Ruben Querinjean prize money
Ruben Querinjean has been paid $29,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 481st of the 2,112 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 0.05% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 461 to 501
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 461 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 462 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 463 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $30,000 |
| 464 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 465 | Donald Thomas | Men's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 466 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 467 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 468 | Isaac Makwala | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 469 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 470 | Kamila Lićwinko | Women's high jump | 1 | $29,750 |
| 471 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | — | $29,750 |
| 472 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $29,500 |
| 473 | Nelly Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 1 | $29,500 |
| 474 | Tamara Clark | two disciplines | — | $29,500 |
| 475 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 1 | $29,500 |
| 476 | Cambrea Sturgis | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 477 | Daniel Arce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $29,250 |
| 478 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $29,250 |
| 479 | Cierra Jackson | Women's discus throw | 1 | $29,000 |
| 480 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 1 | $29,000 |
| 481 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 482 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | — | $28,750 |
| 483 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $28,750 |
| 484 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | — | $28,750 |
| 485 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | — | $28,500 |
| 486 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 487 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 488 | Zuzana Hejnová | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $28,500 |
| 489 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | — | $28,250 |
| 490 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 491 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 492 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | — | $28,000 |
| 493 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $27,750 |
| 494 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | two disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 495 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | — | $27,500 |
| 496 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | — | $27,500 |
| 497 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | — | $27,500 |
| 498 | Ronald Kwemoi | four disciplines | 1 | $27,500 |
| 499 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 500 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 1 | $27,250 |
| 501 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruben Querinjean is 481st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 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 481st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 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. He 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Ruben Querinjean is Lorraine Ugen on $29,000, and one below Axumawit Embaye 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.