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	China	1595	1994
2	Wenjun Ju	2580	GM	8603006	China	1671	1991
3	Tingjie Lei	2552	GM	8605114	China	865	1997
4	Jiner Zhu	2547	GM	8608059	China	605	2002
5	Zhongyi Tan	2546	GM	8603642	China	1500	1991
6	Humpy Koneru	2543	GM	5008123	India	1752	1987
7	Anna Muzychuk	2535	GM	14111330	Ukraine	2031	1990
8	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2533	GM	4147103	Fide	1385	1998
9	Kateryna Lagno	2515	GM	14109336	Russian Federation	1524	1989
10	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2509	IM	13708694	Kazakhstan	719	2004
11	Nana Dzagnidze	2505	GM	13601903	Georgia	1945	1987
12	Mariya Muzychuk	2492	GM	14114550	Ukraine	1470	1992
13	Harika Dronavalli	2483	GM	5015197	India	2161	1991
14	Rameshbabu Vaishali	2481	GM	5091756	India	640	2001
15	Polina Shuvalova	2480	IM	24171760	Fide	927	2001
16	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2474	GM	4128125	Switzerland	2647	1984
17	Yuliia Osmak	2468	IM	14101602	Ukraine	569	1998
18	Deshmukh Divya	2463	IM	35006916	India	512	2005
19	Nino Batsiashvili	2462	GM	13602993	Georgia	1194	1987
20	Alina Kashlinskaya	2459	IM	4198026	Poland	1082	1993
21	Teodora Injac	2457	IM	932400	Serbia	603	2000
22	Miaoyi Lu	2452	IM	8618020	China	429	2010
23	Leya Garifullina	2450	IM	34127035	Fide	492	2004
24	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2449	IM	12512214	Spain	606	1997
25	Marie Sebag	2441	GM	617822	France	1467	1986
26	Meri Arabidze	2440	IM	13604040	Georgia	754	1994
27	Lela Javakhishvili	2432	IM	13601458	Georgia	1444	1984
28	Carissa Yip	2431	IM	2090732	United States	372	2003
29	Stavroula Tsolakidou	2428	IM	4264312	Greece	443	2000
30	Olga Badelka	2424	IM	13509926	Austria	611	2002
31	Bella Khotenashvili	2418	GM	13602640	Georgia	1240	1988
32	Valentina Gunina	2416	GM	4167570	Fide	2069	1989
33	Anna Shukhman	2413	WGM	54180058	Fide	86	2009
34	Anna Ushenina	2413	GM	14110911	Ukraine	1614	1985
35	Yuxin Song	2410	IM	8614300	China	412	2005
36	Klaudia Kulon	2407	IM	1131044	Poland	905	1992
37	Elisabeth Paehtz	2406	GM	4641833	Germany	2654	1985
38	Deimante Daulyte-Cornette	2404	IM	12802859	France	646	1989
39	Dinara Wagner	2404	IM	24157570	Germany	475	1999
40	Karina Ambartsumova	2403	IM	4166299	Russian Federation	390	1989
41	Pia Cramling	2403	GM	1700030	Sweden	3010	1963
42	Elina Danielian	2403	GM	13300210	Armenia	1541	1978
43	Aleksandra Maltsevskaya	2403	IM	24174041	Poland	774	2002
44	Nataliya Buksa	2400	IM	14123622	Ukraine	625	1996
45	Antoaneta Stefanova	2399	GM	2902257	Bulgaria	2818	1979
46	Lilit Mkrtchian	2396	IM	13300601	Armenia	1145	1982
47	Sachdev Tania	2396	IM	5007844	India	379	1986
48	Irina Bulmaga	2393	IM	13903063	Romania	968	1993
49	Olga Girya	2393	GM	4195752	Russian Federation	1211	1991
50	Yixin Ding	2392	WGM	8602972	China	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.