Top chess players
Top Chess Players list ordered by FIDE Rating. The list contains the top 100 chess players in the database ordered by ELO.
Top Chess Players list ordered by FIDE Rating. The list contains the top 100 chess players in the database ordered by ELO.
| Name | ELO | Title | FIDE Id | Federation | Games | Birth Year | |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2868 | GM | 1503014 | Norway |
1347 | 1990 |
| 2 | Levon Aronian | 2813 | GM | 13300474 | Armenia |
1472 | 1982 |
| 3 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2811 | GM | 4101588 | Russian federation |
2161 | 1975 |
| 4 | Veselin Topalov | 2793 | GM | 2900084 | Bulgaria |
1821 | 1975 |
| 5 | Viswanathan Anand | 2783 | GM | 5000017 | India |
2635 | 1969 |
| 6 | Alexander Grischuk | 2779 | GM | 4126025 | Russian federation |
1729 | 1983 |
| 7 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2775 | GM | 2016192 | United states |
1369 | 1987 |
| 8 | Fabiano Caruana | 2774 | GM | 2020009 | Italy |
1019 | 1992 |
| 9 | Peter Svidler | 2769 | GM | 4102142 | Russian federation |
2134 | 1976 |
| 10 | Sergey Karjakin | 2767 | GM | 14109603 | Russian federation |
1420 | 1990 |
| 11 | Alexander Morozevich | 2760 | GM | 4116992 | Russian federation |
1500 | 1977 |
| 12 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2755 | GM | 14100010 | Ukraine |
2989 | 1969 |
| 13 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 | GM | 13401319 | Azerbaijan |
1272 | 1985 |
| 14 | Teimour Radjabov | 2745 | GM | 13400924 | Azerbaijan |
1177 | 1987 |
| 15 | Boris Gelfand | 2744 | GM | 2805677 | Israel |
2372 | 1968 |
| 16 | Hao Wang | 2743 | GM | 8602883 | China |
734 | 1989 |
| 17 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2742 | GM | 14103320 | Ukraine |
1321 | 1983 |
| 18 | Gata Kamsky | 2741 | GM | 2000024 | United states |
1338 | 1974 |
| 19 | Peter Leko | 2737 | GM | 703303 | Hungary |
1834 | 1979 |
| 20 | Anish Giri | 2734 | GM | 24116068 | Netherlands |
607 | 1994 |
| 21 | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2731 | GM | 4122356 | Russian federation |
1104 | 1983 |
| 22 | Michael Adams | 2729 | GM | 400041 | United kingdom |
2469 | 1971 |
| 23 | Etienne Bacrot | 2725 | GM | 605506 | France |
1759 | 1983 |
| 24 | Dmitry Andreikin | 2724 | GM | 4158814 | Russian federation |
682 | 1990 |
| 25 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 2723 | GM | 3503240 | Cuba |
402 | 1983 |
| 26 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2719 | GM | 4147235 | Russian federation |
721 | 1987 |
| 27 | Maxime Vachier Lagrave | 2680 | GM | 623539 | France |
1045 | 1990 |
| 28 | Nikita Vitiugov | 2718 | GM | 4152956 | Russian federation |
830 | 1987 |
| 29 | Quang Liem Le | 2714 | GM | 12401137 | Viet nam |
772 | 1991 |
| 30 | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2710 | GM | 4650891 | Germany |
1547 | 1985 |
| 31 | Vladimir Malakhov | 2710 | GM | 4120787 | Russian federation |
1122 | 1980 |
| 32 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2710 | GM | 4168119 | Russian federation |
598 | 1990 |
| 33 | Alexander Areshchenko | 2709 | GM | 14109530 | Ukraine |
914 | 1986 |
| 34 | Alexei Shirov | 2708 | GM | 2209390 | Latvia |
2741 | 1972 |
| 35 | Alexander Riazantsev | 2708 | GM | 4125029 | Russian federation |
1169 | 1985 |
| 36 | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | 2707 | GM | 3503739 | Cuba |
1053 | 1982 |
| 37 | Liren Ding | 2707 | GM | 8603677 | China |
85 | 1992 |
| 38 | Yue Wang | 2706 | GM | 8601429 | China |
876 | 1987 |
| 39 | Vladimir Akopian | 2705 | GM | 13300032 | Armenia |
1527 | 1971 |
| 40 | Wesley So | 2682 | GM | 5202213 | Philippines |
430 | 1993 |
| 41 | Anton Korobov | 2705 | GM | 14105730 | Ukraine |
856 | 1985 |
| 42 | Penteala Harikrishna | 2702 | GM | 5007003 | India |
1123 | 1986 |
| 43 | Pavel Eljanov | 2702 | GM | 14102951 | Ukraine |
1057 | 1983 |
| 44 | Baadur Jobava | 2702 | GM | 13601520 | Georgia |
994 | 1983 |
| 45 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | 2701 | GM | 1118358 | Poland |
1066 | 1987 |
| 46 | Evgeny Alekseev | 2700 | GM | 4138147 | Russian federation |
