Wu Yanni prize money
Wu Yanni has been paid $5,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2005th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the women's 100 m hurdles, the best of them 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 100 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | 100 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 100 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 100 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | 100 m hurdles | 8th | $500 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2024 | 100 m hurdles | 10th | - |
| All six | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $5,500 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them. One of the six starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
Season by season
2024 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $500 |
| 2025 | 2 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2026 | 2 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. Every season from 2024 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $5,500.
Around Wu Yanni on the money list
Ranks 1985 to 2025
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Leah Nugent | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1986 | Li Lingyu | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1987 | Luka Bošković | Men's long jump | - | $5,500 |
| 1988 | Mario Pestano | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 1989 | Māris Urtāns | Men's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1990 | Mike Foppen | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1991 | Monica Hargrove | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 1992 | Mukhtar Mohammed | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1993 | Musaeb Abdulrahman Balla | Men's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1994 | Pedrya Seymour | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1995 | Richard Yates | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 1996 | Sarah Stevens-Walker | Women's shot put | - | $5,500 |
| 1997 | Shalaya Kipp | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $5,500 |
| 1998 | Simon Magakwe | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 1999 | Tan Jian | Women's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2000 | Taresa Tolosa | two disciplines | - | $5,500 |
| 2001 | Tigst Assefa | Women's 800 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2002 | Tyquendo Tracey | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2003 | Udodi Onwuzurike | Men's 200 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2004 | Victor Hogan | Men's discus throw | - | $5,500 |
| 2005 | Wu Yanni | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,500 |
| 2006 | Yanxi Li | Men's triple jump | - | $5,500 |
| 2007 | Yuki Koike | Men's 100 m | - | $5,500 |
| 2008 | Amere Lattin | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2009 | Brandon Carnes | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2010 | Chris McAlister | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2011 | Leandro Ramos | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2012 | Line Kloster | two disciplines | - | $5,250 |
| 2013 | Luminosa Bogliolo | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $5,250 |
| 2014 | Marie-Therese Obst | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2015 | Ricky Petrucciani | Men's 400 m | - | $5,250 |
| 2016 | Timothy Herman | Men's javelin throw | - | $5,250 |
| 2017 | Aaron Cheminingwa | Men's 800 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2018 | Alizée Minard | Women's javelin throw | - | $5,000 |
| 2019 | Alyxandria Treasure | Women's high jump | - | $5,000 |
| 2020 | Anastasiya Rabchenyuk | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $5,000 |
| 2021 | Anca Heltne | Women's shot put | - | $5,000 |
| 2022 | Andrew Howe | two disciplines | - | $5,000 |
| 2023 | Ángela Tenorio | two disciplines | - | $5,000 |
| 2024 | Benson Kiplangat | Men's 5000 m | - | $5,000 |
| 2025 | Bianca Stuart | Women's long jump | - | $5,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Wu Yanni is 2005th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $5,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Wu Yanni most
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 100 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Masai Russell, Devynne Charlton, Tobi Amusan, Megan Simmonds, Ditaji Kambundji and Ackera Nugent.
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 100 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liz Clay, Nia Ali, Danielle Williams, Grace Stark, Marione Fourie and Tobi Amusan.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 100 m hurdles, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Tonea Marshall, Masai Russell, Tobi Amusan, Devynne Charlton, Megan Simmonds and Ditaji Kambundji.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Wu Yanni won?
$5,500, which ranks 2005th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2024 and 2026.
What is Wu Yanni's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the Diamond+ 100 m hurdles at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Wu Yanni 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 hurdles 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.
Has Wu Yanni 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 Wu Yanni 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 Wu Yanni is Victor Hogan on $5,500, and one below Yanxi Li on $5,500. Wu Yanni 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 100 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Wu Yanni has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, 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 Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.