| Personal records |
| Outdoors: 1500m - 3:29.02 (2006), 7th All-Time World, 3rd All-Time Kenya Mile - 3:48.38 (2007), 19th All-Time World, 8th All-Time Kenya 3000m - 7:31.41 (2011), 21st All-Time Kenya 5000m - 13:04.02 (2010) Indoors: 1000m - 2:18.19 (2006), 10th All-Time Kenya 1500m - 3:33.08 (2005), 4th All-Time World, 2nd All-Time Kenya Mile - 3:53.93 (2012), 7th All-Time Kenya 3000m - 7:37.47 (2007), 10th All-Time Kenya 5000m - 13:06.27 (2010), 5th All-Time World, 3rd All-Time Kenya |
| Historical performance achievements - Indoor 1500m (through 2012 season) |
| All-Time #1 in sub-3:35.00 indoor performances in a career: 7 Peter Larsson's assistance with the statistical information is greatly appreciated. |
| Career highlights |
| 2013 |
| Outdoors: 6th - IAAF Diamond League Doha 1500m (3:33.05) Indoors: 4th - Gent 3000m (7:41.16) 5th - Moscow 1500m (3:37.99) End-of-Indoor-Season World Rank (by time): 3000m - 13th |
| 2012 |
| Outdoors: 6th - IAAF Diamond League Brussels 1500m (3:32.98) 3rd - Zagreb 1500m (3:33.39) 8th - IAAF Diamond League Doha 1500m (3:33.43) 10th - ISTAF Berlin 1500m (3:35.80) 11th - IAAF Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:53.04) 11th - IAAF Diamond League Oslo Mile (3:53.90) 5th - Budapest 3000m (7:44.80) 5th - Heusden-Zolder 5000m (13:09.90) 6th - Rabat 5000m (13:10.64) 3rd - Lille 5000m (13:12.56) End-of-Outdoor-Season World Rank (by time): 1500m - 14th; Mile - 18th Indoors: 5th - Lievin 1500m (3:36.96) 3rd - Fayetteville Mile (3:53.93) End-of-Indoor-Season World Rank (by time): Mile - 4th; 1500m - 11th |
| 2011 |
| Outdoors: 6th - IAAF Diamond League Doha 3000m (7:31.41) 3rd - National Champs/World Champs Trials Nairobi 1500m Final (3:32.47) 7th - Berlin 1500m (3:32.81) 2nd - Barcelona 1500m (3:32.95) 6th - IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 1500m (3:33.41) 4th - IAAF Diamond League Stockholm 1500m (3:34.51) 8th - IAAF Diamond League Zurich 1500m (3:36.78) 9th - IAAF World Championships Daegu 1500m Semi-Final (3:37.58) 6th - IAAF Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:50.29) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 16th; Mile - 6th; 3000m - 6th Indoors: 2nd - Gent 1500m (3:35.16) 4th - Dusseldorf 1500m (3:36.46) 1st - Stuttgart Indoors 1500m (3:37.13) End-of-Indoor-Season World Rank (by time): 1500m - 5th |
| 2010 |
| Outdoors: 1st - KBC Heusden-Zolder 1500m (3:32.16) 2nd - IAAF Diamond League Roma 1500m (3:33.08) 4th - IAAF Diamond League Lausanne 1500m (3:33.61) 6th - IAAF Diamond League Brussels 1500m (3:34.03) 10th - IAAF Diamond League Monaco 1500m (3:34.84) 4th - IAAF Diamond League Eugene Mile (3:50.70) 4th - Rabat 5000m (13:04.02) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 9th; Mile - 7th Indoors: 2nd - Dusseldorf 5000m (13:06.27) 2nd - Lievin 3000m (7:42.71) 3rd - Gent 1500m (3:37.19) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 12th; 3000m -12th; 5000m - 2nd |
| 2009 |
| Outdoors: 5th - Doha 3000m (7:32.91) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 3000m - 12th Indoors: 2nd - KBC Gent 1500m (3:34.86) 4th - Valencia 3000m (7:37.98) 4th - Prague 5000m (13:29.44) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 3rd; 3000m - 7th |
| 2008 |
| Outdoors: 1st - Monaco 1500m (3:31.49) 2nd - IAAF Golden League Berlin 1500m (3:31.91) 2nd - Heusden 1500m (3:34.66) 5th - IAAF Golden League Brussels 1500m (3:36.53) 3rd - Eugene Mile (3:50.95) 9th - Shanghai 5000m (13:24.39) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st; Mile - 9th Indoors: 2nd - IAAF World Indoor Championships Valencia 1500m (3:38.54) 1st - Athens 1500m (3:34.80) 2nd - Birmingham 500m (3:36.55) 4th - Valencia 3000m (7:38.58) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st; 3000m - 9th |
| 2007 |
| Outdoors: 1st - Shanghai 1500m (3:31.75) 2nd - Athens 1500m (3:32.44) 6th - IAAF Golden League Roma 1500m (3:32.55) 1st - IAAF Golden League Brussels 1500m (3:32.67) 6th - Doha 1500m (3:33.52) 1st - IAAF Golden League Berlin 1500m (3:34.09) 1st - Eugene Mile (3:48.28) 4th - IAAF Golden League Oslo Mile (3:52.19) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 8th Indoors: 1st - Valencia 1500m (3:33.69) 2nd - Stockholm 1500m (3:34.69) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st; 3000m - 7th |
| 2006 |
| Outdoors: 1st - IAAF Golden League Roma 1500m (3:29.02) 1st - Athens 1500m (3:30.37) 2nd - Lausanne 1500m (3:32.12) 1st - IAAF Golden League Zurich 1500m (3:33.89) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st Indoors: 2nd - IAAF World Indoor Championships Moscow (3:39.64) 1st - Stuttgart 1500m (3:34.20) 1st - Birmingham 1500m (3:34.26) 1st - Karlsruhe 1000m (2:18.19) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st; 1000m - 1st |
| 2005 |
| Outdoors: 1st - IAAF Golden League Berlin 1500m (3:29.72) 1st - IAAF Golden League Paris 1500m (3:30.01) 2nd - IAAF Golden League Roma 1500m (3:30.27) 1st - IAAF Golden League Zurich 1500m (3:30.49) 1st - IAAF Golden League Brussels 1500m (3:31.13) 1st - Sevilla 1500m (3:31.46) 3rd - IAAF Golden League Oslo Mile (3:48.49) 3rd - Hengelo 3000m (7:31.98) End-of-Outdoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 2nd; Mile - 3rd Indoors: 1st - Karlsruhe 1500m (3:33.08) 1st - Madrid 1500m (3:34.59) 1st - Gent 1500m (3:35.61) 2nd - Stuttgart 1500m (3:37.68) 1st - Athens 3000m (7:53.89) End-of-Indoor-Season world rank (by time): 1500m - 1st |
| 2004 |
| 1st - Liege 1500m (3:34.66) 4th - Rieti 1500m (3:34.68) 1st - Burnaby Mile (3:54.02) 3rd - Roverto 5000m (13:16.26) |
| 2003 |
| 2nd - African Junior Championships Garoua 5000m (13:49.20) |