Tigist Girma prize money
Tigist Girma has been paid $1,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1716th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 1500 m, 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 | 1500 m | 8th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 9th | — |
| All two | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,500 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
2023 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | — |
| 2024 | — | — | — | — |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $1,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Tigist Girma in 2023 and 2024, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $1,500.
Around Tigist Girma on the money list
Ranks 1696 to 1736
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1696 | Noura Ennadi | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1697 | Ottavia Cestonaro | Women's triple jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1698 | Patrick Tiernan | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1699 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1700 | Ramona Elena Verman | Women's long jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1701 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1702 | Sacha Alessandrini | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1703 | Sade McCreath | Women's 100 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1704 | Saliyya Guisse | Women's triple jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1705 | Samuel Duguna | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1706 | Samuel Khogali | Men's long jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1707 | Sarah Atcho | Women's 200 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1708 | Selina Büchel | Women's 800 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1709 | Shania Collins | Women's 100 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1710 | Shawnti Jackson | Women's 100 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1711 | Skadi Schier | Women's 400 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1712 | Stanley Kipkoech Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1713 | Stefan Wieland | Men's shot put | — | $1,500 |
| 1714 | Taoufik Makhloufi | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1715 | Tatiana Gusin | Women's high jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1716 | Tigist Girma | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,500 |
| 1717 | Tim Nedow | Men's shot put | — | $1,500 |
| 1718 | Toni Keränen | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1719 | Toni Kuusela | Men's javelin throw | — | $1,500 |
| 1720 | Tonje Angelsen | Women's high jump | — | $1,500 |
| 1721 | Victor Coroller | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1722 | Víctor Ruiz | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1723 | Wang Chunyu | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1724 | Woody Kincaid | two disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1725 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $1,500 |
| 1726 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1727 | Yenawa Nbret | three disciplines | — | $1,500 |
| 1728 | Zach McWhorter | Men's pole vault | — | $1,500 |
| 1729 | Zakaria El Ahlaami | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,500 |
| 1730 | Joel Baden | Men's high jump | — | $1,417 |
| 1731 | Abdirahman Saeed Hassan | two disciplines | — | $1,250 |
| 1732 | Alix Dehaynain | Women's pole vault | — | $1,250 |
| 1733 | Artem Primak | Men's long jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1734 | Ayal Dagnachew | three disciplines | — | $1,250 |
| 1735 | Brian Raats | Men's high jump | — | $1,250 |
| 1736 | Buse Savaşkan | Women's high jump | — | $1,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tigist Girma is 1716th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Tigist Girma most
Doha Diamond League 2025 paid $1,500 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Adelle Tracey, Nelly Chepchirchir, Susan Ejore, Jemma Reekie, Saron Berhe and Agathe Guillemot.
Xiamen Diamond League 2023 paid $0 for 9th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Helen Schlachtenhaufen, Josette Andrews, Emily Mackay, Gaia Sabbatini, Wang Chunyu and Freweyni Hailu.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tigist Girma won?
$1,500, which ranks 1716th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2023 and 2025.
What is Tigist Girma's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 8th in the Diamond+ 1500 m at the 2025 Doha Diamond League. 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 Tigist Girma 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 1500 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 Tigist Girma 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 Tigist Girma 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 Tigist Girma is Tatiana Gusin on $1,500, and one below Tim Nedow on $1,500. Tigist Girma is one of 95 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $3,242,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Tigist Girma 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.