Timothy Cheruiyot prize money
Timothy Cheruiyot has been paid $416,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 16th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 40 paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's mile and men's 3000 m, 17 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 40 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $416,500 is 40 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.4% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Four of the 44 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 $416,500 from 44 Diamond League starts between 2016 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 | 34 | 15 | 2016 to 2026 | $377,750 |
| 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 $377,750 of the $416,500, which is 91% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2016 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | Memorial Van Damme | $10,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 2 | Weltklasse Zürich | $68,500 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | Weltklasse Zürich | $90,000 |
| 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
2018 is the biggest of them, $90,000 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 $416,500.
Around Timothy Cheruiyot on the money list
Ranks 1 to 41
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandra Elkasević | Women's discus throw | 46 | $692,750 |
| 2 | Armand Duplantis | Men's pole vault | 35 | $607,250 |
| 3 | Noah Lyles | two disciplines | 24 | $530,000 |
| 4 | Christian Taylor | three disciplines | 28 | $512,250 |
| 5 | Caterine Ibargüen | two disciplines | 37 | $501,000 |
| 6 | Sam Kendricks | Men's pole vault | 18 | $481,917 |
| 7 | Renaud Lavillenie | Men's pole vault | 33 | $466,833 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | three disciplines | 29 | $456,000 |
| 9 | Mariya Lasitskene | Women's high jump | 26 | $440,500 |
| 10 | Shericka Jackson | three disciplines | 19 | $429,250 |
| 11 | Karsten Warholm | three disciplines | 18 | $428,500 |
| 12 | Sifan Hassan | five disciplines | 16 | $424,250 |
| 13 | Faith Kipyegon | six disciplines | 23 | $423,000 |
| 14 | Marileidy Paulino | two disciplines | 25 | $420,500 |
| 15 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 11 | $417,250 |
| 16 | Timothy Cheruiyot | four disciplines | 17 | $416,500 |
| 17 | Shaunae Miller-Uibo | three disciplines | 21 | $415,000 |
| 18 | Mutaz Barsham | Men's high jump | 23 | $409,833 |
| 19 | Joe Kovacs | Men's shot put | 18 | $406,500 |
| 20 | Dina Asher-Smith | two disciplines | 10 | $401,500 |
| 21 | Katerina Stefanidi | Women's pole vault | 15 | $394,500 |
| 22 | Valarie Sion | Women's discus throw | 20 | $389,000 |
| 23 | Soufiane El Bakkali | four disciplines | 22 | $388,500 |
| 24 | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | Women's high jump | 21 | $382,250 |
| 25 | Alison dos Santos | three disciplines | 22 | $380,500 |
| 26 | Elaine Thompson-Herah | two disciplines | 21 | $380,500 |
| 27 | Ivana Španović | two disciplines | 18 | $373,000 |
| 28 | Tom Walsh | Men's shot put | 13 | $372,000 |
| 29 | Pedro Pichardo | Men's triple jump | 17 | $370,500 |
| 30 | Barbora Špotáková | Women's javelin throw | 19 | $365,500 |
| 31 | Valerie Adams | Women's shot put | 30 | $361,500 |
| 32 | Daniel Ståhl | Men's discus throw | 13 | $355,750 |
| 33 | Jakob Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | 19 | $348,000 |
| 34 | Chase Jackson | Women's shot put | 18 | $347,500 |
| 35 | Blessing Okagbare | three disciplines | 11 | $338,250 |
| 36 | Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce | two disciplines | 21 | $335,000 |
| 37 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | two disciplines | 15 | $321,500 |
| 38 | Julien Alfred | two disciplines | 13 | $316,000 |
| 39 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | 18 | $312,500 |
| 40 | Kirani James | Men's 400 m | 17 | $310,250 |
| 41 | Ryan Crouser | Men's shot put | 15 | $310,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Timothy Cheruiyot is 16th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $416,500.
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 2018 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elijah Manangoi, Ayanleh Souleiman, Abdalaati Iguider, Brahim Kaazouzi, Aman Wote and Filip Ingebrigtsen.
Weltklasse Zürich 2017 paid $50,000 for 1st in the 1500 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Silas Kiplagat, Elijah Manangoi, Asbel Kiprop, Charles Simotwo, Vincent Kibet and Jake Wightman.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Timothy Cheruiyot won?
$416,500, which ranks 16th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 40 paid finishes between 2016 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?
17 of 44, worth $310,000 between them. Seven of his appearances came at a final, which paid $210,000.
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. Those starts 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 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Timothy Cheruiyot is Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith on $417,250, and one below Shaunae Miller-Uibo on $415,000. Timothy Cheruiyot 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 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.