Stella Rutto prize money
Stella Rutto has been paid $500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2096th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, and it was 8th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2025 | 3000 m steeplechase | 13th | — |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $500 |
| All two | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $500 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Stella Rutto in 2025, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $500.
Around Stella Rutto on the money list
Ranks 2072 to 2112
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2072 | Mohamed Koussi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2073 | Mudhawi Al-Shammari | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2074 | Nibret Kinde | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2075 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2076 | Ojie Edoburun | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2077 | Olga Safronova | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2078 | Paola Borovic | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2079 | Peter Maru | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2080 | Phil Norman | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2081 | Pietro Arese | Men's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2082 | Rachel Pellaud | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2083 | Rebekah Walton | Women's javelin throw | — | $500 |
| 2084 | Regan Yee | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2085 | Robert Kiprop | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2086 | Roman Kokoshko | Men's shot put | — | $500 |
| 2087 | Ryann Porter | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2088 | Sam Parsons | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2089 | Sander Skotheim | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2090 | Sara El-Hachimi | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2091 | Sebastian Urbaniak | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2092 | Selah Jepleting Busienei | Women's 3000 m | — | $500 |
| 2093 | Shannon Ray | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2094 | Sokhna Lacoste | Women's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2095 | Solène Gicquel | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2096 | Stella Rutto | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2097 | Sumire Hata | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2098 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2099 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2100 | Takashi Eto | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2101 | Taymir Burnet | Men's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2102 | Wellington Zaza | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2103 | William Paulson | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2104 | Wu Ruiting | Men's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2105 | Wubrist Aschal | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2106 | Yao Jie | Men's pole vault | — | $500 |
| 2107 | Yasin Hajjaji | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2108 | Yasmin Giger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2109 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2110 | Yue Ya Xin | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2111 | Zandrion Barnes | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2112 | Alexandru Mihaita Novac | Men's javelin throw | — | $250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Stella Rutto is 2096th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Stella Rutto most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Regan Yee, Frehiwot Gesese, Jackline Chepkoech, Juliane Hvid, Beatrice Chepkoech and Peruth Chemutai.
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $0 for 13th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Faith Cherotich, Winfred Yavi, Sembo Almayew, Norah Jeruto, Marwa Bouzayani and Parul Chaudhary.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Stella Rutto won?
$500, which ranks 2096th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2024 and 2025.
What is Stella Rutto's biggest Diamond League payday?
$500, for finishing 8th in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Stella Rutto 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 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.
Has Stella Rutto 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. She is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Stella Rutto 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 her, 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 Stella Rutto is Solène Gicquel on $500, and one below Sumire Hata on $500. Stella Rutto is one of 10 Romania athletes athletics has paid, and Romania athletics prize money adds them up to $25,500 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 Stella Rutto 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 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.