Tshepo Tshite prize money
Tshepo Tshite has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1241st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 1500 m, men's 800 m and men's 5000 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | 5000 m | 16th | — |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2025 | 1500 m | 15th | — |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 | 1500 m | 8th | $500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2021 | 800 m | 6th | $1,000 |
| All five | three disciplines | — | $4,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,000 is three 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 five starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Tshepo Tshite did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 metres | 9th | 3:35.50 | — |
Tshepo Tshite stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Tshepo Tshite
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 1500 m | 3 | — | 2024 to 2026 | $3,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 1 | — | 2021 | $1,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 1 | — | 2026 | $0 |
The men's 1500 m has paid Tshepo Tshite $3,000 of the $4,000, which is 75% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,000 |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $500 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | — |
| 2026 | 2 | — | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Tshepo Tshite in 2022, 2023 and 2025, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,000.
Around Tshepo Tshite on the money list
Ranks 1221 to 1261
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 1258 | Ben Williams | Men's triple jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1259 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1260 | David Storl | Men's shot put | — | $3,500 |
| 1261 | Elena Kulichenko | Women's high jump | — | $3,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Tshepo Tshite is 1241st 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 Tshepo Tshite most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2026 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrew Coscoran, Reynold Cheruiyot, Fouad Messaoudi, Anass Essayi, Ruben Verheyden and Narve Gilje Nordås.
Doha Diamond League 2021 paid $1,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jamal Hairane, Abdirahman Saeed Hassan, Jamie Webb, Wyclife Kinyamal, Ferguson Rotich and Daniel Rowden.
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kuma Girma, Abdelatif Sadiki, Charles Grethen, Vincent Kibet Keter, Azeddine Habz and George Mills.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Tshepo Tshite won?
$4,000, which ranks 1241st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Tshepo Tshite's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 1500 m at the 2026 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 5th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Tshepo Tshite 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 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 Tshepo Tshite 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 Tshepo Tshite 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 Tshepo Tshite is Tony McQuay on $4,000, and one below Vítězslav Veselý on $4,000. Tshepo Tshite is one of 34 South Africa athletes athletics has paid, and South Africa athletics prize money adds them up to $993,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 1500 m prize money, men's 800 m prize money and men's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Tshepo Tshite has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 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.