|
Country |
Player |
Peak rating |
Achieved |
Birth year |
Death year |
Notes |
|
1 |
 |
Magnus Carlsen |
2882 |
2014-05 |
1990 |
|
Highest ranked player (2013–), world no. 1 (2010, 2011, 2011–), current World Chess Champion (2013–) |
2 |
  |
Garry Kasparov |
2851 |
1999-07 |
1963 |
|
Highest ranked Russian player, formerly world no. 1 (1984–1993, 1995–2006), former world champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating, formerly highest ranked player (1990–2012), highest ranked Soviet-born player |
3 |
  |
Fabiano Caruana |
2844 |
2014-10 |
1992 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Italian player, highest ranked American player |
4 |
  |
Levon Aronian |
2830 |
2014-03 |
1982 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Armenian player |
5 |
  |
Wesley So |
2822 |
2017-02 |
1993 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Filipino player, highest ranked Filipino-born player, inaugural and former FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (2019–2022) |
6 |
 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
2820 |
2018-09 |
1985 |
|
Highest ranked Azerbaijani player |
7 |
 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
2819 |
2016-08 |
1990 |
|
Highest ranked French player |
8= |
 |
Viswanathan Anand |
2817 |
2011-03 |
1969 |
|
Highest ranked Indian player, former world champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002), formerly world no. 1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011) |
8= |
  |
Vladimir Kramnik |
2817 |
2016-10 |
1975 |
|
Former world champion (2000–2007), formerly world no. 1 (2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating |
10= |
 |
Veselin Topalov |
2816 |
2015-07 |
1975 |
|
Highest ranked Bulgarian player, former world champion (FIDE 2005–2006), formerly world no. 1 (2006–2007, 2009) |
10= |
 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
2816 |
2015-10 |
1987 |
|
Highest ranked Japanese-born player, reigning FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (2022–) |
10= |
 |
Ding Liren |
2816 |
2018-11 |
1992 |
|
Highest ranked Chinese player |
13 |
 |
Alexander Grischuk |
2810 |
2014-12 |
1983 |
|
|
14 |
  |
Alireza Firouzja |
2804 |
2021-12 |
2003 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Iranian player, highest ranked junior, youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating, highest ranked Iranian-born player |
|
15 |
  |
Anish Giri |
2798 |
2015-10 |
1994 |
|
Highest ranked Dutch player |
16= |
 |
Teimour Radjabov |
2793 |
2012-10 |
1987 |
|
|
16= |
 |
Ian Nepomniachtchi |
2793 |
2021-05 |
1990 |
|
|
18= |
 |
Alexander Morozevich |
2788 |
2008-07 |
1977 |
|
|
18= |
  |
Sergey Karjakin |
2788 |
2011-07 |
1990 |
|
Highest ranked Ukrainian-born player, formerly youngest grandmaster (2002–2021) |
20 |
  |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
2787 |
2007-10 |
1969 |
|
Highest ranked Ukrainian player |
21 |
 |
Bobby Fischer |
2785 |
1972-07 |
1943 |
2008 |
Former world champion (1972–1975), formerly highest ranked player (1971–1989), formerly world no. 1 (1971–1975), formerly youngest grandmaster (1958–1991), first player to achieve 2700+ rating |
22 |
  |
Anatoly Karpov |
2780 |
1994-07 |
1951 |
|
Former world champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999), formerly world no. 1 (1976–1983, 1994) |
23 |
   |
Boris Gelfand |
2777 |
2013-11 |
1968 |
|
Highest ranked Israeli player, formerly highest ranked Belarusian player |
24 |
 |
Richard Rapport |
2776 |
2022-04 |
1996 |
|
Highest ranked Hungarian player |
|
25 |
 |
Pentala Harikrishna |
2770 |
2016-12 |
1986 |
|
|
26 |
 |
Peter Svidler |
2769 |
2013-05 |
1976 |
|
|
27 |
  |
Leinier Dominguez Perez |
2768 |
2014-05 |
