Hou Yifan prize money
$26,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 3 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2015, where Hou Yifan went out in round 2, for $10,000.
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 Hou Yifan reached.
Hou Yifan at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Hou Yifan's draw, in order
season running total
Hou Yifan was not in the draw for 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025.
Every World Cup Hou Yifan was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2013 | Tromsø | Round 1 | $6,000 |
Where Hou Yifan sits on the money list
Ranked 129 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 119 | Kateryna Lagno | FIDE flag | 3 | $28,500 |
| 120 | Yuriy Kuzubov | Ukraine | 3 | $28,000 |
| 121 | Bella Khotenashvili | Georgia | 3 | $27,500 |
| 122 | Benjámin Gledura | Hungary | 3 | $27,000 |
| 123 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | Romania | 3 | $27,000 |
| 124 | Mustafa Yılmaz | Turkey | 3 | $27,000 |
| 125 | Rauf Mamedov | Azerbaijan | 3 | $27,000 |
| 126 | S. L. Narayanan | India | 3 | $27,000 |
| 127 | Alexey Dreev | Russia | 2 | $26,000 |
| 128 | Gadir Guseinov | Azerbaijan | 2 | $26,000 |
| 130 | Igor Lysyj | Russia | 3 | $26,000 |
| 131 | Li Chao | China | 2 | $26,000 |
| 132 | Vladimir Malakhov | Russia | 2 | $26,000 |
| 133 | Deysi Cori | Peru | 5 | $25,750 |
| 134 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | India | 3 | $25,750 |
| 135 | Aleksey Grebnev | FIDE flag | 1 | $25,000 |
| 136 | Alexander Morozevich | Russia | 1 | $25,000 |
| 137 | Veselin Topalov | Bulgaria | 1 | $25,000 |
| 138 | Anna Ushenina | Ukraine | 4 | $24,500 |
| 139 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | Spain | 4 | $24,000 |
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 Hou Yifan won at the Chess World Cup?
$26,000 across 3 World Cups. That is 129th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Hou Yifan's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2015 in Baku, where Hou Yifan went out in round 2 and was paid $10,000.
How much did Hou Yifan win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$10,000. Hou Yifan went out in round 2 in Tbilisi.
How much did Hou Yifan win at the Chess World Cup 2015?
$10,000. Hou Yifan went out in round 2 in Baku.
How much did Hou Yifan win at the Chess World Cup 2013?
$6,000. Hou Yifan went out in round 1 in Tromsø.
How does Hou Yifan compare with the rest of China?
Hou Yifan won 2.7% of the $954,500 paid to China's players at World Cups since 2013, 7th of the 37.
Where to next
The World Cups Hou Yifan played, and the players around them