Women's 3000 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $1,251,000 in the women's 3000 m, to 133 athletes across 40 runnings of it, from 2010 to 2026. Mercy Cherono has taken more of it than anyone, $100,500.
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 40 runnings was at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $50,000 for the win at the 2025 final. Four of the 40 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 | Mercy Cherono | 13 | 7 | 1st | $100,500 |
| 2 | Hellen Obiri | 10 | 4 | 1st | $59,000 |
| 3 | Fantaye Belayneh | 3 | 1 | 1st | $53,250 |
| 4 | Beatrice Chebet | 5 | 4 | 1st | $43,500 |
| 5 | Sifan Hassan | 6 | 3 | 1st | $42,000 |
| 6 | Genzebe Dibaba | 8 | 1 | 1st | $38,000 |
| 7 | Freweyni Hailu | 3 | 2 | 1st | $32,500 |
| 8 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | 8 | 0 | 2nd | $32,000 |
| 9 | Vivian Jepkemei Cheruiyot | 5 | 2 | 1st | $31,000 |
| 10 | Francine Niyonsaba | 3 | 3 | 1st | $30,000 |
| 11 | Almaz Ayana | 4 | 2 | 1st | $25,000 |
| 12 | Margaret Kipkemboi | 7 | 0 | 2nd | $24,750 |
| 13 | Shannon Rowbury | 7 | 1 | 1st | $24,500 |
| 14 | Linden Hall | 3 | 1 | 1st | $24,000 |
| 15 | Agnes Tirop | 7 | 1 | 1st | $23,000 |
| 16 | Likina Amebaw | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $22,000 |
| 17 | Meseret Defar | 3 | 1 | 1st | $22,000 |
| 18 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | 9 | 0 | 3rd | $21,000 |
| 19 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | 2 | 1 | 1st | $20,750 |
| 20 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $20,500 |
| 21 | Josette Andrews | 1 | 0 | 2nd | $20,000 |
| 22 | Georgia Griffith | 4 | 1 | 1st | $18,750 |
| 23 | Jessica Hull | 3 | 1 | 1st | $17,000 |
| 24 | Ejgayehu Taye | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $16,000 |
| 25 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | 5 | 1 | 1st | $15,250 |
| 26 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $15,250 |
| 27 | Sentayehu Ejigu | 2 | 1 | 1st | $14,000 |
| 28 | Janet Kisa | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $13,500 |
| 29 | Faith Kipyegon | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $13,000 |
| 30 | Aleshign Baweke | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,500 |
| 31 | Sarah Chelangat | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 32 | Gelete Burka | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $11,500 |
| 33 | Katie Mackey | 2 | 1 | 1st | $11,500 |
| 34 | Alicia Monson | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $10,000 |
| 35 | Diribe Welteji | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 36 | Hannah Nuttall | 3 | 0 | 4th | $10,000 |
| 37 | Eilish McColgan | 4 | 0 | 4th | $9,500 |
| 38 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $9,000 |
| 39 | Jenny Simpson | 3 | 0 | 4th | $9,000 |
| 40 | Caroline Nyaga | 5 | 0 | 5th | $8,500 |
Mercy Cherono has collected $100,500 of the $1,251,000 this discipline has paid out, 8.0% of it. Mercy Cherono has won seven of them, more than anyone else. 70 of the 133 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 133.
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: 2012 ran it four times and 2010 twice. 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 | 7 | $200,000 |
| Athletissima | 6 | $170,000 |
| Herculis EBS | 5 | $160,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 2 | $130,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 3 | $106,000 |
| Bislett Games | 3 | $90,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham | 3 | $90,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 2 | $55,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 2 | $50,000 |
| Adidas Grand Prix | 1 | $30,000 |
| Belgacom Memorial Van Damme | 1 | $30,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 1 | $30,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 1 | $30,000 |
| Sainsburys Anniversary Games | 1 | $30,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 1 | $25,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| 16 meetings | 40 | $1,251,000 |
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 seven times and paid $200,000 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 40 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?
$1,251,000 across 40 runnings of it, to 133 athletes from 26 countries. That is 1.1% 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 40 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?
Mercy Cherono, on $100,500 from thirteen paid finishes, seven of them wins. 70 of the 133 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 3000 m titles?
Mercy Cherono, on seven wins. 21 different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 3000 m across the 40 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 3000 m?
40 times across fifteen seasons, from 2010 to 2026, on the programmes of sixteen different meetings. Doha Diamond League has run it seven 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. 319 payments have gone to 133 athletes in this discipline, and 122 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, which has paid $705,000.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Women's 100 m
- Men's 100 m
- Women's 100 m hurdles
- Men's pole vault
- Women's 400 m
- Men's 800 m
- Men's 200 m
- Women's 800 m
- Men's 110 m hurdles
- Women's 200 m
- Men's 400 m
- Women's 400 m hurdles
- Men's 400 m hurdles
- Women's pole vault
- Women's high jump
- Women's 1500 m
- Men's high jump
- Men's 3000 m steeplechase
- Women's long jump
- Women's 3000 m steeplechase
- Men's shot put
- Men's long jump
- Women's discus throw
- Men's javelin throw
- Men's discus throw
- Women's triple jump
- Men's triple jump
- Women's javelin throw
- Women's shot put
- Men's 1500 m
- Men's 5000 m
- Women's 5000 m
- Men's mile
- Men's 3000 m
- Women's mile
- Men's 1000 m
- Men's 300 m hurdles
- Women's 2 miles
- Women's 1000 m
- Men's 2 miles
Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Athletissima
- Meeting de Paris
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Doha Diamond League
- Bauhausgalan
- Bislett Games
- Herculis EBS
- Shanghai Diamond League
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Anniversary Games
- London Athletics Meet
- Adidas Grand Prix
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead
Every Diamond League season
- Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League 2025
- Diamond League 2024
- Diamond League 2023
- Diamond League 2022
- Diamond League 2021
- Diamond League 2019
- Diamond League 2018
- Diamond League 2017
- Diamond League 2016
- Diamond League 2015
- Diamond League 2014
- Diamond League 2013
- Diamond League 2012
- Diamond League 2011
- Diamond League 2010