Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen became the best based on prize money in chess for 2025, reports the portal Chess.com.
In total, Carlsen earned nearly 1.5 million dollars over the season. The largest payout—250 thousand—he received for winning the esports World Cup, which included chess in its program last year. In December, Carlsen also won the world championships in rapid and blitz.
A total of 26 chess players who earned over 100 thousand were included in the ranking. Among them are three Russians: Andrey Esipenko (18th place), Ian Nepomniachtchi (21st), and Vladislav Artemiev (26th).
Among women, the best result belongs to the Chinese player Ju Wenjun; she is in 11th place.
2025 Prize Money Leaders
Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – 1,455,276 dollars
Fabiano Caruana (USA) – 889,598
Levon Aronian (USA) – 751,881
Hikaru Nakamura (USA) – 588,911
Alireza Firouzja (France) – 455,047
Vincent Keymer (Germany) – 452,439
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) – 439,567
Arjun Erigaisi (India) – 431,214
Nodirbek Abdusattorov (Uzbekistan) – 361,811
Nodirbek Sindarov (Uzbekistan) – 349,955
Ju Wenjun (China) – 342,203
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa (India) – 317,122
Tan Zhongyi (China) – 281,480
Hans Niemann (USA) – 234,994
Anish Giri (Netherlands) – 207,252
Wesley So (USA) – 206,644
Gukesh Dommaraju (India) – 202,292
Andrey Esipenko (Russia) – 194,644
Wei Yi (China) – 173,867
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) – 166,143
Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) – 159,768
Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) – 153,008
Nihal Sarin (India) – 150,194
Zhu Jiner (China) – 146,580
Humpy Koneru (India) – 134,480
Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) – 116,839
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