Lin Yu-tang prize money
Lin Yu-tang has been paid $500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2060th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's long jump, and it was 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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Long jump | 8th | $500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Lin Yu-tang on the money list
Ranks 2040 to 2080
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2040 | Gemechu Dida | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2041 | Haruna Kuboyama | Women's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2042 | Henrik Flåtnes | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2043 | Henry Frayne | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2044 | Hicham Ouladha | Men's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2045 | Hiroki Yanagita | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2046 | Jak Ali Harvey | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2047 | Ján Volko | Men's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2048 | Jean-Simon Desgagnés | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2049 | Jef Vermeiren | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2050 | Jelena Rowe | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2051 | Jeremiah Davis | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2052 | Juliane Hvid | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2053 | Karol Zalewski | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2054 | Kieran Lumb | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2055 | Kirsty Law | Women's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2056 | Laura Valette | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2057 | Laureen Maxwell | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2058 | Léna Kandissounon | Women's 800 m | — | $500 |
| 2059 | Leticia Oro Melo | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2060 | Lin Yu-tang | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2061 | Louise Shanahan | Women's 800 m | — | $500 |
| 2062 | Mark Owon Lomuket | Men's 2 miles | — | $500 |
| 2063 | Markus Rooth | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2064 | Martyna Kotwiła | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2065 | Mason Ferlic | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2066 | Mathias Hove Johansen | Men's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2067 | Mauricio Ortega | Men's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2068 | Melker Svärd Jacobsson | Men's pole vault | — | $500 |
| 2069 | Moa Hjelmer | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2070 | Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim | Men's discus throw | — | $500 |
| 2071 | Mohamad Al-Garni | Men's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2072 | Mohamed Koussi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2073 | Mudhawi Al-Shammari | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2074 | Nibret Kinde | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2075 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2076 | Ojie Edoburun | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2077 | Olga Safronova | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2078 | Paola Borovic | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2079 | Peter Maru | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2080 | Phil Norman | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lin Yu-tang is 2060th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lin Yu-tang most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tajay Gayle, LaQuan Nairn, Marquis Dendy, Wang Jianan, Shi Yuhao and Carey McLeod.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lin Yu-tang won?
$500, which ranks 2060th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2024.
What is Lin Yu-tang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$500, for finishing 8th in the long jump at the 2024 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 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Lin Yu-tang 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 long jump 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.
Is this everything Lin Yu-tang 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 him, 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 Lin Yu-tang is Leticia Oro Melo on $500, and one below Louise Shanahan on $500. Lin Yu-tang is one of 2 Chinese Taipei athletes athletics has paid, and Chinese Taipei athletics prize money adds them up to $43,500 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Lin Yu-tang has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.