Wang Jianan prize money
Wang Jianan has been paid $16,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 689th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's long jump, 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | Long jump | 6th | $4,000 |
| All three | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $16,000 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2019 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 2 | — | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $10,000 |
| 2020 | — | — | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | — | — |
| 2022 | — | — | — | — |
| 2023 | — | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | — | Diamond League Shanghai | $6,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Wang Jianan in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $16,000.
Around Wang Jianan on the money list
Ranks 669 to 709
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 669 | Elvira Herman | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,500 |
| 670 | Ewa Swoboda | Women's 100 m | — | $16,500 |
| 671 | Hanna Green | Women's 800 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 672 | Jessica Beard | Women's 400 m | — | $16,500 |
| 673 | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Women's javelin throw | — | $16,500 |
| 674 | Luxolo Adams | Men's 200 m | 1 | $16,500 |
| 675 | Zane Weir | Men's shot put | — | $16,500 |
| 676 | Safina Sadullayeva | Women's high jump | 1 | $16,375 |
| 677 | Brooke Buschkuehl | Women's long jump | — | $16,250 |
| 678 | Justyna Święty-Ersetic | Women's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 679 | Liemarvin Bonevacia | Men's 400 m | — | $16,250 |
| 680 | Nadezhda Dubovitskaya | Women's high jump | — | $16,250 |
| 681 | Amálie Švábíková | Women's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 682 | Baptiste Thiery | Men's pole vault | — | $16,000 |
| 683 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $16,000 |
| 684 | Gerald Drummond | two disciplines | 1 | $16,000 |
| 685 | Lea Meyer | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $16,000 |
| 686 | Natoya Goule-Toppin | two disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 687 | Saida Tsehaye | Women's 800 m | — | $16,000 |
| 688 | Saron Berhe | three disciplines | — | $16,000 |
| 689 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | — | $16,000 |
| 690 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | — | $15,958 |
| 691 | Eliza McCartney | Women's pole vault | — | $15,875 |
| 692 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 693 | Lynna Irby | two disciplines | — | $15,750 |
| 694 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $15,750 |
| 695 | Thiago Braz | Men's pole vault | — | $15,750 |
| 696 | Antonio Alkana | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $15,500 |
| 697 | Baboloki Thebe | Men's 400 m | 1 | $15,500 |
| 698 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,500 |
| 699 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | — | $15,500 |
| 700 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | — | $15,500 |
| 701 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | — | $15,250 |
| 702 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | — | $15,250 |
| 703 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | — | $15,250 |
| 704 | Jacko Gill | Men's shot put | — | $15,250 |
| 705 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | — | $15,000 |
| 706 | Hailemariyam Amare | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $15,000 |
| 707 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
| 708 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | — | $15,000 |
| 709 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | — | $15,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wang Jianan is 689th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $16,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wang Jianan most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shi Yuhao, Carey McLeod, Mattia Furlani, Will Williams, Jarrion Lawson and Lin Yu-tang.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Zhang Yaoguang, Miltiadis Tentoglou, Zarck Visser, Huang Changzhou and Emiliano Lasa.
Weltklasse Zürich 2019 paid $4,000 for 6th in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Thobias Montler, Zarck Visser, Juan Miguel Echevarría, Ruswahl Samaai, Tajay Gayle and Luvo Manyonga.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wang Jianan won?
$16,000, which ranks 689th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2019 and 2024.
What is Wang Jianan's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the long jump 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Wang Jianan gets paid?
Entirely by where he 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 men's long jump 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.
Is this everything Wang Jianan 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 him, 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 Wang Jianan is Saron Berhe on $16,000, and one below Jan Štefela on $15,958. Wang Jianan 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 men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Wang Jianan has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he 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.