925 | 1985 |
| 47 | Ivan Cheparinov | 2700 | GM | 2905540 | Bulgaria |
1107 | 1986 |
| 48 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2699 | GM | 14200244 | Uzbekistan |
1150 | 1979 |
| 49 | Alexander Moiseenko | 2698 | GM | 14102560 | Ukraine |
1105 | 1980 |
| 50 | David Navara | 2697 | GM | 309095 | Czech republic |
1269 | 1985 |
| 51 | Luke J McShane | 2697 | GM | 404853 | United kingdom |
1167 | 1984 |
| 52 | Judit Polgar | 2696 | GM | 700070 | Hungary |
1741 | 1976 |
| 53 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2695 | GM | 2205530 | Spain |
1478 | 1982 |
| 54 | Sergei Rublevsky | 2695 | GM | 4115309 | Russian federation |
1406 | 1974 |
| 55 | Zoltan Almasi | 2695 | GM | 702293 | Hungary |
1607 | 1976 |
| 56 | Laurent Fressinet | 2693 | GM | 608742 | France |
1569 | 1981 |
| 57 | Sergei Movsesian | 2693 | GM | 310204 | Armenia |
1829 | 1978 |
| 58 | Ernesto Inarkiev | 2690 | GM | 4162722 | Russian federation |
773 | 1985 |
| 59 | Loek Van Wely | 2689 | GM | 1000268 | Netherlands |
3044 | 1972 |
| 60 | Ferenc Berkes | 2688 | GM | 718572 | Hungary |
1136 | 1985 |
| 61 | Andrei Volokitin | 2687 | GM | 14107090 | Ukraine |
989 | 1986 |
| 62 | Boris Grachev | 2687 | GM | 4129199 | Russian federation |
935 | 1986 |
| 63 | Chao b Li | 2686 | GM | 8604436 | China |
390 | 1989 |
| 64 | Nigel D Short | 2681 | GM | 400025 | United kingdom |
2433 | 1965 |
| 65 | Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu | 2679 | GM | 1202758 | Romania |
1341 | 1976 |
| 66 | Viktor Laznicka | 2679 | GM | 316385 | Czech republic |
975 | 1988 |
| 67 | Zahar Efimenko | 2677 | GM | 14107201 | Ukraine |
1102 | 1985 |
| 68 | Yangyi Yu | 2675 | GM | 8603820 | China |
34 | 1994 |
| 69 | Richard Rapport | 2674 | GM | 738590 | Hungary |
336 | 1996 |
| 70 | Timur Gareev | 2674 | GM | 14200937 | United states |
259 | 1988 |
| 71 | Zoltan Gyimesi | 2674 | GM | 702218 | Hungary |
1659 | 1977 |
| 72 | Emil Sutovsky | 2673 | GM | 2802007 | Israel |
1428 | 1977 |
| 73 | Viktor Bologan | 2672 | GM | 13900048 | Moldova |
2055 | 1971 |
| 74 | Krishnan Sasikiran | 2669 | GM | 5004985 | India |
1394 | 1981 |
| 75 | Alexander Motylev | 2669 | GM | 4121830 | Russian federation |
1166 | 1979 |
| 76 | Gabriel Sargissian | 2667 | GM | 13300881 | Armenia |
914 | 1983 |
| 77 | Markus Ragger | 2666 | GM | 1610856 | Austria |
872 | 1988 |
| 78 | Alexander Onischuk | 2666 | GM | 14101025 | United states |
1303 | 1975 |
| 79 | Vladimir Potkin | 2666 | GM | 4131061 | Russian federation |
1070 | 1982 |
| 80 | Ilia Smirin | 2663 | GM | 2801990 | Israel |
1773 | 1968 |
| 81 | Xiangzhi Bu | 2662 | GM | 8601445 | China |
1035 | 1985 |
| 82 | Sergey A Fedorchuk | 2660 | GM | 14102536 | Ukraine |
1104 | 1981 |
| 83 | Sergei Zhigalko | 2660 | GM | 13502956 | Belarus |
748 | 1989 |
| 84 | Romain Edouard | 2659 | GM | 633429 | France |
689 | 1990 |
| 85 | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | 2659 | GM | 14109182 | Ukraine |
526 | 1986 |
| 86 | Julio E Granda Zuniga | 2659 | GM | 3800024 | Peru |
1276 | 1967 |
| 87 | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2658 | GM | 1400355 | Denmark |
1799 | 1973 |
| 88 | Kiril Georgiev | 2657 | GM | 2900017 | Bulgaria |
2059 | 1965 |
| 89 | Tigran Gharamian | 2657 | GM | 13301527 | France |
421 | 1984 |
| 90 | Ildar Khairullin | 2657 | GM | 4151348 | Russian federation |
730 | 1990 |
| 91 | Georg Meier | 2655 | GM | 4675789 | Germany |
711 | 1987 |
| 92 | Ivan Ivanisevic | 2655 | GM | 912417 | Serbia |
1196 | 1977 |
| 93 | Vadim Zvjaginsev | 2655 | GM | 4113403 | Russian federation |
1193 | 1976 |
| 94 | Eduardo Iturrizaga | 2655 | GM | 3901211 | Venezuela |
293 | 1989 |
| 95 | Igor Kurnosov | 2654 | GM | 4142527 | Russian federation |
839 | 1985 |
| 96 | Aleksey Dreev | 2654 | GM | 4100107 | Russian federation |
2404 | 1969 |
| 97 | Maxim Matlakov | 2654 | GM | 4168003 | Russian federation |
565 | 1991 |
| 98 | Sanan Sjugirov | 2654 | GM | 4189302 | Russian federation |
573 | 1993 |
| 99 | Grzegorz Gajewski | 2653 | GM | 1116207 | Poland |
719 | 1985 |
| 100 | Denis Khismatullin | 2653 | GM | 4142578 | Russian federation |
758 | 1984 |