Wei Yongli prize money
Wei Yongli has been paid $1,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1935th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the women's 100 m, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Wei Yongli on the money list
Ranks 1915 to 1955
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Simon Denissel | Men's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1916 | Sintayehu Vissa | Women's 1500 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1917 | Sunette Viljoen | Women's javelin throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1918 | Sven Martin Skagestad | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1919 | Sydney Siame | Men's 200 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1920 | Takele Nigate | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1921 | Tan Mengyi | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1922 | TeJyrica Robinson | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1923 | Thijmen Kupers | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1924 | Thomas Keen | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1925 | Tiffani McReynolds | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1926 | Tiffany Flynn | Women's long jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1927 | Tigest Getent | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $1,000 |
| 1928 | Toby Harries | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1929 | Tom Dradriga | Men's 800 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1930 | Tsiyon Abebe | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1931 | Uziel Muñoz | Men's shot put | — | $1,000 |
| 1932 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1933 | Vincent Kibet Keter | two disciplines | — | $1,000 |
| 1934 | Walid El Boussiri | Men's 400 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1935 | Wei Yongli | Women's 100 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1936 | Wilma Heltelä | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1937 | Xu Huiqin | Women's pole vault | — | $1,000 |
| 1938 | Yanla Ndjip-Nyemeck | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1939 | Yann Schrub | Men's 5000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1940 | Yaqoub Al-Youha | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1941 | Yenew Alamirew | Men's 3000 m | — | $1,000 |
| 1942 | Zara Obamakinwa | Women's discus throw | — | $1,000 |
| 1943 | Zhang Guowei | Men's high jump | — | $1,000 |
| 1944 | Zoë Sedney | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $1,000 |
| 1945 | Nikki Manson | Women's high jump | — | $875 |
| 1946 | Adam Fogg | Men's mile | — | $750 |
| 1947 | Adrianna Topolnicka | Women's 800 m | — | $750 |
| 1948 | Agate Caune | Women's 3000 m | — | $750 |
| 1949 | Alina Rotaru-Kottmann | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1950 | Amelia Strickler | Women's shot put | — | $750 |
| 1951 | Anasztázia Nguyen | Women's long jump | — | $750 |
| 1952 | Andreas Haara Bakketun | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $750 |
| 1953 | Auriana Lazraq-Khlass | two disciplines | — | $750 |
| 1954 | Brett Robinson | Men's 5000 m | — | $750 |
| 1955 | Brooke Feldmeier | Women's 800 m | — | $750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wei Yongli is 1935th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $1,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wei Yongli most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 100 m, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aleia Hobbs, Blessing Okagbare, Elaine Thompson, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Jenna Prandini and Liang Xiaojing.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wei Yongli won?
$1,000, which ranks 1935th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Wei Yongli's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,000, for finishing 8th in the 100 m 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 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Wei Yongli 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 100 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.
Is this everything Wei Yongli 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 her, 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 Wei Yongli is Walid El Boussiri on $1,000, and one below Wilma Heltelä on $1,000. For the event itself, see women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wei Yongli has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 800 m and women's 400 m. Every meeting she 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.