Shanghai Diamond League prize money
Shanghai Diamond League has paid $1,796,500 to 363 athletes across four editions, from 2019 to 2026. Two athletes share the biggest total at the meeting, $36,000 each.
The Diamond League pays by finishing place and by nothing else, so the rate here is the series rate: $10,000 for a win at the 2026 edition, eight places paid in every discipline, and nothing for ninth. It has always been a series meeting, so the final ladder has never applied here. 12 of the 57 disciplines on those programmes have been Diamond+, which pays double.
Who Shanghai Diamond League has paid the most
Every edition on this site, added up
| # | ATHLETE | PAID | WINS | BEST DAY HERE | EARNED |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akani Simbine | 4 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 2 | Chase Jackson | 3 | 2 | 1st | $36,000 |
| 3 | Anavia Battle | 3 | 1 | 1st | $30,000 |
| 4 | Armand Duplantis | 3 | 3 | 1st | $30,000 |
| 5 | Cordell Tinch | 3 | 1 | 1st | $28,000 |
| 6 | Masai Russell | 2 | 1 | 1st | $22,000 |
| 7 | Mark English | 2 | 1 | 1st | $20,750 |
| 8 | Jamal Britt | 2 | 1 | 1st | $20,500 |
| 9 | Beatrice Chepkoech | 2 | 2 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 10 | Birke Haylom | 1 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 11 | Gift Leotlela | 1 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 12 | Jessica Schilder | 2 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 13 | Kristjan Čeh | 1 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 14 | Nickisha Pryce | 1 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 15 | Peruth Chemutai | 3 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 16 | Shericka Jackson | 1 | 1 | 1st | $20,000 |
| 17 | Christian Coleman | 4 | 0 | 2nd | $16,000 |
| 18 | Karsten Warholm | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 19 | Selemon Barega | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 20 | Tsige Duguma | 2 | 1 | 1st | $16,000 |
| 21 | Sarah Mitton | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $15,000 |
| 22 | Rachid Muratake | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $14,000 |
| 23 | Devynne Charlton | 3 | 0 | 2nd | $13,500 |
| 24 | Fred Kerley | 2 | 1 | 1st | $13,500 |
| 25 | Haruka Kitaguchi | 2 | 1 | 1st | $13,000 |
| 26 | Mohamed Abdilaahi | 2 | 1 | 1st | $12,000 |
| 27 | Wang Jianan | 2 | 0 | 2nd | $12,000 |
| 28 | Salwa Eid Naser | 2 | 1 | 1st | $11,500 |
| 29 | Lü Huihui | 2 | 1 | 1st | $11,250 |
| 30 | Elina Tzengko | 2 | 1 | 1st | $11,000 |
| 31 | Fanny Roos | 3 | 0 | 3rd | $10,500 |
| 32 | Abderrahman Samba | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 33 | Abrham Sime | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 34 | Aleia Hobbs | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 35 | Alison dos Santos | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 36 | Andreas Hofmann | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 37 | Berihu Aregawi | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 38 | Chase Ealey | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 39 | Christopher Bailey | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
| 40 | Daniel Roberts | 1 | 1 | 1st | $10,000 |
Two athletes are level at the top of the money list, $36,000 apiece, because the series pays by finishing place and a win is a win in every discipline on the card. Armand Duplantis has won here three times, more than anyone else. 71 of the 363 athletes the meeting has paid were paid at it more than once. The table lists the 40 biggest of 363.
Every edition of Shanghai Diamond League
What each year's programme paid, and what a win was worth
| EDITION | WHERE | WHEN | DISCIPLINES | A WIN | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shanghai Diamond League 2026 | Shaoxing | 16 May | 14 | $10,000 | $499,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2025 | Shaoxing | 3 May | 14 | $10,000 | $500,000 |
| Diamond League Shanghai 2024 | Suzhou | 27 April | 14 | $10,000 | $350,000 |
| IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019 | Shanghai | 18 May | 15 | $10,000 | $447,500 |
| 4 editions | 3 cities | — | 57 | — | $1,796,500$1.8m |
What each edition paid
season running total
The line is the running total. A meeting's pot is its rate multiplied by its programme, so the columns move with how many disciplines were on the card rather than with who turned up: the biggest edition here ran 15 disciplines and the smallest 14.
