Wang Yu prize money
Wang Yu has been paid $30,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 885th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's high jump, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | High jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 | High jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| Weltklasse Zürich 2019 | High jump | 9th | - |
| Herculis 2018 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2018 | High jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | High jump | =6th | $1,750 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| All seven | Men's high jump | - | $30,750 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $30,750 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the seven starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2017 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 3 | - | Herculis | $11,750 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $13,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $13,000 from three starts. Every season from 2017 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $30,750.
Around Wang Yu on the money list
Ranks 865 to 905
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 865 | Rusheen McDonald | Men's 400 m | 1 | $32,000 |
| 866 | Tosin Oke | Men's triple jump | - | $32,000 |
| 867 | Adrian Piperi | Men's shot put | - | $31,750 |
| 868 | Django Lovett | Men's high jump | 1 | $31,750 |
| 869 | Jodie Williams | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 870 | Robeilys Peinado | Women's pole vault | - | $31,750 |
| 871 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | - | $31,750 |
| 872 | Chris Carter | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 873 | David Girat | Men's triple jump | 1 | $31,500 |
| 874 | Dong Bin | Men's triple jump | - | $31,500 |
| 875 | Benn Harradine | Men's discus throw | - | $31,000 |
| 876 | Biniam Mehary | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 877 | Cory Martin | Men's shot put | - | $31,000 |
| 878 | Galen Rupp | two disciplines | - | $31,000 |
| 879 | Jack Green | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $31,000 |
| 880 | Jo-Ané du Plessis | Women's javelin throw | - | $31,000 |
| 881 | Lacy Janson | Women's pole vault | - | $31,000 |
| 882 | Naide Gomes | Women's long jump | - | $31,000 |
| 883 | Nathan Strother | Men's 400 m | - | $31,000 |
| 884 | Tonea Marshall | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,750 |
| 885 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $30,750 |
| 886 | Anaïs Bourgoin | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 887 | Graham Blanks | two disciplines | - | $30,500 |
| 888 | Ibtissam Lakhouad | Women's 1500 m | - | $30,500 |
| 889 | Tia Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $30,500 |
| 890 | Curtis Thompson | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,250 |
| 891 | Wilhem Belocian | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $30,250 |
| 892 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 893 | Dawid Wegner | Men's javelin throw | - | $30,000 |
| 894 | Kyra Jefferson | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 895 | Maia McCoy | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 896 | Mario Forsythe | two disciplines | - | $30,000 |
| 897 | Steffin McCarter | Men's long jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| 898 | Viktoriya Tkachuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $30,000 |
| 899 | Wang Jianan | Men's long jump | - | $30,000 |
| 900 | Brandon Hicklin | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 901 | Fiordaliza Cofil | Women's 400 m | 1 | $29,750 |
| 902 | Isaac Nader | two disciplines | 1 | $29,750 |
| 903 | Justyna Kasprzycka | Women's high jump | - | $29,750 |
| 904 | Tamari Davis | two disciplines | - | $29,750 |
| 905 | Crystal Emmanuel | two disciplines | - | $29,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wang Yu is 885th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $30,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wang Yu most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $10,000 for 1st in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Maksim Nedasekau, Ilya Ivanyuk, Jeron Robinson, Brandon Starc, Jamal Wilson and Majd Eddin Ghazal.
Herculis 2018 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Majd Eddin Ghazal, Naoto Tobe, Gianmarco Tamberi, Donald Thomas, Michael Mason and Bryan McBride.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andriy Protsenko, Erik Kynard, Zhang Guowei, Sylwester Bednarek, Michael Mason and Robbie Grabarz.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wang Yu won?
$30,750, which ranks 885th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2017 and 2019.
What is Wang Yu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the high jump at the 2019 IAAF 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Wang Yu 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 win is worth the same in the men's high 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Wang Yu won?
One of seven, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Wang Yu 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 Yu 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 him, 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 Yu is Tonea Marshall on $30,750, and one below Anaïs Bourgoin on $30,500. Wang Yu 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 men's high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Wang Yu 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.