Zhang Yaoguang prize money
Zhang Yaoguang has been paid $3,000 by the Diamond League, which ranks 1353rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid. It came from one paid finish in the men's long jump, and it was 4th.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Long jump | 4th | $3,000 |
The one paid figure add up because none of them contains another: a place is paid once, at that meeting, so $3,000 is one separate amounts rather than a running total. It is 0.01% of the $53,753,250 the 104 meetings on this site paid out between them.
Around Zhang Yaoguang on the money list
Ranks 1333 to 1373
| # | ATHLETE | DISCIPLINE | WINS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1333 | Lydia Jele | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1334 | Lynna Irby-Jackson | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1335 | Michaela Meijer | Women's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1336 | Nataliya Strebkova | Women's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $3,000 |
| 1337 | Orlann Ombissa-Dzangue | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1338 | Owen Ansah | Men's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1339 | Paris Peoples | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1340 | Phaezel Selepe | Men's 200 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1341 | Pieter Conradie | Men's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1342 | Raven Saunders | Women's shot put | — | $3,000 |
| 1343 | Rutger Koppelaar | Men's pole vault | — | $3,000 |
| 1344 | Salomé Kora | Women's 100 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1345 | Sam Blaskowski | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1346 | Sam Tanner | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1347 | Sanu Jallow-Lockhart | Women's 800 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1348 | Sebastian Rodger | Men's 400 m hurdles | — | $3,000 |
| 1349 | Senni Salminen | Women's triple jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1350 | Taliyah Brooks | Women's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1351 | Tatjana Pinto | two disciplines | — | $3,000 |
| 1352 | Yemi Mary John | Women's 400 m | — | $3,000 |
| 1353 | Zhang Yaoguang | Men's long jump | — | $3,000 |
| 1354 | Alex Wilson | two disciplines | — | $2,750 |
| 1355 | Allie Wilson | Women's 800 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1356 | Daniel Keaton | Men's pole vault | — | $2,750 |
| 1357 | Edoardo Scotti | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1358 | Emmanuel Ihemeje | Men's triple jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1359 | Jessica-Bianca Wessolly | Women's 200 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1360 | Loïc Gasch | Men's high jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1361 | Luguelín Santos | Men's 400 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1362 | Marie-Laurence Jungfleisch | Women's high jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1363 | Mehdi Belhadj | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | $2,750 |
| 1364 | Morgan McDonald | Men's 5000 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1365 | Pauline Hondema | Women's long jump | — | $2,750 |
| 1366 | Yoshihide Kiryū | Men's 100 m | — | $2,750 |
| 1367 | Clayton Fritsch | Men's pole vault | — | $2,625 |
| 1368 | Wang Zhen | Men's high jump | — | $2,542 |
| 1369 | Abdulla Aboobacker | Men's triple jump | — | $2,500 |
| 1370 | Abduraqhman Karriem | Men's 200 m | — | $2,500 |
| 1371 | Ahmed Mohamed Hussein | Men's javelin throw | — | $2,500 |
| 1372 | Albert Rop | two disciplines | — | $2,500 |
| 1373 | Alin Firfirică | Men's discus throw | — | $2,500 |
A slice of the same list the Diamond League hub ranks in full. Zhang Yaoguang is 1353rd of the 2,112 athletes the 104 meetings on this site paid, on $3,000.
Who else was in the money
The rest of the eight, at the meetings that paid Zhang Yaoguang most
IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 paid $3,000 for 4th in the long jump, one of nine in the field. Also paid that afternoon: Miltiadis Tentoglou, Zarck Visser, Huang Changzhou, Emiliano Lasa, Tajay Gayle and Wang Jianan.
Frequently asked questions
How much Diamond League prize money has Zhang Yaoguang won?
$3,000, which ranks 1353rd of the 2,112 athletes the series has paid across the 104 meetings on this site. It came from one paid finish in 2019.
What is Zhang Yaoguang's biggest Diamond League payday?
$3,000, for finishing 4th in the long jump at the 2019 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 4th and would have paid anybody who finished there.
How does the Diamond League decide what Zhang Yaoguang 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 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.
Is this everything Zhang Yaoguang 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 Zhang Yaoguang is Yemi Mary John on $3,000, and one below Alex Wilson on $2,750. For the event itself, see men's long jump prize money. The series has paid out in 21 men's disciplines and Zhang Yaoguang 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 IAAF Diamond League Shanghai has its own page across every edition of it.