Women's 3000 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $655,000 in the women's 3000 m, to 80 athletes across 20 runnings of it, from 2018 to 2026. Fantaye Belayneh has taken more of it than anyone, $53,250.
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. One of the 20 runnings was at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $50,000 for the win at the 2025 final. Four of the 20 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's 3000 m has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fantaye Belayneh | 3 | 1 | 1st | $53,250 |
| 2 | Beatrice Chebet | 5 | 4 | 1st | $43,500 |
| 3 | Freweyni Hailu | 3 | 2 | 1st | $32,500 |
| 4 | Francine Niyonsaba | 3 | 3 | 1st | $30,000 |
| 5 | Linden Hall | 3 | 1 | 1st | $24,000 |
| 6 | Likina Amebaw | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $22,000 |
| 7 | Sifan Hassan | 3 | 2 | 1st | $22,000 |
| 8 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $21,500 |
| 9 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | 2 | 1 | 1st | $20,750 |
| 10 | Josette Andrews | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $20,000 |
| 11 | Georgia Griffith | 4 | 1 | 1st | $18,750 |
| 12 | Margaret Kipkemboi | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $17,750 |
| 13 | Jessica Hull | 3 | 1 | 1st | $17,000 |
| 14 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | 5 | 1 | 1st | $15,250 |
| 15 | Ejgayehu Taye | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $15,000 |
| 16 | Hellen Obiri | 3 | 1 | 1st | $14,000 |
| 17 | Aleshign Baweke | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,500 |
| 18 | Sarah Chelangat | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 19 | Alicia Monson | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 20 | Diribe Welteji | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 21 | Hannah Nuttall | 3 | 0 | 4th | $10,000 |
| 22 | Mercy Cherono | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 23 | Faith Kipyegon | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 24 | Genzebe Dibaba | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 25 | Caroline Nyaga | 5 | 0 | 5th | $8,500 |
| 26 | Sarah Healy | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $8,000 |
| 27 | Senayet Getachew | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $8,000 |
| 28 | Rose Davies | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $7,750 |
| 29 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $7,500 |
| 30 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $7,250 |
| 31 | Marta García | 4 | 0 | 6th | $7,000 |
| 32 | Maureen Koster | 4 | 0 | 5th | $6,750 |
| 33 | Letesenbet Gidey | 2 | 0 | 3rd | $6,500 |
| 34 | Amy-Eloise Markovc | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 35 | Innes FitzGerald | 1 | 0 | 3rd | $6,000 |
| 36 | Janeth Chepngetich | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 37 | Laura Galván | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 38 | Nadia Battocletti | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $6,000 |
| 39 | Elise Cranny | 3 | 0 | 4th | $5,000 |
| 40 | Gloria Kite | 3 | 0 | 4th | $5,000 |
Fantaye Belayneh has collected $53,250 of the $655,000 this discipline has paid out, 8.1% of it. Beatrice Chebet has won four of them, more than anyone else. 41 of the 80 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 80.
Every Diamond League women's 3000 m
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women's 3000 m 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: 2022 ran it four times and 2018 once. 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 is run
The meetings that have put it on, and what each has paid for it
| MEETING | RUNNINGS | PAID FOR IT |
|---|---|---|
| Doha Diamond League | 4 | $110,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 1 | $100,000 |
| Bislett Games | 3 | $90,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 2 | $55,000 |
| Athletissima | 2 | $50,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 1 | $50,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 2 | $50,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 1 | $40,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 1 | $30,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 1 | $30,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 1 | $25,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| 12 meetings | 20 | $655,000 |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. Doha Diamond League has run it four times and paid $110,000 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
The six ladders this discipline has been paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + | FINAL + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 | $50,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 | $20,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 | $6,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 | $5,000 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 | $3,000 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 | $100,000 |
One column per ladder, and none of them is specific to this discipline: the women's 3000 m 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 four of 20 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 women's 3000 m?
$655,000 across 20 runnings of it, to 80 athletes from 19 countries. That is 1.2% of everything the series has paid, and the 33rd biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's 3000 m 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. One of the 20 runnings was at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $50,000 for the win at the 2025 final.
Who has earned the most in the women's 3000 m?
Fantaye Belayneh, on $53,250 from three paid finishes, one of them wins. 41 of the 80 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 3000 m titles?
Beatrice Chebet, on four wins. Thirteen different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 3000 m across the 20 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 3000 m?
20 times across eight seasons, from 2018 to 2026, on the programmes of twelve different meetings. Doha Diamond League has run it four 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 pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 160 payments have gone to 80 athletes in this discipline, and 121 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 Men's 3000 m, which has paid $495,000.
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