Zhang Mingkun prize money
Zhang Mingkun has been paid $10,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1596th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's long jump, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Xiamen Diamond League 2026 | Long jump | 10th | - |
| Xiamen Diamond League 2025 | Long jump | 1st | $10,000 |
| All two | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $10,000 is one 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. One of the two starts paid nothing, because the series pays eight deep and the fields run past twenty.
The World Championships
What Zhang Mingkun did in Tokyo, 2025
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | 6th | 8.18 m | $7,000 |
The 2025 World Championships paid Zhang Mingkun $7,000 for one finish in Tokyo, against $10,000 from two Diamond League starts between 2025 and 2026. The championships page holds all 49 events and the $8,498,000 they paid out.
The Ultimate Championship
What Zhang Mingkun did in Budapest, 2026
| EVENT | PLACE | MARK | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's long jump | 7th | 7.67 m | - |
Zhang Mingkun stood in one Ultimate Championship final in Budapest and finished outside the money. World Athletics pays the first three in each event, $150,000, $75,000 and $40,000, and publishes no rate below third, so there is no figure to put against where he finished. 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 | 1 | Xiamen Diamond League | $10,000 |
| 2026 | 1 | - | Xiamen Diamond League | - |
season running total
2025 is the biggest of them, $10,000 from one start. No Diamond League meeting paid Zhang Mingkun in 2026, so that column stands at nothing. The dimmer column behind each season is the running total, which reaches $10,000.
Around Zhang Mingkun on the money list
Ranks 1576 to 1616
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1576 | Irine Chepet Cheptai | Women's 5000 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1577 | Jessika Gbai | Women's 200 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1578 | Jhon Murillo | Men's triple jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1579 | Jonah Koech | Men's 1500 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1580 | Josanne Lucas | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1581 | Lauren Fleshman | Women's 5000 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1582 | Lauren Wells | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1583 | Liina Laasma | Women's javelin throw | - | $10,000 |
| 1584 | Marta García | four disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1585 | Matthew Wilkinson | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $10,000 |
| 1586 | Mikhail Akimenko | Men's high jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1587 | Noah Kibet | Men's 800 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1588 | Olha Zemlyak | Women's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1589 | Pavel Shalin | Men's long jump | - | $10,000 |
| 1590 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | - | $10,000 |
| 1591 | Rutger Smith | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1592 | Stephanie Twell | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1593 | Tate Taylor | Men's 200 m | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1594 | Yadisleidy Pedroso | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $10,000 |
| 1595 | Yasemin Can | two disciplines | - | $10,000 |
| 1596 | Zhang Mingkun | Men's long jump | 1 | $10,000 |
| 1597 | Amandine Brossier | Women's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1598 | Attila Molnár | Men's 400 m | - | $9,750 |
| 1599 | Benjamin Gföhler | Men's long jump | - | $9,750 |
| 1600 | Elizabeth Bird | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,750 |
| 1601 | Kate Dennison | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1602 | Neil Gourley | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1603 | Ninon Chapelle | Women's pole vault | - | $9,750 |
| 1604 | Noélie Yarigo | two disciplines | - | $9,750 |
| 1605 | Aleec Harris | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1606 | Antonina Krivoshapka | Women's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1607 | Bianca Williams | Women's 200 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1608 | Brittany Borman | Women's javelin throw | - | $9,500 |
| 1609 | Fancy Cherotich | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $9,500 |
| 1610 | Fionnuala McCormack | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1611 | Georg Fleischhauer | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1612 | Haftamnesh Tesfaye | two disciplines | - | $9,500 |
| 1613 | Hanna Titimets | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $9,500 |
| 1614 | Joanna Jóźwik | Women's 800 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1615 | Jura Levy | Women's 100 m | - | $9,500 |
| 1616 | Lythe Pillay | Men's 400 m | - | $9,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zhang Mingkun is 1596th of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $10,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zhang Mingkun most
Xiamen Diamond League 2025 paid $10,000 for 1st in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Liam Adcock, Marquis Dendy, Shu Heng, Wayne Pinnock, Isaac Grimes and Bozhidar Sarâboyukov.
Xiamen Diamond League 2026 paid $0 for 10th in the long jump, one of ten in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Miltiadis Tentoglou, Tajay Gayle, Bozhidar Sarâboyukov, Mattia Furlani, Anvar Anvarov and Wayne Pinnock.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zhang Mingkun won?
$10,000, which ranks 1596th of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish between 2025 and 2026.
What is Zhang Mingkun's biggest Diamond League payday?
$10,000, for finishing 1st in the long jump at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League. 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 Zhang Mingkun 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 long jump 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 Zhang Mingkun won?
One of two, worth $10,000 between them. He has not been paid at a Diamond League final.
Has Zhang Mingkun ever raced a Diamond League meeting for nothing?
One time. The series pays the first eight and the fields run past twenty, so a ninth place is a Diamond League start that paid nothing at all. That start is in the result table on this site either way.
How much did Zhang Mingkun win at the 2025 World Championships?
$7,000, from one paid final in Tokyo. The championships pay eight places in every event, $70,000 for a title down to $5,000 for 8th.
Is this everything Zhang Mingkun earns from athletics?
No. This is the Diamond League, which is one series of 224 meetings. The World Championships 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 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 Zhang Mingkun is Yasemin Can on $10,000, and one below Amandine Brossier on $9,750. Zhang Mingkun 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 long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zhang Mingkun has been paid in one of them. The biggest of the rest are men's 100 m, men's pole vault and men's 800 m. Every meeting he has raced is linked in the table at the top of this page, and Xiamen Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it. Away from the series, World Championships prize money is Tokyo 2025, $8,498,000 paid eight places deep in every event, and the full final is on the men's long jump page. Ultimate Championship prize money is the 2026 championship in Budapest, $10,000,000 over three days, and the full final is on the men's long jump page.