Lü Huihui prize money
Lü Huihui has been paid $77,250 by the Diamond League, which ranks 190th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, three 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 |
| Bislett Games 2018 | Javelin throw | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All five | Women's javelin throw | — | $77,250 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $77,250 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.1% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2018 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Bislett Games | $6,000 |
| 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 Lü Huihui in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $77,250.
Around Lü Huihui on the money list
Ranks 170 to 210
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 170 | Anna Ryzhykova | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $83,500 |
| 171 | Hyvin Jepkemoi | two disciplines | 4 | $82,500 |
| 172 | Joshua Cheptegei | three disciplines | 2 | $82,500 |
| 173 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $82,500 |
| 174 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 175 | Juan Miguel Echevarría | Men's long jump | 3 | $82,000 |
| 176 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $82,000 |
| 177 | Devon Allen | Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $81,500 |
| 178 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 179 | Orlando Ortega | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $81,000 |
| 180 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 181 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 182 | Ferguson Rotich | two disciplines | 2 | $79,250 |
| 183 | Devynne Charlton | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $78,750 |
| 184 | Ferdinand Omanyala | Men's 100 m | 2 | $78,250 |
| 185 | Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith | two disciplines | 1 | $78,250 |
| 186 | Sada Williams | Women's 400 m | — | $78,250 |
| 187 | EJ Obiena | Men's pole vault | 1 | $78,125 |
| 188 | Ramil Guliyev | Men's 200 m | 3 | $78,000 |
| 189 | Molly Caudery | Women's pole vault | 3 | $77,500 |
| 190 | Lü Huihui | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $77,250 |
| 191 | Medina Eisa | two disciplines | 3 | $77,000 |
| 192 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Men's high jump | 2 | $76,250 |
| 193 | Nijel Amos | Men's 800 m | 5 | $76,000 |
| 194 | Sydney McLaughlin | two disciplines | 3 | $76,000 |
| 195 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $75,250 |
| 196 | Ronald Levy | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $75,250 |
| 197 | Ackeem Blake | Men's 100 m | 1 | $75,000 |
| 198 | Jemma Reekie | four disciplines | 1 | $73,750 |
| 199 | Zakithi Nene | Men's 400 m | 2 | $73,750 |
| 200 | Auriol Dongmo | Women's shot put | 3 | $73,500 |
| 201 | Tsige Duguma | two disciplines | 4 | $73,250 |
| 202 | Klaudia Kazimierska | two disciplines | 1 | $73,000 |
| 203 | Yasser Triki | Men's triple jump | 1 | $73,000 |
| 204 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $72,750 |
| 205 | Samuel Firewu | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $72,500 |
| 206 | Jake Wightman | four disciplines | 4 | $71,750 |
| 207 | Jordan Scott | Men's triple jump | 4 | $71,500 |
| 208 | Stewart McSweyn | four disciplines | 2 | $71,500 |
| 209 | Likina Amebaw | two disciplines | 1 | $71,250 |
| 210 | Stephenie Ann McPherson | Women's 400 m | 2 | $71,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Lü Huihui is 190th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $77,250.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Lü 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 Lü Huihui won?
$77,250, which ranks 190th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2018 and 2024.
What is Lü 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 Lü 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 Lü Huihui won?
Three of five, worth $70,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $50,000.
Is this everything Lü Huihui 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 Lü Huihui is Molly Caudery on $77,500, and one below Medina Eisa on $77,000. Lü Huihui is one of 47 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $899,167 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 Lü 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 800 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.