Wei Yi prize money
$172,000 in Chess World Cup prize money across 6 World Cups. The best of them was the Chess World Cup 2025, where Wei Yi finished runner-up, for $85,000.
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 Wei Yi reached.
Wei Yi at each World Cup
Every edition since 2013 in Wei Yi's draw, in order
season running total
Wei Yi was not in the draw for 2021.
Every World Cup Wei Yi was paid at
Newest first, with the round reached
| World Cup | Host | Went out | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chess World Cup 2025 | Goa | Runner-up | $85,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2023 | Baku | Round 3 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2019 | Khanty-Mansiysk | Round 3 | $16,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2017 | Tbilisi | Round 2 | $10,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2015 | Baku | Quarter-finals | $35,000 |
| Chess World Cup 2013 | Tromsø | Round 3 | $16,000 |
Where Wei Yi sits on the money list
Ranked 8 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 |
| 06 | Ding Liren | China | 3 | $185,000 |
| 07 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | Poland | 5 | $176,000 |
| 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 |
| 17 | Alexander Grischuk | FIDE flag | 6 | $123,000 |
| 18 | Yu Yangyi | China | 7 | $123,000 |
| 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 Wei Yi won at the Chess World Cup?
$172,000 across 6 World Cups. That is 8th of the 743 players paid at a World Cup since 2013.
What was Wei Yi's best World Cup?
The Chess World Cup 2025 in Goa, where Wei Yi finished runner-up and was paid $85,000.
How much did Wei Yi win at the Chess World Cup 2025?
$85,000. Wei Yi finished runner-up in Goa.
How much did Wei Yi win at the Chess World Cup 2023?
$10,000. Wei Yi went out in round 3 in Baku.
How much did Wei Yi win at the Chess World Cup 2019?
$16,000. Wei Yi went out in round 3 in Khanty-Mansiysk.
How much did Wei Yi win at the Chess World Cup 2017?
$10,000. Wei Yi went out in round 2 in Tbilisi.
How does Wei Yi compare with the rest of China?
Wei Yi won 18% of the $954,500 paid to China's players at World Cups since 2013, 2nd of the 37.
Where to next
The World Cups Wei Yi played, and the players around them