To be fair, that's only according to what he himself has admitted, which doesn't rule out more cheating than that.
Re:Checkmate: Cheating Detection
by isitmadeofglass on Wednesday September 21, 2022 @03:15PM
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And chess.com, the site that banned him from playing for cheating has suggested that he’s not telling the whole truth.
He did when he was 12 and 16. It's impossible to assess whether that holds value (particularly difficult because Niemann is 19). I wouldn't be surprised if other professional chess players cheated as young teenagers.