FIDE Chess Players by Ranking

	Name	ELO	Title	FIDE Id	Federation	Games	Birth Year
1	Magnus Carlsen	2833	GM	1503014	Norway	3712	1990
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2802	GM	2016192	United States	3504	1987
3	Gukesh D	2787	GM	46616543	India	1090	2006
4	Fabiano Caruana	2783	GM	2020009	United States	3177	1992
5	Erigaisi Arjun	2777	GM	35009192	India	1024	2003
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2773	GM	14204118	Uzbekistan	1189	2004
7	Yi Wei	2760	GM	8603405	China	1190	1999
8	Praggnanandhaa R	2758	GM	25059530	India	1001	2005
9	Alireza Firouzja	2757	GM	12573981	France	1338	2003
10	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2753	GM	4168119	Russian Federation	2771	1990
11	Levon Aronian	2748	GM	13300474	United States	3749	1982
12	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2748	GM	13401319	Azerbaijan	3445	1985
13	Wesley So	2748	GM	5202213	United States	2416	1993
14	Viswanathan Anand	2743	GM	5000017	India	4028	1969
15	Leinier Dominguez Perez	2741	GM	3503240	United States	1550	1983
16	Jan Krzysztof Duda	2739	GM	1170546	Poland	1546	1998
17	Vladimir Fedoseev	2739	GM	24130737	Slovenia	1875	1995
18	Quang Liem Le	2739	GM	12401137	Viet Nam	1887	1991
19	Anish Giri	2737	GM	24116068	Netherlands	2658	1994
20	Liren Ding	2734	GM	8603677	China	1770	1992
21	Hans Moke Niemann	2734	GM	2093596	United States	993	2003
22	Chithambaram VR Aravindh	2731	GM	5072786	India	840	1999
23	Maxime Vachier Lagrave	2725	GM	623539	France	3440	1990
24	Santosh Gujrathi Vidit	2720	GM	5029465	India	1561	1994
25	Vincent Keymer	2719	GM	12940690	Germany	845	2004
26	Veselin Topalov	2717	GM	2900084	Bulgaria	2440	1975
27	Yangyi Yu	2714	GM	8603820	China	1805	1994
28	Richard Rapport	2713	GM	738590	Hungary	1619	1996
29	Javokhir Sindarov	2707	GM	14205483	Uzbekistan	789	2005
30	Pentala Harikrishna	2704	GM	5007003	India	2444	1986
31	Daniil Dubov	2701	GM	24126055	Russian Federation	1864	1996
32	Hao Wang	2701	GM	8602883	China	1824	1989
33	Peter Svidler	2698	GM	4102142	Fide	3365	1976
34	Dmitry Andreikin	2695	GM	4158814	Fide	1673	1990
35	Bogdan-Daniel Deac	2692	GM	1226380	Romania	983	2001
36	Teimour Radjabov	2692	GM	13400924	Azerbaijan	2180	1987
37	Samuel Sevian	2692	GM	2040506	United States	876	2000
38	Andrey Esipenko	2691	GM	24175439	Fide	1302	2002
39	Ray Robson	2689	GM	2023970	United States	904	1994
40	Alexey Sarana	2689	GM	24133795	Serbia	1352	2000
41	Vladislav Artemiev	2688	GM	24101605	Russian Federation	1775	1998
42	Alexander Grischuk	2687	GM	4126025	Russian Federation	3528	1983
43	Nihal Sarin	2687	GM	25092340	India	1001	2004
44	Xiangzhi Bu	2684	GM	8601445	China	1756	1985
45	Awonder Liang	2684	GM	2056437	United States	549	2003
46	Parham Maghsoodloo	2677	GM	12539929	Iran	1196	2000
47	Thai Dai Van Nguyen	2677	GM	358878	Czech Republic	1019	2001
