Gong Lijiao prize money
Gong Lijiao has been paid $49,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 320th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's shot put, four of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2025 | Shot put | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Shot put | 4th | $2,000 |
| Oslo Bislett Games 2019 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Shot put | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2017 | Shot put | 1st | $10,000 |
| All seven | Women's shot put | — | $49,000 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $49,000 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.09% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The World Championships
What Gong Lijiao did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | 9th | 18.96 | — |
Gong Lijiao stood in one 2025 World Championships final in Tokyo and finished outside the money. The championships pay eight places, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th, and nothing at all below that. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The World Indoor Championships
What Gong Lijiao did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | 5th | 18.84 m | $6,000 |
The World Indoor Championships have paid Gong Lijiao $6,000 for one finish in Nanjing 2025, against $49,000 from seven Diamond League starts between 2017 and 2025. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2017 to 2025, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | Meeting de Paris | $10,000 |
| 2018 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | Oslo Bislett Games | $26,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $12,000 |
| 2025 | 1 | — | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Gong Lijiao in 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $49,000.
Around Gong Lijiao on the money list
Ranks 300 to 340
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 | Dominic Lokinyomo Lobalu | three disciplines | 3 | $51,250 |
| 301 | Quanesha Burks | Women's long jump | 1 | $51,000 |
| 302 | Roberta Bruni | Women's pole vault | — | $50,875 |
| 303 | Konstanze Klosterhalfen | four disciplines | 1 | $50,750 |
| 304 | Darlan Romani | Men's shot put | 1 | $50,500 |
| 305 | Marwa Bouzayani | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $50,500 |
| 306 | Quincy Hall | two disciplines | 2 | $50,500 |
| 307 | Hilary Kpatcha | Women's long jump | 1 | $50,250 |
| 308 | Kate Grace | two disciplines | 2 | $50,250 |
| 309 | Athing Mu | Women's 800 m | 3 | $50,000 |
| 310 | Edmund Serem | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $50,000 |
| 311 | Matheus Lima | two disciplines | — | $50,000 |
| 312 | Sinesipho Dambile | Men's 200 m | 1 | $50,000 |
| 313 | Joseph Fahnbulleh | Men's 200 m | — | $49,750 |
| 314 | Kyree King | two disciplines | — | $49,750 |
| 315 | Rachid Muratake | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $49,750 |
| 316 | Kara Winger | Women's javelin throw | 2 | $49,500 |
| 317 | Sarah Healy | four disciplines | 1 | $49,500 |
| 318 | Raevyn Rogers | Women's 800 m | — | $49,250 |
| 319 | Sasha Zhoya | Men's 110 m hurdles | 2 | $49,250 |
| 320 | Gong Lijiao | Women's shot put | 4 | $49,000 |
| 321 | Ruswahl Samaai | Men's long jump | — | $49,000 |
| 322 | Ayomide Folorunso | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,750 |
| 323 | Khaddi Sagnia | Women's long jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 324 | Morgan Lake | Women's high jump | 1 | $48,250 |
| 325 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 326 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 327 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $48,000 |
| 328 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 329 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 330 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 331 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 332 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | — | $47,000 |
| 333 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 334 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 335 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | — | $46,667 |
| 336 | Will Claye | two disciplines | 1 | $46,250 |
| 337 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 338 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 339 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 3 | $45,250 |
| 340 | Freddie Crittenden | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $45,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Gong Lijiao is 320th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $49,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Gong Lijiao most
Xiamen Diamond League 2024 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maddi Wesche, Chase Jackson, Sarah Mitton, Yemisi Ogunleye, Song Jiayuan and Maggie Ewen.
Oslo Bislett Games 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chase Ealey, Fanny Roos, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Christina Schwanitz, Aliona Dubitskaya and Jessica Ramsey.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Chase Ealey, Aliona Dubitskaya, Christina Schwanitz, Michelle Carter and Maggie Ewen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Gong Lijiao won?
$49,000, which ranks 320th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2017 and 2025.
What is Gong Lijiao's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the shot put at the 2024 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Gong Lijiao 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 win is worth the same in the women's shot put 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Gong Lijiao won?
Four of seven, worth $40,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
How much has Gong Lijiao won at the World Indoor Championships?
$6,000, from one paid final in Nanjing 2025. An indoor title pays $40,000 and the ladder runs six places deep, down to $4,000 for 6th, the same in every event on the programme and the same for a relay team.
Is this everything Gong Lijiao earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 meetings. The World Indoor Championships 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Gong Lijiao is Sasha Zhoya on $49,250, and one below Ruswahl Samaai on $49,000. Gong Lijiao 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Gong Lijiao 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 Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the women's shot put page. Indoor championships prize money is the Nanjing 2025 and Toruń 2026 championships, $4,664,000 put up across 53 finals, and the indoor final is on the women's shot put page.