Xiangrong Liu prize money
Xiangrong Liu has been paid $15,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1317th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's shot put, the best of them 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Golden Gala 2012 | Shot put | 5th | $2,500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Shot put | 4th | $3,000 |
| Bislett Games 2011 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | Shot put | 6th | $2,000 |
| All six | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $15,500 is six 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.
Season by season
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,000 |
| 2011 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $5,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Golden Gala | $2,500 |
| 2013 | 2 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $6,000 |
season running total
2013 is the biggest of them, $6,000 from two starts. Every season from 2010 to 2013 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $15,500.
Around Xiangrong Liu on the money list
Ranks 1297 to 1337
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1297 | Yuliya Zaripova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $16,000 |
| 1298 | Jan Štefela | Men's high jump | - | $15,958 |
| 1299 | Brian Komen | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $15,750 |
| 1300 | Deon Lendore | Men's 400 m | - | $15,750 |
| 1301 | Dusty Jonas | Men's high jump | - | $15,750 |
| 1302 | Kaylin Whitney | two disciplines | - | $15,750 |
| 1303 | Paulien Couckuyt | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $15,750 |
| 1304 | Tonje Angelsen | Women's high jump | - | $15,583 |
| 1305 | Adam Nelson | Men's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1306 | Aleksandra Fedoriva-Spayer | Women's 200 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1307 | Brittany Crew | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1308 | Courtney Wayment | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,500 |
| 1309 | Felisha Johnson | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1310 | Gabriele Grunewald | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1311 | Huang Changzhou | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1312 | Jorge A. Hodelín | Men's long jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1313 | Meselech Melkamu | two disciplines | - | $15,500 |
| 1314 | Olga Kucherenko | Women's long jump | 2 | $15,500 |
| 1315 | Olha Lyakhova | Women's 800 m | - | $15,500 |
| 1316 | Steve Mullings | two disciplines | 1 | $15,500 |
| 1317 | Xiangrong Liu | Women's shot put | - | $15,500 |
| 1318 | Yoann Rapinier | Men's triple jump | - | $15,500 |
| 1319 | Yuliya Golubchikova | Women's pole vault | - | $15,500 |
| 1320 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Men's 100 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1321 | Beth Dobbin | Women's 200 m | - | $15,250 |
| 1322 | Seito Yamamoto | Men's pole vault | - | $15,250 |
| 1323 | Ainsley Waugh | two disciplines | - | $15,000 |
| 1324 | Andrew Bayer | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1325 | Dan Taylor | Men's shot put | - | $15,000 |
| 1326 | James Dasaolu | Men's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1327 | Khaleb McRae | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1328 | Lázaro Borges | Men's pole vault | - | $15,000 |
| 1329 | Margaryta Dorozhon | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1330 | Marina Aitova | Women's high jump | - | $15,000 |
| 1331 | Ngonidzashe Makusha | Men's long jump | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1332 | Obi Igbokwe | Men's 400 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1333 | Schillonie Calvert-Powell | Women's 100 m | - | $15,000 |
| 1334 | Stanley Kebenei | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $15,000 |
| 1335 | Torrie Lewis | two disciplines | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1336 | Yelena Kotulskaya | Women's 800 m | 1 | $15,000 |
| 1337 | Daniel Rowden | Men's 800 m | - | $14,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xiangrong Liu is 1317th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $15,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xiangrong Liu most
Golden Grand Prix 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anca Heltne, Josephine Terlecki, Jeneva Stevens, Anita Márton, Christina Schwanitz and Gong Lijiao.
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of five in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Anca Heltne, Valerie Adams, Gong Lijiao and Michelle Carter.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $3,000 for 4th in the shot put, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Natalya Mikhnevich, Michelle Carter, Jessica Cérival, Alena Abramchuk, Gong Lijiao and Jillian Camarena-Williams.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xiangrong Liu won?
$15,500, which ranks 1317th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Xiangrong Liu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the shot put at the 2013 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Xiangrong Liu 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 shot put 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 Xiangrong 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 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 Xiangrong Liu is Steve Mullings on $15,500, and one below Yoann Rapinier on $15,500. Xiangrong 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 women's shot put prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Xiangrong Liu has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are women's 100 m, women's 100 m hurdles and women's 400 m. Every meeting she has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.