48	Jorden Van Foreest	2676	GM	1039784	Netherlands	1502	1999
49	Rustam Kasimdzhanov	2675	GM	14200244	Uzbekistan	1613	1979
50	Sam Shankland	2670	GM	2004887	United States	1256	1991
51	Shamsiddin Vokhidov	2670	GM	14204223	Uzbekistan	759	2002
52	M. Amin Tabatabaei	2669	GM	12521213	Iran	961	2001
53	David W L Howell	2668	GM	410608	United Kingdom	1694	1990
54	Nikita Vitiugov	2668	GM	4152956	United Kingdom	1891	1987
55	Pavel Eljanov	2666	GM	14102951	Ukraine	1864	1983
56	Peter Leko	2666	GM	703303	Hungary	2533	1979
57	Shant Sargsyan	2666	GM	13306766	Armenia	788	2002
58	Daniel Dardha	2665	GM	240990	Belgium	890	2005
59	Raunak Sadhwani	2664	GM	35093487	India	868	2005
60	Michael Adams	2663	GM	400041	United Kingdom	3222	1971
61	David Anton Guijarro	2663	GM	2285525	Spain	1522	1995
62	David Navara	2663	GM	309095	Czech Republic	2868	1985
63	Grigoriy Oparin	2660	GM	24125890	United States	1174	1997
64	Radoslaw Wojtaszek	2659	GM	1118358	Poland	2396	1987
65	Benjamin Gledura	2658	GM	712779	Hungary	675	1999
66	Volodar Murzin	2658	GM	44155573	Fide	905	2006
67	Johan-Sebastian Christiansen	2657	GM	1512668	Norway	811	1998
68	Rauf Mamedov	2657	GM	13401653	Azerbaijan	2249	1988
69	Alexander Morozevich	2656	GM	4116992	Russian Federation	2364	1977
70	Gawain C Jones	2654	GM	409561	United Kingdom	1619	1987
71	Frederik Svane	2654	GM	12923044	Germany	438	2004
72	Nodirbek Yakubboev	2654	GM	14203987	Uzbekistan	745	2002
73	Daniil Yuffa	2654	GM	24131423	Spain	1256	1997
74	Kirill Alekseenko	2653	GM	4135539	Austria	1013	1997
75	Kirill Shevchenko	2653	GM	14129574	Romania	841	2002
76	Boris Gelfand	2652	GM	2805677	Israel	3566	1968
77	Haik M Martirosyan	2652	GM	13306553	Armenia	893	2000
78	Ivan Saric	2652	GM	14508150	Croatia	2017	1990
79	Alexei Shirov	2652	GM	2209390	Spain	3718	1972
80	Aleksandar Indjic	2651	GM	911925	Serbia	1273	1995
81	Murali Karthikeyan	2651	GM	5074452	India	895	1999
82	Ernesto Inarkiev	2650	GM	4162722	Russian Federation	1933	1985
83	Dmitrij Kollars	2649	GM	12909572	Germany	760	1999
84	Ivan Cheparinov	2646	GM	2905540	Bulgaria	2316	1986
85	Bassem Amin	2645	GM	10601457	Egypt	1390	1988
86	Nils Grandelius	2644	GM	1710400	Sweden	1548	1993
87	Matthias Bluebaum	2643	GM	24651516	Germany	1387	1997
88	Leon Luke Mendonca	2643	GM	35028561	India	782	2006
89	Vladimir Malakhov	2642	GM	4120787	Fide	1909	1980
90	Alexandr Predke	2640	GM	24107581	Serbia	1197	1994
91	Yue Wang	2640	GM	8601429	China	1449	1987
92	Francisco Vallejo Pons	2638	GM	2205530	Spain	2475	1982
93	Etienne Bacrot	2637	GM	605506	France	2866	1983
94	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2637	GM	1444948	Denmark	644	2004
95	Evgeniy Najer	2637	GM	4118987	Fide	2195	1977
96	Hrant Melkumyan	2636	GM	13302485	Armenia	1061	1989
97	Abhimanyu Puranik	2636	GM	5061245	India	836	2000
98	Jeffery Xiong	2636	GM	2047640	United States	899	2000
