Winfred Yavi prize money
Winfred Yavi has been paid $197,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 110th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from 30 paid finishes in the women's 3000 m steeplechase and women's 5000 m, eight 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
The 30 paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $197,500 is 30 separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.2% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Three of the 33 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Winfred Yavi did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | 2nd | 8:56.46 | $35,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Winfred Yavi $35,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $197,500 from 33 Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Olympic Games
What Winfred Yavi won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 metres steeplechase | Gold | $50,000 |
Winfred Yavi was paid $50,000 for the women's 3000 metres steeplechase in Paris, the first Games at which an athletics title carried prize money at all. Every one of the 48 golds paid the same $50,000. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Winfred Yavi
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 32 | 8 | 2017 to 2026 | $196,500 |
| Women's 5000 m | 1 | - | 2026 | $1,000 |
The women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid Winfred Yavi $196,500 of the $197,500, which is 99% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2017 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $2,500 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $6,500 |
| 2019 | 5 | - | Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | $12,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - | Doha Diamond League | $11,000 |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | Weltklasse Zürich | $31,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | 3 | Prefontaine Classic | $50,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | 2 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $32,000 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | Prefontaine Classic | $22,000 |
| 2026 | 5 | 1 | Athletissima | $30,000 |
season running total
2023 is the biggest of them, $50,000 from four starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Winfred Yavi in 2020, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $197,500.
Around Winfred Yavi on the money list
Ranks 90 to 130
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 8 | $212,000 |
| 91 | LaShawn Merritt | two disciplines | 16 | $212,000 |
| 92 | Andy Díaz | Men's triple jump | 10 | $211,500 |
| 93 | Thomas Röhler | Men's javelin throw | 9 | $211,250 |
| 94 | Shamier Little | two disciplines | 4 | $211,000 |
| 95 | Brittney Reese | Women's long jump | 12 | $210,500 |
| 96 | Jairus Kipchoge Birech | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 10 | $208,000 |
| 97 | Gudaf Tsegay | five disciplines | 7 | $206,500 |
| 98 | Silas Kiplagat | two disciplines | 11 | $205,000 |
| 99 | Genzebe Dibaba | five disciplines | 12 | $204,500 |
| 100 | Danielle Williams | Women's 100 m hurdles | 7 | $204,250 |
| 101 | Yarisley Silva | Women's pole vault | 7 | $203,333 |
| 102 | Justin Gatlin | two disciplines | 16 | $203,250 |
| 103 | Kimberly Williams | Women's triple jump | 1 | $203,250 |
| 104 | Kyron McMaster | two disciplines | 3 | $202,250 |
| 105 | Christina Schwanitz | Women's shot put | 10 | $202,000 |
| 106 | Tero Pitkämäki | Men's javelin throw | 10 | $202,000 |
| 107 | Haruka Kitaguchi | Women's javelin throw | 11 | $199,500 |
| 108 | Faith Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 8 | $198,000 |
| 109 | Nina Kennedy | Women's pole vault | 11 | $197,500 |
| 110 | Winfred Yavi | two disciplines | 8 | $197,500 |
| 111 | Ajeé Wilson | Women's 800 m | 6 | $197,250 |
| 112 | Sofia Assefa | two disciplines | 4 | $196,000 |
| 113 | Gianmarco Tamberi | Men's high jump | 6 | $195,958 |
| 114 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | two disciplines | 4 | $194,750 |
| 115 | Mercy Cherono | five disciplines | 9 | $194,500 |
| 116 | Gerd Kanter | Men's discus throw | 9 | $194,000 |
| 117 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Men's high jump | 12 | $193,583 |
| 118 | Freweyni Hailu | five disciplines | 7 | $193,000 |
| 119 | Audrey Werro | two disciplines | 7 | $191,500 |
| 120 | Rai Benjamin | four disciplines | 8 | $190,250 |
| 121 | Carmelita Jeter | two disciplines | 13 | $189,000 |
| 122 | Milcah Chemos | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 16 | $189,000 |
| 123 | Shara Proctor | Women's long jump | 4 | $187,000 |
| 124 | Michelle Carter | Women's shot put | 3 | $186,500 |
| 125 | Blanka Vlašić | Women's high jump | 14 | $185,500 |
| 126 | Novlene Williams-Mills | Women's 400 m | 7 | $185,000 |
| 127 | Luvo Manyonga | Men's long jump | 8 | $184,500 |
| 128 | Leyanis Pérez | Women's triple jump | 9 | $183,250 |
| 129 | Olha Saladukha | Women's triple jump | 6 | $183,000 |
| 130 | Vítězslav Veselý | Men's javelin throw | 8 | $183,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Winfred Yavi is 110th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $197,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Winfred Yavi most
Prefontaine Classic 2023 paid $30,000 for 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Beatrice Chepkoech, Faith Cherotich, Jackline Chepkoech, Maruša Mišmaš-Zrimšek, Sembo Almayew and Marwa Bouzayani.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Peruth Chemutai, Gesa Felicitas Krause, Gabrielle Jennings, Marwa Bouzayani, Valerie Constien and Lea Meyer.
Weltklasse Zürich 2022 paid $12,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Faith Cherotich, Zerfe Wondemagegn, Jackline Chepkoech, Sembo Almayew, Emma Coburn and Nataliya Strebkova.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Winfred Yavi won?
$197,500, which ranks 110th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from 30 paid finishes between 2017 and 2026.
What is Winfred Yavi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2023 Prefontaine Classic. 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 Winfred Yavi 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 win is worth the same in the women's 3000 m steeplechase 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 Winfred Yavi won?
Eight of 33, worth $100,000 between them. Six of her appearances came at a final, which paid $66,000.
Has Winfred Yavi ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Three 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 Winfred Yavi win at the 2025 World Championships?
$35,000, 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 Winfred Yavi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships and Olympic 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 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 Winfred Yavi is Nina Kennedy on $197,500, and one below Ajeé Wilson on $197,250. Winfred Yavi is one of 18 Bahrain athletes athletics has paid, and Bahrain athletics prize money adds them up to $1,047,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money and women's 5000 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Winfred Yavi has been paid in two 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 Athletissima 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 women's 3000 metres steeplechase page.