Chen Yang prize money
Chen Yang has been paid $4,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1204th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's discus throw, and it was 3rd.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and nothing else. A published card sets what first through eighth is worth, the same figure in every discipline at that meeting, and ninth pays nothing.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bauhausgalan 2019 | Discus throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Chen Yang on the money list
Ranks 1184 to 1224
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1184 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1185 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | — | $4,500 |
| 1186 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1187 | Tiffany Porter | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1188 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | — | $4,500 |
| 1189 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,500 |
| 1190 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1191 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1192 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1193 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1194 | Kevin Borlée | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1195 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | — | $4,250 |
| 1196 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | — | $4,250 |
| 1197 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | — | $4,250 |
| 1198 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1199 | Anastasia Le-Roy | Women's 400 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1200 | Andrew Hudson | Men's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1201 | Carolle Zahi | Women's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1202 | Chantel Malone | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1203 | Charlene Lipsey | Women's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1204 | Chen Yang | Women's discus throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1205 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1206 | Ethan Olivier | Men's triple jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1207 | Eunice Sum | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
| 1208 | Fabienne Hoenke | Women's 200 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1209 | Femi Ogunode | Men's 100 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1210 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1211 | Haregeweyni Kalayu | Women's 1500 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1212 | Harry Coppell | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
| 1213 | Iryna Gerashchenko | Women's high jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1214 | Jacob Wooten | Men's pole vault | — | $4,000 |
| 1215 | Jeff Henderson | Men's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1216 | Jessica Turner | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1217 | Jonathan Kitilit | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1218 | Ken Toyoda | Men's 300 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1219 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1220 | Louise Maraval | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $4,000 |
| 1221 | Luiz Maurício da Silva | Men's javelin throw | — | $4,000 |
| 1222 | Nia Robinson | Women's long jump | — | $4,000 |
| 1223 | Nicholas Kipkoech | Men's 800 m | — | $4,000 |
| 1224 | Nigist Getachew | two disciplines | — | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chen Yang is 1204th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $4,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chen Yang most
Bauhausgalan 2019 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Feng Bin, Sandra Perković, Valarie Allman, Andressa de Morais, Mélina Robert-Michon and Vanessa Kamga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chen Yang won?
$4,000, which ranks 1204th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Chen Yang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$4,000, for finishing 3rd in the discus throw at the 2019 Bauhausgalan. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Chen Yang gets paid?
Entirely by where she finishes. The series publishes one rate card a season and applies it to every discipline at every meeting, so a place is worth the same in the women's discus throw as it is in the shot put on the same afternoon. Eight places are paid and ninth pays nothing. There is no bonus for a record and no share of a gate.
Is this everything Chen Yang earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. It holds no championship prize money, no national federation payment, no appearance fee and no sponsorship. What it does hold is every dollar the series itself paid her, priced off the card it published.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money ranks all 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Chen Yang is Charlene Lipsey on $4,000, and one below Claudia Salman on $4,000. For the event itself, see women's discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Chen Yang has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 800 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Bauhausgalan has its own page across every edition of it.