Li Ling prize money
Li Ling has been paid $23,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1035th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from eight paid finishes in the women's pole vault and women's shot put, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Pole vault | =2nd | $5,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Pole vault | 9th | - |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | Pole vault | 10th | - |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2016 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | Pole vault | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | Pole vault | 4th | $3,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Shot put | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Pole vault | =6th | $1,750 |
| All ten | two disciplines | - | $23,750 |
The eight paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $23,750 is eight separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the ten starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Li Ling
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's pole vault | 9 | - | 2011 to 2019 | $19,750 |
| Women's shot put | 1 | - | 2011 | $4,000 |
The women's pole vault has paid Li Ling $19,750 of the $23,750, which is 83% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2011 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $5,750 |
| 2012 | - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 3 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $7,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 3 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $5,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $7,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Li Ling in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $23,750.
Around Li Ling on the money list
Ranks 1015 to 1055
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1015 | Ethan Strand | two disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1016 | Imogen Ayris | Women's pole vault | - | $24,500 |
| 1017 | Kori Carter | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $24,500 |
| 1018 | Ladislav Prášil | Men's shot put | - | $24,500 |
| 1019 | Libania Grenot | two disciplines | - | $24,500 |
| 1020 | Marquise Goodwin | Men's long jump | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1021 | Nadia Battocletti | three disciplines | 1 | $24,500 |
| 1022 | Paul Dedewo | Men's 400 m | - | $24,500 |
| 1023 | Eusebio Cáceres | Men's long jump | - | $24,250 |
| 1024 | Andreas Kramer | Men's 800 m | - | $24,000 |
| 1025 | Candyce McGrone | two disciplines | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1026 | Kyriakos Ioannou | Men's high jump | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1027 | Louis Tsatoumas | Men's long jump | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1028 | Machel Cedenio | Men's 400 m | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1029 | Maria Andrejczyk | Women's javelin throw | - | $24,000 |
| 1030 | Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui | two disciplines | - | $24,000 |
| 1031 | Nadezhda Alyokhina | Women's triple jump | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1032 | Olivia McTaggart | Women's pole vault | 1 | $24,000 |
| 1033 | Tihomir Ivanov | Men's high jump | - | $23,958 |
| 1034 | Jean-Marc Pontvianne | Men's triple jump | - | $23,750 |
| 1035 | Li Ling | two disciplines | - | $23,750 |
| 1036 | Thierry Ndikumwenayo | two disciplines | 1 | $23,750 |
| 1037 | Anastasiya Savchenko | Women's pole vault | 1 | $23,500 |
| 1038 | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Women's javelin throw | - | $23,500 |
| 1039 | Bralon Taplin | Men's 400 m | - | $23,500 |
| 1040 | Britany Anderson | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $23,500 |
| 1041 | Chanelle Price | Women's 800 m | - | $23,500 |
| 1042 | Duane Solomon | Men's 800 m | 1 | $23,500 |
| 1043 | Erica Jarder | Women's long jump | - | $23,500 |
| 1044 | George Mills | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1045 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1046 | Ryan Gregson | two disciplines | - | $23,500 |
| 1047 | Yelena Isinbayeva | Women's pole vault | 2 | $23,500 |
| 1048 | Nadiya Dusanova | Women's high jump | - | $23,333 |
| 1049 | Agate de Sousa | Women's long jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1050 | Alessandro Sibilio | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1051 | Carina Horn | Women's 100 m | - | $23,000 |
| 1052 | Changrui Xue | Men's pole vault | - | $23,000 |
| 1053 | Ernesto Revé | Men's triple jump | - | $23,000 |
| 1054 | Fabrizio Donato | Men's triple jump | 1 | $23,000 |
| 1055 | Gina Mariam Bass Bittaye | two disciplines | 1 | $23,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Li Ling is 1035th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $23,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Li Ling most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $5,000 for =2nd in the pole vault, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sandi Morris, Katie Moon, Iryna Zhuk, Alysha Newman, Holly Bradshaw and Xu Huiqin.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Xiangrong Liu, Natalya Mikhnevich, Michelle Carter, Jessica Cérival, Alena Abramchuk and Gong Lijiao.
Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 paid $3,000 for 4th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikoleta Kyriakopoulou, Katie Moon, Mary Saxer, Martina Strutz, Sandi Morris and Nicole Büchler.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Li Ling won?
$23,750, which ranks 1035th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from eight paid finishes between 2011 and 2019.
What is Li Ling's biggest Diamond League payday?
$5,000, for finishing =2nd in the pole vault at the 2019 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 =2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Li Ling 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 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 Ling ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
Two times. 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. Those starts are in the result tables on this site either way.
Is this everything Li Ling 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 Li Ling is Jean-Marc Pontvianne on $23,750, and one below Thierry Ndikumwenayo on $23,750. Li Ling 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 pole vault prize money and women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Li Ling has been paid in two 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.