Ding Liren prize money
$185,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2017, where Ding Liren finished runner-up, for $80,000.
FIDE pays every player at a World Cup a fixed sum for the round they go out in. Each figure on this page is that sum, for the round Ding Liren reached.
Ding Liren at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Ding Liren's draw, in order
season running total
Ding Liren was not in the draw for 2013, 2021, 2023, 2025.
Every World Cup Ding Liren was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Runner-up | $80,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Runner-up | $80,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 4 | $25,000 |
Where Ding Liren sits on the money list
Ranked 6 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Sergey Karjakin | Russia | 5 | $251,000 |
| 02 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | France | 7 | $247,000 |
| 03 | Peter Svidler | FIDE flag | 6 | $216,000 |
| 04 | Levon Aronian | United States | 6 | $212,000 |
| 05 | Magnus Carlsen | Norway | 3 | $186,000 |
| 07 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | 5 | $176,000 |
| 08 | Wei Yi | China | 6 | $172,000 |
| 09 | Teimour Radjabov | Azerbaijan | 5 | $162,000 |
| 10 | Javokhir Sindarov | Uzbekistan | 3 | $152,000 |
| 11 | Vladimir Kramnik | Russia | 3 | $152,000 |
| 12 | Dmitry Andreikin | Russia | 5 | $147,000 |
| 13 | Fabiano Caruana | United States | 5 | $146,000 |
| 14 | Anish Giri | Netherlands | 7 | $138,000 |
| 15 | Wesley So | United States | 6 | $133,000 |
| 16 | Vladimir Fedoseev | Slovenia | 6 | $126,000 |
| 324 | Victor Bologan | Moldova | 1 | $10,000 |
| 325 | Viktor Láznička | Czechia | 1 | $10,000 |
| 326 | Viswanathan Anand | India | 1 | $10,000 |
| 327 | Wen Yang | China | 1 | $10,000 |
| 328 | Yuri Vovk | Ukraine | 1 | $10,000 |
China's players
Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for China, by what they won for it
| # | Player | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Ding Liren | $185,000 |
| 02 | Wei Yi | $172,000 |
| 03 | Yu Yangyi | $123,000 |
| 04 | Wang Hao | $86,000 |
| 05 | Tan Zhongyi | $70,000 |
| 06 | Bu Xiangzhi | $38,000 |
| 07 | Hou Yifan | $26,000 |
| 08 | Li Chao | $26,000 |
| 09 | Lu Shanglei | $22,000 |
| 10 | Lei Tingjie | $20,000 |
| 11 | Zhu Jiner | $19,000 |
| 12 | Xu Xiangyu | $16,000 |
| 13 | Song Yuxin | $14,000 |
| 14 | Wen Yang | $10,000 |
| 15 | Ju Wenjun | $9,500 |
| 16 | Bai Jinshi | $7,000 |
| 17 | Wang Shixu | $7,000 |
| 18 | Lu Miaoyi | $6,750 |
| 19 | Zhao Xue | $6,750 |
| 20 | Dai Changren | $6,000 |
| 21 | Huang Renjie | $6,000 |
| 22 | Liu Guanchu | $6,000 |
| 23 | Liu Qingnan | $6,000 |
| 24 | Lou Yiping | $6,000 |
| 25 | Ni Hua | $6,000 |
| 26 | Wan Yunguo | $6,000 |
| 27 | Zhao Jun | $6,000 |
| 28 | Zhou Jianchao | $6,000 |
| 29 | Wang Chuqiao | $5,000 |
| 30 | Yan Tianqi | $5,000 |
| 31 | Zhai Mo | $5,000 |
| 32 | Gao Muziyan | $3,750 |
| 33 | Xiao Yiyi | $3,750 |
| 34 | Yuan Ye | $3,750 |
| 35 | Zhang Lanlin | $3,750 |
| 36 | Peng Xiongjian | $3,500 |
| 37 | Xu Yinglun | $3,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Ding Liren won at the Chess World Cup?
$185,000 across 3 World Cups. That is 6th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Ding Liren's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2017 in Tbilisi, where Ding Liren finished runner-up and was paid $80,000.
How much did Ding Liren win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$80,000. Ding Liren finished runner-up in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How much did Ding Liren win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$80,000. Ding Liren finished runner-up in Tbilisi.
How much did Ding Liren win at the Chess World Cup 2015?
$25,000. Ding Liren went out in round 4 in Baku.
How does Ding Liren compare with the rest of China?
Ding Liren won 19.4% of the $954,500 paid to China's players at World Cups since 2013, 1st of the 37.
Where to next
The World Cups Ding Liren played, and the players around them