Magnus Carlsen Net Worth

Magnus Carlsen is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and five-time world champion, widely regarded as the strongest player of his generation. He became a grandmaster at 13, took the world title from Viswanathan Anand in 2013, defended it four times, and later focused on rapid, blitz and freestyle events while remaining the world number one on the classical rating list for years.

Norway's official tax list for the 2025 income year records his net wealth at NOK 77.0 million, about $8.3 million at the November 5, 2026 exchange rate. Finansavisen printed the figure on November 3, 2026, down from NOK 109.3 million on the 2024 list. We use the official tax figure rather than higher magazine estimates.

What the tax list shows

Finansavisen's table shows Carlsen's net wealth at NOK 102.4 million for 2022, NOK 101.4 million for 2023 and NOK 109.3 million for 2024. The paper noted that his income swings a lot: most years it has been just under NOK 1 million, but he reported NOK 31 million in 2020, NOK 18 million in 2021 and NOK 35.6 million in 2024.

His wealth, by contrast, has climbed steadily. Business interests such as his chess app companies are often held through companies, so the personal tax figure only partly reflects them.

Career at a glance

Carlsen grew up in Bærum, outside Oslo, and was a famous prodigy, earning grandmaster status in 2004. He won the world title from Viswanathan Anand in 2013 and defended it against Anand, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana and Ian Nepomniachtchi before choosing not to defend it again in 2023.

He set the record for the longest unbeaten run at elite level, 125 classical games, and his peak rating of 2882 is the highest ever recorded. He has since focused on rapid, blitz and freestyle chess, and he married Ella Victoria Malone in January 2025.

About this figure

Norway publishes every taxpayer's income, net wealth and tax paid each year, and newspapers comb the lists for famous names. Finansavisen printed Carlsen's figures for the 2022, 2023 and 2024 income years on September 30, 2025. Net wealth on the list is the figure the Tax Administration assessed from his tax return, assets minus debts.

Tax values are lower than market values, especially for homes and shares, so the figure understates what Carlsen would be worth if everything were sold. We show it in Norwegian kroner, as published, with a rough US dollar conversion at the October 30, 2026 exchange rate. Income figures mentioned on this page are earnings for one year, not wealth.