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FIDE players ordered by peak Elo rating[1][2]
Player Peak rating Achieved Birth year Death year Notes
Magnus Carlsen 2882 2014-05 1990 Highest-ranked player (2013–), world no. 1 (2010, 2011, 2011–), former World Chess Champion (2013–2023), highest-ranked Norwegian player (2006–)
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)
Fabiano Caruana 2844 2014-10 1992 Highest-ranked American player (since 2015), formerly highest-ranked Italian player (2007–2015)
Levon Aronian 2830 2014-03 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (2005–2021)
Wesley So 2822 2017-02 1993 Formerly highest-ranked Filipino player (2009–2014)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2820 2018-09 1985 Highest-ranked Azerbaijani player (2006, 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2017–)
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2819 2016-08 1990 Highest-ranked French player (2013, since 2014)
Viswanathan Anand 2817 2011-03 1969 Highest-ranked Indian player (since 1987), former world champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002), formerly world no. 1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
Vladimir Kramnik 2817 2016-10 1975 Former world champion (2000–2007), formerly world no. 1 (1996, 2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating
Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07 1975 Highest-ranked Bulgarian player (since 1993), former world champion (FIDE 2005–2006), formerly world no. 1 (2006–2007, 2008–2009)
Hikaru Nakamura 2816 2015-10 1987 Formerly highest-ranked American player (2011–2015)
Ding Liren 2816 2018-11 1992 Highest-ranked Chinese player (since 2015), former World Chess Champion (2023–2024)
Alexander Grischuk 2810 2014-12 1983
Alireza Firouzja 2804 2021-12 2003 Highest-ranked Iranian-born player, formerly highest-ranked Iranian player (2019), youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating
Arjun Erigaisi 2801 2024-12 2003

2775–2799

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Anish Giri 2798 2015-10 1994 Highest-ranked Dutch player (since 2011)
Ian Nepomniachtchi 2795 2023-03 1990
Gukesh Dommaraju 2794 2024-10 2006 Current World Chess Champion (since 2024)
Teimour Radjabov 2793 2012-11 1987 Formerly highest-ranked Azerbaijani player (2002–2005, 2006, 2009–2010, 2011–2017)
Alexander Morozevich 2788 2008-07 1977
Sergey Karjakin 2788 2011-07 1990 Highest-ranked Ukrainian-born player, formerly youngest grandmaster (2002–2021)
Vasyl Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10 1969 Highest-ranked Ukrainian player (1992–2002, since 2005)
Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07 1943 2008 Former world champion (1972–1975), formerly highest-ranked player (1971–1989), formerly highest-ranked American player (1971–2008), formerly world no. 1 (1971–1975), formerly youngest grandmaster (1958–1991), first player to achieve 2700+ rating
Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2783 2024-10 2004 Highest-ranked Uzbekistani player (since 2023)
Anatoly Karpov 2780 1994-07 1951 Former world champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999), formerly world no. 1 (1976–1983, 1985, 1994), formerly highest-ranked Soviet player (1974–1986)
Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11 1968 Highest-ranked Israeli player (since 1999), formerly highest-ranked Belarusian player (1993–1998)
Richárd Rapport 2776 2022-04 1996 Highest-ranked Hungarian player (2021–2022, since 2024), formerly highest-ranked Romanian player (2022-2024)

2750–2774

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Pentala Harikrishna 2770 2016-12 1986
Peter Svidler 2769 2013-05 1976
Leinier Domínguez 2768 2014-05 1983 Highest-ranked Cuban-born player, formerly highest-ranked Cuban player (1998–2001, 2001–2003, 2004–2005, 2007–2018)
Pavel Eljanov 2765 2016-03 1983
Yu Yangyi 2765 2018-09 1994
Ruslan Ponomariov 2764 2011-07 1983 Former world chess champion (FIDE 2002–2004), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997–1999), formerly highest-ranked Ukrainian player (2002–2005)
Peter Leko 2763 2005-04 1979 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (1999–2021, 2022–2024)
Gata Kamsky 2763 2013-07 1974 Formerly highest-ranked American player (2008–2010)
Wang Hao 2763 2020-04 1989
Wei Yi 2763 2024-10 1999 Youngest player to achieve 2700+ rating
Vugar Gashimov 2761 2012-01 1986 2014
Michael Adams 2761 2013-09 1971 Highest-ranked English player (since 1998)
Vladislav Artemiev 2761 2019-06 1998
Dmitry Jakovenko 2760 2009-01 1983
Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2760 2021-12 1998 Highest-ranked Polish player (since 2019)
Evgeny Tomashevsky 2758 2015-09 1987
Li Chao 2758 2016-06 1989
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa 2757 2024-07 2005
Wang Yue 2756 2010-11 1987 Formerly highest-ranked Chinese player (2007–2008, 2008–2015)
Alexei Shirov 2755 2008-01 1972 Highest-ranked Spanish player (1995–2011, since 2018), formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (1992–1994, 2011–2018)
Sergei Movsesian 2751 2009-01 1978 Formerely highest-ranked Czech player (1999–2002), formerly highest-ranked Slovak player (2002–2010), highest-ranked Armenian player (since 2021)
David Navara 2751 2015-05 1985 Highest-ranked Czech player (since 2005)
Nikita Vitiugov 2751 2019-11 1987
Radosław Wojtaszek 2750 2017-01 1987 Formerly highest-ranked Polish player (2010–2019)

