Yao Jie prize money
Yao Jie has been paid $3,750 by the Diamond League, which ranks 2260th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from three paid finishes in the men's pole vault, the best of them 5th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Pole vault | 8th | $500 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 | Pole vault | =5th | $2,250 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 | Pole vault | 8th | $1,000 |
| All three | Men's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
The three paid figures add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,750 is three separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.00% of the $113,397,000 the 224 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Season by season
2017 to 2024, in the order it was won
| SEASON | STARTS | WINS | BIGGEST | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $1,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | - | IAAF Diamond League Shanghai | $2,250 |
| 2019 | - | - | - | - |
| 2020 | - | - | - | - |
| 2021 | - | - | - | - |
| 2022 | - | - | - | - |
| 2023 | - | - | - | - |
| 2024 | 1 | - | Diamond League Shanghai | $500 |
season running total
2018 is the biggest of them, $2,250 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Yao Jie in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, so those columns stand at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $3,750.
Around Yao Jie on the money list
Ranks 2240 to 2280
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2240 | Teresia Muthoni Gateri | three disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2241 | Thomas Lancashire | Men's 1500 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2242 | Tintu Luka | Women's 800 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2243 | Toni Smith | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2244 | Trecia Kaye Smith | Women's triple jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2245 | Tshepo Tshite | three disciplines | - | $4,000 |
| 2246 | Wen Cheng | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $4,000 |
| 2247 | Xavi Mo-Ajok | Men's 200 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2248 | Xiong Shiqi | Women's long jump | - | $4,000 |
| 2249 | Yarisley Collado | Women's discus throw | - | $4,000 |
| 2250 | Yunier Pérez | Men's 100 m | - | $4,000 |
| 2251 | Sergey Kucheryanu | Men's pole vault | - | $3,833 |
| 2252 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,750 |
| 2253 | Alexandra Bell | Women's 800 m | - | $3,750 |
| 2254 | Claudia Bobocea | two disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2255 | Delphine Nkansa | two disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2256 | Elien Vekemans | Women's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2257 | Kenny Selmon | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $3,750 |
| 2258 | Kevin Mayer | three disciplines | - | $3,750 |
| 2259 | Lene Retzius | Women's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2260 | Yao Jie | Men's pole vault | - | $3,750 |
| 2261 | Yonathan Kapitolnik | Men's high jump | - | $3,750 |
| 2262 | Austin Miller | Men's pole vault | - | $3,625 |
| 2263 | Becky Holliday Ward | Women's pole vault | - | $3,583 |
| 2264 | Aimee Pratt | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2265 | Alemaz Samuel | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2266 | Alioune Sene | Men's pole vault | - | $3,500 |
| 2267 | Alistair Ian Cragg | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2268 | Amanda Smock | Women's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2269 | Ana Claudia Lemos | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2270 | Andrew Baddeley | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2271 | Angela Petty | Women's 800 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2272 | Anna Krylova | Women's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2273 | Antwon Hicks | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $3,500 |
| 2274 | Arne Gabius | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2275 | Asayech Ayichew | three disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2276 | Aziz Ouhadi | Men's 200 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2277 | Bekana Daba | Men's 5000 m | - | $3,500 |
| 2278 | Ben Williams | Men's triple jump | - | $3,500 |
| 2279 | Camille Laus | two disciplines | - | $3,500 |
| 2280 | Charlie Myers | Men's pole vault | - | $3,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Yao Jie is 2260th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $3,750.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Yao Jie most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2018 paid $2,250 for =5th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Shawn Barber, Raphael Holzdeppe, Huang Bokai, Renaud Lavillenie, Piotr Lisek and Changrui Xue.
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2017 paid $1,000 for 8th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Sam Kendricks, Renaud Lavillenie, Shawn Barber, Thiago Braz, Konstantinos Filippidis and Raphael Holzdeppe.
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?
$3,750, which ranks 2260th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from three paid finishes between 2017 and 2024.
What is Yao Jie's biggest Diamond League payday?
$2,250, for finishing =5th in the pole vault at the 2018 IAAF 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 =5th 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 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 Yao Jie is Lene Retzius on $3,750, and one below Yonathan Kapitolnik on $3,750. Yao Jie 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 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.