Ka Bian prize money
Ka Bian has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2405th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's shot put, and it was 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Shot put | 11th | - |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| All two | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is one 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. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $3,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | - |
season running total
2017 is the biggest of them, $3,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Ka Bian in 2018 and 2019, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,000.
Around Ka Bian on the money list
Ranks 2385 to 2425
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2385 | Emily Chebet | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2386 | Erika Beistle | Women's discus throw | - | $3,000 |
| 2387 | Essa Ismail Rashed | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2388 | Fanjanteino Felix | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2389 | Fouad el Kaam | Men's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2390 | Gao Yang | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2391 | Gary Kikaya | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2392 | Hanna Shelekh | Women's pole vault | - | $3,000 |
| 2393 | Hilary Stellingwerff | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2394 | Ishmael Kipkurui | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2395 | J-Mee Samuels | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2396 | Jadel Gregório | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2397 | Jenny Elbe | Women's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2398 | Joel Fearon | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2399 | Johan Cronje | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2400 | Jonathan Seremes | Men's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2401 | José Carlos Herrera | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2402 | Jude Thomas | two disciplines | - | $3,000 |
| 2403 | Julien Bonvin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2404 | Justyn Warner | Men's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2405 | Ka Bian | Women's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2406 | Kaila McKnight | Women's 1500 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2407 | Karabo Sibanda | Men's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2408 | Khairi Bejiga | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2409 | Korene Hinds | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2410 | Kseniya Zadorina | Women's 400 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2411 | LaVerne Jones-Ferrette | Women's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2412 | Lawrence Clarke | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2413 | Luke Boyes | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2414 | Maksim Sidorov | Men's shot put | - | $3,000 |
| 2415 | Marielle Hall | Women's 5000 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2416 | Marzia Caravelli | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2417 | Me'Lisa Barber | Women's 100 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2418 | Méba-Mickaël Zeze | Men's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2419 | Michelle Perry | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $3,000 |
| 2420 | Mohammed Shaween | Men's mile | - | $3,000 |
| 2421 | Mostafa Smaili | Men's 800 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2422 | Mouhcine Khoua | Men's long jump | - | $3,000 |
| 2423 | Natalia Pohrebniak | Women's 200 m | - | $3,000 |
| 2424 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $3,000 |
| 2425 | Natalya Alekseyeva | Women's triple jump | - | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Ka Bian is 2405th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Ka Bian most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Brittany Smith, Melissa Boekelman, Yuliya Leantsiuk, Cleopatra Borel, Gong Lijiao and Daniella Hill.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $0 for 11th in the shot put, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Chase Jackson, Gong Lijiao, Aliona Dubitskaya, Jessica Ramsey, Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Maggie Ewen.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Ka Bian won?
$3,000, which ranks 2405th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2017 and 2019.
What is Ka Bian's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2017 IAAF 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Ka Bian 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 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.
Has Ka Bian 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 Ka Bian 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 Ka Bian is Justyn Warner on $3,000, and one below Kaila McKnight on $3,000. Ka Bian 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Ka Bian 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.