Sam Shankland prize money
$92,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 5 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2021, where Sam Shankland 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 Sam Shankland reached.
Sam Shankland at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Sam Shankland's draw, in order
season running total
Sam Shankland was not in the draw for 2013, 2017.
Every World Cup Sam Shankland was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 2 | $6,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2021 | Sochi | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Round 1 | $6,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Round 2 | $10,000 |
Where Sam Shankland sits on the money list
Ranked 32 of 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013
| # | Player | Federation | World Cups | Prize money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 | Andrey Esipenko | FIDE flag | 4 | $111,000 |
| 23 | Lê Quang Liêm | Vietnam | 6 | $111,000 |
| 24 | Vasyl Ivanchuk | Ukraine | 5 | $108,000 |
| 25 | Nikita Vitiugov | England | 7 | $104,000 |
| 26 | Daniil Dubov | FIDE flag | 6 | $102,000 |
| 27 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | Russia | 5 | $102,000 |
| 28 | Hikaru Nakamura | United States | 5 | $102,000 |
| 29 | Leinier Domínguez | United States | 5 | $98,000 |
| 30 | Radosław Wojtaszek | Poland | 7 | $96,000 |
| 31 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | FIDE flag | 6 | $95,000 |
| 33 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | FIDE flag | 3 | $90,000 |
| 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 |
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 Sam Shankland won at the Chess World Cup?
$92,000 across 5 World Cups. That is 32nd of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Sam Shankland's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2021 in Sochi, where Sam Shankland reached the quarter-finals and was paid $35,000.
How much did Sam Shankland win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$35,000. Sam Shankland reached the quarter-finals in Goa.
How much did Sam Shankland win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$6,000. Sam Shankland went out in round 2 in Baku.
How much did Sam Shankland win at the Chess World Cup 2021?
$35,000. Sam Shankland reached the quarter-finals in Sochi.
How much did Sam Shankland win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$6,000. Sam Shankland went out in round 1 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How does Sam Shankland compare with the rest of United States?
Sam Shankland won 9.2% of the $998,750 paid to United States's players at World Cups since 2013, 4th of the 38.
Where to next
The World Cups Sam Shankland played, and the players around them