Song Jiayuan prize money
Song Jiayuan has been paid $13,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1412th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from seven paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 3rd.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Shot put | 7th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Shot put | 9th | - |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Shot put | 3rd | $3,500 |
| Bauhausgalan 2024 | Shot put | 4th | $2,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2024 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2023 | Shot put | 6th | $1,000 |
| All eight | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
The seven paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,500 is seven separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the eight starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The Olympic Games
What Song Jiayuan won in Paris
| EVENT | MEDAL | EARNED |
|---|---|---|
| Women's shot put | Bronze | - |
The bronze in the women's shot put paid nothing. Only a gold pays, so 97 of the 145 medals awarded on the athletics programme in Paris carried no money at all. The Olympic page holds all 48 golds, the $2,400,000 they paid and what the circuit pays the same champions.
Season by season
2023 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | - | Meeting de Paris | $1,000 |
| 2024 | 4 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $8,500 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $2,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,000 |
season running total
2024 is the biggest of them, $8,500 from four starts. Every season from 2023 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,500.
Around Song Jiayuan on the money list
Ranks 1392 to 1432
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1392 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1414 | Ebba Jungmark | Women's high jump | - | $13,250 |
| 1415 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 1416 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,250 |
| 1417 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1418 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1419 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | - | $13,250 |
| 1420 | Martina Strutz | Women's pole vault | - | $13,250 |
| 1421 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1422 | Cydonie Mothersill | Women's 200 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1423 | Delloreen Ennis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1424 | Dentarius Locke | Men's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1425 | Dongpeng Shi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1426 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1427 | Jeanine Assani Issouf | Women's triple jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1428 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1429 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,000 |
| 1430 | Linus Kipwambok Chumba | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $13,000 |
| 1431 | Margaret Wangari Muriuki | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1432 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Song Jiayuan is 1412th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Song Jiayuan most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $3,500 for 3rd in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Gong Lijiao, Adelaide Aquilla, Maddi Wesche, Maggie Ewen, Danniel Thomas-Dodd and Yemisi Mabry.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $2,000 for 6th in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Jaida Ross, Yemisi Mabry, Maggie Ewen, Jessica Schilder, Chase Jackson and Sarah Mitton.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $2,000 for 7th in the shot put, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maddi Wesche, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, Jessica Inchude, Chase Jackson, Jessica Schilder and Fanny Roos.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Song Jiayuan won?
$13,500, which ranks 1412th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from seven paid finishes between 2023 and 2026.
What is Song Jiayuan's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,500, for finishing 3rd in the shot put 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 3rd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Song Jiayuan 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 shot put 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 Song Jiayuan 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 Song Jiayuan 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 Song Jiayuan is Simona la Mantia on $13,500, and one below Yansheng Yang on $13,500. Song Jiayuan 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 shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Song Jiayuan 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.