Chen Yujie prize money
Chen Yujie has been paid $5,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1962nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 200 m, the best of them 4th.
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.
Every payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 200 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 200 m | 4th | $3,000 |
| All three | Women's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Athletics Relays
What Chen Yujie ran on
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | TEAM PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 4 × 100 metres relay | 5th | 42.61 | $6,000 |
The World Relays have paid $6,000 for the one team Chen Yujie ran on in Gaborone 2026, and all of it went to China rather than to the four who ran. The $5,500 at the top of this page is what the Diamond League paid her. This is what World Athletics paid a country, and the two are not added together anywhere on the site. No team she ran on won its final, and the ladder paid the teams anyway: it reaches all eight teams in a final, $40,000 for a title down to $2,000 for 8th, so reaching one is the run that pays. She ran alongside Liang Xiaojing, and the Diamond League has paid them too. The World Relays page holds all 12 finals across two championships and the $1,067,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from one start. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $5,500.
Around Chen Yujie on the money list
Ranks 1942 to 1982
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1942 | Tynia Gaither | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1943 | Vonette Dixon | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $6,000 |
| 1944 | Yelizaveta Bryzgina | Women's 200 m | - | $6,000 |
| 1945 | Youcef Abdi | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,000 |
| 1946 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Women's javelin throw | - | $6,000 |
| 1947 | Axelina Johansson | Women's shot put | - | $5,750 |
| 1948 | Bassant Hemida | two disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1949 | Bo Kanda Lita Baehre | Men's pole vault | - | $5,750 |
| 1950 | Cornelius Tuwei | Men's 800 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1951 | Diondre Batson | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1952 | Karissa Schweizer | three disciplines | - | $5,750 |
| 1953 | Rohan Browning | Men's 100 m | - | $5,750 |
| 1954 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1955 | Ahmed Abdelwahed | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1956 | Alia Armstrong | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1957 | Bernardo Baloyes | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1958 | Bernhard Seifert | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1959 | Britton Wilson | Women's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1960 | Bruno Hortelano-Roig | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1961 | Charlotta Fougberg | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1962 | Chen Yujie | Women's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1963 | Christopher Taylor | Men's 400 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1964 | Cravon Gillespie | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1965 | Cravont Charleston | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1966 | Deajah Stevens | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1967 | Demario Prince | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1968 | Dexter Faulk | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1969 | Dmytro Demyanyuk | Men's high jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1970 | Dovilė Kilty | Women's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1971 | Elisa Cusma | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1972 | Emel Dereli̇ | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1973 | Emily Cherotich Tuei | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1974 | Eric Edwards Jr. | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1975 | Gabbi Cunningham | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1976 | Hamid Ezzine | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1977 | Hawi Abera | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1978 | Hyleas Fountain | Women's long jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1979 | Ibrahim Ezzaydouni | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1980 | Jacquelyn Coward | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1981 | Janeek Brown | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1982 | Joe Klecker | three disciplines | - | $5,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Chen Yujie is 1962nd of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Chen Yujie most
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $3,000 for 4th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Amy Hunt, Jessika Gbai, Li Yuting, Twanisha Terry, Mujinga Kambundji and Anavia Battle.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: McKenzie Long, Torrie Lewis, Shericka Jackson, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Anavia Battle and Sha'Carri Richardson.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 200 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Torrie Lewis, Shericka Jackson, Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Anavia Battle, Sha'Carri Richardson and Jenna Prandini.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Chen Yujie won?
$5,500, which ranks 1962nd of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Chen Yujie's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the 200 m at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Chen Yujie 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 200 m 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.
What did Chen Yujie's World Relays teams win?
$6,000, across one paid final in Gaborone 2026. The relays pay a team rather than a runner, so the cheque goes to the federation and not to Chen Yujie or to any one of the four. A title pays $40,000 and the ladder reaches all eight teams in a final, down to $2,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Chen Yujie earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Relays money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Chen Yujie is Charlotta Fougberg on $5,500, and one below Christopher Taylor on $5,500. Chen Yujie is one of 114 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $1,813,250 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's 200 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Chen Yujie 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 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. World Relays prize money is the Guangzhou 2025 and Gaborone 2026 championships, $1,087,000 put up across 12 finals that pay a team and never a runner, and the relay is on the women's 4 × 100 metres relay page.