Yansheng Yang prize money
Yansheng Yang has been paid $13,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1413th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's pole vault, one of them a win.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prefontaine Classic 2013 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | Pole vault | 1st | $10,000 |
| Shanghai Diamond League 2010 | Pole vault | 5th | $2,500 |
| All three | Men's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $13,500 is three 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
2010 to 2013, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | - | Shanghai Diamond League | $2,500 |
| 2011 | - | - | - | - |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | Shanghai Golden Grand Prix | $10,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | - | Prefontaine Classic | $1,000 |
season running total
2012 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Yansheng Yang in 2011, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $13,500.
Around Yansheng Yang on the money list
Ranks 1393 to 1433
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1393 | Marta Alemayo | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1394 | Matthew Hughes | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,750 |
| 1395 | Nozomi Tanaka | three disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1396 | Payton Chadwick | two disciplines | - | $13,750 |
| 1397 | Zhu Yaming | Men's triple jump | - | $13,750 |
| 1398 | Aisha Praught-Leer | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1399 | Aleen Bailey | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1400 | Aleksandra Kiryashova | Women's pole vault | - | $13,500 |
| 1401 | Andrew Butchart | two disciplines | - | $13,500 |
| 1402 | Bridget Franek | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $13,500 |
| 1403 | Cynthia Bolingo | Women's 400 m | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1404 | Isa Phillips | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1405 | Jessica Ramsey | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1406 | Jessie Knight | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1407 | Jordan Anthony | Men's 100 m | - | $13,500 |
| 1408 | Konstantinos Baniotis | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1409 | Ristananna Tracey | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,500 |
| 1410 | Samson Oni | Men's high jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1411 | Simona la Mantia | Women's triple jump | - | $13,500 |
| 1412 | Song Jiayuan | Women's shot put | - | $13,500 |
| 1413 | Yansheng Yang | Men's pole vault | 1 | $13,500 |
| 1414 | Ebba Jungmark | Women's high jump | - | $13,250 |
| 1415 | Isaiah Harris | Men's 800 m | 1 | $13,250 |
| 1416 | İsmail Nezir | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $13,250 |
| 1417 | Julia Henriksson | two disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1418 | Lemlem Hailu | three disciplines | - | $13,250 |
| 1419 | Leungo Scotch | Men's 400 m | - | $13,250 |
| 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 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yansheng Yang is 1413th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $13,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yansheng Yang most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $10,000 for 1st in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Björn Otto, Malte Mohr, Brad Walker, Konstantinos Filippidis, Hendrik Gruber and Zhang Wei.
Shanghai Diamond League 2010 paid $2,500 for 5th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Steven Hooker, Steven Lewis, Jeremy Scott, Malte Mohr, Aleksandr Gripich and Maksym Mazuryk.
Prefontaine Classic 2013 paid $1,000 for 8th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Renaud Lavillenie, Björn Otto, Raphael Holzdeppe, Malte Mohr, Brad Walker and Steven Lewis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yansheng Yang won?
$13,500, which ranks 1413th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2010 and 2013.
What is Yansheng Yang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the pole vault 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 1st and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yansheng Yang 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 pole vault 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 Yansheng Yang won?
One of three, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Is this everything Yansheng Yang 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 Yansheng Yang is Song Jiayuan on $13,500, and one below Ebba Jungmark on $13,250. Yansheng Yang 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 pole vault prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Yansheng Yang has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's 800 m and men's 200 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Prefontaine Classic has its own page across every edition of it.