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 1st in the Diamond+ 3000 m steeplechase at the 2025 AG Memorial Van Damme. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ruben Querinjean 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Ruben Querinjean won?
One of five, worth $20,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $4,000.
Has Ruben Querinjean ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. 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. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Ruben Querinjean 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 Ruben Querinjean is Keston Bledman on $29,000, and one below Brigetta Barrett on $28,750. Ruben Querinjean is one of 3 Luxembourg athletes athletics has paid, and Luxembourg athletics prize money adds them up to $89,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Ruben Querinjean 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. 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 3000 metres steeplechase page.