99	Aram Hakobyan	2635	GM	13306677	Armenia	665	2001
100	Anton Korobov	2634	GM	14105730	Ukraine	2437	1985
101	Yifan Hou	2633	GM	8602980	China	1595	1994
102	Yuriy Kryvoruchko	2633	GM	14109182	Ukraine	1251	1986
103	Aydin Suleymanli	2633	GM	13413937	Azerbaijan	761	2005
104	Qun Ma	2632	GM	8603154	China	485	1991
105	Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen	2632	GM	12401110	Viet Nam	1046	1990
106	AR Saleh Salem	2631	GM	9301348	United Arab Emirates	1263	1993
107	Sanan Sjugirov	2631	GM	4189302	Hungary	1826	1993
108	Robert Hovhannisyan	2630	GM	13302507	Armenia	1019	1991
109	Arkadij Naiditsch	2630	GM	4650891	Bulgaria	2571	1985
110	Max Warmerdam	2630	GM	1048104	Netherlands	684	2000
111	Maksim Chigaev	2629	GM	4108116	Spain	1419	1996
112	Ruslan Ponomariov	2628	GM	14103320	Ukraine	2262	1983
113	Gabriel Sargissian	2628	GM	13300881	Armenia	1794	1983
114	Andrei Volokitin	2628	GM	14107090	Ukraine	1817	1986
115	Alexander Donchenko	2627	GM	24603295	Germany	1637	1998
116	Jaime Santos Latasa	2627	GM	2293307	Spain	861	1996
117	Rasmus Svane	2627	GM	4657101	Germany	1331	1997
118	Luka Lenic	2626	GM	14603853	Slovenia	1173	1988
119	Ioannis Papaioannou	2626	GM	4201345	Greece	691	1976
120	Chao b Li	2624	GM	8604436	China	957	1989
121	Maxim Matlakov	2623	GM	4168003	Russian Federation	1909	1991
122	Maxim Rodshtein	2623	GM	2806851	Israel	1356	1989
123	Xiangyu Xu	2623	GM	8608288	China	658	1999
124	Velimir Ivic	2622	GM	950122	Serbia	682	2002
125	Marc Andria Maurizzi	2622	GM	36083534	France	440	2007
126	Narayanan.S.L	2622	GM	5058422	India	901	1998
127	Mateusz Bartel	2621	GM	1112635	Poland	2280	1985
128	Aryan Tari	2621	GM	1510045	Norway	1226	1999
129	Aryan Chopra	2620	GM	5084423	India	492	2001
130	Ediz Gurel	2620	GM	44507356	Turkey	317	2008
131	Anton Demchenko	2619	GM	4160258	Slovenia	1047	1987
132	Pouya Idani	2619	GM	12510130	Iran	789	1995
133	David Paravyan	2619	GM	4194985	Fide	1189	1998
134	Shanglei Lu	2618	GM	8603332	China	1026	1995
135	Peter Heine Nielsen	2617	GM	1400355	Denmark	1892	1973
136	Eltaj Safarli	2617	GM	13402129	Azerbaijan	1702	1992
137	Erwin L'Ami	2616	GM	1007998	Netherlands	1128	1985
138	Maxime Lagarde	2615	GM	662399	France	1106	1994
139	Luke J McShane	2615	GM	404853	United Kingdom	1663	1984
140	V Pranav	2615	GM	25060783	India	521	2006
141	Dennis Wagner	2614	GM	24650684	Germany	771	1997
142	Tamir Nabaty	2613	GM	2809052	Israel	695	1991
143	Alan Pichot	2613	GM	110973	Spain	906	1998
144	Ivan Popov	2613	GM	4170350	Russian Federation	1252	1990
145	Nijat Abasov	2612	GM	13402960	Azerbaijan	891	1995
146	Vasif Durarbayli	2612	GM	13402935	Azerbaijan	780	1992
147	Samvel Ter Sahakyan	2611	GM	13302531	Armenia	1218	1993
148	Nikolas Theodorou	2611	GM	4262875	Greece	468	2000
149	Imre Balog	2610	GM	728446	Hungary	387	1991
150	Bardiya Daneshvar	2609	GM	12576468	Iran	466	2006
