Dai Qianqian prize money
Dai Qianqian has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1788th of the 3,683 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 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Javelin throw | 9th | - |
| All three | 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 $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | - |
| 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. No Diamond League meeting paid Dai Qianqian in 2024, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Dai Qianqian on the money list
Ranks 1768 to 1808
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1768 | Rayniah Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,500 |
| 1769 | Svetlana Bolshakova | Women's triple jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1770 | Talitha Diggs | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1771 | Vernon Turner | Men's high jump | - | $7,500 |
| 1772 | Victoria Ohuruogu | Women's 400 m | - | $7,500 |
| 1773 | Zahra Bani | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,500 |
| 1774 | Boglárka Takács | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1775 | Charity Hufnagel | Women's high jump | - | $7,250 |
| 1776 | Emmanuel Bamidele | Men's 400 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1777 | Julien Watrin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1778 | Margot Chevrier | Women's pole vault | - | $7,250 |
| 1779 | Mario García | two disciplines | - | $7,250 |
| 1780 | Nick Smidt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,250 |
| 1781 | Ryan Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $7,250 |
| 1782 | Águeda Marqués | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1783 | Andreas Bube | Men's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1784 | Anna Hall | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1785 | Blessing Ufodiama | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1786 | Carolin Dietrich | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1787 | Claudia Salman | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1788 | Dai Qianqian | Women's javelin throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1789 | Davita Prendergast | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1790 | Genet Yalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1791 | Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1792 | Gerson Baldé | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1793 | JJ Jegede | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1794 | Jose Reynaldo Bencosme de Leon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1795 | Katja Demut | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1796 | Kemar Mowatt | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1797 | Ky Robinson | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1798 | Lisa Urech | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1799 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1800 | Marie-Julie Bonnin | Women's pole vault | - | $7,000 |
| 1801 | Mathew Kipkoech Kisorio | Men's 5000 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1802 | Melanie Bauschke | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1803 | Michael Bultheel | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Dai Qianqian is 1788th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 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 du Plessis, 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.
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $0 for 9th in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Haruka Kitaguchi, Mackenzie Little, Flor Ruiz, Maggie Malone-Hardin, Lyu Huihui and Elina Tzengko.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Dai Qianqian won?
$7,000, which ranks 1788th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2024 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.
Has Dai Qianqian ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
Is this everything Dai Qianqian earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 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 3,683 athletes across the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Dai Qianqian is Claudia Salman on $7,000, and one below Davita Prendergast on $7,000. Dai Qianqian 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 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 400 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.