Gukesh earned $1.5 million in 2024 — over two-times more than US president’s annual salary — in prize money alone, report says

A study connected Chess.com has totalled the prize wealth that Gukesh earned successful 2024 and pointed retired that the 18-year-old made $15,77,842 (approximately Rs 13.6 crore) from prize winnings successful 2024 alone. This is abstracted from the different net that Gukesh got successful 2024, from authorities authorities (The Tamil Nadu authorities announced that it volition springiness Gukesh Rs 5 crore for winning the World Championship), from endorsements and from different benefactors (his schoolhouse Vellamal Vidyalaya famously talented him a Mercedes-Benz E Class aft winning the Candidates tournament).

The study besides pointed retired that 17 players including Gukesh won implicit $1,00,000 successful 2024. This database had conscionable 2 women, including India’s Humpy Koneru. Praggnanandhaa was ninth connected the database with a prize wealth earning of $2,02,136 portion Arjun Erigaisi was 15th with $1,19,767.

The Chess.com study pointed out: “(In 2024) 2 players won implicit a cardinal dollars, six made $4,00,000—more than the President of the United States!—and 17 earned astatine slightest six figures.”

For the record, the US president is paid $4,00,000 a twelvemonth (this fig is specified successful Title 3 of the US Code) too an further $50,000 for expenses, $1,00,000 question relationship and $19,000 amusement budget.

Magnus Carlsen was the fourth-best money-maker successful 2024 (from prize wealth alone), with Carlsen’s successor Ding Liren reaping the benefits of playing successful the satellite title to extremity 2nd and Alireza Firouzja , who raked successful astir fractional his prize wealth from the Grand Chess Tour.