Yanfeng Li prize money
Yanfeng Li has been paid $28,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 945th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from four paid finishes in the women's discus throw, 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 she finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 | Discus throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Memorial van Damme 2011 | Discus throw | 1st | $10,000 |
| Golden Gala 2011 | Discus throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| Memorial Van Damme 2010 | Discus throw | 3rd | $4,000 |
| All four | Women's discus throw | - | $28,000 |
The four paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $28,000 is four separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.02% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2010 to 2011, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Memorial Van Damme | $4,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $24,000 |
season running total
2011 is the biggest of them, $24,000 from three starts. Every season from 2010 to 2011 paid her something. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $28,000.
Around Yanfeng Li on the money list
Ranks 925 to 965
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 925 | Ruben Querinjean | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $29,000 |
| 926 | Brigetta Barrett | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,750 |
| 927 | Zoe Hobbs | Women's 100 m | - | $28,750 |
| 928 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | - | $28,583 |
| 929 | Anna Mishchenko | Women's 1500 m | 1 | $28,500 |
| 930 | Courtney Frerichs | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,500 |
| 931 | Floria Gueï | Women's 400 m | - | $28,500 |
| 932 | Janet Kisa | two disciplines | - | $28,500 |
| 933 | Kévin Menaldo | Men's pole vault | - | $28,500 |
| 934 | Kimberlyn Duncan | Women's 200 m | - | $28,500 |
| 935 | Maykel Massó | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,500 |
| 936 | Nico Young | two disciplines | 1 | $28,500 |
| 937 | Orlando Bennett | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,500 |
| 938 | Vera Markaryan | Women's javelin throw | - | $28,500 |
| 939 | Christina Honsel | Women's high jump | 1 | $28,167 |
| 940 | Andrew Osagie | two disciplines | - | $28,000 |
| 941 | Jeff Porter | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $28,000 |
| 942 | Liam Adcock | Men's long jump | 1 | $28,000 |
| 943 | Mabel Gay | Women's triple jump | - | $28,000 |
| 944 | Roba Gari | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $28,000 |
| 945 | Yanfeng Li | Women's discus throw | 2 | $28,000 |
| 946 | Elena Vallortigara | Women's high jump | - | $27,800 |
| 947 | Lorenzo Simonelli | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,750 |
| 948 | Amber Anning | Women's 400 m | - | $27,500 |
| 949 | Garfield Darien | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 950 | Maksym Mazuryk | Men's pole vault | - | $27,500 |
| 951 | Oleksandr Pyatnytsya | Men's javelin throw | 2 | $27,500 |
| 952 | Peter Bol | Men's 800 m | - | $27,500 |
| 953 | Su Bingtian | Men's 100 m | - | $27,500 |
| 954 | Tiffany Williams | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,500 |
| 955 | Carey McLeod | Men's long jump | 1 | $27,250 |
| 956 | Ajoke Odumosu | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $27,000 |
| 957 | Alyssa Jones | Women's long jump | 1 | $27,000 |
| 958 | Irene Jelagat | four disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 959 | Job Koech Kinyor | Men's 800 m | - | $27,000 |
| 960 | Mohammed Ahmed | three disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 961 | Tiffany Townsend | two disciplines | - | $27,000 |
| 962 | Carl Bengtström | three disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 963 | Kendall Ellis | Women's 400 m | 1 | $26,750 |
| 964 | Twanisha Terry | two disciplines | - | $26,750 |
| 965 | Just Kwaou-Mathey | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $26,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yanfeng Li is 945th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $28,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yanfeng Li most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Dani Stevens, Aretha D. Thurmond, Gia Lewis-Smallwood, Tan Jian, Taifeng Sun and Żaneta Glanc.
Memorial van Damme 2011 paid $10,000 for 1st in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Yarelis Barrios, Żaneta Glanc, Tan Jian, Stephanie Brown-Trafton, Nadine Müller and Aretha D. Thurmond.
Golden Gala 2011 paid $4,000 for 3rd in the discus throw, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Aretha D. Thurmond, Żaneta Glanc, Nicoleta Grasu, Laura Bordignon, Becky Breisch and Yarelis Barrios.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yanfeng Li won?
$28,000, which ranks 945th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from four paid finishes between 2010 and 2011.
What is Yanfeng Li's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the discus throw at the 2011 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 Yanfeng Li 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 discus 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 Yanfeng Li won?
Two of four, worth $20,000 between them. She has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Yanfeng Li 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 Yanfeng Li is Roba Gari on $28,000, and one below Elena Vallortigara on $27,800. Yanfeng Li 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 discus throw prize money. The series has paid out in 20 women's disciplines and Yanfeng Li 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.