151	Eric Hansen	2609	GM	2606771	Canada	599	1992
152	Ferenc Berkes	2607	GM	718572	Hungary	1791	1985
153	Victor Bologan	2607	GM	13900048	Moldova	2664	1971
154	Gata Kamsky	2607	GM	2000024	United States	2260	1974
155	Volodymyr Onyshchuk	2607	GM	14114038	Ukraine	1118	1991
156	Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara	2606	GM	3805662	Mexico	349	1999
157	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2605	GM	44599790	Turkey	266	2011
158	Jon Ludvig Hammer	2604	GM	1503707	Norway	1033	1990
159	Vassily Ivanchuk	2604	GM	14100010	Ukraine	4213	1969
160	Emil Sutovsky	2604	GM	2802007	Israel	1806	1977
161	Vladimir Afromeev	2603	FM	4157770	Russian Federation	263	1954
162	Yuriy Kuzubov	2603	GM	14112906	Ukraine	1600	1990
163	Alexander Areshchenko	2602	GM	14109530	Ukraine	1373	1986
164	Jan Gustafsson	2602	GM	4625498	Germany	1481	1979
165	Olexandr Bortnyk	2601	GM	14120828	Ukraine	401	1996
166	Adam Kozak	2601	GM	753246	Hungary	873	2002
167	Loek Van Wely	2601	GM	1000268	Netherlands	3817	1972
168	Georg Meier	2600	GM	4675789	Uruguay	1428	1987
169	Abhimanyu Mishra	2600	GM	30920019	United States	484	2009
170	Alexander Motylev	2600	GM	4121830	Romania	2181	1979
171	Daniele Vocaturo	2600	GM	813192	Italy	1160	1989
172	Weiqi Zhou	2600	GM	8601674	China	664	1986
173	Ivan Salgado Lopez	2599	GM	2257327	Spain	1161	1991
174	Tuan Minh Le	2598	GM	12401153	Viet Nam	212	1996
175	Jergus Pechac	2598	GM	14926970	Slovakia	631	2001
176	Cristobal Henriquez Villagra	2597	GM	3409350	Chile	475	1996
177	Jingyao Tin	2597	GM	5804418	Singapore	276	2000
178	David Baramidze	2596	GM	4667719	Germany	1123	1988
179	Bobby Cheng	2596	GM	4300033	Australia	364	1997
180	Rafael Leitao	2596	GM	2101246	Brazil	1198	1979
181	Constantin Lupulescu	2596	GM	1207822	Romania	1543	1984
182	Robert Markus	2596	GM	921637	Serbia	1492	1983
183	Vladimir Akopian	2595	GM	13300032	United States	1873	1971
184	Miguel Illescas Cordoba	2594	GM	2200015	Spain	1423	1965
185	Miguel Santos Ruiz	2594	GM	22291482	Spain	603	1999
186	Jorge Cori	2593	GM	3802272	Peru	547	1995
187	Sergei Movsesian	2593	GM	310204	Armenia	2802	1978
188	Arseniy Nesterov	2593	GM	24198455	Fide	688	2003
189	Aleksandr Shimanov	2593	GM	4198603	Russian Federation	1278	1992
190	Benjamin Bok	2592	GM	1017063	Netherlands	1154	1995
191	Jules Moussard	2592	GM	642908	France	1149	1995
192	Laurent Fressinet	2591	GM	608742	France	2532	1981
193	Szymon Gumularz	2591	GM	1188062	Poland	704	2001
194	Sandro Mareco	2591	GM	112275	Argentina	1023	1987
195	Tomi Nyback	2591	GM	503142	Finland	1378	1985
196	Dragan Solak	2591	GM	916811	Turkey	1383	1980
197	Ante Brkic	2590	GM	14506688	Croatia	1839	1988
198	Aleksey Dreev	2590	GM	4100107	Russian Federation	3473	1969
199	Evgeny Romanov	2590	GM	4148843	Macedonia	1746	1988
200	Ivan Sokolov	2590	GM	14400030	Netherlands	2867	1968

