Netherlands athletics prize money
The Netherlands have taken $2,032,667 out of athletics, 8th of the 121 countries the sport has paid. Femke Bol is the biggest earner on $482,000, 23.7% of the national total.
$1,893,667 of that belongs to 40 athletes by name. The other $139,000 is the federation's, won by eleven teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Netherlands athlete athletics has paid
40 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Femke Bol | 31 | 30 | $482,000 |
| 2 | Jessica Schilder | 25 | 6 | $251,250 |
| 3 | Sifan Hassan | 16 | 8 | $196,750 |
| 4 | Nadine Visser | 34 | 2 | $193,250 |
| 5 | Jorinde van Klinken | 20 | 1 | $129,000 |
| 6 | Lieke Klaver | 34 | — | $108,750 |
| 7 | Niels Laros | 8 | 3 | $102,000 |
| 8 | Femke Broeders-Bol | 6 | — | $84,000 |
| 9 | Dafne Schippers | 14 | 2 | $63,500 |
| 10 | Menno Vloon | 17 | — | $60,667 |
| 11 | Sofie Dokter | 2 | 1 | $47,000 |
| 12 | Jamile Samuel | 8 | — | $20,500 |
| 13 | Lisanne de Witte | 7 | — | $19,250 |
| 14 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | 11 | — | $16,250 |
| 15 | Samuel Chapple | 2 | — | $14,000 |
| 16 | Maureen Koster | 7 | — | $11,750 |
| 17 | Churandy Martina | 3 | — | $9,500 |
| 18 | Pauline Hondema | 3 | — | $8,750 |
| 19 | Tasa Jiya | 6 | — | $8,500 |
| 20 | Nick Smidt | 6 | — | $7,250 |
| 21 | Minke Bisschops | 3 | — | $7,000 |
| 22 | Alida van Daalen | 2 | — | $6,000 |
| 23 | Mike Foppen | 4 | — | $5,500 |
| 24 | Ramsey Angela | 4 | — | $4,500 |
| 25 | Stefan Nillessen | 2 | — | $4,500 |
| 26 | Taymir Burnet | 2 | — | $4,500 |
| 27 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | 2 | — | $4,000 |
| 28 | Tony van Diepen | 1 | — | $3,500 |
| 29 | Rutger Koppelaar | 2 | — | $3,000 |
| 30 | Cathelijn Peeters | 3 | — | $2,500 |
| 31 | Douwe Amels | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 32 | Koen Smet | 2 | — | $2,500 |
| 33 | Marije van Hunenstijn | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 34 | Melissa Boekelman | 2 | — | $2,000 |
| 35 | Raphael Bouju | 1 | — | $2,000 |
| 36 | Joris van Gool | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 37 | Thijmen Kupers | 1 | — | $1,000 |
| 38 | N'Ketia Seedo | 1 | — | $750 |
| 39 | Britt Weerman | 1 | — | $500 |
| 40 | Eugene Omalla | 1 | — | $500 |
Career totals across all six competitions, not a single season. PAID is how many finishing places were paid for, which is a different count from wins: a second place in a Diamond League final and a world title are both one payment. 38 of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 40
Femke Bol holds 23.7% of everything the Netherlands have won in athletics. The three biggest hold 45.8% of it between them, and $47,342 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent the Netherlands
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 38 | 50 | $1,475,667$1.5m | — | $1,475,667$1.5m |
| World Championships | 8 | 2 | $210,000 | $84,000 | $294,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 7 | 1 | $128,000 | $36,000 | $164,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | 2 | — | $80,000 | — | $80,000 |
| World Relays | — | — | — | $19,000 | $19,000 |
| Cross Country | — | — | — | — | — |
| All six | 40 | 53 | $1,893,667$1.9m | $139,000 | $2,032,667$2.0m |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for the Netherlands on $1,475,667, 72.6% of the national total. Five of the six have paid the Netherlands. The Netherlands have won nothing at the World Cross Country Championships.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 40: eleven athletes have been paid by more than one of the six, and are counted in every row that paid them and once in the national total. Femke Bol has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
11 team payments, paid to Netherlands rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 2nd | Eugene Omalla, Lieke Klaver, Jonas Phijffers, Femke Bol | $40,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 2nd | Lieke Klaver, Myrte van der Schoot, Nina Franke, Eveline Saalberg | $20,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok, Elvis Afrifa | $20,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 3rd | Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Lisanne de Witte, Femke Bol | $20,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Eugene Omalla, Keenan Blake, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Tony van Diepen | $8,000 |
| Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 4th | Keenan Blake, Myrte van der Schoot, Tony van Diepen, Eveline Saalberg | $8,000 |
| Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2026 | 5th | Jaimie Omalla, Taymir Burnet, Onyema Adigida, Elvis Afrifa | $6,000 |
| Women's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 5th | Nina Franke, Lieke Klaver, Myrte van der Schoot, Eveline Saalberg | $6,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2026 | 6th | Keenan Blake, Eugene Omalla, Tony van Diepen, Jonas Phijffers | $4,000 |
| Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, 2025 | 8th | Jonas Phijffers, Terrence Agard, Liemarvin Bonevacia, Ramsey Angela | $4,000 |
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, 2025 | 7th | Anne van de Wiel, Marije van Hunenstijn, Minke Bisschops, Britt de Blaauw | $3,000 |
None of this is in any athlete's total above, here or anywhere else on the site. A relay purse is paid to the team whole, a World Relays ladder place is a country's, and a cross country team standing pays the federation behind the first four runners home.
The Netherlands against the rest
Where $2,032,667 puts the Netherlands
That is 2.7% of the $74,963,667 athletics has paid to a country, and 8th out of 121. The Netherlands have Italy above on $2,130,250 and Sweden below on $1,899,458.
The biggest of the 121 is the United States on $16,292,792, which is 21.7% of everything the sport has paid to a country. The full money list ranks every one of them, and the six competitions behind these figures each have a section of their own.
Countries either side of the Netherlands
- United States
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Great Britain
- Ethiopia
- Australia
- Italy
- Sweden
- Germany
- Norway
- Ukraine
- Canada
- Switzerland
- France
- Cuba
- Poland
- Botswana
- South Africa
- Greece
- China
- Brazil
- Spain
- New Zealand
- Dominican Republic
- Portugal
- Japan
- Nigeria
- Bahrain
- Belgium
- Slovenia
- Uganda
- Czechia
- Morocco
- Algeria
- Bahamas
- Serbia
- Grenada
- Saint Lucia
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Ivory Coast
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has the Netherlands won in athletics?
$2,032,667 across the six competitions this section holds: the Diamond League, the World Championships, the World Indoor Championships, the Ultimate Championship, the World Relays and the World Cross Country Championships. That is 8th of the 121 countries athletics has paid, and 2.7% of the $74,963,667 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Netherlands athlete earns the most prize money?
Femke Bol, on $482,000 from 31 paid finishes and 30 wins. That is 23.7% of everything the Netherlands have won. Jessica Schilder is next on $251,250.
Does prize money won by the Netherlands go to the athlete or the federation?
$1,893,667 of that belongs to 40 athletes by name. The other $139,000 is the federation's, won by eleven teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from the Netherlands have won athletics prize money?
40, sharing $1,893,667 between them, which is $47,342 each. Eight of them have won a title, 53 in all. Eleven have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid the Netherlands
Every figure on this page comes out of one of the six below, and each has its own section here, event by event and edition by edition, with the full ladder of what each finishing place was worth. The country money list puts the Netherlands against the other 120 the sport has paid.