Yao Jie prize money
Yao Jie has been paid $500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2106th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's pole vault, and it was 8th.
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.
The payment
Where he finished, and what the card paid for it
| MEETING | DISCIPLINE | PLACE | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Pole vault | 8th | $500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $500 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Yao Jie on the money list
Ranks 2072 to 2112
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2072 | Mohamed Koussi | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2073 | Mudhawi Al-Shammari | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2074 | Nibret Kinde | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2075 | Núbia Soares | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2076 | Ojie Edoburun | Men's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2077 | Olga Safronova | Women's 100 m | — | $500 |
| 2078 | Paola Borovic | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2079 | Peter Maru | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2080 | Phil Norman | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2081 | Pietro Arese | Men's 1500 m | — | $500 |
| 2082 | Rachel Pellaud | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2083 | Rebekah Walton | Women's javelin throw | — | $500 |
| 2084 | Regan Yee | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2085 | Robert Kiprop | Men's 5000 m | — | $500 |
| 2086 | Roman Kokoshko | Men's shot put | — | $500 |
| 2087 | Ryann Porter | Women's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2088 | Sam Parsons | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2089 | Sander Skotheim | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2090 | Sara El-Hachimi | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2091 | Sebastian Urbaniak | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2092 | Selah Jepleting Busienei | Women's 3000 m | — | $500 |
| 2093 | Shannon Ray | Women's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2094 | Sokhna Lacoste | Women's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2095 | Solène Gicquel | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2096 | Stella Rutto | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $500 |
| 2097 | Sumire Hata | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2098 | Svetlana Radzivil | Women's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2099 | Sylwester Bednarek | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2100 | Takashi Eto | Men's high jump | — | $500 |
| 2101 | Taymir Burnet | Men's 200 m | — | $500 |
| 2102 | Wellington Zaza | Men's 110 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2103 | William Paulson | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2104 | Wu Ruiting | Men's triple jump | — | $500 |
| 2105 | Wubrist Aschal | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2106 | Yao Jie | Men's pole vault | — | $500 |
| 2107 | Yasin Hajjaji | Men's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2108 | Yasmin Giger | Women's 400 m hurdles | — | $500 |
| 2109 | Yemaneberhan Crippa | two disciplines | — | $500 |
| 2110 | Yue Ya Xin | Women's long jump | — | $500 |
| 2111 | Zandrion Barnes | Men's 400 m | — | $500 |
| 2112 | Alexandru Mihaita Novac | Men's javelin throw | — | $250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yao Jie is 2106th of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yao Jie most
Diamond League Shanghai 2024 paid $500 for 8th in the pole vault, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Bo Kanda Lita Baehre, Armand Duplantis, Ben Broeders, Sam Kendricks, Jacob Wooten and Huang Bokai.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Yao Jie won?
$500, which ranks 2106th of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2024.
What is Yao Jie's biggest Diamond League payday?
$500, for finishing 8th in the pole vault at the 2024 Diamond League Shanghai. The Diamond League pays by place rather than by performance, so that figure is what the card in force that season paid for 8th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Yao Jie 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 place 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.
Is this everything Yao Jie earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 104 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 2,112 athletes across the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out. One place above Yao Jie is Wubrist Aschal on $500, and one below Yasin Hajjaji on $500. Yao Jie is one of 47 China athletes athletics has paid, and China athletics prize money adds them up to $899,167 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 Yao Jie 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 Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.