Xingjuan Zheng prize money
Xingjuan Zheng has been paid $12,833 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1440th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's high jump, the best of them 2nd.
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 Golden Grand Prix 2014 | High jump | =8th | $500 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | High jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Prefontaine Classic 2012 | High jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | High jump | =2nd | $4,333 |
| All four | Women's high jump | - | $12,833 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $12,833 is four 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
2011 to 2014, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $4,333 |
| 2012 | 2 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $8,000 |
| 2013 | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | 1 | - | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $500 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $8,000 from two starts. No Diamond League meeting paid Xingjuan Zheng in 2013, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $12,833.
Around Xingjuan Zheng on the money list
Ranks 1420 to 1460
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1420 | Martina Strutz | Women's pole vault | - | $13,250 |
| 1421 | Berke Akçam | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1422 | Cydonie Mothersill | Women's 200 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1423 | Delloreen Ennis | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1424 | Dentarius Locke | Men's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1425 | Dongpeng Shi | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1426 | Jaël Bestué | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1427 | Jeanine Assani Issouf | Women's triple jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1428 | Jonielle Smith | Women's 100 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1429 | Katarzyna Kowalska | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,000 |
| 1430 | Linus Kipwambok Chumba | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $13,000 |
| 1431 | Margaret Wangari Muriuki | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1432 | Marta Pérez | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1433 | Pamela Dutkiewicz | Women's 100 m hurdles | 1 | $13,000 |
| 1434 | Phylicia George | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $13,000 |
| 1435 | Renny Quow | Men's 400 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1436 | Stacey-Ann Williams | Women's 400 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1437 | Vincent Ciattei | two disciplines | - | $13,000 |
| 1438 | Xiongfeng Su | Men's long jump | - | $13,000 |
| 1439 | Yuneysi Santiusti | Women's 800 m | - | $13,000 |
| 1440 | Xingjuan Zheng | Women's high jump | - | $12,833 |
| 1441 | Aminatou Seyni | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1442 | Iryna Zhuk | Women's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1443 | Joshua Hartmann | two disciplines | - | $12,750 |
| 1444 | Przemysław Czerwiński | Men's pole vault | - | $12,750 |
| 1445 | Mathew Sawe | Men's high jump | - | $12,667 |
| 1446 | Damiel Dossevi | Men's pole vault | - | $12,583 |
| 1447 | Ahmed Bader Magour | Men's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
| 1448 | Antoine Gakeme | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1449 | Christania Williams | Women's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1450 | Cory McGee | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1451 | Emebet Anteneh | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1452 | Franck Elemba | Men's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1453 | Hind Dehiba Chahyd | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1454 | Huang Bokai | Men's pole vault | - | $12,500 |
| 1455 | Jaydon Hibbert | Men's triple jump | - | $12,500 |
| 1456 | Katie Mackey | two disciplines | 1 | $12,500 |
| 1457 | Kethobogile Haingura | two disciplines | - | $12,500 |
| 1458 | Lachlan Kennedy | Men's 100 m | - | $12,500 |
| 1459 | Misleydis González | Women's shot put | - | $12,500 |
| 1460 | Rachel Buciarski | Women's javelin throw | - | $12,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xingjuan Zheng is 1440th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $12,833.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xingjuan Zheng most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Marina Aitova, Inika McPherson, Svetlana Radzivil, Airinė Palšytė, Vita Styopina and Levern Spencer.
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $4,333 for =2nd in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Vita Styopina, Nadiya Dusanova, Marina Aitova, Anna Ustinova, Ruth Beitia and Svetlana Radzivil.
Prefontaine Classic 2012 paid $2,000 for 6th in the high jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ebba Jungmark, Mélanie Melfort, Anna Chicherova, Svetlana Shkolina, Chaunte Lowe and Brigetta Barrett.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xingjuan Zheng won?
$12,833, which ranks 1440th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2011 and 2014.
What is Xingjuan Zheng's biggest Diamond League payday?
$6,000, for finishing 2nd in the high jump 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 2nd and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Xingjuan Zheng 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 high jump 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 Xingjuan Zheng 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 Xingjuan Zheng is Yuneysi Santiusti on $13,000, and one below Aminatou Seyni on $12,750. Xingjuan Zheng 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 high jump prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Xingjuan Zheng 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.