Wei Yongli prize money
Wei Yongli has been paid $7,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1824th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 200 m and women's 100 m, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 100 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 200 m | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 100 m | 7th | $1,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 200 m | 8th | $1,000 |
| All five | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $7,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Wei Yongli
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 200 m | 3 | - | 2012 to 2016 | $4,500 |
| Women's 100 m | 2 | - | 2015 to 2019 | $2,500 |
The women's 200 m has paid Wei Yongli $4,500 of the $7,000, which is 64% of everything the series has given her.
Season by season
2012 to 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,500 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $2,500 |
| 2017 | - | - | - | - |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Wei Yongli in 2013, 2017 and 2018, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $7,000.
Around Wei Yongli on the money list
Ranks 1804 to 1844
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1804 | Michael Kipyego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1805 | Minke Bisschops | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1806 | Moa Hjelmer | three disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1807 | Murali Sreeshankar | Men's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1808 | Natalia Linares | Women's long jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1809 | Omoghan Osaghae | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1810 | Paul Hession | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1811 | Petr Svoboda | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1812 | Phoebe Wright | Women's 800 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1813 | Rae Monzavous Edwards | Men's 100 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1814 | Sean McLean | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1815 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $7,000 |
| 1816 | Susan Krumins | four disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1817 | Susana Costa | Women's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1818 | Sviatlana Kudzelich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $7,000 |
| 1819 | Tabarie Henry | Men's 400 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1820 | Tobias Potye | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1821 | Tom Parsons | Men's high jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1822 | Věra Pospíšilová-Cechlová | Women's discus throw | - | $7,000 |
| 1823 | Viktor Kuznyetsov | Men's triple jump | - | $7,000 |
| 1824 | Wei Yongli | two disciplines | - | $7,000 |
| 1825 | William Reais | Men's 200 m | - | $7,000 |
| 1826 | Bryan McBride | Men's high jump | - | $6,917 |
| 1827 | Avinash Sable | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $6,750 |
| 1828 | David Mutinda Mutua | Men's 800 m | - | $6,750 |
| 1829 | Emily Borthwick | Women's high jump | - | $6,750 |
| 1830 | Karsten Dilla | Men's pole vault | - | $6,750 |
| 1831 | Álvaro de Arriba | Men's 800 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1832 | Bryan Levell | Men's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1833 | Carolina Klüft | Women's long jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1834 | Chris Robinson | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1835 | Christopher Morales Williams | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1836 | Claudia Hollingsworth | two disciplines | - | $6,500 |
| 1837 | Dailenys Alcántara | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1838 | Daniel Jasinski | Men's discus throw | - | $6,500 |
| 1839 | Daniel Segers | Men's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1840 | Dmitrij Vaľukevič | Men's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
| 1841 | Ella Nelson | Women's 200 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1842 | Elvan Abeylegesse | Women's 5000 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1843 | Emily Diamond | Women's 400 m | - | $6,500 |
| 1844 | Erica McLain | Women's triple jump | - | $6,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wei Yongli is 1824th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $7,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wei Yongli most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $2,500 for 5th in the 200 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kaylin Whitney, Tiffany Townsend, Candyce McGrone, Murielle Ahouré-Demps, Veronica Campbell Brown and Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 100 m, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Schillonie Calvert-Powell, Blessing Okagbare, Tori Bowie, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Veronica Campbell Brown and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.
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-Herah, Vitória Cristina Rosa, Jenna Prandini and Liang Xiaojing.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wei Yongli won?
$7,000, which ranks 1824th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2012 and 2019.
What is Wei Yongli's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,500, for finishing 5th in the 200 m at the 2016 Shanghai 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 5th 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 200 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 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 Wei Yongli is Viktor Kuznyetsov on $7,000, and one below William Reais on $7,000. Wei Yongli 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 200 m prize money and women's 100 m prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wei Yongli has been paid in two of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m hurdles, women's 400 m and women's 800 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.