Winny Chebet prize money
Winny Chebet has been paid $17,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 643rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's 1500 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
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 14th | — |
| Birmingham Diamond League 2022 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Herculis EBS 2021 | 1500 m | 7th | $750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2021 | 1500 m | 13th | — |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2019 | 1500 m | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | 1500 m | 6th | $4,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 1500 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2019 | 1500 m | 13th | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | 1500 m | 10th | — |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | 1500 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All eleven | Women's 1500 m | — | $17,750 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $17,750 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Five of the eleven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | — | Meeting de Paris | $2,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
| 2019 | 5 | — | Müller Anniversary Games | $11,500 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | 2 | — | Herculis EBS | $750 |
| 2022 | 1 | — | Birmingham Diamond League | $3,500 |
| 2023 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | — |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $11,500 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Winny Chebet in 2018, 2020 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $17,750.
Around Winny Chebet on the money list
Ranks 623 to 663
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 623 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $18,500 |
| 624 | Tomáš Staněk | Men's shot put | — | $18,500 |
| 625 | Bethwell Birgen | four disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 626 | Laviai Nielsen | Women's 400 m | — | $18,250 |
| 627 | Paweł Wojciechowski | Men's pole vault | — | $18,250 |
| 628 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | — | $18,250 |
| 629 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 630 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | — | $18,250 |
| 631 | Ashley Spencer | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 632 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 633 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $18,000 |
| 634 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 635 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 636 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | — | $18,000 |
| 637 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | — | $18,000 |
| 638 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | — | $18,000 |
| 639 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 640 | Margaret Akidor | two disciplines | 1 | $17,750 |
| 641 | Shafiqua Maloney | two disciplines | — | $17,750 |
| 642 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,750 |
| 643 | Winny Chebet | Women's 1500 m | — | $17,750 |
| 644 | Geordie Beamish | four disciplines | — | $17,500 |
| 645 | Kahmari Montgomery | Men's 400 m | — | $17,500 |
| 646 | Karl Bebendorf | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $17,500 |
| 647 | Phyllis Francis | two disciplines | — | $17,500 |
| 648 | Zaynab Dosso | Women's 100 m | — | $17,500 |
| 649 | Ajla Del Ponte | two disciplines | — | $17,250 |
| 650 | Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 1 | $17,250 |
| 651 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 1 | $17,250 |
| 652 | Lia Apostolovski | Women's high jump | — | $17,125 |
| 653 | Anete Sietiņa | Women's javelin throw | — | $17,000 |
| 654 | Filippo Randazzo | Men's long jump | 1 | $17,000 |
| 655 | Fotyen Tesfay | two disciplines | — | $17,000 |
| 656 | Ludvy Vaillant | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 657 | Michał Haratyk | Men's shot put | — | $17,000 |
| 658 | Neja Filipič | Women's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 659 | Piotr Małachowski | Men's discus throw | — | $17,000 |
| 660 | Tiago Pereira | Men's triple jump | — | $17,000 |
| 661 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $17,000 |
| 662 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | — | $16,750 |
| 663 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | Women's 100 m | 1 | $16,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Winny Chebet is 643rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $17,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Winny Chebet most
Müller Anniversary Games 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gabriela DeBues-Stafford, Winnie Nanyondo, Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Sarah McDonald, Jemma Reekie and Claudia Bobocea.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $4,000 for 6th in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Rababe Arafi, Jenny Simpson, Gudaf Tsegay, Linden Hall, Jemma Reekie and Eilish McColgan.
Birmingham Diamond League 2022 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ciara Mageean, Jemma Reekie, Marta Pérez, Cory McGee, Katie Snowden and Elise Vanderelst.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Winny Chebet won?
$17,750, which ranks 643rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2017 and 2023.
What is Winny Chebet's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 1500 m at the 2019 Müller Anniversary Games. 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 Winny Chebet 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 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 Winny Chebet ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Five 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. She are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Winny Chebet 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 her, 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 Winny Chebet is Wilhem Belocian on $17,750, and one below Geordie Beamish on $17,500. Winny Chebet 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 women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Winny Chebet has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Doha Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.