Top FIDE Women Chess players by ranking
Top FIDE Women Chess Players list ordered by Ranking. The list contains the top 50 women chess players in the database ordered by ELO.
Welcome to the Women FIDE Ranking List, where you will find information about the performances of the top 50 women chess players in the world.
Only the very best female chess players show up in the top FIDE Ranking list. In order to be here, these women worked really hard throughout their entire lives. They are talented, brilliant, and tenacious.
This list is updated every month. It reflects the latest performances and achievements of each player the month before.
Name | ELO | Title | FIDE Id | Federation | Games | Birth Year | |
1 | Yifan Hou | 2633 | GM | 8602980 | ![]() |
1595 | 1994 |
2 | Wenjun Ju | 2580 | GM | 8603006 | ![]() |
1671 | 1991 |
3 | Tingjie Lei | 2552 | GM | 8605114 | ![]() |
865 | 1997 |
4 | Jiner Zhu | 2547 | GM | 8608059 | ![]() |
605 | 2002 |
5 | Zhongyi Tan | 2546 | GM | 8603642 | ![]() |
1500 | 1991 |
6 | Humpy Koneru | 2543 | GM | 5008123 | ![]() |
1752 | 1987 |
7 | Anna Muzychuk | 2535 | GM | 14111330 | ![]() |
2031 | 1990 |
8 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2533 | GM | 4147103 | ![]() |
1385 | 1998 |
9 | Kateryna Lagno | 2515 | GM | 14109336 | ![]() |
1524 | 1989 |
10 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2509 | IM | 13708694 | ![]() |
719 | 2004 |
11 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2505 | GM | 13601903 | ![]() |
1945 | 1987 |
12 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2492 | GM | 14114550 | ![]() |
1470 | 1992 |
13 | Harika Dronavalli | 2483 | GM | 5015197 | ![]() |
2161 | 1991 |
14 | Rameshbabu Vaishali | 2481 | GM | 5091756 | ![]() |
640 | 2001 |
15 | Polina Shuvalova | 2480 | IM | 24171760 | ![]() |
927 | 2001 |
16 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2474 | GM | 4128125 | ![]() |
2647 | 1984 |
17 | Yuliia Osmak | 2468 | IM | 14101602 | ![]() |
569 | 1998 |
18 | Deshmukh Divya | 2463 | IM | 35006916 | ![]() |
512 | 2005 |
19 | Nino Batsiashvili | 2462 | GM | 13602993 | ![]() |
1194 | 1987 |
20 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2459 | IM | 4198026 | ![]() |
1082 | 1993 |
21 | Teodora Injac | 2457 | IM | 932400 | ![]() |
603 | 2000 |
22 | Miaoyi Lu | 2452 | IM | 8618020 | ![]() |
429 | 2010 |
23 | Leya Garifullina | 2450 | IM | 34127035 | ![]() |
492 | 2004 |
24 | Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | 2449 | IM | 12512214 | ![]() |
606 | 1997 |
25 | Marie Sebag | 2441 | GM | 617822 | ![]() |
1467 | 1986 |
26 | Meri Arabidze | 2440 | IM | 13604040 | ![]() |
754 | 1994 |
27 | Lela Javakhishvili | 2432 | IM | 13601458 | ![]() |
1444 | 1984 |
28 | Carissa Yip | 2431 | IM | 2090732 | ![]() |
372 | 2003 |
29 | Stavroula Tsolakidou | 2428 | IM | 4264312 | ![]() |
443 | 2000 |
30 | Olga Badelka | 2424 | IM | 13509926 | ![]() |
611 | 2002 |
31 | Bella Khotenashvili | 2418 | GM | 13602640 | ![]() |
1240 | 1988 |
32 | Valentina Gunina | 2416 | GM | 4167570 | ![]() |
2069 | 1989 |
33 | Anna Shukhman | 2413 | WGM | 54180058 | ![]() |
86 | 2009 |
34 | Anna Ushenina | 2413 | GM | 14110911 | ![]() |
1614 | 1985 |
35 | Yuxin Song | 2410 | IM | 8614300 | ![]() |
412 | 2005 |
36 | Klaudia Kulon | 2407 | IM | 1131044 | ![]() |
905 | 1992 |
37 | Elisabeth Paehtz | 2406 | GM | 4641833 | ![]() |
2654 | 1985 |
38 | Deimante Daulyte-Cornette | 2404 | IM | 12802859 | ![]() |
646 | 1989 |
39 | Dinara Wagner | 2404 | IM | 24157570 | ![]() |
475 | 1999 |
