Worknesh Mesele prize money
Worknesh Mesele has been paid $18,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1202nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from ten paid finishes in the women's 1500 m, women's 800 m and women's mile, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 15th | - |
| Doha Diamond League 2026 | 1500 m | 9th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2026 | Mile | 13th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2025 | 1500 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | 800 m | 8th | $1,500 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial 2025 | 1500 m | 13th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Doha Diamond League 2024 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2024 | 1500 m | 7th | $750 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2024 | 800 m | 10th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | 1500 m | 10th | - |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat 2023 | 1500 m | 4th | $2,000 |
| Bislett Games 2023 | Mile | 5th | $1,250 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 5th | $1,250 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2023 | 1500 m | 13th | - |
| Bauhausgalan 2021 | 800 m | 8th | $500 |
| All 17 | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
The ten paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $18,250 is ten separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Seven of the 17 starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Worknesh Mesele
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 1500 m | 12 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $15,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 3 | - | 2021 to 2025 | $2,000 |
| Women's mile | 2 | - | 2023 to 2026 | $1,250 |
The women's 1500 m has paid Worknesh Mesele $15,000 of the $18,250, which is 82% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2021 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | - | Bauhausgalan | $500 |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 4 | - | Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | $4,500 |
| 2024 | 5 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $6,250 |
| 2025 | 3 | - | Meeting de Paris | $4,000 |
| 2026 | 4 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $3,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $6,250 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Worknesh Mesele in 2022, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $18,250.
Around Worknesh Mesele on the money list
Ranks 1182 to 1222
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1182 | Joanna Atkins | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1183 | Kalkidan Gezahegne | two disciplines | - | $19,000 |
| 1184 | Parker Wolfe | two disciplines | 1 | $19,000 |
| 1185 | Robert Gregory | Men's 200 m | - | $19,000 |
| 1186 | Brahim Kaazouzi | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $18,750 |
| 1187 | Lamara Distin | Women's high jump | - | $18,750 |
| 1188 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1189 | Mekides Abebe | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1190 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | - | $18,750 |
| 1191 | Shane Brathwaite | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $18,750 |
| 1192 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | two disciplines | - | $18,750 |
| 1193 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1194 | Christin Wurth-Thomas | two disciplines | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1195 | Khadevis Robinson | Men's 800 m | 1 | $18,500 |
| 1196 | Lyukman Adams | Men's triple jump | 2 | $18,500 |
| 1197 | Michael Bingham | Men's 400 m | - | $18,500 |
| 1198 | Sheri-Ann Brooks | two disciplines | - | $18,500 |
| 1199 | Dariya Derkach | Women's triple jump | - | $18,250 |
| 1200 | Susan Ejore | Women's 1500 m | - | $18,250 |
| 1201 | Timothé Mumenthaler | two disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1202 | Worknesh Mesele | three disciplines | - | $18,250 |
| 1203 | Vita Styopina | Women's high jump | - | $18,083 |
| 1204 | Oksana Okuneva | Women's high jump | - | $18,050 |
| 1205 | Brahim Taleb | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $18,000 |
| 1206 | Brigitte Ann Foster-Hylton | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1207 | Cyréna Samba-Mayela | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $18,000 |
| 1208 | Egide Ntakarutimana | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1209 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1210 | Germán Luján Lauro | Men's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1211 | Hobbs Kessler | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1212 | Ibrahim Jeilan | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1213 | Irina Gumenyuk | Women's triple jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1214 | Jaida Ross | Women's shot put | - | $18,000 |
| 1215 | Lyudmila Kolchanova | Women's long jump | - | $18,000 |
| 1216 | McKenzie Long | two disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1217 | Raul Spank | Men's high jump | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1218 | Renata Pliś | four disciplines | - | $18,000 |
| 1219 | Roxana Gómez | Women's 400 m | - | $18,000 |
| 1220 | Tsigie Gebreselama | two disciplines | 1 | $18,000 |
| 1221 | Kateryna Tabashnyk | Women's high jump | - | $17,800 |
| 1222 | David Neville | Men's 400 m | - | $17,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Worknesh Mesele is 1202nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $18,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Worknesh Mesele most
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the 1500 m, one of fourteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Diribe Welteji, Freweyni Hailu, Georgia Griffith, Habitam Alemu, Saron Berhe and Sarah Billings.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 1500 m, one of fifteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dorcus Ewoi, Jessica Hull, Emily Mackay, Sarah Billings, Claudia Hollingsworth and Linden Hall.
Meeting de Paris 2025 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 1500 m, one of sixteen in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Georgia Hunter Bell, Agathe Guillemot, Susan Ejore, Salomé Afonso, Jemma Reekie and Netsanet Desta.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Worknesh Mesele won?
$18,250, which ranks 1202nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from ten paid finishes between 2021 and 2026.
What is Worknesh Mesele's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the 1500 m at the 2024 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Worknesh Mesele 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 Worknesh Mesele ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Seven 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.
Is this everything Worknesh Mesele 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 Worknesh Mesele is Timothé Mumenthaler on $18,250, and one below Vita Styopina on $18,083. Worknesh Mesele is one of 147 Ethiopia athletes athletics has paid, and Ethiopia athletics prize money adds them up to $5,789,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 1500 m prize money, women's 800 m prize money and women's mile prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Worknesh Mesele has been paid in three 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.