1983 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Cuban player, highest ranked Cuban-born player |
28= |
 |
Pavel Eljanov |
2765 |
2016-03 |
1983 |
|
|
28= |
 |
Yu Yangyi |
2765 |
2018-09 |
1994 |
|
|
30 |
 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
2764 |
2011-07 |
1983 |
|
Former world chess champion (FIDE 2002–2004), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997–1999) |
31= |
 |
Peter Leko |
2763 |
2005-04 |
1979 |
|
Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997) |
31= |
  |
Gata Kamsky |
2763 |
2013-07 |
1974 |
|
|
31= |
 |
Wang Hao |
2763 |
2020-04 |
1989 |
|
|
34= |
 |
Vugar Gashimov |
2761 |
2012-01 |
1986 |
2014 |
|
34= |
 |
Michael Adams |
2761 |
2013-09 |
1971 |
|
Highest ranked English player |
34= |
 |
Vladislav Artemiev |
2761 |
2019-06 |
1998 |
|
|
37= |
 |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
2760 |
2009-01 |
1983 |
|
|
37= |
 |
Jan-Krzysztof Duda |
2760 |
2021-12 |
1998 |
|
Highest ranked Polish player |
39= |
 |
Evgeny Tomashevsky |
2758 |
2015-09 |
1987 |
|
|
39= |
 |
Li Chao |
2758 |
2016-06 |
1989 |
|
|
41 |
 |
Wang Yue |
2756 |
2010-11 |
1987 |
|
|
42 |
   |
Alexei Shirov |
2755 |
2008-01 |
1972 |
|
Highest ranked Spanish player, formerly highest ranked Latvian player\ |
43 |
 |
Wei Yi |
2753 |
2017-08 |
1999 |
|
Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700 |
44= |
    |
Sergei Movsesian |
2751 |
2009-01 |
1978 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Slovak player |
44= |
 |
David Navara |
2751 |
2015-05 |
1985 |
|
Highest ranked Czech player |
44= |
 |
Nikita Vitiugov |
2751 |
2019-11 |
1987 |
|
|
47 |
 |
Radosław Wojtaszek |
2750 |
2017-01 |
1987 |
|
|
|
48 |
 |
Étienne Bacrot |
2749 |
2013-11 |
1983 |
|
Formerly highest ranked French player, formerly youngest grandmaster (1997) |
49 |
 |
Dmitry Andreikin |
2743 |
2016-06 |
1990 |
|
|
50= |
   |
Evgeny Bareev |
2739 |
2003-10 |
1966 |
|
Highest ranked Canadian player |
50= |
 |
Lê Quang Liêm |
2739 |
2017-08 |
1991 |
|
Highest ranked Vietnamese player |
52 |
 |
Maxim Matlakov |
2738 |
2017-11 |
1991 |
|
|
53 |
   |
Arkadij Naiditsch |
2737 |
2013-12 |
1985 |
|
Formerly highest ranked German player |
54 |
 |
Judit Polgár |
2735 |
2005-07 |
1976 |
|
Highest ranked female player; first and only female player to achieve 2700+ rating, formerly youngest grandmaster (1991–1994) |
55= |
  |
Viktor Bologan |
2734 |
2012-08 |
1971 |
|
Highest ranked Moldovan player |
55= |
 |
Baadur Jobava |
2734 |
2012-09 |
1983 |
|
Highest ranked Georgian player |
57 |
 |
Vladimir Fedoseev |
2733 |
2017-10 |
1995 |
|
58= |
 |
Vladimir Malakhov |
2732 |
2010-07 |
1980 |
|
|
58= |
  |
Ernesto Inarkiev |
2732 |
2016-09 |
1985 |
|
58= |
 |
Dommaraju Gukesh |
2732 |
2022-10 |
2006 |
|
61= |
 |
Bu Xiangzhi |
2731 |
2019-02 |
1985 |
|
Formerly youngest grandmaster (1999–2002) |
61= |
 |
Samuel Shankland |
2731 |
2019-02 |
1991 |
|
|
63 |
 |
Arjun Erigaisi |
2728 |
2022-10 |
2003 |
|
|
64 |
 |
Vidit Gujrathi |
2727 |
2021-09 |
1994 |
|
|
65= |
 |
Zoltán Almási |
2726 |
2011-07 |
1976 |
|
|
65= |
 |
Alexander Moiseenko |
2726 |
2011-09 |
1980 |
|
|
67= |
 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
2725 |
2009-09 |
1985 |
|
|
67= |
 |
Andrei Volokitin |
2725 |
2013-03 |
1986 |
|
|
|
69= |
 |
Ni Hua |
2724 |
2009-04 |
1983 |
|
|
69= |
 |
Francisco Vallejo Pons |
2724 |
2011-07 |
1982 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Spanish player (when Shirov represented Latvia) |
71= |
 |
Anton Korobov |
2723 |
2014-01 |
1985 |
|
|
71= |
 |
Andrey Esipenko |
2723 |
2022-02 |
2002 |
|
73 |
 |
Parham Maghsoodloo |
2721 |
2022-09 |
2000 |
|
Highest ranked Iranian player |
74= |
 |
Krishnan Sasikiran |
2720 |
2012-05 |
1981 |
|
|
74= |
 |