Understanding FIDE Rankings

Spotlight on some of the Best Chess Players

Magnus Carlsen

Five-time World Champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway continues to dominate the chess world with his unparalleled consistency and strategic acumen, even though he hasn't been playing as much as before and has decided to not take part in the 2023 and 2024 world championship matches. Carlsen is known for his deep understanding of positional play and endgames, and his ability to outmaneuver opponents in a devastating way. Carlsen has been at the very top of the FIDE rankings non-stop since July 2011

Fabiano Caruana

American Grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is another legend in the world of chess. His sharp tactical play and profound opening preparation have allowed him to stay at the very top of the rankings for years, only beaten by Carlsen. Caruana had an outstanding performance during the 2018 World Chess Championship, where he pushed Carlsen to tiebreakers, therefore becoming one of the few contenders who actually had a chance against Carlsen in the world championship matches.

Ding Liren

China's Ding Liren is the current world champion. His play is solid and consistent. He once went 100 classical games without losing, the longest streak at the moment (2017-2018). Known for his calm demeanor and strategic depth, Ding has become a force to be reckoned with in the chess community. He has won several international tournaments and has proven once and again that he can defeat anybody, anywhere, anytime.

Ian Nepomniachtchi

Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi has an aggressive and dynamic playing style, which have earned him a place among the chess elite. His recent performances in the Candidates Tournament and the world championship matches have showcased his ability to challenge the very best, making him one of the most important players of the last decade in the chess world.

Rising Stars and Veterans in the Chess World Ranking

In the FIDE rankings there is a place for everyone. In the top 200 rankings you will find the current best chess players in the world, but also some seasoned veterans, as well as emerging talents. Young prodigies like Alireza Firouzja from Iran and experienced Grandmasters like Viswanathan Anand from India are just a few examples.

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa

Indian prodigy Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has taken the chess world by storm with his rapid rise through the ranks. At a young age, he has already defeated some of the top Grandmasters, showing the world that his talent and strategic power must be taken seriously. Pragg has an aggressive playing style and shows a deep understanding of the game. His performances in international tournaments have made him a standout figure in the chess world rankings, marking him as one of the most promising young players today.

Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja has quickly risen as one of the most powerful youngsters in the chess scene, known for his fearless and aggressive play. His rapid ascent in the world chess ranking highlights the potential for the next generation of chess players to challenge established norms and bring fresh energy to the game.

Viswanathan Anand

Former World Champion Viswanathan Anand remains a formidable presence in the FIDE chess rankings. Anand became India's first chess Grandmaster in 1988, when he was only 19 years old. His extensive experience and strategic insights continue to inspire new players, and his contributions to chess have left an indelible mark on the sport.

Exploring the Games of Chess Grandmasters

If you are an aspiring chess Grandmaster, or simply want to play better, studying the games of all these chess legends is key to your success. Luckily for you, in our huge database you can find all the games of these beasts. You just have to click on the name of the player you are interested in and a short bio + their games will pop up on your screen.

The world of chess is ever-evolving, and the FIDE rankings are constantly changing. Top chess players will always be the best in the world, but their spots in the ratings list might change. This chess grandmasters list shows 200 highly trained chess players that have devoted their lives to the game.

For more details on world chess rankings, the latest updates in the FIDE rankings, and in-depth analysis of the chess grandmaster list, stay tuned to our website. Discover the brilliance of the best chess players and elevate your understanding of the game.