Timothy Cheruiyot prize money
Timothy Cheruiyot has been paid $260,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 22nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from 32 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 3000 m, ten 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
The 32 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $260,500 is 32 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.5% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the 36 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Timothy Cheruiyot did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 4th | 3:34.50 | $16,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Timothy Cheruiyot $16,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $260,500 from 36 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Timothy Cheruiyot did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 8th | 3:31.47 | — |
Timothy Cheruiyot stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Timothy Cheruiyot
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 26 | 8 | 2017 to 2026 | $221,750 |
| Men's mile | 7 | 2 | 2019 to 2026 | $34,500 |
| Men's 3000 m | 2 | — | 2023 to 2026 | $4,250 |
| Men's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2026 | $0 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Timothy Cheruiyot $221,750 of the $260,500, which is 85% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $10,000 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $86,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 5 | 4 | Weltklasse Zürich | $63,500 |
| 2022 | 4 | — | Weltklasse Zürich | $22,250 |
| 2023 | 3 | — | Bislett Games | $3,750 |
| 2024 | 5 | — | AG Memorial Van Damme | $30,000 |
| 2025 | 5 | — | Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | $23,000 |
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | Bislett Games | $19,500 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $86,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Timothy Cheruiyot in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $260,500.
Around Timothy Cheruiyot on the money list
Ranks 2 to 42
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 3 | Femke Bol | two disciplines | 29 | $412,000 |
| 4 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $390,750 |
| 5 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 6 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 18 | $382,000 |
| 7 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 8 | Karsten Warholm | two disciplines | 17 | $356,000 |
| 9 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $345,000 |
| 10 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 8 | $322,000 |
| 11 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 12 | Valarie Allman | Women's discus throw | 17 | $321,000 |
| 13 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 14 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 19 | $305,500 |
| 15 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 8 | $288,917 |
| 16 | Kenny Bednarek | two disciplines | 13 | $286,500 |
| 17 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 11 | $284,750 |
| 18 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 17 | $275,000 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 11 | $262,000 |
| 20 | Kristjan Čeh | Men's discus throw | 12 | $261,500 |
| 21 | Miltiadis Tentoglou | Men's long jump | 12 | $261,500 |
| 22 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 10 | $260,500 |
| 23 | Shanieka Ricketts | Women's triple jump | 8 | $245,750 |
| 24 | Katie Moon | Women's pole vault | 11 | $245,125 |
| 25 | Tobi Amusan | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $238,250 |
| 26 | Nicola Olyslagers | Women's high jump | 10 | $231,167 |
| 27 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 11 | $223,500 |
| 28 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 12 | $222,500 |
| 29 | Masai Russell | Women's 100 m hurdles | 8 | $219,500 |
| 30 | Akani Simbine | Men's 100 m | 11 | $213,750 |
| 31 | Letsile Tebogo | two disciplines | 10 | $213,250 |
| 32 | Yulimar Rojas | two disciplines | 12 | $212,000 |
| 33 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 34 | Sandi Morris | Women's pole vault | 9 | $210,500 |
| 35 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 10 | $210,000 |
| 36 | Malaika Mihambo | Women's long jump | 8 | $207,750 |
| 37 | Marie-Josée Ta Lou | two disciplines | 5 | $202,000 |
| 38 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 39 | Fred Kerley | three disciplines | 8 | $198,250 |
| 40 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 41 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 42 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 8 | $196,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Timothy Cheruiyot is 22nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $260,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Timothy Cheruiyot most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of thirteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Filip Ingebrigtsen, Ronald Musagala, Craig Engels, Marcin Lewandowski and Ayanleh Souleiman.
Weltklasse Zürich 2021 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Stewart McSweyn, Oliver Hoare, Mohamed Katir, Ronald Kwemoi and Charles Simotwo.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Cole Hocker, Azeddine Habz, Jochem Vermeulen, Yared Nuguse, Reynold Cheruiyot and Narve Gilje Nordås.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Timothy Cheruiyot won?
$260,500, which ranks 22nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from 32 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Timothy Cheruiyot's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the 1500 m at the 2019 AG Memorial Van Damme. 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 Timothy Cheruiyot 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 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Timothy Cheruiyot won?
Ten of 36, worth $160,000 between them. Five of his appearances came at a final, which paid $110,000.
Has Timothy Cheruiyot ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Four 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.
How much did Timothy Cheruiyot win at the 2025 World Championships?
$16,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Timothy Cheruiyot earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Championships money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Timothy Cheruiyot is Miltiadis Tentoglou on $261,500, and one below Shanieka Ricketts on $245,750. Timothy Cheruiyot 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 1500 m prize money, men's mile prize money, men's 3000 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Timothy Cheruiyot has been paid in four 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. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's 1500 metres page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's 1500 metres page.