Uganda athletics prize money
Uganda has taken $599,750 out of athletics, 44th of the 130 countries the sport has paid. Joshua Cheptegei is the biggest earner on $99,500, 16.6% of the national total.
$547,750 of that belongs to 19 athletes by name. The other $52,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
Every Uganda athlete athletics has paid
19 of them, biggest first
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Cheptegei | 14 | 2 | $99,500 |
| 2 | Peruth Chemutai | 22 | 3 | $91,750 |
| 3 | Jacob Kiplimo | 9 | 2 | $82,000 |
| 4 | Halimah Nakaayi | 28 | - | $70,500 |
| 5 | Winnie Nanyondo | 21 | - | $46,750 |
| 6 | Benjamin Kiplagat | 10 | - | $33,000 |
| 7 | Ronald Musagala | 8 | 1 | $25,500 |
| 8 | Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 8 | - | $21,500 |
| 9 | Joy Cheptoyek | 2 | - | $21,000 |
| 10 | Sarah Chelangat | 5 | - | $19,000 |
| 11 | Abel Chelangat | 1 | - | $11,000 |
| 12 | Tarsis Orogot | 2 | - | $9,500 |
| 13 | Keneth Kiprop | 2 | - | $5,000 |
| 14 | Tom Dradriga | 2 | - | $5,000 |
| 15 | Rispa Cherop | 1 | - | $3,000 |
| 16 | Jacob Araptany | 1 | - | $1,500 |
| 17 | Mercyline Chelangat | 1 | - | $1,000 |
| 18 | Oscar Chelimo | 1 | - | $750 |
| 19 | Peter Maru | 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. Sixteen of these athletes have a page of their own here.
The biggest earners
The top twelve of 19
Joshua Cheptegei holds 16.6% of everything Uganda has won in athletics. The three biggest hold 45.6% of it between them, and $28,829 is what the national total works out at per paid athlete.
Where the money comes from
All six competitions, and what each has sent Uganda
| COMPETITION | ATHLETES | WINS | TO ATHLETES | TO FEDERATION | TOTAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League | 16 | 6 | $440,750 | - | $440,750 |
| World Championships | 2 | - | $17,000 | - | $17,000 |
| Indoor Championships | 1 | - | $4,000 | - | $4,000 |
| Ultimate Championship | - | - | - | - | - |
| World Relays | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cross Country | 5 | 2 | $86,000 | $52,000 | $138,000 |
| All six | 19 | 8 | $547,750 | $52,000 | $599,750 |
The Diamond League is the biggest of the six for Uganda on $440,750, 73.5% of the national total. Four of the six have paid Uganda. Uganda has won nothing at the Ultimate Championship and the World Relays.
The ATHLETES column counts the people each competition paid, so it does not add up to 19: five 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. Joshua Cheptegei has been paid by two of them: the Diamond League and the World Cross Country Championships.
The cheques that went to the federation
4 team payments, paid to Uganda rather than to anyone who ran
| RACE | PLACE | WHO RAN | PURSE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior men's race, 2024 | 2nd | Jacob Kiplimo, Joshua Cheptegei, Dan Kibet, Hosea Kiplangat | $16,000 |
| Senior men's race, 2026 | 3rd | Jacob Kiplimo, Dolphine Chelimo, Keneth Kiprop, Emmanuel Kibet | $12,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2026 | 3rd | Joy Cheptoyek, Rispa Cherop, Sarah Chelangat, Rebecca Chelangat | $12,000 |
| Senior women's race, 2024 | 3rd | Sarah Chelangat, Loice Chekwemoi, Rachael Zena Chebet, Annet Chemengich Chelangat | $12,000 |
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.
Uganda against the rest
Where $599,750 puts Uganda
That is 0.4% of the $135,290,875 athletics has paid to a country, and 44th out of 130. Uganda has Grenada above on $634,250 and Kazakhstan below on $557,500.
The biggest of the 130 is the United States on $29,436,125, which is 21.8% 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 Uganda
- New Zealand
- Brazil
- RUS
- Authorised Neutral Athletes
- Bahamas
- Croatia
- Portugal
- Bahrain
- Nigeria
- Morocco
- Dominican Republic
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Belgium
- Ivory Coast
- Japan
- Qatar
- Serbia
- Colombia
- Slovenia
- Grenada
- Kazakhstan
- Lithuania
- Algeria
- Saint Lucia
- Finland
- Estonia
- Puerto Rico
- Belarus
- Turkey
- Ireland
- Latvia
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Venezuela
- Panama
- Sri Lanka
- India
- Slovakia
- Burundi
- Senegal
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Uganda won in athletics?
$599,750 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 44th of the 130 countries athletics has paid, and 0.4% of the $135,290,875 the sport has sent to a country.
Which Uganda athlete earns the most prize money?
Joshua Cheptegei, on $99,500 from fourteen paid finishes and two wins. That is 16.6% of everything Uganda has won. Peruth Chemutai is next on $91,750.
Does prize money won by Uganda go to the athlete or the federation?
$547,750 of that belongs to 19 athletes by name. The other $52,000 is the federation's, won by four teams whose purse is paid to the country rather than split between the runners.
How many athletes from Uganda have won athletics prize money?
19, sharing $547,750 between them, which is $28,829 each. Four of them have won a title, 8 in all. Five have been paid by more than one of the six competitions.
Where to next
The competitions that paid Uganda
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 Uganda against the other 129 the sport has paid.