Women's 5000 m prize money
The Diamond League has paid $975,000 in the women's 5000 m, to 72 athletes across 27 runnings of it, from 2019 to 2026. Beatrice Chebet has taken more of it than anyone, $130,750.
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. Four of the 27 runnings were at the series final, which pays on its own ladder: $30,000 for the win at the 2026 final. Four of the 27 runnings were Diamond+, which pays double.
Who the women's 5000 m has paid the most
Every running of it on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatrice Chebet | 11 | 7 | 1st | $130,750 |
| 2 | Medina Eisa | 11 | 3 | 1st | $72,500 |
| 3 | Gudaf Tsegay | 6 | 2 | 1st | $63,000 |
| 4 | Sifan Hassan | 4 | 1 | 1st | $58,250 |
| 5 | Freweyni Hailu | 6 | 1 | 1st | $54,750 |
| 6 | Likina Amebaw | 8 | 1 | 2nd | $49,250 |
| 7 | Ejgayehu Taye | 7 | 0 | 3rd | $38,500 |
| 8 | Hellen Obiri | 4 | 2 | 1st | $29,500 |
| 9 | Letesenbet Gidey | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $29,500 |
| 10 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | 2 | 1 | 1st | $26,000 |
| 11 | Lilian Kasait Rengeruk | 6 | 1 | 1st | $22,250 |
| 12 | Agnes Jebet Tirop | 3 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 13 | Dawit Seyaum | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 14 | Nadia Battocletti | 5 | 1 | 1st | $18,500 |
| 15 | Aleshign Baweke | 5 | 0 | 2nd | $17,500 |
| 16 | Fantu Worku | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $17,500 |
| 17 | Fotyen Tesfay | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $17,000 |
| 18 | Margaret Kipkemboi | 6 | 0 | 5th | $16,500 |
| 19 | Hirut Meshesha | 6 | 0 | 4th | $14,500 |
| 20 | Tsigie Gebreselama | 3 | 1 | 1st | $14,500 |
| 21 | Senayet Getachew | 5 | 0 | 3rd | $13,500 |
| 22 | Birke Haylom | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $13,250 |
| 23 | Nozomi Tanaka | 6 | 0 | 3rd | $13,250 |
| 24 | Margaret Akidor | 2 | 1 | 1st | $13,000 |
| 25 | Fantaye Belayneh | 6 | 0 | 2nd | $12,500 |
| 26 | Rose Davies | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $12,000 |
| 27 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $11,000 |
| 28 | Melknat Wudu | 8 | 0 | 4th | $10,750 |
| 29 | Faith Kipyegon | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 30 | Francine Niyonsaba | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 31 | Lemlem Hailu | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $9,250 |
| 32 | Marta Alemayo | 4 | 0 | 3rd | $8,750 |
| 33 | Caroline Nyaga | 4 | 0 | 5th | $8,000 |
| 34 | Josette Andrews | 2 | 0 | 4th | $7,500 |
| 35 | Hawi Feysa | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $6,750 |
| 36 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | 2 | 0 | 4th | $6,000 |
| 37 | Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | 4 | 0 | 4th | $5,500 |
| 38 | Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui | 2 | 0 | 5th | $5,000 |
| 39 | Maureen Koster | 3 | 0 | 6th | $5,000 |
| 40 | Aynadis Mebratu | 3 | 0 | 7th | $4,750 |
Beatrice Chebet has collected $130,750 of the $975,000 this discipline has paid out, 13.4% of it. Beatrice Chebet has won seven of them, more than anyone else. 45 of the 72 athletes paid in this discipline were paid in it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 72.
Every Diamond League women's 5000 m
Who won it, what the win paid and what the field took
What the women's 5000 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: 2024 ran it six times and 2021 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 5000 m 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 | 6 | $320,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic | 3 | $115,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea | 2 | $80,000 |
| Doha Diamond League | 2 | $65,000 |
| Bauhausgalan | 2 | $55,000 |
| London Athletics Meet | 2 | $55,000 |
| Bislett Games | 2 | $50,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League | 1 | $50,000 |
| Kamila Skolimowska Memorial | 1 | $30,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games | 1 | $30,000 |
| Birmingham Diamond League | 1 | $25,000 |
| Herculis | 1 | $25,000 |
| Meeting de Paris | 1 | $25,000 |
| Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat | 1 | $25,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich | 1 | $25,000 |
| 15 meetings | 27 | $975,000 |
Every meeting pays the same ladder, so this column ranks how often each one put the discipline on rather than how generous it is. AG Memorial Van Damme has run it six times and paid $320,000 for it. Each meeting links to everything it has paid across every edition of it.
What each place pays in the women's 5000 m
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 women's 5000 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 27 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 5000 m?
$975,000 across 27 runnings of it, to 72 athletes from 18 countries. That is 1.8% of everything the series has paid, and the 32nd biggest of the 41 disciplines on this site.
What does a win in the women's 5000 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. Four of the 27 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 5000 m?
Beatrice Chebet, on $130,750 from eleven paid finishes, seven of them wins. 45 of the 72 athletes the discipline has paid were paid in it more than once.
Who has won the most Diamond League women's 5000 m titles?
Beatrice Chebet, on seven wins. Sixteen different athletes have won a Diamond League women's 5000 m across the 27 runnings on this site.
How often does the Diamond League run the women's 5000 m?
27 times across seven seasons, from 2019 to 2026, on the programmes of fifteen different meetings. AG Memorial Van Damme 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 women's 5000 m pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however good the mark was. 216 payments have gone to 72 athletes in this discipline, and 178 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 5000 m, which has paid $1,100,000.
Every other Diamond League discipline
- Men's 100 m
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Every Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Meeting de Paris
- Doha Diamond League
- Bislett Games
- Athletissima
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Bauhausgalan
- Herculis EBS
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- Shanghai Diamond League
- London Athletics Meet
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Anniversary Games
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead