Xinglong Gao prize money
Xinglong Gao has been paid $35,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 817th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the men's long jump, two 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Long jump | 6th | $2,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Long jump | 2nd | $6,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Muller Anniversary Games 2016 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis 2016 | Long jump | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2016 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
| All six | Men's long jump | - | $35,000 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $35,000 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.03% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2016 to 2018, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 4 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $27,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $6,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $2,000 |
season running total
2016 is the biggest of them, $27,000 from four starts. Every season from 2016 to 2018 paid him something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $35,000.
Around Xinglong Gao on the money list
Ranks 797 to 837
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 797 | Bozhidar Sarâboyukov | Men's long jump | 1 | $36,000 |
| 798 | Jason Young | three disciplines | - | $36,000 |
| 799 | Jazmin Sawyers | Women's long jump | - | $36,000 |
| 800 | Liu Shiying | Women's javelin throw | - | $36,000 |
| 801 | Narve Gilje Nordås | four disciplines | 1 | $36,000 |
| 802 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | - | $36,000 |
| 803 | Whitney Ashley | Women's discus throw | - | $36,000 |
| 804 | Enrique Llopis | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $35,750 |
| 805 | Mateusz Przybylko | Men's high jump | - | $35,750 |
| 806 | Dorcus Ewoi | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 807 | English Gardner | two disciplines | 1 | $35,500 |
| 808 | Goldie Sayers | Women's javelin throw | 1 | $35,500 |
| 809 | Jamile Samuel | two disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 810 | Matthew Centrowitz Jr. | four disciplines | - | $35,500 |
| 811 | Mattia Furlani | Men's long jump | - | $35,250 |
| 812 | Abbey Caldwell | four disciplines | 1 | $35,000 |
| 813 | Anaso Jobodwana | Men's 200 m | - | $35,000 |
| 814 | Andressa de Morais | Women's discus throw | - | $35,000 |
| 815 | Cindy Roleder | Women's 100 m hurdles | - | $35,000 |
| 816 | Nick Willis | four disciplines | - | $35,000 |
| 817 | Xinglong Gao | Men's long jump | 2 | $35,000 |
| 818 | Brad Walker | Men's pole vault | - | $34,750 |
| 819 | Catriona Bisset | Women's 800 m | - | $34,750 |
| 820 | Charles Simotwo | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 821 | Irina Gordeyeva | Women's high jump | - | $34,750 |
| 822 | Ryuji Miura | two disciplines | - | $34,750 |
| 823 | Alexandria Anderson | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 824 | Mamadou Kassé Hann | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $34,500 |
| 825 | Mimi Belete | two disciplines | - | $34,500 |
| 826 | Andreas Almgren | four disciplines | 1 | $34,250 |
| 827 | Chala Beyo | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,250 |
| 828 | Claudine Vita | Women's discus throw | - | $34,250 |
| 829 | Gina Lückenkemper | two disciplines | - | $34,250 |
| 830 | Benjamin Robert | two disciplines | 1 | $34,000 |
| 831 | Doris Lemngole | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $34,000 |
| 832 | Mercy Wanjiku Njoroge | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 833 | Nicholas Kiptanui Bett | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $34,000 |
| 834 | Yanis Meziane | Men's 800 m | - | $34,000 |
| 835 | Addisu Yihune | two disciplines | 2 | $33,750 |
| 836 | Jaroslav Bába | Men's high jump | 1 | $33,750 |
| 837 | Airinė Palšytė | Women's high jump | 1 | $33,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Xinglong Gao is 817th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $35,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Xinglong Gao most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Ruswahl Samaai, Fabrice Lapierre, Jeff Henderson, Wang Jianan, Zhang Yaoguang and Huang Changzhou.
Muller Anniversary Games 2016 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Damar Forbes, Michael Hartfield, Wang Jianan, Tyrone Smith, Michel Tornéus and Jarvis Gotch.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $6,000 for 2nd in the long jump, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Huang Changzhou, Zhang Yaoguang, Ruswahl Samaai, Jeff Henderson, Emiliano Lasa and Godfrey Khotso Mokoena.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Xinglong Gao won?
$35,000, which ranks 817th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2016 and 2018.
What is Xinglong Gao's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2016 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 Xinglong Gao 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 long 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.
How many Diamond League meetings has Xinglong Gao won?
Two of six, worth $20,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Xinglong Gao 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 Xinglong Gao is Nick Willis on $35,000, and one below Brad Walker on $34,750. Xinglong Gao 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 long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Xinglong Gao 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.