Women's 3000 m steeplechase prize money
The Diamond League has paid $3,263,500 in the women's 3000 m steeplechase, to 128 athletes across 100 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Beatrice Chepkoech has taken more of it than anyone, $283,000.
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. Nine of the 100 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final.
Who the women's 3000 m steeplechase has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 27 | 11 | 1st | $283,000 |
| 2 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | 31 | 8 | 2nd | $208,000 |
| 3 | Faith Cherotich | 20 | 8 | 1st | $198,000 |
| 4 | Winfred Yavi | 29 | 8 | 1st | $196,500 |
| 5 | Sofia Assefa | 42 | 4 | 1st | $194,000 |
| 6 | Milcah Chemos | 24 | 16 | 1st | $189,000 |
| 7 | Norah Jeruto | 20 | 6 | 1st | $160,750 |
| 8 | Hiwot Ayalew | 23 | 5 | 1st | $127,000 |
| 9 | Ruth Jebet | 10 | 5 | 1st | $109,000 |
| 10 | Emma Coburn | 30 | 1 | 1st | $103,750 |
| 11 | Peruth Chemutai | 22 | 3 | 1st | $91,750 |
| 12 | Lidya Chepkurui | 22 | 2 | 1st | $82,000 |
| 13 | Habiba Ghribi | 13 | 5 | 1st | $81,000 |
| 14 | Gesa Felicitas Krause | 21 | 1 | 1st | $54,500 |
| 15 | Etenesh Diro | 16 | 1 | 1st | $53,000 |
| 16 | Sembo Almayew | 13 | 1 | 1st | $53,000 |
| 17 | Marwa Bouzayani | 16 | 1 | 1st | $50,500 |
| 18 | Celliphine Chespol | 15 | 0 | 2nd | $49,250 |
| 19 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | 18 | 0 | 3rd | $48,000 |
| 20 | Virginia Nyambura | 9 | 3 | 1st | $48,000 |
| 21 | Werkuha Getachew | 4 | 2 | 1st | $47,250 |
| 22 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | 17 | 0 | 2nd | $43,500 |
| 23 | Daisy Jepkemei | 15 | 1 | 1st | $38,250 |
| 24 | Jackline Chepkoech | 9 | 2 | 1st | $37,250 |
| 25 | Doris Lemngole | 5 | 1 | 2nd | $34,000 |
| 26 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | 11 | 0 | 2nd | $34,000 |
| 27 | Courtney Frerichs | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $28,500 |
| 28 | Gladys Jerotich Kipkemoi | 5 | 1 | 1st | $26,000 |
| 29 | Ancuţa Bobocel | 7 | 1 | 1st | $21,500 |
| 30 | Gabrielle Jennings | 11 | 0 | 3rd | $20,500 |
| 31 | Stephanie Garcia | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $20,000 |
| 32 | Mekides Abebe | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $18,750 |
| 33 | Zerfe Wondemagegn | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $18,750 |
| 34 | Lea Meyer | 11 | 0 | 4th | $16,000 |
| 35 | Yuliya Zaripova | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 36 | Courtney Wayment | 8 | 0 | 4th | $15,500 |
| 37 | Birtukan Adamu | 8 | 0 | 4th | $14,500 |
| 38 | Alice Finot | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $14,250 |
| 39 | Barbara Parker | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $14,000 |
| 40 | Elise Thorner | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $14,000 |
Beatrice Chepkoech has collected $283,000 of the $3,263,500 this discipline has paid out, 8.7% of it. Milcah Chemos has won sixteen of them, more than anyone else. 90 of the 128 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 128.
Every Diamond League women's 3000 m steeplechase
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women'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: 2010 ran it seven times and 2017 five times. Nobody has ever shared the win in it, so every figure in the win column is one athlete's cheque.
Where the women'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 |
|---|---|---|
| Weltklasse Zürich | 10 | $525,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme | 8 | $355,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 11 | $336,500 |
| Meeting de Paris | 8 | $230,000 |
| Bislett Games | 7 | $210,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League | 7 | $205,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 7 | $200,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 7 | $199,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 7 | $190,000 |
| Athletissima | 6 | $175,000 |
| Herculis | 5 | $140,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 4 | $120,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | 4 | $118,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 4 | $115,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games | 2 | $60,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 2 | $55,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 1 | $30,000 |
| 17 meetings | 100 | $3,263,500$3.3m |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Prefontaine Classic has run it eleven times and paid $336,500 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's 3000 m steeplechase
The six ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | FINAL | FINAL | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $50,000 | $30,000 | $30,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 | $12,000 | $12,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $10,000 | $7,000 | $7,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $5,000 | $2,500 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $3,000 | $1,500 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $100,000 | $60,000 | $60,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women'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. It has never been picked as a Diamond+ discipline, so it has always paid the standard ladder.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money does the Diamond League pay in the women's 3000 m steeplechase?
$3,263,500 across 100 runnings of it, to 128 athletes from 36 countries. That is 2.9% of everything the series has paid, and the 20th biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's 3000 m steeplechase pay?
$10,000. 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. Nine of the 100 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 women's 3000 m steeplechase?
Beatrice Chepkoech, on $283,000 from 27 paid finishes, eleven of them wins. 90 of the 128 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 3000 m steeplechase titles?
Milcah Chemos, on sixteen wins. 25 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 3000 m steeplechase across the 100 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 3000 m steeplechase?
100 times across sixteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of 17 different meetings. Prefontaine Classic has run it eleven times, more than anywhere else. The series rotates its programme, so no discipline is on every card.
How far down the field does the women's 3000 m steeplechase pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 794 payments have gone to 128 athletes in this discipline, and 210 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 sixteen seasons on this site, 224 meetings and $113,397,000. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. The other half of the event is at Men's 3000 m steeplechase, which has paid $3,334,000.
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