Jeffery Xiong prize money
$68,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 4 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2019, where Jeffery Xiong reached the quarter-finals, for $35,000.
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 Jeffery Xiong reached.
Jeffery Xiong at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Jeffery Xiong's draw, in order
season running total
Jeffery Xiong was not in the draw for 2013, 2015, 2023.
Every World Cup Jeffery Xiong was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Round 3 | $11,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2021 | Sochi | Round 4 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Round 1 | $6,000 |
Where Jeffery Xiong sits on the money list
Ranked 44 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | Wang Hao | China | 5 | $86,000 |
| 35 | Anton Korobov | Ukraine | 5 | $81,000 |
| 36 | Étienne Bacrot | France | 5 | $78,000 |
| 37 | Nijat Abasov | Azerbaijan | 4 | $77,000 |
| 38 | Pentala Harikrishna | India | 5 | $77,000 |
| 39 | Pavel Eljanov | Ukraine | 3 | $72,000 |
| 40 | Arjun Erigaisi | India | 2 | $70,000 |
| 41 | Tan Zhongyi | China | 3 | $70,000 |
| 42 | David Navara | Czechia | 7 | $69,000 |
| 43 | Vladislav Artemiev | FIDE flag | 5 | $69,000 |
| 45 | Boris Gelfand | Israel | 6 | $67,000 |
| 46 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | Switzerland | 3 | $66,250 |
| 47 | Michael Adams | England | 5 | $62,000 |
| 48 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | Uzbekistan | 3 | $62,000 |
| 49 | Samuel Sevian | United States | 5 | $61,000 |
| 50 | Divya Deshmukh | India | 3 | $60,250 |
| 51 | Adhiban Baskaran | India | 6 | $58,000 |
| 52 | Evgeniy Najer | FIDE flag | 5 | $58,000 |
| 53 | Maxim Matlakov | Russia | 5 | $58,000 |
| 54 | Nils Grandelius | Sweden | 4 | $58,000 |
United States's players
Everyone paid at a World Cup while playing for United States, by what they won for it
| # | Player | Prize money |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Wesley So | $123,000 |
| 02 | Fabiano Caruana | $111,000 |
| 03 | Hikaru Nakamura | $102,000 |
| 04 | Sam Shankland | $92,000 |
| 05 | Jeffery Xiong | $68,000 |
| 06 | Leinier Domínguez | $66,000 |
| 07 | Samuel Sevian | $61,000 |
| 08 | Alexander Onischuk | $42,000 |
| 09 | Gata Kamsky | $41,000 |
| 10 | Ray Robson | $39,000 |
| 11 | Levon Aronian | $25,000 |
| 12 | Awonder Liang | $23,000 |
| 13 | Carissa Yip | $18,500 |
| 14 | Varuzhan Akobian | $18,000 |
| 15 | Aleksandr Lenderman | $16,000 |
| 16 | Timur Gareyev | $13,000 |
| 17 | Yaroslav Zherebukh | $12,000 |
| 18 | Irina Krush | $11,750 |
| 19 | Abhimanyu Mishra | $10,750 |
| 20 | Gregory Kaidanov | $9,000 |
| 21 | Jennifer Yu | $8,750 |
| 22 | Andy Woodward | $7,000 |
| 23 | Grigoriy Oparin | $7,000 |
| 24 | Hans Niemann | $7,000 |
| 25 | Alejandro Ramírez | $6,000 |
| 26 | Alexander Shabalov | $6,000 |
| 27 | Conrad Holt | $6,000 |
| 28 | Elshan Moradi | $6,000 |
| 29 | Larry Christiansen | $6,000 |
| 30 | Alice Lee | $5,000 |
| 31 | Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova | $5,000 |
| 32 | Tatev Abrahamyan | $5,000 |
| 33 | Thalia Cervantes Landeiro | $5,000 |
| 34 | Andrew Tang | $3,750 |
| 35 | Robert Hungaski | $3,750 |
| 36 | Kirk Ghazarian | $3,500 |
| 37 | Christopher Yoo | $3,000 |
| 38 | Josiah Stearman | $3,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much prize money has Jeffery Xiong won at the Chess World Cup?
$68,000 across 4 World Cups. That is 44th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Jeffery Xiong's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2019 in Khanty-Mansiysk, where Jeffery Xiong reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.
How much did Jeffery Xiong win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$11,000. Jeffery Xiong went out in round 3 in Goa.
How much did Jeffery Xiong win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$16,000. Jeffery Xiong went out in round 4 in Sochi.
How much did Jeffery Xiong win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$35,000. Jeffery Xiong reached the quarter-finals in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How much did Jeffery Xiong win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$6,000. Jeffery Xiong went out in round 1 in Tbilisi.
How does Jeffery Xiong compare with the rest of United States?
Jeffery Xiong won 6.8% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 5th of the 38.
Where to next
The World Cups Jeffery Xiong played, and the players around them