Wang Chunyu prize money
Wang Chunyu has been paid $4,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2147th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the women's 800 m, women's 400 m and women's 1500 m, the best of them 6th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2023 | 1500 m | 15th | - |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 800 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 400 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 800 m | 6th | $2,000 |
| All four | three disciplines | - | $4,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $4,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Wang Chunyu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 800 m | 2 | - | 2013 to 2019 | $3,500 |
| Women's 400 m | 1 | - | 2016 | $1,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 1 | - | 2023 | $0 |
The women's 800 m has paid Wang Chunyu $3,500 of the $4,500, which is 78% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2013 to 2023, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $2,000 |
| 2014 | - | - | - | - |
| 2015 | - | - | - | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,500 |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $2,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Wang Chunyu in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $4,500.
Around Wang Chunyu on the money list
Ranks 2127 to 2167
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2127 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Men's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2128 | Nia Akins | Women's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2129 | Nick Ekelund-Arenander | Men's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2130 | Nicole Sifuentes | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2131 | Noemi Zbären | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2132 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2133 | Peder Pawel Nielsen | Men's triple jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2134 | Rafith Rodríguez | Men's 800 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2135 | Ramsey Angela | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2136 | Ruben Verheyden | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2137 | Sara Gambetta | Women's shot put | - | $4,500 |
| 2138 | Sarah McDonald | Women's 1500 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2139 | Sergey Mudrov | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2140 | Shana Cox | Women's 400 m | - | $4,500 |
| 2141 | Shu Heng | Men's long jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2142 | Sinta Sprudzāne | Women's javelin throw | - | $4,500 |
| 2143 | Stefan Nillessen | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2144 | Thomas Martinot-Lagarde | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2145 | Tia-Adana Belle | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,500 |
| 2146 | Tyus Wilson | Men's high jump | - | $4,500 |
| 2147 | Wang Chunyu | three disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2148 | Younès Essalhi | two disciplines | - | $4,500 |
| 2149 | Zemzem Ahmed | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $4,500 |
| 2150 | Alhaji Jeng | Men's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2151 | Aliyah Abrams | Women's 400 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2152 | Bridget Williams | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2153 | Collins Kipruto | Men's 800 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2154 | Gaia Sabbatini | three disciplines | - | $4,250 |
| 2155 | Kelsie Ahbe | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2156 | Mateusz Didenkow | Men's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2157 | Michael Kibet | three disciplines | - | $4,250 |
| 2158 | Naomi Metzger | Women's triple jump | - | $4,250 |
| 2159 | Olivia Gruver | Women's pole vault | - | $4,250 |
| 2160 | Priscilla Frederick | Women's high jump | - | $4,250 |
| 2161 | Wilbert London | Men's 400 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2162 | Yoshihide Kiryū | Men's 100 m | - | $4,250 |
| 2163 | Aaron Mallett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2164 | Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich | Men's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2165 | Aleksandr Derevyagin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2166 | Andreas Otterling | Men's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2167 | Andrew Hudson | Men's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wang Chunyu is 2147th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $4,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wang Chunyu most
Golden Grand Prix 2013 paid $2,000 for 6th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tatyana Vinogradova, Zhao Jing, Francine Niyonsaba, Janeth Jepkosgei, Malika Akkaoui and Winny Chebet.
Prefontaine Classic 2019 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 800 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nataliia Krol, Caster Semenya, Ajeé Wilson, Raevyn Rogers, Hanna Green and Habitam Alemu.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shaunae Miller-Uibo, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Natasha Hastings, Novlene Williams-Mills, Ashley Spencer and Shericka Jackson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wang Chunyu won?
$4,500, which ranks 2147th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2013 and 2023.
What is Wang Chunyu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,000, for finishing 6th in the 800 m at the 2013 Golden Grand Prix. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 6th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Wang Chunyu 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 800 m 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 Wang Chunyu 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 Wang Chunyu 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 Wang Chunyu is Tyus Wilson on $4,500, and one below Younès Essalhi on $4,500. Wang Chunyu 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 800 m prize money, women's 400 m prize money and women's 1500 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wang Chunyu has been paid in three of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 200 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.