Yan Ziyi prize money
Yan Ziyi has been paid $82,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 378th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from six paid finishes in the women's javelin throw, five 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 | Javelin throw | 1st | $30,000 |
| Bislett Games 2026 | Javelin throw | 1st | $20,000 |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Meeting de Paris 2026 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Herculis EBS 2026 | Javelin throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Javelin throw | 5th | $2,500 |
| All six | Women's javelin throw | - | $82,500 |
The six paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $82,500 is six separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.07% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
The Ultimate Championship
What Yan Ziyi did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women's javelin throw | 2nd | 68.05 m | $75,000 |
The Ultimate Championship paid Yan Ziyi $75,000 for one finish over three days, against $82,500 from six Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championship page holds all 28 events and what each one paid.
Season by season
2025 to 2026, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $2,500 |
| 2026 | 5 | 5 | AG Memorial Van Damme | $80,000 |
season running total
2026 is the biggest of them, $80,000 from five starts. Every season from 2025 to 2026 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $82,500.
Around Yan Ziyi on the money list
Ranks 358 to 398
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 358 | Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa | two disciplines | 1 | $89,500 |
| 359 | Imane Merga | two disciplines | 4 | $88,500 |
| 360 | Birke Haylom | four disciplines | 3 | $87,000 |
| 361 | Emmanuel Eseme | Men's 100 m | 2 | $87,000 |
| 362 | Grace Stark | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $86,500 |
| 363 | Gianna Woodruff | Women's 400 m hurdles | 1 | $86,000 |
| 364 | Meseret Defar | three disciplines | 5 | $86,000 |
| 365 | Phillips Idowu | Men's triple jump | 6 | $86,000 |
| 366 | Evan Jager | three disciplines | 1 | $85,500 |
| 367 | Diribe Welteji | three disciplines | 4 | $85,250 |
| 368 | Philip Milanov | Men's discus throw | 3 | $85,250 |
| 369 | Maggie Ewen | Women's shot put | 1 | $84,500 |
| 370 | Megan Simmonds | Women's 100 m hurdles | 2 | $84,250 |
| 371 | Hilal Yego | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $84,000 |
| 372 | Payton Otterdahl | Men's shot put | 2 | $83,750 |
| 373 | Donavan Brazier | Men's 800 m | 2 | $83,500 |
| 374 | Georganne Moline | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $83,500 |
| 375 | Janay Deloach | Women's long jump | 3 | $83,000 |
| 376 | Jimmy Vicaut | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 377 | Mekonnen Gebremedhin | two disciplines | 1 | $83,000 |
| 378 | Yan Ziyi | Women's javelin throw | 5 | $82,500 |
| 379 | Lidya Chepkurui | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 2 | $82,000 |
| 380 | Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | two disciplines | 3 | $82,000 |
| 381 | Linden Hall | four disciplines | 1 | $81,750 |
| 382 | Lynsey Sharp | Women's 800 m | 1 | $81,500 |
| 383 | Thea LaFond | Women's triple jump | 1 | $81,500 |
| 384 | Gabby Thomas | two disciplines | 3 | $81,250 |
| 385 | Caleb Ndiku | four disciplines | 3 | $81,000 |
| 386 | Habiba Ghribi | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 5 | $81,000 |
| 387 | Lashinda Demus | two disciplines | 4 | $81,000 |
| 388 | Christin Hussong | Women's javelin throw | 3 | $80,750 |
| 389 | CJ Allen | two disciplines | 1 | $80,750 |
| 390 | Cassandra Tate | Women's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $80,500 |
| 391 | Jeneba Tarmoh | two disciplines | 2 | $80,500 |
| 392 | Danniel Thomas-Dodd | Women's shot put | - | $80,000 |
| 393 | Dawit Seyaum | two disciplines | 4 | $80,000 |
| 394 | Daniel Roberts | Men's 110 m hurdles | 3 | $79,750 |
| 395 | Lolo Jones | Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $79,500 |
| 396 | Virgilijus Alekna | Men's discus throw | 2 | $79,500 |
| 397 | Benjamin Compaoré | Men's triple jump | 3 | $79,000 |
| 398 | Jehue Gordon | Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $79,000 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yan Ziyi is 378th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $82,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yan Ziyi most
AG Memorial Van Damme 2026 paid $30,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of six in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Haruka Kitaguchi, Flor Ruiz, Adriana Vilagoš, Anete Sietiņa and Sigrid Borge.
Bislett Games 2026 paid $20,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sigrid Borge, Adriana Vilagoš, Flor Ruiz, Anete Sietiņa, Juleisy Angulo and Marie-Therese Obst.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $10,000 for 1st in the javelin throw, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sigrid Borge, Adriana Vilagoš, Maria Andrejczyk, Flor Ruiz, Tori Peeters and Haruka Kitaguchi.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yan Ziyi won?
$82,500, which ranks 378th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from six paid finishes between 2025 and 2026.
What is Yan Ziyi's biggest Diamond League payday?
$30,000, for finishing 1st in the javelin throw at the 2026 AG Memorial Van Damme. That is a final, which is why it is the biggest: the final pays two to five times what the same place is worth at a series meeting.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yan Ziyi 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 win is worth the same in the women's javelin throw 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 Yan Ziyi won?
Five of six, worth $80,000 between them. One of her appearance came at a final, which paid $30,000.
How much did Yan Ziyi win at the Ultimate Championship?
$75,000, from one paid final at the 2026 championship in Budapest. World Athletics pays $150,000 for a win there, $75,000 for second and $40,000 for third, the same in all 26 individual events.
Is this everything Yan Ziyi earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The Ultimate Championship money above is separate money from a separate payer, and none of it is added together here. It holds 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 Yan Ziyi is Mekonnen Gebremedhin on $83,000, and one below Lidya Chepkurui on $82,000. Yan Ziyi 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 javelin throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yan Ziyi 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 AG Memorial Van Damme has its own page across every edition of it. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the women's javelin throw page.