Men's 3000 m steeplechase prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,425,000 in the men's 3000 m steeplechase, to 60 athletes across 41 runnings of it, from 2019 to 2026. Soufiane El Bakkali has taken more of it than anyone, $298,000.
The series pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so a win here is worth what a win in any other discipline is worth: $10,000 at a 2026 series meeting, eight places paid, and nothing for ninth. Seven of the 41 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Three of the 41 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the men's 3000 m steeplechase has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soufiane El Bakkali | 25 | 19 | 1st | $298,000 |
| 2 | Getnet Wale | 18 | 2 | 1st | $127,000 |
| 3 | Abraham Kibiwot | 24 | 0 | 3rd | $92,500 |
| 4 | Samuel Firewu | 16 | 2 | 2nd | $72,500 |
| 5 | Simon Koech | 8 | 3 | 1st | $71,000 |
| 6 | Benjamin Kigen | 15 | 2 | 1st | $70,250 |
| 7 | Lamecha Girma | 8 | 4 | 1st | $66,000 |
| 8 | Amos Serem | 11 | 1 | 1st | $57,250 |
| 9 | Edmund Serem | 11 | 0 | 2nd | $50,000 |
| 10 | Gemechu Godana | 3 | 2 | 1st | $46,000 |
| 11 | Frederik Ruppert | 3 | 1 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 12 | Abrham Sime | 9 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 13 | Hillary Bor | 13 | 1 | 1st | $35,500 |
| 14 | Leonard Bett | 12 | 0 | 2nd | $35,500 |
| 15 | Ryuji Miura | 12 | 0 | 2nd | $34,750 |
| 16 | Daniel Arce | 14 | 0 | 3rd | $29,250 |
| 17 | Ruben Querinjean | 4 | 1 | 1st | $29,000 |
| 18 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | 11 | 0 | 3rd | $23,500 |
| 19 | Salaheddine Ben Yazide | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $20,000 |
| 20 | Karl Bebendorf | 5 | 1 | 1st | $17,500 |
| 21 | Geordie Beamish | 7 | 0 | 3rd | $16,000 |
| 22 | Hailemariyam Amare | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $15,000 |
| 23 | Chala Beyo | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $13,250 |
| 24 | Djilali Bedrani | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $11,000 |
| 25 | Mohamed Tindouft | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $10,750 |
| 26 | Matthew Wilkinson | 5 | 0 | 4th | $10,000 |
| 27 | Conseslus Kipruto | 4 | 0 | 7th | $9,500 |
| 28 | Tadese Takele | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $8,500 |
| 29 | Isaac Updike | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $8,000 |
| 30 | Avinash Sable | 6 | 0 | 5th | $6,750 |
| 31 | Nicolas-Marie Daru | 3 | 0 | 5th | $6,000 |
| 32 | Abraham Kibiwott | 3 | 0 | 5th | $5,750 |
| 33 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | 5 | 0 | 4th | $5,500 |
| 34 | Fernando Carro | 2 | 0 | 4th | $5,000 |
| 35 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | 2 | 0 | 6th | $3,500 |
| 36 | Osama Zoghlami | 4 | 0 | 6th | $3,500 |
| 37 | Mehdi Belhadj | 2 | 0 | 4th | $2,750 |
| 38 | Lawrence Kemboi | 2 | 0 | 7th | $2,000 |
| 39 | Lawrence Kemboi Kipsang | 1 | 0 | 6th | $2,000 |
| 40 | Mark Pearce | 1 | 0 | 4th | $2,000 |
Soufiane El Bakkali has collected $298,000 of the $1,425,000 this discipline has paid out, 20.9% of it. Soufiane El Bakkali has won 19 of them, more than anyone else. 44 of the 60 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 60.
Every Diamond League men's 3000 m steeplechase
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the men's 3000 m steeplechase paid each season
season running total
The line is the running total. A season's figure is the rate multiplied by how many meetings put the discipline on, so the columns move with the programme rather than with who turned up: 2023 ran it seven times and 2019 five times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the men's 3000 m steeplechase is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 4 | $270,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 3 | $180,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 6 | $175,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 5 | $140,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 5 | $135,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 4 | $120,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 3 | $80,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 3 | $80,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 1 | $60,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 2 | $55,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 2 | $50,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai | 1 | $30,000 |
| Athletissima | 1 | $25,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Gateshead | 1 | $25,000 |
| 14 meetings | 41 | $1,425,000$1.4m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has run it six times and paid $175,000 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the men's 3000 m steeplechase
The eight ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the men's 3000 m steeplechase is paid on the same card as the 100 m and the shot put at the same meeting. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record, and nothing at all for ninth place. The Diamond+ columns are the three of 41 runnings where the series doubled the discipline's rate for the day.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the men's 3000 m steeplechase?
$1,425,000 across 41 runnings of it, to 60 athletes from 20 countries. That is 2.7% of everything the series has paid, and the 21st biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the men's 3000 m steeplechase pay?
$10,000, and double that at a meeting where it is a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on a programme, so a win here pays exactly what a win in the 100 m pays. Seven of the 41 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who has earned the most in the men's 3000 m steeplechase?
Soufiane El Bakkali, on $298,000 from 25 paid finishes, 19 of them wins. 44 of the 60 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League men's 3000 m steeplechase titles?
Soufiane El Bakkali, on 19 wins. Thirteen different athletes have won a Diamond League men's 3000 m steeplechase across the 41 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the men's 3000 m steeplechase?
41 times across seven seasons, from 2019 to 2026, on the programmes of fourteen different meetings. Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat has run it six times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the men's 3000 m steeplechase pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 328 payments have gone to 60 athletes in this discipline, and 232 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Women's 3000 m steeplechase, which has paid $1,532,500.
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