Xie Zhiyu prize money
Xie Zhiyu has been paid $3,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1292nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's 300 m hurdles and men's 400 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 he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | 300 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | 300 m hurdles | 7th | $1,500 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | 400 m hurdles | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,500 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Discipline by discipline
What each event has paid Xie Zhiyu
| DISCIPLINE | STARTS | WINS | YEARS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 300 m hurdles | 2 | — | 2025 to 2026 | $2,500 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 1 | — | 2025 | $1,000 |
The men's 300 m hurdles has paid Xie Zhiyu $2,500 of the $3,500, which is 71% of everything the series has given him.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | — | Xiamen Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2026 | 1 | — | Shanghai Diamond League | $1,000 |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $2,500 from two starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,500.
Around Xie Zhiyu on the money list
Ranks 1272 to 1312
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1272 | Josette Norris | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1273 | Jye Edwards | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1274 | Leah Nugent | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,500 |
| 1275 | Leon Reid | Men's 200 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1276 | Louie Hinchliffe | Men's 100 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1277 | Melissa Jefferson | Women's 100 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1278 | Michael Saruni | Men's 800 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1279 | Naomi Ogbeta | Women's triple jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1280 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,500 |
| 1281 | Osama Zoghlami | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,500 |
| 1282 | Parul Chaudhary | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,500 |
| 1283 | Paula Sevilla | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1284 | Pavel Seliverstau | Men's high jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1285 | Shi Yuhao | Men's long jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1286 | Simon Batz | Men's long jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1287 | Simon Wieland | Men's javelin throw | — | $3,500 |
| 1288 | Success Eduan | Women's 200 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1289 | Tony van Diepen | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1290 | Valentina Rosamilia | Women's 800 m | — | $3,500 |
| 1291 | William Grimsey | Men's high jump | — | $3,500 |
| 1292 | Xie Zhiyu | two disciplines | — | $3,500 |
| 1293 | Stefano Sottile | Men's high jump | — | $3,375 |
| 1294 | Assia Raziki | Women's 800 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1295 | Esther Guerrero | two disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1296 | Jamie Webb | Men's 800 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1297 | Line Kloster | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,250 |
| 1298 | Oskar Edlund | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,250 |
| 1299 | Rani Rosius | two disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1300 | Revée Walcott-Nolan | three disciplines | — | $3,250 |
| 1301 | Samwel Chebolei Masai | Men's 5000 m | — | $3,250 |
| 1302 | Abria Smith | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1303 | Abubaker Haydar Abdalla | Men's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1304 | Alina Talay | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1305 | Amber Hughes | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1306 | Angelika Cichocka | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1307 | Anne Zagré | Women's 100 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1308 | Axel Chapelle | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1309 | Ben True | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1310 | Bernesh Dessie | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1311 | Besu Sado | Women's 1500 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1312 | Caisja Chandler | Women's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xie Zhiyu is 1292nd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xie Zhiyu most
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $1,500 for 7th in the 300 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: CJ Allen, Gerald Drummond, Karsten Warholm, Matheus Lima, Ken Toyoda and Berke Akçam.
Shanghai Diamond League 2026 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 300 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Kyron McMaster, Alison dos Santos, Karsten Warholm, Matheus Lima, Trevor Bassitt and Matic Ian Guček.
Diamond League Shanghai 2025 paid $1,000 for 8th in the 400 m hurdles, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Nick Smidt, Karsten Warholm, Matheus Lima, Carl Bengtström, Berke Akçam and Kyron McMaster.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xie Zhiyu won?
$3,500, which ranks 1292nd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Xie Zhiyu's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th in the 300 m hurdles at the 2025 Xiamen 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 Xie Zhiyu 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 place is worth the same in the men's 300 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.
Is this everything Xie Zhiyu earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Xie Zhiyu is William Grimsey on $3,500, and one below Stefano Sottile on $3,375. Xie Zhiyu is one of 47 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $899,167 across all six competitions. For the event itself, see men's 300 m hurdles prize money and men's 400 m hurdles prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Xie Zhiyu has been paid in two 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 Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it.