Stanley Mburu prize money
Stanley Mburu has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2236th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's 5000 m, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bislett Games 2024 | 5000 m | 15th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2022 | 5000 m | 14th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 5000 m | 7th | $3,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 5000 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All four | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,000 is two separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $4,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | 1 | - | AG Memorial Van Damme | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Bislett Games | - |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $4,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Stanley Mburu in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,000.
Around Stanley Mburu on the money list
Ranks 2216 to 2256
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2216 | Mathilde Andraud | Women's javelin throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2217 | Nguse Amlosom | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2218 | Nia Robinson | Women's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2219 | Nigist Getachew | two disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2220 | Patricia Silva | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2221 | Pavel Lyzhyn | Men's shot put | - | $4,000 |
| 2222 | Phara Anacharsis | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2223 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Men's mile | - | $4,000 |
| 2224 | Rebekka Haase | Women's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2225 | Renée Eykens | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2226 | Roisin Willis | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2227 | Romell Glave | Men's 100 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2228 | Ryan Shields | Men's 100 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2229 | Sarah Carli | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2230 | Sarvesh Kushare | Men's high jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2231 | Savannah Sutherland | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2232 | Seren Bundy-Davies | Women's 400 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2233 | Shakeema Walker-Welsch | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2234 | Shelayna Oskan-Clarke | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2235 | Sileshi Sihine | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2236 | Stanley Mburu | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2237 | Stephen Mokoka | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2238 | Susanna Kallur | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2239 | Teklemariam Medhin | Men's 5000 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2240 | Teresia Muthoni Gateri | three disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2241 | Thomas Lancashire | Men's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2242 | Tintu Luka | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2243 | Toni Smith | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2244 | Trecia Kaye Smith | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2245 | Tshepo Tshite | three disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2246 | Wen Cheng | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2247 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Men's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2248 | Xiong Shiqi | Women's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2249 | Yarisley Collado | Women's discus throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2250 | Yunier Pérez | Men's 100 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2251 | Sergey Kucheryanu | Men's pole vault | - | $3,833 |
| 2252 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,750 |
| 2253 | Alexandra Bell | Women's 800 m | - | $3,750 |
| 2254 | Claudia Bobocea | two disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2255 | Delphine Nkansa | two disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2256 | Elien Vekemans | Women's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Stanley Mburu is 2236th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Stanley Mburu most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $3,000 for 7th in the 5000 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Paul Chelimo, Ben True, Birhanu Balew, Andrew Butchart, Henrik Ingebrigtsen and Stewart McSweyn.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 5000 m, one of 18 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Richard Yator, Paul Chelimo, Hassan Mead, Albert Rop, Yomif Kejelcha and Selemon Barega.
Bislett Games 2024 paid $0 for 15th in the 5000 m, one of 19 in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ferdinand Kvan Edman, Brian Fay, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Yomif Kejelcha, Jacob Kiplimo and Thierry Ndikumwenayo.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Stanley Mburu won?
$4,000, which ranks 2236th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2019 and 2024.
What is Stanley Mburu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 7th in the 5000 m at the 2019 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 Stanley Mburu 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 place is worth the same in the men'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.
Has Stanley Mburu ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Stanley Mburu 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 Stanley Mburu is Sileshi Sihine on $4,000, and one below Stephen Mokoka on $4,000. Stanley Mburu 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 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Stanley Mburu 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 Bislett Games has its own page across every edition of it.