Simon Koech prize money
Simon Koech has been paid $71,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 445th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, three 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Herculis EBS 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $7,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Bauhausgalan 2026 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 3rd | $4,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 11th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $30,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2023 | 3000 m steeplechase | 1st | $10,000 |
| All nine | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $71,000 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $71,000 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.06% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the nine starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | Prefontaine Classic | $40,000 |
| 2024 | - | - | - | - |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $8,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | Herculis EBS | $23,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $40,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Simon Koech in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $71,000.
Around Simon Koech on the money list
Ranks 425 to 465
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 425 | Omar Craddock | Men's triple jump | 1 | $74,500 |
| 426 | Zoltán Kővágó | Men's discus throw | 1 | $74,500 |
| 427 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 428 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 429 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $73,500 |
| 430 | Majd Eddin Ghazal | Men's high jump | 1 | $73,500 |
| 431 | Nancy Jebet Langat | two disciplines | 5 | $73,500 |
| 432 | Patrícia Mamona | Women's triple jump | - | $73,500 |
| 433 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 434 | Brenda Martinez | two disciplines | 2 | $73,000 |
| 435 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 436 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 437 | Michael Cherry | Men's 400 m | 2 | $72,750 |
| 438 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 439 | Lázaro Martínez | Men's triple jump | 2 | $72,000 |
| 440 | Yelena Sokolova | Women's long jump | 4 | $72,000 |
| 441 | Fanny Roos | Women's shot put | - | $71,500 |
| 442 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 443 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 444 | Marquis Dendy | two disciplines | 2 | $71,250 |
| 445 | Simon Koech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $71,000 |
| 446 | Halimah Nakaayi | two disciplines | - | $70,500 |
| 447 | Courtney Lindsey | two disciplines | 1 | $69,750 |
| 448 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | 1 | $69,750 |
| 449 | Mackenzie Little | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $69,750 |
| 450 | Gelete Burka | three disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 451 | Reynold Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 1 | $69,500 |
| 452 | Tina Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $69,500 |
| 453 | Emma Green | Women's high jump | 1 | $69,000 |
| 454 | Tara Davis-Woodhall | Women's long jump | 4 | $69,000 |
| 455 | Warren Weir | Men's 200 m | 4 | $69,000 |
| 456 | Ana Šimić | Women's high jump | 1 | $68,583 |
| 457 | Angelina Topić | Women's high jump | 2 | $68,500 |
| 458 | Augustine Kiprono Choge | five disciplines | 3 | $68,500 |
| 459 | Chris Tomlinson | Men's long jump | - | $68,000 |
| 460 | Christopher Brown | Men's 400 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 461 | Edwin Soi | two disciplines | 2 | $68,000 |
| 462 | Phanuel Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $68,000 |
| 463 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | 1 | $67,750 |
| 464 | Hana Moll | Women's pole vault | 3 | $67,500 |
| 465 | Ivan Ukhov | Men's high jump | 7 | $67,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Simon Koech is 445th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $71,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Simon Koech most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Samuel Firewu, Geordie Beamish, Getnet Wale, Ryuji Miura, Abraham Kibiwot and Benjamin Kigen.
Herculis EBS 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ryuji Miura, Edmund Serem, Matthew Wilkinson, Leonard Bett, Ruben Querinjean and Carson Williams.
Herculis EBS 2023 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Abraham Kibiwot, Abrham Sime, Samuel Firewu, Geordie Beamish, Anthony Rotich and Víctor Ruiz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Simon Koech won?
$71,000, which ranks 445th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Simon Koech's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Simon Koech 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 Simon Koech won?
Three of nine, worth $50,000 between them. Two of his appearances came at a final, which paid $37,000.
Has Simon Koech 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 Simon Koech 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 Simon Koech is Marquis Dendy on $71,250, and one below Halimah Nakaayi on $70,500. Simon Koech 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 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Simon Koech 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 Herculis EBS has its own page across every edition of it.