Lyu Huihui prize money
Lyu Huihui has been paid $120,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 256th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from twelve paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, six of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Javelin throw | 5th | $1,250 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Javelin throw | 1st | $50,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Anniversary Games 2018 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2018 | Javelin throw | 4th | $6,000 |
| Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix 2016 | Javelin throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting Areva 2015 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2015 | Javelin throw | 7th | $1,500 |
| All twelve | Women's javelin throw | - | $120,250 |
The twelve paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $120,250 is twelve separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2015 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $13,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | 4 | 2 | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $32,000 |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | Weltklasse Zürich | $70,000 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $1,250 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $70,000 from three starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Lyu Huihui in 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $120,250.
Around Lyu Huihui on the money list
Ranks 236 to 276
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 236 | Queen Claye | two disciplines | 4 | $129,500 |
| 237 | Jason Richardson | Men's 110 m hurdles | 5 | $129,000 |
| 238 | Yohan Blake | two disciplines | 3 | $128,250 |
| 239 | Christian Cantwell | Men's shot put | 7 | $128,000 |
| 240 | Denia Caballero | Women's discus throw | 2 | $128,000 |
| 241 | Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk | two disciplines | 2 | $126,750 |
| 242 | Viola Jelagat Kibiwot | five disciplines | - | $126,500 |
| 243 | David Storl | Men's shot put | 5 | $125,500 |
| 244 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $125,250 |
| 245 | Tina Šutej | Women's pole vault | 1 | $123,250 |
| 246 | Robert Urbanek | Men's discus throw | 3 | $122,750 |
| 247 | Greg Rutherford | Men's long jump | 7 | $122,500 |
| 248 | Adam Kszczot | two disciplines | 5 | $122,000 |
| 249 | Jessica Hull | six disciplines | 1 | $121,750 |
| 250 | Tori Bowie | three disciplines | 8 | $121,500 |
| 251 | Mélina Robert-Michon | Women's discus throw | - | $121,250 |
| 252 | Brandon Starc | Men's high jump | 3 | $121,000 |
| 253 | Yenew Alamirew | three disciplines | 6 | $121,000 |
| 254 | Muktar Edris | two disciplines | 5 | $120,750 |
| 255 | Yarelis Barrios | Women's discus throw | 6 | $120,500 |
| 256 | Lyu Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 6 | $120,250 |
| 257 | Darrell Hill | Men's shot put | 1 | $119,000 |
| 258 | Andreas Hofmann | Men's javelin throw | 4 | $117,500 |
| 259 | Brimin Kiprop Kipruto | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 6 | $117,500 |
| 260 | JuVaughn Harrison | two disciplines | 4 | $117,250 |
| 261 | Henriette Jæger | two disciplines | 3 | $116,500 |
| 262 | Sha'Carri Richardson | two disciplines | 5 | $116,250 |
| 263 | Yasmani Copello | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $116,250 |
| 264 | Malte Mohr | Men's pole vault | 3 | $116,000 |
| 265 | Rumesh Tharanga | Men's javelin throw | 5 | $116,000 |
| 266 | Lorraine Ugen | Women's long jump | 2 | $115,000 |
| 267 | Woo Sang-hyeok | Men's high jump | 5 | $113,750 |
| 268 | Anna Cockrell | Women's 400 m hurdles | 4 | $113,500 |
| 269 | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena | two disciplines | 3 | $113,000 |
| 270 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $113,000 |
| 271 | Magnus Kirt | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $112,500 |
| 272 | Jesse Williams | Men's high jump | 3 | $112,083 |
| 273 | Angelica Moser | Women's pole vault | 2 | $111,875 |
| 274 | Darya Klishina | Women's long jump | 3 | $111,500 |
| 275 | Robbie Grabarz | Men's high jump | 2 | $111,458 |
| 276 | Ronnie Baker | Men's 100 m | 6 | $111,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lyu Huihui is 256th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $120,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lyu Huihui most
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $50,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kelsey-Lee Barber, Nikola Ogrodníková, Christin Hussong, Barbora Špotáková, Eda Tuğsuz and Līna Mūze.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Līna Mūze, Christin Hussong, Madara Palameika, Nikola Ogrodníková, Kelsey-Lee Barber and Ariana Ince.
Golden Gala Pietro Mennea 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of twelve in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Eda Tuğsuz, Līna Mūze, Kara Winger, Christin Hussong, Nikola Ogrodníková and Barbora Špotáková.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Lyu Huihui won?
$120,250, which ranks 256th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from twelve paid finishes between 2015 and 2024.
What is Lyu Huihui's biggest Diamond League payday?
$50,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2019 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 Lyu Huihui 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 win 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Lyu Huihui won?
Six of twelve, worth $100,000 between them. Two of her appearances came at a final, which paid $56,000.
Is this everything Lyu Huihui 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 Lyu Huihui is Yarelis Barrios on $120,500, and one below Darrell Hill on $119,000. Lyu Huihui 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 Lyu Huihui 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 Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.