40 | Karina Ambartsumova | 2403 | IM | 4166299 | ![]() |
390 | 1989 |
41 | Pia Cramling | 2403 | GM | 1700030 | ![]() |
3010 | 1963 |
42 | Elina Danielian | 2403 | GM | 13300210 | ![]() |
1541 | 1978 |
43 | Aleksandra Maltsevskaya | 2403 | IM | 24174041 | ![]() |
774 | 2002 |
44 | Nataliya Buksa | 2400 | IM | 14123622 | ![]() |
625 | 1996 |
45 | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2399 | GM | 2902257 | ![]() |
2818 | 1979 |
46 | Lilit Mkrtchian | 2396 | IM | 13300601 | ![]() |
1145 | 1982 |
47 | Sachdev Tania | 2396 | IM | 5007844 | ![]() |
379 | 1986 |
48 | Irina Bulmaga | 2393 | IM | 13903063 | ![]() |
968 | 1993 |
49 | Olga Girya | 2393 | GM | 4195752 | ![]() |
1211 | 1991 |
50 | Yixin Ding | 2392 | WGM | 8602972 | ![]() |
599 | 1991 |
From seasoned grandmasters to rising stars, you will find players from all ages and nationalities in the women's chess rankings.
Let's get to know the players on this list a little better:
Yifan Hou is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the youngest female player to earn the Grandmaster title when she was only 14. Yifan Hou has won the Women's World Chess Championship in 4 occasions. Hou's dynamic playing style and profound understanding of the game have made her one of the most recognisable faces in women's chess in the last decades. She has also represented China in numerous team events like the Chess Olympiads, contributing to their victories. Yifan Hou inspires both young and adult chess enthusiasts around the globe.
Wenjun Ju is a Chinese chess Grandmaster. She has won the Women's World Chess Championship in 4 different occasions: May 2018, November 2018, 2020, and 2023. She has won the Women Chinese Championship two times, the Women's World's Rapid Chess Championship, and the Chess Olympiad with the Chinese team.
Lei Tingjie (March 13, 1997) is a Chinese Grandmaster with multiple achievements. She earned the Grandmaster title at age 19, being the sixth woman to obtain the title as a teenager. She won the Women's Candidates Tournament 2022-23 after beating Tan Zhongyi 3½-1½, and challenged reigning Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun for the title in July of that same year, but lost the match after a loss in game 12. Tingjie Lei is the 2017 China Women's National Champion.
Koneru Humpy (born March 31, 1987) is an Indian chess Grandmaster. In 2002 she became the youngest woman to achieve the title of Grandmaster at the age of 15 years, which at the time meant she broke Judit Polgar's record. She also became the second woman to have an Elo rating of 2600. One of the most notorious wins of Humpy Koneru was her victory at the FIDE Women's Rapid Chess Championship in 2019.
Mariya Muzychuk is a Ukrainian chess Grandmaster. She became world champion in 2015. Muzychuk also won Ukraine Women's Championship twice, in 2012 and 2013. She was part of the teams that won the World Team and European Team champion with Ukraine in 2013. In the Chess Olympiad of 2022, Muzychuk was awarded the gold medal with Ukraine. She also won the silver medal in 2018 and the bronze medal in 2012, 2014, and 2016.
Alexandra Kosteniuk, a Russian chess grandmaster, won the Women's World Chess Championship in 2008 and has been a prominent figure in international chess for years. She also won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in 2021 and the team gold medal in the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012, and 2014. Since March of 2023, Alexandra Kosteniuk decided to start playing for Switzerland.