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DIAMOND LEAGUE · 2026 · CHN

Shanghai Diamond League 2026 prize money

The 2026 Shanghai Diamond League paid $499,000 across fourteen disciplines at China Textile City Sports Center, Shaoxing, 16 May 2026. Eight athletes left with the biggest cheque of the day, $20,000 each.

The Diamond League pays by finishing place. One card sets what first through eighth is worth and the same figure applies in every discipline on it, so the tables below are the same ladder fourteen times over. Two ladders, in fact: eight of these disciplines were Diamond+, which pays $40,000 against the $30,000 the other six paid.

MEETING PAID $499,000
A WIN PAID $20,000
DISCIPLINES 14
ATHLETES PAID 111
DATE 16 May

What each place paid

The card in force at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League

two cards
What the Diamond League paid for each finishing place at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League.
PLACE DIAMOND+DIAMOND LEAGUE SHARE
1st $20,000$10,000 50.0%
2nd $6,000$6,000 15.0%
3rd $4,000$4,000 10.0%
4th $3,000$3,000 7.5%
5th $2,500$2,500 6.3%
6th $2,000$2,000 5.0%
7th $1,500$1,500 3.8%
8th $1,000$1,000 2.5%
All eight $40,000$30,000 100%

Where the money sits in a Diamond League field

1st $20k
2nd $6,000
3rd $4,000
4th $3,000
5th $2,500
6th $2,000
7th $1,500
8th $1,000

First place takes 50% of what a discipline pays out and eighth takes 2.5%. That ladder is repeated fourteen times at this meeting and it is the whole of how the Diamond League pays: no appearance money, no record bonus, nothing for ninth. Where athletes tie, they take the places they occupy between them, the money for those places is added up and split equally, and the meeting's total does not move. Three athletes finished level here.

Every discipline

Who won it, and what the win was worth

14 disciplines
Every discipline at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, its winner and what the discipline paid out in total.
DISCIPLINE WINNER WIN PAID DISCIPLINE POT
Men's 100 m Diamond+ Gift Leotlela RSA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 100 m hurdles Diamond+ Masai Russell USA $20,000 $39,000
Men's 110 m hurdles Diamond+ Jamal Britt USA $20,000 $40,000
Women's 1500 m Diamond+ Birke Haylom ETH $20,000 $40,000
Women's 200 m Diamond+ Shericka Jackson JAM $20,000 $40,000
Women's 400 m Diamond+ Nickisha Pryce JAM $20,000 $40,000
Men's 800 m Diamond+ Mark English IRL $20,000 $40,000
Men's discus throw Diamond+ Kristjan Čeh SLO $20,000 $40,000
Men's 300 m hurdles Alison dos Santos BRA $10,000 $30,000
Men's 3000 m Mohamed Abdilaahi GER $10,000 $30,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase Peruth Chemutai UGA $10,000 $30,000
Women's long jump Monae' Nichols USA $10,000 $30,000
Men's pole vault Armand Duplantis SWE $10,000 $30,000
Women's shot put Jessica Schilder NED $10,000 $30,000
14 disciplines 14 winners — $499,000

Every discipline on the same tier pays out the identical amount, so the last column is two figures repeated rather than a ranking. What differs between the rows is who was standing in each place when it was handed over.

Every payment

All 111 cheques the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League wrote