Alexander Riazantsev |
2720 |
2012-07 |
1985 |
|
|
76= |
 |
Alexander Areshchenko |
2720 |
2012-12 |
1986 |
|
|
76= |
 |
Laurent Fressinet |
2720 |
2015-06 |
1981 |
|
|
76= |
 |
Daniil Dubov |
2720 |
2021-12 |
1996 |
|
|
79 |
  |
Ivan Cheparinov |
2718 |
2018-08 |
1986 |
|
|
80= |
  |
Lazaro Bruzon Batista |
2717 |
2012-10 |
1982 |
|
|
80= |
 |
Yuriy Kryvoruchko |
2717 |
2015-11 |
1986 |
|
|
82= |
  |
Valery Salov |
2715 |
1995-01 |
1964 |
|
|
82= |
 |
Rustam Kasimdzhanov |
2715 |
2015-05 |
1979 |
|
Highest ranked Uzbek player, former world chess champion (FIDE 2004–2005) |
82= |
 |
Kirill Alekseenko |
2715 |
2019-11 |
1997 |
|
|
82= |
 |
Jorden van Foreest |
2715 |
2022-05 |
1999 |
|
|
86= |
 |
Loek van Wely |
2714 |
2001-10 |
1972 |
|
|
86= |
 |
Denis Khismatullin |
2714 |
2014-03 |
1984 |
|
88= |
   |
Vladimir Akopian |
2713 |
2006-07 |
1971 |
|
|
88= |
 |
Luke McShane |
2713 |
2012-07 |
1984 |
|
|
88= |
 |
Nodirbek Abdusattorov |
2713 |
2022-10 |
2004 |
|
|
91= |
 |
Nigel Short |
2712 |
2004-04 |
1965 |
|
|
91= |
 |
David Howell |
2712 |
2015-08 |
1990 |
|
|
91= |
 |
Bassem Amin |
2712 |
2019-01 |
1988 |
|
Highest ranked Egyptian player |
91= |
 |
Jeffery Xiong |
2712 |
2019-11 |
2000 |
|
|
91= |
 |
Sanan Sjugirov |
2712 |
2022-11 |
1993 |
|
|
96= |
  |
Alexey Dreev |
2711 |
2011-07 |
1969 |
|
|
96= |
 |
Gabriel Sargissian |
2702 |
2015-12 |
1983 |
|
|
98= |
   |
Alexander Beliavsky |
2710 |
1997-07 |
1953 |
|
Highest ranked Slovenian player |
98= |
 |
Alexander Motylev |
2710 |
2009-07 |
1979 |
|
|
98= |
 |
Maxim Rodshtein |
2710 |
2016-03 |
1989 |
|
|
98= |
 |
Bogdan-Daniel Deac |
2710 |
2022-09 |
2001 |
|
102= |
 |
Rauf Mamedov |
2709 |
2017-12 |
1988 |
|
|
102= |
 |
Gawain Jones |
2709 |
2019-06 |
1987 |
|
|
104 |
 |
Zahar Efimenko |
2708 |
2011-03 |
1985 |
|
|
105= |
  |
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu |
2707 |
2005-10 |
1976 |
|
Highest ranked German player, formerly highest ranked Romanian player |
105= |
 |
Evgeny Najer |
2707 |
2017-08 |
1977 |
|
|
107= |
   |
Ivan Sokolov |
2706 |
2004-01 |
1968 |
|
Formerly highest ranked Bosnian player |
107= |
 |
Ferenc Berkes |
2706 |
2011-09 |
1985 |
|
|
107= |
  |
Sergei Rublevsky |
2706 |
2013-11 |
1974 |
|
|
110= |
  |
Mikhail Tal |
2705 |
1980-01 |
1936 |
1992 |
Former world champion (1960–1961) |
110= |
    |
Vadim Milov |
2705 |
2008-07 |
1972 |
|
Highest ranked Swiss player |
110= |
 |
Boris Grachev |
2705 |
2012-03 |
1986 |
|
|
110= |
 |
Jon Ludvig Hammer |
2705 |
2016-02 |
1990 |
|
|
114 |
 |
Viktor Láznička |
2704 |
2012-01 |
1989 |
|
|
115= |
  |
Emil Sutovsky |
2703 |
2012-01 |
1977 |
|
|
115= |
 |
Markus Ragger |
2703 |
2017-02 |
1988 |
|
Highest ranked Austrian player |
115= |
 |
Vladislav Kovalev |
2703 |
2019-02 |
1994 |
|
Highest ranked Belarusian player |
115= |
 |
Ivan Šarić |
2703 |
2019-03 |
1990 |
|
Highest ranked Croatian player |
115= |
 |
David Antón Guijarro |
2703 |
2020-03 |
1995 |
|
|
115= |
 |
Samuel Sevian |
2703 |
2022-05 |
2000 |
|
|
121= |
   |
Michał Krasenkow |
2702 |
2000-07 |
1963 |
|
|
121= |
  |
Ilia Smirin |
2702 |
2001-07 |
1968 |
|
|
121= |
   |
Alexander Khalifman |
2702 |
2001-10 |
1966 |
|
Former world chess champion (FIDE 1999–2000) |
121= |
  |
Zurab Azmaiparashvili |
2702 |
2003-07 |
1960 |
|
|
121= |
 |
Romain Edouard |
2702 |
2014-06 |
1990 |
|
|
121= |
  |
Igor Kovalenko |
2702 |
2015-08 |
1988 |
|
|
121= |
 |
Ray Robson |
2702 |
2022-11 |
1994 |
|
128= |
  |
Alexander Onischuk |
2701 |
2010-07 |
1975 |
|
|
128= |
 |
Baskaran Adhiban |
2701 |
2019-04 |
1992 |
|
|
130= |
 |
Peter Heine Nielsen |
2700 |
2010-07 |
1973 |
|
Highest ranked Danish player |
130= |
 |
Igor Lysyj |
2700 |
2015-01 |
1987 |
|
|
130= |
 |
Vincent Keymer |
2700 |
2022-10 |
2004 |
|
|