Li Ling prize money
Li Ling has been paid $5,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1131st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's pole vault, and it was 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 | — |
| All three | Women's pole vault | — | $5,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them. Two of the three starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Around Li Ling on the money list
Ranks 1111 to 1151
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1111 | Aaron Cheminingwa | Men's 800 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1112 | Abadi Hadis | Men's 5000 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1113 | Alizée Minard | Women's javelin throw | — | $5,000 |
| 1114 | Benson Kiplangat | Men's 5000 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1115 | Bralon Taplin | Men's 400 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1116 | Brianna Lyston | Women's 100 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1117 | Daniel Jasinski | Men's discus throw | — | $5,000 |
| 1118 | Demisha Roswell | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $5,000 |
| 1119 | Endiorass Kingley | Men's triple jump | — | $5,000 |
| 1120 | Fabian Delryd | Men's high jump | — | $5,000 |
| 1121 | Fabienne Schlumpf | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $5,000 |
| 1122 | Fernando Carro | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1123 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1124 | Giada Carmassi | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $5,000 |
| 1125 | Gloria Kite | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1126 | Henrik Ingebrigtsen | four disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1127 | Ismail Abakar | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $5,000 |
| 1128 | John Gregorek | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1129 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $5,000 |
| 1130 | Keneth Kiprop | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1131 | Li Ling | Women's pole vault | — | $5,000 |
| 1132 | Luis Zayas | Men's high jump | — | $5,000 |
| 1133 | Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou | Women's pole vault | — | $5,000 |
| 1134 | Paolo Dal Molin | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $5,000 |
| 1135 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | — | $5,000 |
| 1136 | Reginald Jagers III | Men's discus throw | — | $5,000 |
| 1137 | Robert Biwott | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1138 | Steven Richter | Men's discus throw | — | $5,000 |
| 1139 | Su Wen | Men's triple jump | — | $5,000 |
| 1140 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | — | $5,000 |
| 1141 | Allyson Felix | two disciplines | — | $4,750 |
| 1142 | Beatrice Masilingi | Women's 200 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1143 | Chiara Scherrer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $4,750 |
| 1144 | Christabel Nettey | Women's long jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1145 | Clemens Prüfer | Men's discus throw | — | $4,750 |
| 1146 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1147 | Eloisa Coiro | Women's 800 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1148 | Gilles Biron | Men's 400 m | — | $4,750 |
| 1149 | Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko | Women's triple jump | — | $4,750 |
| 1150 | Jessica Woodard | Women's shot put | — | $4,750 |
| 1151 | Joel Clarke-Khan | Men's high jump | — | $4,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Li Ling is 1131st of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $5,000.
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 Nageotte, Iryna Zhuk, Alysha Newman, Holly Bradshaw and Xu Huiqin.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $0 for 9th in the pole vault, one of eleven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nikoleta Kiriakopoulou, Angelica Bengtsson, Sandi Morris, Robeilys Peinado, Yarisley Silva and Katie Nageotte.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $0 for 10th in the pole vault, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Angelica Bengtsson, Michaela Meijer, Katerina Stefanidi, Anzhelika Sidorova, Alysha Newman and Katie Nageotte.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Li Ling won?
$5,000, which ranks 1131st of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 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. She 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 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Li Ling is Keneth Kiprop on $5,000, and one below Luis Zayas on $5,000. For the event itself, see women's pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Li Ling 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.