Xie Wenjun prize money
Xie Wenjun has been paid $47,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 656th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from fourteen paid finishes in the men's 110 m hurdles, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 2nd | $6,000 |
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 5th | $5,000 |
| Athletissima 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 5th | $2,500 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2019 | 110 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2015 | 110 m hurdles | 6th | $2,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2015 | 110 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 | 110 m hurdles | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Grand Prix 2013 | 110 m hurdles | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | 110 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | 110 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | 110 m hurdles | 4th | $3,000 |
| All fourteen | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $47,000 |
The fourteen paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $47,000 is fourteen 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 2019, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $3,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $1,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Golden Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $3,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $4,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $4,000 |
| 2018 | - | - | - | - |
| 2019 | 5 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $17,000 |
season running total
2019 is the biggest of them, $17,000 from five starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Xie Wenjun in 2018, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $47,000.
Around Xie Wenjun on the money list
Ranks 636 to 676
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 636 | Max Heß | Men's triple jump | - | $48,500 |
| 637 | Pavel Maslák | Men's 400 m | - | $48,500 |
| 638 | Wenda Nel | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,500 |
| 639 | Tia Clayton | Women's 100 m | 2 | $48,250 |
| 640 | Ari Mannio | Men's javelin throw | - | $48,000 |
| 641 | Courtney Okolo | Women's 400 m | - | $48,000 |
| 642 | Khallifah Rosser | Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $48,000 |
| 643 | Leevan Sands | Men's triple jump | 1 | $48,000 |
| 644 | Lydia Chebet Rotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $48,000 |
| 645 | Vikas Gowda | Men's discus throw | - | $48,000 |
| 646 | Virginia Nyambura | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $48,000 |
| 647 | Wilfried Happio | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $48,000 |
| 648 | Aleia Hobbs | Women's 100 m | 2 | $47,750 |
| 649 | Amel Tuka | Men's 800 m | 1 | $47,750 |
| 650 | Līna Mūze | Women's javelin throw | - | $47,250 |
| 651 | Matteo Sioli | Men's high jump | 2 | $47,250 |
| 652 | Werkuha Getachew | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $47,250 |
| 653 | Davisleydi Velazco | Women's triple jump | 2 | $47,000 |
| 654 | Laulauga Tausaga | Women's discus throw | - | $47,000 |
| 655 | Laura Weightman | four disciplines | - | $47,000 |
| 656 | Xie Wenjun | Men's 110 m hurdles | 1 | $47,000 |
| 657 | Agnes Jebet Ngetich | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 658 | Nikki Hiltz | two disciplines | 2 | $46,750 |
| 659 | Winnie Nanyondo | four disciplines | - | $46,750 |
| 660 | Menno Vloon | Men's pole vault | - | $46,667 |
| 661 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $46,500 |
| 662 | Kristi Castlin | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $46,500 |
| 663 | Shelby Houlihan | four disciplines | 2 | $46,500 |
| 664 | Michael Mason | Men's high jump | 1 | $46,375 |
| 665 | Derek Drouin | Men's high jump | - | $46,333 |
| 666 | Axumawit Embaye | four disciplines | - | $46,250 |
| 667 | Abel Kipsang | three disciplines | 2 | $46,000 |
| 668 | Gemechu Godana | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $46,000 |
| 669 | Rasheed Dwyer | Men's 200 m | - | $46,000 |
| 670 | Ciara Mageean | two disciplines | 1 | $45,750 |
| 671 | Mariya Ryemyen | two disciplines | 2 | $45,500 |
| 672 | Yemisi Mabry | Women's shot put | - | $45,250 |
| 673 | Alfred Kirwa Yego | Men's 800 m | 1 | $45,000 |
| 674 | Angelica Bengtsson | Women's pole vault | 1 | $45,000 |
| 675 | Trevor Bassitt | two disciplines | - | $45,000 |
| 676 | Konrad Bukowiecki | Men's shot put | 1 | $44,750 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xie Wenjun is 656th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $47,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xie Wenjun most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2014 paid $10,000 for 1st in the 110 m hurdles, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Pascal Martinot-Lagarde, David Oliver, Sergey Shubenkov, Ryan Wilson, Dayron Robles and Ryan Brathwaite.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the 110 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sergey Shubenkov, Orlando Ortega, Freddie Crittenden, Andrew Pozzi, Milan Trajkovic and Antonio Alkana.
AG Memorial Van Damme 2019 paid $5,000 for 5th in the 110 m hurdles, one of seven in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Andrew Pozzi, Antonio Alkana, Orlando Ortega, Ronald Levy, Sergey Shubenkov and Freddie Crittenden.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xie Wenjun won?
$47,000, which ranks 656th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from fourteen paid finishes between 2010 and 2019.
What is Xie Wenjun's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the 110 m hurdles at the 2014 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 Xie Wenjun 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 Xie Wenjun won?
One of fourteen, worth $10,000 between them. One of his appearance came at a final, which paid $5,000.
Is this everything Xie Wenjun 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 Xie Wenjun is Laura Weightman on $47,000, and one below Agnes Jebet Ngetich on $46,750. Xie Wenjun 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 Xie Wenjun 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.