Dai Qianqian prize money
Dai Qianqian has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 964th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, the best of them 2nd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Javelin throw | 8th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All two | Women's javelin throw | — | $7,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is two 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.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $6,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from one start. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Dai Qianqian on the money list
Ranks 944 to 984
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 944 | Olivia Markezich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,500 |
| 945 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $7,500 |
| 946 | Silas Kiplagat | Men's 1500 m | — | $7,500 |
| 947 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 948 | Thiago Braz da Silva | Men's pole vault | — | $7,500 |
| 949 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | — | $7,500 |
| 950 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | — | $7,500 |
| 951 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | — | $7,250 |
| 952 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | — | $7,250 |
| 953 | Damian Czykier | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 954 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | — | $7,250 |
| 955 | Gatis Čakšs | Men's javelin throw | — | $7,250 |
| 956 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 957 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | — | $7,250 |
| 958 | Mario García | two disciplines | — | $7,250 |
| 959 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,250 |
| 960 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | — | $7,250 |
| 961 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 962 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 963 | Brooke Stratton | Women's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 964 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | — | $7,000 |
| 965 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 966 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $7,000 |
| 967 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 968 | Luka Janežič | Men's 400 m | — | $7,000 |
| 969 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | — | $7,000 |
| 970 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | — | $7,000 |
| 971 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 972 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | — | $7,000 |
| 973 | Purity Cherotich Kirui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 974 | Ruth Jebet | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $7,000 |
| 975 | Simone Facey | Women's 200 m | — | $7,000 |
| 976 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | — | $7,000 |
| 977 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | — | $7,000 |
| 978 | Yuliya Leantsiuk | Women's shot put | — | $7,000 |
| 979 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $6,750 |
| 980 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | — | $6,750 |
| 981 | Chris Baker | Men's high jump | — | $6,750 |
| 982 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | — | $6,750 |
| 983 | Gabriel Constantino | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $6,750 |
| 984 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | — | $6,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dai Qianqian is 964th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Dai Qianqian most
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jo-Ané van Dyk, Haruka Kitaguchi, Yan Ziyi, Marie-Therese Obst, Tori Peeters and Maggie Malone-Hardin.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Elina Tzengko, Yan Ziyi, Sigrid Borge, Adriana Vilagoš, Maria Andrejczyk and Flor Ruiz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dai Qianqian won?
$7,000, which ranks 964th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Dai Qianqian's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the javelin throw at the 2025 Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Dai Qianqian 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 javelin 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 Dai Qianqian 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 Dai Qianqian is Brooke Stratton on $7,000, and one below Gerson Baldé on $7,000. Dai Qianqian is one of 47 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $899,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see women's javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Dai Qianqian 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 Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.