Zhang Wei prize money
Zhang Wei has been paid $1,500 by the Diamond League, which ranks 3151st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's pole vault, and it was 7th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 | Pole vault | 7th | $1,500 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $1,500 is one 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.
Around Zhang Wei on the money list
Ranks 3131 to 3171
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3131 | Viktoriya Slivka-Klyugina | Women's high jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3132 | Wang Chen | Men's high jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3133 | Woody Kincaid | two disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 3134 | Wude Ayalew | Women's 5000 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3135 | Xiaosheng Liu | Men's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3136 | Xiaoyin Tang | Women's 400 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3137 | Yanbo Yang | Women's discus throw | - | $1,500 |
| 3138 | Yelizaveta Demirova | Women's 200 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3139 | Yenawa Nbret | three disciplines | - | $1,500 |
| 3140 | Yevgeniya Kolodko | Women's shot put | - | $1,500 |
| 3141 | Yi Lao | Men's 100 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3142 | Yin Jing | Men's 110 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3143 | Yordanys Duranona Garcia | Men's triple jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3144 | Yuliya Pidluzhnaya | Women's long jump | - | $1,500 |
| 3145 | Yuta Imazeki | Men's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,500 |
| 3146 | Yvonne Hak | Women's 800 m | - | $1,500 |
| 3147 | Zach McWhorter | Men's pole vault | - | $1,500 |
| 3148 | Zakaria El Ahlaami | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,500 |
| 3149 | Zane Duquemin | Men's shot put | - | $1,500 |
| 3150 | Zara Northover | Women's shot put | - | $1,500 |
| 3151 | Zhang Wei | Men's pole vault | - | $1,500 |
| 3152 | Joel Baden | Men's high jump | - | $1,417 |
| 3153 | Sally Peake | Women's pole vault | - | $1,333 |
| 3154 | Abdirahman Saeed Hassan | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3155 | Alix Dehaynain | Women's pole vault | - | $1,250 |
| 3156 | Artem Primak | Men's long jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3157 | Ayal Dagnachew | three disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3158 | Brian Raats | Men's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3159 | Buse Savaşkan | Women's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3160 | Carolina Krafzik | Women's 400 m hurdles | - | $1,250 |
| 3161 | Champion Allison | Men's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3162 | Christoff Bryan | Men's high jump | - | $1,250 |
| 3163 | Daniel Ebenyo | three disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3164 | Diogo Ferreira | Men's pole vault | - | $1,250 |
| 3165 | Elena Burkard | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
| 3166 | Ellie Beer | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3167 | Emile Erasmus | Men's 100 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3168 | Ethan Hussey | Men's 800 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3169 | Evelis Aguilar | Women's 400 m | - | $1,250 |
| 3170 | Flavie Renouard | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | - | $1,250 |
| 3171 | Girmawit Gebrzihair | two disciplines | - | $1,250 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zhang Wei is 3151st of the 3,683 athletes the 224 meetings on this site paid, on $1,500.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zhang Wei most
Shanghai Golden Grand Prix 2012 paid $1,500 for 7th in the pole vault, one of eight in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Mark Hollis, Yansheng Yang, Björn Otto, Malte Mohr, Brad Walker and Konstantinos Filippidis.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zhang Wei won?
$1,500, which ranks 3151st of the 3,683 athletes the series has paid across the 224 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2012.
What is Zhang Wei's biggest Diamond League payday?
$1,500, for finishing 7th 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 7th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zhang Wei 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 Zhang Wei 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 Zhang Wei is Zara Northover on $1,500, and one below Joel Baden on $1,417. Zhang Wei 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 Zhang Wei 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 Shanghai Golden Grand Prix has its own page across every edition of it.