This is reported by Chess.com. **Top 3 Grandmasters by Earnings in 2025** 1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) — $1,455,276 (for 16 tournaments) 2. Fabiano Caruana (USA) — $889,598 (for 19 tournaments) 3. Levon Aronian (USA) — $751,881 (for 15 tournaments) Notably, Carlsen also leads the list of the wealthiest chess players in career earnings. **Top 5 Grandmasters by Career Earnings** 1. Magnus Carlsen (Norway) — $12,232,249 2. Viswanathan Anand (India) — $9,551,844 3. Garry Kasparov (Russia) — $8,045,979 4. Anatoly Karpov (Russia) — $5,989,480 5. Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) — $4,775,825