153 finishers
Every athlete paid at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, the discipline, the place and the amount.
ATHLETE DISCIPLINE PLACE PAID
Men's 100 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Gift Leotlela RSA 100 m 1st $20,000
Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 100 m 2nd $6,000
Kenny Bednarek USA 100 m 3rd $4,000
Trayvon Bromell USA 100 m 4th $3,000
Lachlan Kennedy AUS 100 m 5th $2,500
Akani Simbine RSA 100 m 6th $2,000
Letsile Tebogo BOT 100 m 7th $1,500
Christian Coleman USA 100 m 8th $1,000
Women's 100 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $39,000
Masai Russell USA 100 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Devynne Charlton BAH 100 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Tobi Amusan NGR 100 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Megan Simmonds JAM 100 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Ditaji Kambundji SUI 100 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Ackera Nugent JAM 100 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Wu Yanni CHN 100 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Men's 110 m hurdles · Diamond+ · $40,000
Jamal Britt USA 110 m hurdles 1st $20,000
Cordell Tinch USA 110 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Rachid Muratake JPN 110 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Orlando Bennett JAM 110 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Liu Junxi CHN 110 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Xu Zhuoyi CHN 110 m hurdles 6th $2,000
Enrique Llopis ESP 110 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Jason Joseph SUI 110 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Women's 1500 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Birke Haylom ETH 1500 m 1st $20,000
Tsige Duguma ETH 1500 m 2nd $6,000
Abbey Caldwell AUS 1500 m 3rd $4,000
Worknesh Mesele ETH 1500 m 4th $3,000
Dorcus Ewoi KEN 1500 m 5th $2,500
Jessica Hull AUS 1500 m 6th $2,000
Emily Mackay USA 1500 m 7th $1,500
Sarah Billings AUS 1500 m 8th $1,000
Women's 200 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Shericka Jackson JAM 200 m 1st $20,000
Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 200 m 2nd $6,000
Anavia Battle USA 200 m 3rd $4,000
Sha'Carri Richardson USA 200 m 4th $3,000
Amy Hunt GBR 200 m 5th $2,500
Jenna Prandini USA 200 m 6th $2,000
Chen Yujie CHN 200 m 7th $1,500
McKenzie Long USA 200 m 8th $1,000
Women's 400 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Nickisha Pryce JAM 400 m 1st $20,000
Aaliyah Butler USA 400 m 2nd $6,000
Roxana Gómez CUB 400 m 3rd $4,000
Stacey-Ann Williams JAM 400 m 4th $3,000
Sada Williams BAR 400 m 5th $2,500
Martina Weil CHI 400 m 6th $2,000
Salwa Eid Naser BRN 400 m 7th $1,500
Paris Peoples USA 400 m 8th $1,000
Men's 800 m · Diamond+ · $40,000
Mark English IRL 800 m 1st $20,000
Kethobogile Haingura BOT 800 m 2nd $6,000
Brandon Miller USA 800 m 3rd $4,000
Luke Boyes AUS 800 m 4th $3,000
Yanis Meziane FRA 800 m 5th $2,500
Ben Pattison GBR 800 m 6th $2,000
Adrián Ben ESP 800 m 7th $1,500
Wyclife Kinyamal KEN 800 m 8th $1,000
Men's discus throw · Diamond+ · $40,000
Kristjan Čeh SLO Discus throw 1st $20,000
Matthew Denny AUS Discus throw 2nd $6,000
Daniel Ståhl SWE Discus throw 3rd $4,000
Lawrence Okoye GBR Discus throw 4th $3,000
Steven Richter GER Discus throw 5th $2,500
Rojé Stona JAM Discus throw 6th $2,000
Sam Mattis USA Discus throw 7th $1,500
Lukas Weißhaidinger AUT Discus throw 8th $1,000
Men's 300 m hurdles · $30,000
Alison dos Santos BRA 300 m hurdles 1st $10,000
Karsten Warholm NOR 300 m hurdles 2nd $6,000
Matheus Lima BRA 300 m hurdles 3rd $4,000
Trevor Bassitt USA 300 m hurdles 4th $3,000
Matic Ian Guček SLO 300 m hurdles 5th $2,500
Caleb Dean USA 300 m hurdles 6th $2,000
CJ Allen USA 300 m hurdles 7th $1,500
Xie Zhiyu CHN 300 m hurdles 8th $1,000
Men's 3000 m · $30,000
Mohamed Abdilaahi GER 3000 m 1st $10,000
Reynold Cheruiyot KEN 3000 m 2nd $6,000
Andreas Almgren SWE 3000 m 3rd $4,000
Timothy Cheruiyot KEN 3000 m 4th $3,000
Cornelius Kemboi KEN 3000 m 5th $2,500
Mathew Kipsang KEN 3000 m 6th $2,000
Eduardo Herrera MEX 3000 m 7th $1,500
Jacob Krop KEN 3000 m 8th $1,000
Women's 3000 m steeplechase · $30,000
Peruth Chemutai UGA 3000 m steeplechase 1st $10,000
Faith Cherotich KEN 3000 m steeplechase 2nd $6,000
Marwa Bouzayani TUN 3000 m steeplechase 3rd $4,000
Kena Tufa ETH 3000 m steeplechase 4th $3,000
Alemnat Walle ETH 3000 m steeplechase 5th $2,500
Norah Jeruto KAZ 3000 m steeplechase 6th $2,000
Parul Chaudhary IND 3000 m steeplechase 7th $1,500
Lexy Halladay-Lowry USA 3000 m steeplechase 8th $1,000
Women's long jump · $30,000
Monae' Nichols USA Long jump 1st $10,000
Natalia Linares COL Long jump 2nd $6,000
Lex Brown USA Long jump 3rd $4,000
Claire Bryant USA Long jump 4th $3,000
Larissa Iapichino ITA Long jump 5th $2,500
Xiong Shiqi CHN Long jump 6th $2,000
Pauline Hondema NED Long jump 7th $1,500
Tan Mengyi CHN Long jump 8th $1,000
Men's pole vault · $30,000
Armand Duplantis SWE Pole vault 1st $10,000
Kurtis Marschall AUS Pole vault 2nd $6,000
Thibaut Collet FRA Pole vault =3rd shared three ways $3,167
Sam Kendricks USA Pole vault =3rd shared three ways $3,167
Menno Vloon NED Pole vault =3rd shared three ways $3,167
Huang Bokai CHN Pole vault 6th $2,000
Emmanouil Karalis GRE Pole vault 7th $1,500
Li Chenyang CHN Pole vault 8th $1,000
Women's shot put · $30,000
Jessica Schilder NED Shot put 1st $10,000
Chase Jackson USA Shot put 2nd $6,000
Sarah Mitton CAN Shot put 3rd $4,000
Fanny Roos SWE Shot put 4th $3,000
Danniel Thomas-Dodd JAM Shot put 5th $2,500
Song Jiayuan CHN Shot put 6th $2,000
Jaida Ross USA Shot put 7th $1,500
Yemisi Mabry GER Shot put 8th $1,000

111 payments to 111 athletes, because nobody was paid twice. The money went to 42 countries. Ninth place and below is in the result tables and paid nothing, so it is not here.

