Yemane Haileselassie prize money
Yemane Haileselassie has been paid $12,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1486th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 12th | - |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2022 | 3000 m steeplechase | 13th | - |
| Meeting de Paris 2021 | 3000 m steeplechase | 6th | $1,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2021 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 5th | $2,500 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 | 3000 m steeplechase | 8th | $2,000 |
| All seven | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2022, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | - | Bauhausgalan | $10,500 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | 2 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,500 |
| 2022 | 2 | - | Doha Diamond League | - |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $10,500 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Yemane Haileselassie in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,000.
Around Yemane Haileselassie on the money list
Ranks 1466 to 1506
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1466 | Bram Som | Men's 800 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1467 | Danil Lysenko | Men's high jump | 2 | $12,000 |
| 1468 | Darvis Patton | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1469 | Emily Mackay | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1470 | Fatih Avan | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,000 |
| 1471 | Fausto Desalu | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1472 | Isaac Kimeli | Men's 5000 m | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1473 | Kena Tufa | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1474 | Kristina Gadschiew | Women's pole vault | - | $12,000 |
| 1475 | Lalonde Gordon | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1476 | LaQuan Nairn | Men's long jump | 1 | $12,000 |
| 1477 | Lerone Clarke | Men's 100 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1478 | Lexy Halladay-Lowry | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1479 | Lina Nielsen | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1480 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1481 | Lykourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas | Men's 200 m | - | $12,000 |
| 1482 | Milica Gardašević | Women's long jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1483 | Nery Brenes | two disciplines | - | $12,000 |
| 1484 | Rouguy Diallo | Women's triple jump | - | $12,000 |
| 1485 | Xu Zhuoyi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $12,000 |
| 1486 | Yemane Haileselassie | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $12,000 |
| 1487 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,750 |
| 1488 | Elise Cranny | four disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1489 | Ersu Şaşma | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1490 | Fabian Schulze | Men's pole vault | - | $11,750 |
| 1491 | Marija Vuković | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1492 | Olena Holosha | Women's high jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1493 | Tobia Bocchi | Men's triple jump | - | $11,750 |
| 1494 | Zenéy Geldenhuys | two disciplines | - | $11,750 |
| 1495 | Erick Portillo | Men's high jump | - | $11,583 |
| 1496 | Alastair Chalmers | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1497 | Artur Noga | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $11,500 |
| 1498 | Charlie Grice | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1499 | Collis Birmingham | three disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1500 | Daniel Talbot | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1501 | Davide Re | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1502 | Greg Nixon | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
| 1503 | Homiyu Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1504 | Melknat Wudu | two disciplines | - | $11,500 |
| 1505 | Natalia Ducó | Women's shot put | - | $11,500 |
| 1506 | Nathon Allen | Men's 400 m | - | $11,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yemane Haileselassie is 1486th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yemane Haileselassie most
Bauhausgalan 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nicholas Kiptanui Bett, Chala Beyo, Sebastián Martos, Lawrence Kemboi, Clement Kimutai Kemboi and Krystian Zalewski.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2017 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Hillary Bor, Barnabas Kipyego, Andrew Bayer, Conseslus Kipruto, Soufiane El Bakkali and Jairus Kipchoge Birech.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2017 paid $2,000 for 8th in the 3000 m steeplechase, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Conseslus Kipruto, Soufiane El Bakkali, Evan Jager, Stanley Kebenei, Nicholas Kiptanui Bett and Benjamin Kigen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yemane Haileselassie won?
$12,000, which ranks 1486th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2017 and 2022.
What is Yemane Haileselassie's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the 3000 m steeplechase at the 2017 Bauhausgalan. 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 Yemane Haileselassie 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 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.
Has Yemane Haileselassie 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Yemane Haileselassie 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 him, 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 Yemane Haileselassie is Xu Zhuoyi on $12,000, and one below Damian Czykier on $11,750. Yemane Haileselassie is one of 6 Eritrea athletes athletics has paid, and Eritrea athletics prize money adds them up to $31,000 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yemane Haileselassie has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he 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.