Liu Shiying prize money
Liu Shiying has been paid $36,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 800th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Javelin throw | 6th | $1,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | Javelin throw | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Javelin throw | 10th | - |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $20,000 |
| Athletissima 2018 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2017 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All six | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $36,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 2 | - | Weltklasse Zürich | $26,000 |
| 2019 | 2 | - | Athletissima | $3,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,000 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $26,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Liu Shiying in 2020, 2021 and 2022, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $36,000.
Around Liu Shiying on the money list
Ranks 780 to 820
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 780 | Femi Ogunode | two disciplines | - | $37,500 |
| 781 | Flor Ruiz | Women's javelin throw | - | $37,500 |
| 782 | Kariem Hussein | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $37,500 |
| 783 | Rojé Stona | Men's discus throw | - | $37,500 |
| 784 | Jackline Chepkoech | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $37,250 |
| 785 | Damar Forbes | Men's long jump | 2 | $37,000 |
| 786 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 787 | Nafissatou Thiam | two disciplines | 1 | $37,000 |
| 788 | Sylvia Jebiwot Kibet | two disciplines | - | $37,000 |
| 789 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | 1 | $37,000 |
| 790 | Andrian Mardare | Men's javelin throw | - | $36,750 |
| 791 | Marcin Krukowski | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $36,750 |
| 792 | Sofie Skoog | Women's high jump | - | $36,633 |
| 793 | Natalya Antyukh | two disciplines | - | $36,500 |
| 794 | Filip Mihaljević | Men's shot put | - | $36,250 |
| 795 | Abrham Sime | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $36,000 |
| 796 | Amalie Iuel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $36,000 |
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Liu Shiying is 800th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $36,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Liu Shiying most
Weltklasse Zürich 2018 paid $20,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kara Winger, Lyu Huihui, Nikola Ogrodníková, Martina Ratej, Sigrid Borge and Géraldine Ruckstuhl.
Athletissima 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Martina Ratej, Kara Winger, Sigrid Borge, Tatsiana Khaladovich, Christin Hussong and Madara Palameika.
Prefontaine Classic 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sara Kolak, Barbora Špotáková, Kathryn Mitchell, Madara Palameika, Kara Winger and Katharina Molitor.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Liu Shiying won?
$36,000, which ranks 800th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2017 and 2023.
What is Liu Shiying's biggest Diamond League payday?
$20,000, for finishing 2nd in the javelin throw at the 2018 Weltklasse Zürich. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Liu Shiying 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 javelin throw 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 Liu Shiying 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 Liu Shiying 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 Liu Shiying is Jazmin Sawyers on $36,000, and one below Narve Gilje Nordås on $36,000. Liu Shiying 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 javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Liu Shiying 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 Meeting de Paris has its own page across every edition of it.