Stanley Mburu prize money
Stanley Mburu has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1237th of the 2,112 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 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 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 1217 to 1257
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1217 | Jonathan Kitilit | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1218 | Ken Toyoda | Men's 300 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1219 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1220 | Louise Maraval | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1221 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1222 | Nia Robinson | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1223 | Nicholas Kipkoech | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1224 | Nigist Getachew | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1225 | Pablo Torrijos | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1226 | Patricia Silva | Women's 1500 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1227 | Queen Claye | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1228 | Renée Eykens | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1229 | Roisin Willis | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1230 | Romell Glave | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1231 | Sarah Carli | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1232 | Sarvesh Kushare | Men's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1233 | Savannah Sutherland | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1234 | Sha'Keela Saunders | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1235 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1236 | Shelby Houlihan | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1237 | Stanley Mburu | Men's 5000 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1238 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1239 | Teresia Muthoni Gateri | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1240 | Tony McQuay | Men's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1241 | Tshepo Tshite | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1242 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1243 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1244 | Xiong Shiqi | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1245 | Alexandra Bell | Women's 800 m | — | $3,750 |
| 1246 | Delphine Nkansa | two disciplines | — | $3,750 |
| 1247 | Elien Vekemans | Women's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1248 | Kenny Selmon | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,750 |
| 1249 | Lene Retzius | Women's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1250 | Raphael Holzdeppe | Men's pole vault | — | $3,750 |
| 1251 | Yonathan Kapitolnik | Men's high jump | — | $3,750 |
| 1252 | Austin Miller | Men's pole vault | — | $3,625 |
| 1253 | Aimee Pratt | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1254 | Alemaz Samuel | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1255 | Alioune Sene | Men's pole vault | — | $3,500 |
| 1256 | Ángela Tenorio | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1257 | Asayech Ayichew | three disciplines | — | $3,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Stanley Mburu is 1237th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 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: Paul Chelimo, Albert Rop, Yomif Kejelcha, Selemon Barega, Hagos Gebrhiwet and Birhanu Balew.
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 1237th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 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. He 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 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 Stanley Mburu is Shelby Houlihan on $4,000, and one below Taresa Tolosa on $4,000. Stanley Mburu is one of 100 Kenya athletes athletics has paid, and Kenya athletics prize money adds them up to $4,636,250 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.