Li Chenyang prize money
Li Chenyang has been paid $2,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2761st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from two paid finishes in the men's pole vault, the best of them 8th.
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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Pole vault | 9th | - |
| All three | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
The two paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $2,000 is two 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 three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Indoor Championships
What Li Chenyang did indoors
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's pole vault | =8th | 5.50 | - |
Li Chenyang stood in one World Indoor Championships final and finished outside the money. The championships pay six places, $40,000 for a title down to $4,000 for 6th, and nothing at all below that. The indoor championships page holds all 53 finals across two editions and the $4,632,000 they paid out.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $1,000 from two starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $2,000.
Around Li Chenyang on the money list
Ranks 2741 to 2781
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2741 | João Coelho | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2742 | Johnnie Blockburger | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2743 | Jonas Raess | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2744 | Jonathan Carbe | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2745 | Josleidy Ribalta | Women's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2746 | Jovanee Jarrett | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2747 | Judy Kiyeng | Women's 1500 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2748 | Juleisy Angulo | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2749 | Jules Pommery | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2750 | Julie Labonté | Women's shot put | - | $2,000 |
| 2751 | Julien Kapek | Men's triple jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2752 | Kalle Berglund | three disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2753 | Karin Mey Melis | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2754 | Karl Wållgren | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2755 | Karolina Kołeczek | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2756 | Kinga Królik | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2757 | Kristian Pulli | Men's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2758 | Kyle Clemons | Men's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2759 | Laura Valette | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2760 | LaVonne Idlette | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2761 | Li Chenyang | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2762 | Li Zhilong | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $2,000 |
| 2763 | Liang Xiaojing | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2764 | Linus Pihl | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2765 | Lorène Bazolo | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2766 | Louey Ouerrat | Men's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2767 | Lucy Hadaway | Women's long jump | - | $2,000 |
| 2768 | Luke Cutts | Men's pole vault | - | $2,000 |
| 2769 | Madison Wiltrout | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2770 | Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik | Women's 400 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2771 | Manon Depuydt | Women's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2772 | Marc Schneeberger | Men's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2773 | Mardrea Hyman | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2774 | Mareike Rittweg | Women's javelin throw | - | $2,000 |
| 2775 | María Isabel Pérez | Women's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2776 | Marije van Hunenstijn | Women's 200 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2777 | Marino Bloudek | Men's 800 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2778 | Mark Pearce | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $2,000 |
| 2779 | Martial Mbandjock | Men's 100 m | - | $2,000 |
| 2780 | Mary Kuria | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
| 2781 | Mathew Kipsang | two disciplines | - | $2,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Li Chenyang is 2761st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $2,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Li Chenyang most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Zach Bradford, Armand Duplantis, Kurtis Marschall, Thibaut Collet, Sam Kendricks and Menno Vloon.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $1,000 for 8th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Huang Bokai, Armand Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, Menno Vloon, Kurtis Marschall and EJ Obiena.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $0 for 9th in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Huang Bokai, Armand Duplantis, Emmanouil Karalis, Menno Vloon, Ben Broeders and Ersu Şaşma.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Li Chenyang won?
$2,000, which ranks 2761st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from two paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Li Chenyang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the pole vault at the 2026 Shanghai 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 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Li Chenyang gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's pole vault 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 Li Chenyang 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 Li Chenyang 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 him, 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 Li Chenyang is LaVonne Idlette on $2,000, and one below Li Zhilong on $2,000. Li Chenyang 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 men's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Li Chenyang has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he 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. 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 men's pole vault page.