Ruth Jebet prize money
Ruth Jebet has been paid $109,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 286th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, five of them wins.
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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $50,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2014 | 3000 m steeplechase | 4th | $3,000 |
| All ten | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $109,000 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $109,000 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.10% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2014 to 2017, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $3,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Athletissima | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4 | Prefontaine Classic | $46,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $57,000 |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $57,000 from three starts. Every season from 2014 to 2017 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $109,000.
Around Ruth Jebet on the money list
Ranks 266 to 306
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
| 277 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $111,000 |
| 278 | Erik Kynard | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,000 |
| 279 | Birhanu Balew | two disciplines | 3 | $110,750 |
| 280 | Eilidh Doyle | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $110,500 |
| 281 | Nesta Carter | Men's 100 m | 2 | $110,500 |
| 282 | Jenn Suhr | Women's pole vault | 5 | $110,250 |
| 283 | Aleksandr Menkov | Men's long jump | 8 | $110,000 |
| 284 | Wayde van Niekerk | two disciplines | 9 | $110,000 |
| 285 | Angelo Taylor | three disciplines | 5 | $109,500 |
| 286 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $109,000 |
| 287 | Ackera Nugent | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $108,000 |
| 288 | Jenna Prandini | two disciplines | 1 | $107,500 |
| 289 | CJ Ujah | two disciplines | 1 | $106,500 |
| 290 | Jereem Richards | two disciplines | - | $106,500 |
| 291 | Monae' Nichols | Women's long jump | 2 | $106,500 |
| 292 | Kerron Stewart | two disciplines | 3 | $106,000 |
| 293 | Anna Ryzhykova | two disciplines | - | $105,500 |
| 294 | Cameron Myers | three disciplines | 2 | $105,500 |
| 295 | Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | two disciplines | 6 | $105,500 |
| 296 | Mohammed Aman | Men's 800 m | 7 | $105,500 |
| 297 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | 2 | $105,500 |
| 298 | Steven Gardiner | two disciplines | 9 | $105,500 |
| 299 | Anita Márton | Women's shot put | - | $105,000 |
| 300 | Brittany Brown | two disciplines | 5 | $104,750 |
| 301 | Nia Ali | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $104,750 |
| 302 | Rasmus Mägi | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $104,250 |
| 303 | Almaz Ayana | three disciplines | 6 | $104,000 |
| 304 | Anavia Battle | two disciplines | 4 | $104,000 |
| 305 | Janeth Jepkosgei | two disciplines | 2 | $104,000 |
| 306 | Kerron Clement | Men's 400 m hurdles | 5 | $104,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ruth Jebet is 286th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $109,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ruth Jebet most
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chepkoech, Norah Jeruto, Emma Coburn, Hyvin Jepkemoi, Gesa Felicitas Krause and Sofia Assefa.
Prefontaine Classic 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hyvin Jepkemoi, Emma Coburn, Beatrice Chepkoech, Sofia Assefa, Leah Falland and Gesa Felicitas Krause.
Bauhausgalan 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chepkoech, Genevieve Gregson, Sofia Assefa, Madeline Heiner, Habiba Ghribi and Purity Cherotich Kirui.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ruth Jebet won?
$109,000, which ranks 286th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2014 and 2017.
What is Ruth Jebet's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2017 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 Ruth Jebet gets paid?
Entirely by where she 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 women'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 Ruth Jebet won?
Five of ten, worth $90,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Ruth Jebet 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 her, 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 Ruth Jebet is Angelo Taylor on $109,500, and one below Ackera Nugent on $108,000. Ruth Jebet is one of 18 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,047,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ruth Jebet has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Weltklasse Zürich has its own page across every edition of it.