Senbere Teferi prize money
Senbere Teferi has been paid $61,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 498th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from thirteen paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 1500 m and women's 3000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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 2018 | 5000 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2018 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 5000 m | 3rd | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | 5000 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2015 | 5000 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2015 | 1500 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 5000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | 3000 m | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | 5000 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Athletissima 2015 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All thirteen | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
The thirteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $61,500 is thirteen separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.05% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Senbere Teferi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 10 | - | 2015 to 2018 | $52,500 |
| Women's 1500 m | 2 | - | 2015 | $5,000 |
| Women's 3000 m | 1 | - | 2015 | $4,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Senbere Teferi $52,500 of the $61,500, which is 85% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2015 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 6 | - | Bislett Games | $21,500 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $11,000 |
| 2017 | 2 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | $16,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $13,000 |
season running total
2015 is the biggest of them, $21,500 from six starts. Every season from 2015 to 2018 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $61,500.
Around Senbere Teferi on the money list
Ranks 478 to 518
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 478 | Matthias de Zordo | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $65,000 |
| 479 | Sondre Guttormsen | Men's pole vault | - | $64,250 |
| 480 | Winny Chebet | three disciplines | - | $64,250 |
| 481 | Jermaine Gonzales | Men's 400 m | 2 | $64,000 |
| 482 | Kathryn Mitchell | Women's javelin throw | - | $64,000 |
| 483 | Martina Ratej | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $64,000 |
| 484 | Morgan Uceny | two disciplines | 3 | $63,500 |
| 485 | Sentayehu Ejigu | two disciplines | 2 | $63,500 |
| 486 | Telahun Haile Bekele | two disciplines | 2 | $63,250 |
| 487 | Charonda Williams | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 488 | Dwight Phillips | Men's long jump | 4 | $63,000 |
| 489 | Richard Thompson | two disciplines | 2 | $63,000 |
| 490 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 491 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | two disciplines | 1 | $62,750 |
| 492 | Aliona Dubitskaya | Women's shot put | - | $62,500 |
| 493 | Etenesh Diro | three disciplines | 1 | $62,500 |
| 494 | Kim Collins | two disciplines | - | $62,500 |
| 495 | Ditaji Kambundji | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $62,250 |
| 496 | Nixon Kiplimo Chepseba | three disciplines | 2 | $62,000 |
| 497 | Perri Shakes-Drayton | two disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 498 | Senbere Teferi | three disciplines | - | $61,500 |
| 499 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | - | $61,500 |
| 500 | Marco Fassinotti | Men's high jump | 1 | $61,333 |
| 501 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | - | $61,250 |
| 502 | Kishane Thompson | Men's 100 m | 2 | $61,250 |
| 503 | Alysia Montaño | Women's 800 m | 2 | $61,000 |
| 504 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | 2 | $61,000 |
| 505 | Priscilla Schliep | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $61,000 |
| 506 | Abdalaati Iguider | four disciplines | - | $60,500 |
| 507 | Éloyse Lesueur-Aymonin | Women's long jump | 1 | $60,500 |
| 508 | Cornel Fredericks | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $60,000 |
| 509 | Letesenbet Gidey | two disciplines | - | $60,000 |
| 510 | Muzala Samukonga | Men's 400 m | 1 | $60,000 |
| 511 | Prudence Sekgodiso | Women's 800 m | 2 | $60,000 |
| 512 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | - | $59,750 |
| 513 | Aretha D. Thurmond | Women's discus throw | - | $59,500 |
| 514 | Nickisha Pryce | Women's 400 m | 2 | $59,500 |
| 515 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $59,250 |
| 516 | Rasheed Broadbell | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $59,250 |
| 517 | Agnes Tirop | two disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
| 518 | Azeddine Habz | four disciplines | 2 | $59,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Senbere Teferi is 498th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $61,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Senbere Teferi most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Agnes Tirop, Genzebe Dibaba, Letesenbet Gidey, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk and Hellen Obiri.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $10,000 for 3rd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Margaret Kipkemboi, Beatrice Chepkoech, Lilian Kasait Rengeruk, Letesenbet Gidey, Eilish McColgan and Hellen Obiri.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Letesenbet Gidey, Margaret Kipkemboi, Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui, Sofia Assefa, Sentayehu Lewetegn and Mercyline Chelangat.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Senbere Teferi won?
$61,500, which ranks 498th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from thirteen paid finishes between 2015 and 2018.
What is Senbere Teferi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 3rd in the 5000 m at the 2018 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 Senbere Teferi 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 place is worth the same in the women'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.
Is this everything Senbere Teferi 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 Senbere Teferi is Perri Shakes-Drayton on $61,500, and one below Thiago Braz on $61,500. Senbere Teferi is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money and women's 3000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Senbere Teferi has been paid in three 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.