FIDE rankings

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	13
United States	11
China	7
Russia	6
FIDE	6
Uzbekistan	5
Germany	4
Hungary	4
England	4
Spain	4
France	3
Azerbaijan	3
Netherlands	3
Other	27

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2837
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2804
3	Gukesh Dommaraju	2787
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2782
5	Fabiano Caruana	2776
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2771
7	R Praggnanandhaa	2758
8	Wei Yi	2758
9	Alireza Firouzja	2757
10	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2757
11	Wesley So	2751
12	Aravindh Chithambaram	2749
13	Levon Aronian	2747
14	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2746
15	Viswanathan Anand	2743
16	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2739
17	Vladimir Fedoseev	2739
18	Anish Giri	2738
19	Leinier Domínguez Pérez	2738
20	Hans Niemann	2736

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	10
FIDE	7
Russia	7
Ukraine	6
Poland	6
Georgia	5
France	5
United States	5
Azerbaijan	4
Armenia	3
Germany	3
Israel	3
Other	22

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2580
3	Lei Tingjie	2552
4	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2544
5	Koneru Humpy	2543
6	Zhu Jiner	2541
7	Tan Zhongyi	2536
8	Anna Muzychuk	2526
9	Kateryna Lagno	2516
10	Nana Dzagnidze	2509
11	Polina Shuvalova	2494
12	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2494
13	Mariya Muzychuk	2494
14	Harika Dronavalli	2483
15	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2479
16	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2475
17	Teodora Injac	2474
18	Yuliia Osmak	2471
19	Divya Deshmukh	2469
20	Alina Kashlinskaya	2467

Top juniors

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	20
United States	9
Turkey	7
FIDE	6
France	5
China	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Azerbaijan	3
Iran	3
Ukraine	3
Norway	3
Israel	3
Germany	3
Spain	3
Other	21

Juniors are considered to be male players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh Dommaraju	2787
2	R Praggnanandhaa	2758
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2706
4	Raunak Sadhwani	2672
5	Volodar Murzin	2658
6	Daniel Dardha	2651
7	Ediz Gürel	2636
8	Leon Luke Mendonca	2630
9	Bardiya Daneshvar	2621
10	Pranav V	2621
11	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2618
12	Aydin Suleymanli	2617
13	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2607
14	Abhimanyu Mishra	2605
15	Christopher Yoo	2588
16	Denis Lazavik	2577
17	Pranesh M	2576
18	Ihor Samunenkov	2572
19	Elham Amar	2569
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2563

Top girls

Best Performing Countries – Girls^[4]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	9
India	8
China	8
Kazakhstan	8
FIDE	7
Mongolia	5
Ukraine	4
Germany	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Hungary	3
Argentina	3
Other	34

Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 May 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2469
2	Lu Miaoyi	2450
3	Anna Shukhman	2413
4	Song Yuxin	2397
5	Zsóka Gaál	2395
6	Alice Lee	2389
7	Eline Roebers	2361
8	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova	2353
9	Anna Zhurova	2350
10	Zoey Tang	2347
11	Meruert Kamalidenova	2345
12	Afruza Khamdamova	2344
13	Amina Kairbekova	2344
14	Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene	2342
15	Fiorella Contreras Huaman	2341
16	Alua Nurman	2338
17	Mariia Manko	2334
18	Nadya Toncheva	2332
19	Gao Muziyan	2324
20	Rakshitta Ravi	2324

Top federations

Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations were ranked as follows on 1 May 2025:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2730
2	India	2727
3	China	2674
4	Russia	2665
5	Germany	2632
6	Azerbaijan	2631
7	Ukraine	2631
8	Hungary	2624
9	France	2623
10	Spain	2618
11	Armenia	2615
12	Netherlands	2615
13	Uzbekistan	2601
14	Poland	2597
15	England	2592
16	Norway	2591
17	Israel	2585
18	Turkey	2569
19	Serbia	2567
20	Romania	2566