Who left with the most

The 2026 Shanghai Diamond League money list

111 paid
# ATHLETE BEST OF IT PAID HERE
1 Birke Haylom ETH 1st 1500 m $20,000
2 Gift Leotlela RSA 1st 100 m $20,000
3 Jamal Britt USA 1st 110 m hurdles $20,000
4 Kristjan Čeh SLO 1st discus throw $20,000
5 Mark English IRL 1st 800 m $20,000
6 Masai Russell USA 1st 100 m hurdles $20,000
7 Nickisha Pryce JAM 1st 400 m $20,000
8 Shericka Jackson JAM 1st 200 m $20,000
9 Alison dos Santos BRA 1st 300 m hurdles $10,000
10 Armand Duplantis SWE 1st pole vault $10,000
11 Jessica Schilder NED 1st shot put $10,000
12 Mohamed Abdilaahi GER 1st 3000 m $10,000
13 Monae' Nichols USA 1st long jump $10,000
14 Peruth Chemutai UGA 1st 3000 m steeplechase $10,000
15 Aaliyah Butler USA 2nd 400 m $6,000
16 Chase Jackson USA 2nd shot put $6,000
17 Cordell Tinch USA 2nd 110 m hurdles $6,000
18 Devynne Charlton BAH 2nd 100 m hurdles $6,000
19 Faith Cherotich KEN 2nd 3000 m steeplechase $6,000
20 Ferdinand Omanyala KEN 2nd 100 m $6,000
21 Karsten Warholm NOR 2nd 300 m hurdles $6,000
22 Kethobogile Haingura BOT 2nd 800 m $6,000
23 Kurtis Marschall AUS 2nd pole vault $6,000
24 Matthew Denny AUS 2nd discus throw $6,000
25 Natalia Linares COL 2nd long jump $6,000
26 Reynold Cheruiyot KEN 2nd 3000 m $6,000
27 Shaunae Miller-Uibo BAH 2nd 200 m $6,000
28 Tsige Duguma ETH 2nd 1500 m $6,000
29 Abbey Caldwell AUS 3rd 1500 m $4,000
30 Anavia Battle USA 3rd 200 m $4,000
Birke Haylom $20k Gift Leotlela $20k Jamal Britt $20k Kristjan Čeh $20k Mark English $20k Masai Russell $20k Nickisha Pryce $20k Shericka Jackson $20k Alison dos Santos $10k Armand Duplantis $10k Jessica Schilder $10k Mohamed Abdilaahi $10k Monae' Nichols $10k Peruth Chemutai $10k Aaliyah Butler $6,000

Birke Haylom took $20,000 of the $499,000 this meeting paid out. The table lists the 30 biggest of 111; every one of them is in the payment table above.

Frequently asked questions

How much prize money did the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League pay?

$499,000 in all, across fourteen disciplines. Six of them paid $30,000 and eight were Diamond+, which paid $40,000.

What did winning at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League pay?

$20,000 in a Diamond+ discipline and $10,000 in the rest. That is 50% of what the discipline pays out in total, and it is the same figure whether the win came in the 100 m or the javelin.

How far down the field does the Diamond League pay?

Eight places, and ninth pays nothing. 153 athletes finished a discipline at this meeting and 111 of them were paid, so 42 were in a result table here for nothing.

Who earned the most at the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League?

Eight athletes tied at the top on $20,000 each, because the series pays by finishing place and by nothing else: a win in the shot put is worth exactly what a win in the 100 m is. Every athlete paid here was paid once, because nobody doubled up.

How is a tie paid at the Diamond League?

The tied athletes take the places they occupy and the money for all of those places is added up and split equally. Three athletes finished level at this meeting, which is why three figures in the tables below are not round numbers off the card. The meeting's total is unchanged either way.

Is the Shanghai Diamond League worth more than a normal Diamond League meeting?

No. It is a series meeting and it pays the series card, which is the same card every other series meeting of 2026 paid. The final is the one that pays more.

Where to next

The rest of the Diamond League money

The 2026 Diamond League ran fifteen meetings and paid $9,200,500, and Diamond League prize money covers all 104 meetings on this site and the $53,753,250 they paid between them. Shanghai Diamond League has its own page across every edition of it, and the other three are 2025, 2024 and 2019.

The meetings either side of this one