Every discipline held at Shanghai Diamond League
How often each one has been on the programme, and what it has paid
| DISCIPLINE | EDITIONS | PAID HERE |
|---|---|---|
| Men's 100 m | 4 | $145,000 |
| Men's 110 m hurdles | 4 | $145,000 |
| Women's shot put | 4 | $135,000 |
| Women's 200 m | 3 | $115,000 |
| Women's 400 m | 3 | $95,000 |
| Women's 100 m hurdles | 3 | $94,000 |
| Men's 5000 m | 3 | $85,000 |
| Men's pole vault | 3 | $85,000 |
| Women's 3000 m steeplechase | 3 | $85,000 |
| Women's javelin throw | 3 | $85,000 |
| Women's 1500 m | 2 | $70,000 |
| Men's 800 m | 2 | $65,000 |
| Men's 400 m hurdles | 2 | $60,000 |
| Men's 400 m | 2 | $57,500 |
| Men's high jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| Men's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| Women's long jump | 2 | $55,000 |
| Men's discus throw | 1 | $40,000 |
| Men's 300 m hurdles | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 3000 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's 3000 m steeplechase | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's javelin throw | 1 | $30,000 |
| Men's triple jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's 100 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's 800 m | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's high jump | 1 | $30,000 |
| Women's pole vault | 1 | $30,000 |
| 27 disciplines | 57 | $1,796,500$1.8m |
A discipline that has been on every programme has paid more here than one that has been on two, and that is the whole of what the column above ranks: the rate is the same in all of them. Each discipline links to what it has paid across the series.
What each place has paid at Shanghai Diamond League
The five ladders this meeting has paid under
| PLACE | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES | SERIES + | SERIES + |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | $10,000 | $10,000 | $10,000 | $20,000 | $20,000 |
| 2nd | $6,000 | $6,000 | $6,000 | $10,000 | $6,000 |
| 3rd | $4,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $6,000 | $4,000 |
| 4th | $3,000 | $2,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $3,000 |
| 5th | $2,500 | $1,250 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $2,500 |
| 6th | $2,000 | $1,000 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $2,000 |
| 7th | $1,500 | $750 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $1,500 |
| 8th | $1,000 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,000 |
| All eight | $30,000 | $25,000 | $30,000 | $50,000 | $40,000 |
One column per ladder, and a column covers every discipline the meeting ran while that ladder was in force. The series ladder has been rewritten two times inside the run of editions here, and a win has paid $10,000 under every version of it. What moved is underneath: eighth place was worth $1,000 on the oldest card on this table and $1,000 on the current one, and the eight places together came to $30,000 against $30,000. There is no appearance money in any of it, nothing for a record and nothing for ninth, and where athletes tied they took the places between them and split the money for all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Shanghai Diamond League paid?
$1,796,500 across four editions, to 363 athletes from 67 countries. That is 3.3% of everything the Diamond League has paid across the nine seasons on this site.
What does a win at Shanghai Diamond League pay?
$10,000, and double that in a Diamond+ discipline. It is the same figure in every discipline on the programme, so a win in the shot put pays what a win in the 100 m pays.
Who has earned the most at Shanghai Diamond League?
Two athletes are level at the top on $36,000 each. 71 of the 363 athletes the meeting has paid were paid at it more than once.
How many editions of Shanghai Diamond League are on this site?
Four, from 2019 to 2026. Those programmes ran 57 disciplines between them and produced 453 payments. It has been held in three cities over that run: Shaoxing, Suzhou and Shanghai. It has carried three names, and the current one is Shanghai Diamond League.
Which disciplines does Shanghai Diamond League run?
27 different ones across the four editions, and never all of them at once: the series rotates its programme, so men's 100 m has been on it four times and a discipline's total here is its rate multiplied by how often it was run.
How far down the field does Shanghai Diamond League pay?
Eight places, and ninth pays nothing however fast the race was. 453 payments have gone to 363 athletes at this meeting, and 134 other finishes in the same result tables were worth nothing at all.
Where to next
The rest of the Diamond League money
Diamond League prize money holds all nine seasons on this site, 104 meetings and $53,753,250. The 2026 season is at Diamond League 2026. Shanghai Diamond League is one of 18 meetings on this site, and China holds two of them.
Every edition of Shanghai Diamond League
- Shanghai Diamond League 2026
- Diamond League Shanghai 2025
- Diamond League Shanghai 2024
- IAAF Diamond League Shanghai 2019
Every other Diamond League meeting
- Weltklasse Zürich
- AG Memorial Van Damme
- Prefontaine Classic
- Meeting de Paris
- Doha Diamond League
- Bislett Games
- Athletissima
- Golden Gala Pietro Mennea
- Bauhausgalan
- Herculis EBS
- Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat
- Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- London Athletics Meet
- Xiamen Diamond League
- Anniversary Games
- Birmingham Diamond League
- Müller Grand Prix Gateshead