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. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

Best Performing Countries – Open^[1]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	12
India	11
Russia[lower-alpha 1]	7
China	7
Ukraine	6
Uzbekistan	5
Spain	4
England	4
France	3
Germany	3
Netherlands	3
Poland	2
Romania	2
Hungary	2
Azerbaijan	2
Other	27

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 September 2024 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2832
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
3	Fabiano Caruana	2798
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2778
5	Alireza Firouzja	2767
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
7	Gukesh D	2764
8	Wei Yi	2762
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2755
10	Wesley So	2752
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Praggnanandhaa R	2750
13	Leinier Dominguez	2748
14	Quang Liem Le	2741
15	Ding Liren	2736
16	Hans Niemann	2733
17	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2733
18	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2732
19	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2731
20	Vincent Keymer	2730

Top women

Best Performing Countries – Women^[2]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	10
Poland	7
Russia	6
France	5
Ukraine	5
Georgia	5
United States	5
Germany	4
Kazakhstan	4
Armenia	3
Azerbaijan	3
Hungary	3
Mongolia	1
Other	30

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 September 2024 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2563
3	Tan Zhongyi	2551
4	Lei Tingjie	2549
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2533
6	Koneru Humpy	2530
7	Kateryna Lagno	2527
8	Anna Muzychuk	2524
9	Nana Dzagnidze	2508
10	Mariya Muzychuk	2505
11	Harika Dronavalli	2502
12	R. Vaishali	2498
13	Alina Kashlinskaya	2490
14	Zhu Jiner	2487
15	Divya Deshmukh	2483
16	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2483
17	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2482
18	Polina Shuvalova	2472
19	Yuliia Osmak	2471
20	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2468

Top juniors

Juniors are considered to be 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 September 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
2	Gukesh D	2764
3	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2750
4	Vincent Keymer	2730
5	Javokhir Sindarov	2677
6	Nihal Sarin	2668
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2659
8	Volodar Murzin	2648
9	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2648
10	Frederik Svane	2640
11	Aydin Suleymanli	2632
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2630
13	Leon Luke Mendonca	2622
14	Pranav V	2609
15	Daniel Dardha	2603
16	Christopher Yoo	2603
17	Ediz Gurel	2602
18	Bardiya Daneshvar	2598
19	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2595
20	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2592

Top girls

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 September 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2483
2	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2482
3	Leya Garifullina	2438
4	Lu Miaoyi	2438
5	Zsoka Gaal	2385
6	Alice Lee	2384
7	Velpula Sarayu	2381
8	Song Yuxin	2373
9	Meruert Kamalidenova	2352
10	Savitha Shri B	2348
11	Eline Roebers	2340
12	Xeniya Balabayeva	2335
13	Laysa Latifah	2330
14	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2328
15	Martyna Starosta	2325
16	Alua Nurman	2324
17	Rakshitta Ravi	2322
18	Afruza Khamdamova	2313
19	Sahithi Varshini Moogi	2309
20	Nadya Toncheva	2301

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 March 2024:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2724
2	India	2715
3	China	2684
4	Russia	2684
5	Azerbaijan	2647
6	France	2642
7	Ukraine	2637
8	Germany	2633
9	Armenia	2632
10	Spain	2628
11	Netherlands	2619
12	Hungary	2617
13	Poland	2606
14	England	2598
15	Romania	2598
16	Norway	2596
17	Uzbekistan	2595
18	Israel	2590
19	Czech Republic	2571
20	Serbia	2570

References

1. Includes Russian players competing under the FIDE flag.

1. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
2. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. "Standard Top 100 Juniors January 2023". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
4. "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
5. "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 3 March 2024.

External links

• Official FIDE rating lists
• Elo query with world ranking list and historical development since 1990