Xiang Liu prize money
Xiang Liu has been paid $40,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 751st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from five paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, three of them wins.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2011 | 110 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All five | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $40,000 |
The five paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $40,000 is five separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.04% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2012, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $16,000 |
| 2012 | 2 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $20,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $20,000 from two starts. Every season from 2010 to 2012 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $40,000.
Around Xiang Liu on the money list
Ranks 731 to 771
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 731 | Zinaida Sendriutė | Women's discus throw | - | $41,000 |
| 732 | Jarrion Lawson | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,750 |
| 733 | Pia Skrzyszowska | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $40,750 |
| 734 | Quanera Hayes | Women's 400 m | 1 | $40,750 |
| 735 | Sara Kolak | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $40,750 |
| 736 | Leonard Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $40,500 |
| 737 | Vadims Vasiļevskis | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,500 |
| 738 | Almir dos Santos | Men's triple jump | - | $40,250 |
| 739 | Akeem Bloomfield | Men's 400 m | 3 | $40,000 |
| 740 | Aleshign Baweke | three disciplines | 1 | $40,000 |
| 741 | Brandon McBride | Men's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 742 | Bryce Hoppel | two disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 743 | Christine Mboma | Women's 200 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 744 | Claire Bryant | Women's long jump | - | $40,000 |
| 745 | Gabriela DeBues-Stafford | five disciplines | - | $40,000 |
| 746 | Isabella Whittaker | Women's 400 m | 2 | $40,000 |
| 747 | Jan Kudlička | Men's pole vault | - | $40,000 |
| 748 | Margaret Wambui | Women's 800 m | - | $40,000 |
| 749 | Nadine Kleinert | Women's shot put | - | $40,000 |
| 750 | Petr Frydrych | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| 751 | Xiang Liu | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $40,000 |
| 752 | Zarck Visser | Men's long jump | 1 | $40,000 |
| 753 | Amine Laalou | three disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 754 | Cindy Sember | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $39,500 |
| 755 | Josh Hoey | two disciplines | 1 | $39,500 |
| 756 | Pamela Jelimo | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,500 |
| 757 | Youssef Ahmed Masrahi | Men's 400 m | 1 | $39,500 |
| 758 | Shiann Salmon | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $39,250 |
| 759 | Halima Hachlaf | Women's 800 m | 2 | $39,000 |
| 760 | Kim Amb | Men's javelin throw | 1 | $39,000 |
| 761 | Leonel Manzano | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 762 | Paul Chelimo | three disciplines | 1 | $39,000 |
| 763 | Bryce Deadmon | Men's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 764 | Candice McLeod | Women's 400 m | - | $38,750 |
| 765 | Romain Mesnil | Men's pole vault | 1 | $38,583 |
| 766 | Anneisha McLaughlin-Whilby | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 767 | Molly Ludlow | Women's 800 m | - | $38,500 |
| 768 | Nelson Évora | Men's triple jump | - | $38,500 |
| 769 | Sally Kipyego | two disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 770 | Sarah Billings | three disciplines | - | $38,500 |
| 771 | Alessia Trost | Women's high jump | - | $38,333 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xiang Liu is 751st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $40,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xiang Liu most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Oliver, Jason Richardson, Aries Merritt, Dexter Faulk, Kevin Craddock and Dongpeng Shi.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aries Merritt, Jason Richardson, Dexter Faulk, David Oliver, Ryan Wilson and Ashton Eaton.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: David Oliver, Aries Merritt, Dwight Thomas, Dongpeng Shi, Joel Brown and Ryan Wilson.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xiang Liu won?
$40,000, which ranks 751st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from five paid finishes between 2010 and 2012.
What is Xiang Liu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2012 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Xiang Liu 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 110 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Xiang Liu won?
Three of five, worth $30,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Xiang Liu 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 Xiang Liu is Petr Frydrych on $40,000, and one below Zarck Visser on $40,000. Xiang Liu 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 110 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Xiang Liu 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.