Viola Jelagat Kibiwot prize money
Viola Jelagat Kibiwot has been paid $126,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 242nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 42 paid finishes in the women's 5000 m, women's 1500 m and women's 3000 m, the best of them 2nd.
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
The 42 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $126,500 is 42 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Viola Jelagat Kibiwot
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 5000 m | 17 | - | 2010 to 2016 | $59,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 14 | - | 2010 to 2015 | $39,500 |
| Women's 3000 m | 9 | - | 2010 to 2016 | $21,000 |
| Women's 2 miles | 1 | - | 2014 | $6,000 |
| Women's mile | 1 | - | 2015 | $1,000 |
The women's 5000 m has paid Viola Jelagat Kibiwot $59,000 of the $126,500, which is 47% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2010 to 2016, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $6,000 |
| 2011 | 4 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2012 | 6 | - | Meeting Areva | $22,000 |
| 2013 | 7 | - | Bislett Games | $22,000 |
| 2014 | 9 | - | British Athletics Grand Prix | $32,500 |
| 2015 | 8 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $20,500 |
| 2016 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $13,500 |
season running total
2014 is the biggest of them, $32,500 from nine starts. Every season from 2010 to 2016 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $126,500.
Around Viola Jelagat Kibiwot on the money list
Ranks 222 to 262
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | Anna Chicherova | Women's high jump | 8 | $133,000 |
| 223 | Eleanor Patterson | Women's high jump | 2 | $132,750 |
| 224 | Getnet Wale | three disciplines | 2 | $132,750 |
| 225 | Abraham Kibiwot | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $132,250 |
| 226 | Asafa Powell | Men's 100 m | 9 | $131,500 |
| 227 | Daryll Neita | two disciplines | 3 | $131,500 |
| 228 | Hiwot Ayalew | two disciplines | 5 | $131,500 |
| 229 | Tomasz Majewski | Men's shot put | 1 | $131,000 |
| 230 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | two disciplines | 11 | $131,000 |
| 231 | Michael Norman | three disciplines | 7 | $130,750 |
| 232 | Djamel Sedjati | two disciplines | 5 | $130,500 |
| 233 | Georgia Hunter Bell | three disciplines | 4 | $130,250 |
| 234 | Dylan Armstrong | Men's shot put | 5 | $130,000 |
| 235 | Johannes Vetter | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $129,500 |
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is 242nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $126,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Viola Jelagat Kibiwot most
Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2016 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Senbere Teferi, Janet Kisa, Ababel Yeshaneh, Alemitu Haroye, Meraf Bahta and Sentayehu Lewetegn.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 5000 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Senbere Teferi, Alemitu Haroye, Irene Jelagat, Irine Chepet Cheptai, Magdalyne Masai and Perine Nengampi.
British Athletics Grand Prix 2014 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 2 miles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Irene Jelagat, Genzebe Dibaba, Betsy Saina, Alemitu Haroye, Susan Krumins and Renata Pliś.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Viola Jelagat Kibiwot won?
$126,500, which ranks 242nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 42 paid finishes between 2010 and 2016.
What is Viola Jelagat Kibiwot's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 5000 m at the 2016 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Viola Jelagat Kibiwot 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 5000 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.
Is this everything Viola Jelagat Kibiwot earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Viola Jelagat Kibiwot is Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk on $126,750, and one below David Storl on $125,500. Viola Jelagat Kibiwot 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 women's 5000 m prize money, women's 1500 m prize money, women's 3000 m prize money, women's 2 miles prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Viola Jelagat Kibiwot has been paid in five of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she 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.