Wang Yu prize money
Wang Yu has been paid $14,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 712th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three 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 | — |
| Doha Diamond League 2018 | High jump | =6th | $1,750 |
| All four | Men's high jump | — | $14,750 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $14,750 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. One of the four starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2018 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | — | Doha Diamond League | $1,750 |
| 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 2018 to 2019 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $14,750.
Around Wang Yu on the money list
Ranks 692 to 732
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 710 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 711 | Jake Heyward | two disciplines | — | $14,750 |
| 712 | Wang Yu | Men's high jump | 1 | $14,750 |
| 713 | Alicia Monson | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 714 | Caleb Dean | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 715 | Kendry Menéndez | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,500 |
| 716 | Matic Ian Guček | two disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 717 | Sinclaire Johnson | three disciplines | — | $14,500 |
| 718 | Alice Finot | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,250 |
| 719 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | — | $14,250 |
| 720 | Katie Snowden | three disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 721 | Maboundou Koné | Women's 200 m | — | $14,250 |
| 722 | Vincent Kibet | two disciplines | — | $14,250 |
| 723 | Anvar Anvarov | Men's long jump | 1 | $14,000 |
| 724 | Elise Thorner | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $14,000 |
| 725 | Oratile Nowe | Women's 800 m | — | $14,000 |
| 726 | Rafael Pereira | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $14,000 |
| 727 | Sarah Chelangat | two disciplines | — | $14,000 |
| 728 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | — | $13,750 |
| 729 | Imke Onnen | Women's high jump | — | $13,750 |
| 730 | Liu Junxi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $13,750 |
| 731 | Luis Grijalva | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
| 732 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | — | $13,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wang Yu is 712th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $14,750.
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.
Müller Grand Prix Birmingham 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Majd Eddin Ghazal, Chris Baker, Naoto Tobe, Jeron Robinson, Brandon Starc and Ilya Ivanyuk.
Doha Diamond League 2018 paid $1,750 for =6th in the high jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Edgar Rivera, Hamdi Ali, Jamal Wilson, Tihomir Ivanov, Mutaz Barsham and Majd Eddin Ghazal.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wang Yu won?
$14,750, which ranks 712th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2018 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 four, 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. He 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 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 Yu is Jake Heyward on $14,750, and one below Alicia Monson on $14,500. Wang Yu 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 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.