2725–2749

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Étienne Bacrot 2749 2013-11 1983 Formerly highest-ranked French player (2004–2013, 2013–2014), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997)
Vidit Gujrathi 2747 2024-02 1994
Dmitry Andreikin 2743 2016-06 1990
Vincent Keymer 2743 2024-01 2004 Highest-ranked German player (since 2023)
Parham Maghsoodloo 2742 2023-12 2000 Highest-ranked Iranian player (2018–2019, since 2019)
Lê Quang Liêm 2741 2024-08 1991 Highest-ranked Vietnamese player (since 2009)
Evgeny Bareev 2739 2003-10 1966 Highest-ranked Canadian player (since 2015)
Maxim Matlakov 2738 2017-11 1991
Arkadij Naiditsch 2737 2013-12 1985 Formerly highest-ranked German player (2006–2008, 2009–2015)
Judit Polgár 2735 2005-07 1976 Highest-ranked female player; first and only female player to achieve 2700+ rating, only female player to be ranked in the world's top 10, formerly youngest grandmaster (1991–1994), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (1996–1998)
Viktor Bologan 2734 2012-08 1971 Highest-ranked Moldovan player
Baadur Jobava 2734 2012-09 1983 Highest-ranked Georgian player (since 2010)
Hans Niemann 2734 2024-11 2003
Vladimir Fedoseev 2733 2017-10 1995 Highest-ranked Slovenian player (since 2023)
Vladimir Malakhov 2732 2010-07 1980
Ernesto Inarkiev 2732 2016-09 1985
Bu Xiangzhi 2731 2019-02 1985 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1999–2002), formerly highest-ranked Chinese player (2008)
Samuel Shankland 2731 2019-02 1991
Aravindh Chithambaram 2729 2025-02 1999
Zoltán Almási 2726 2011-07 1976
Alexander Moiseenko 2726 2011-09 1980
Evgeny Alekseev 2725 2009-09 1985
Andrei Volokitin 2725 2013-03 1986

2700–2724

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Ni Hua 2724 2009-04 1983
Francisco Vallejo Pons 2724 2011-07 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Spanish player (2012–2018)
Anton Korobov 2723 2014-01 1985
Andrey Esipenko 2723 2022-03 2002
Krishnan Sasikiran 2720 2012-05 1981
Alexander Riazantsev 2720 2012-07 1985
Alexander Areshchenko 2720 2012-12 1986
Laurent Fressinet 2720 2015-06 1981
Daniil Dubov 2720 2021-12 1996
Ivan Cheparinov 2718 2018-08 1986
Amin Tabatabaei 2718 2024-07 2001
Lázaro Bruzón 2717 2012-10 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Cuban player (2001, 2003–2004, 2005–2007, 2018–2020)
Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2717 2015-11 1986
Alexey Sarana 2717 2024-07 2000 Highest-ranked Serbian player (since 2023)
Valery Salov 2715 1995-01 1964
Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2715 2015-05 1979 Former world chess champion (FIDE 2004–2005), formerly highest-ranked Uzbekistani player (2000–2023)
Kirill Alekseenko 2715 2019-11 1997 Highest-ranked Austrian player (since 2023)
Jorden van Foreest 2715 2022-05 1999
Loek van Wely 2714 2001-10 1972 Formerly highest-ranked Dutch player (2001–2011)
Denis Khismatullin 2714 2014-03 1984
Vladimir Akopian 2713 2006-07 1971 Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (1995–2005)
Luke McShane 2713 2012-07 1984
Nigel Short 2712 2004-04 1965 Formerly highest-ranked English player (1987–1998)
David Howell 2712 2015-08 1990
Bassem Amin 2712 2019-01 1988 Highest-ranked Egyptian player (since 2012), highest-ranked African player (since 2012)
Jeffery Xiong 2712 2019-11 2000
Sanan Sjugirov 2712 2022-11 1993
Alexey Dreev 2711 2011-07 1969
Gabriel Sargissian 2711 2022-09 1983
Alexander Beliavsky 2710 1997-07 1953 Formerly highest-ranked Slovenian player (1996–2023)
Alexander Motylev 2710 2009-07 1979
Maxim Rodshtein 2710 2016-03 1989
Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2710 2022-09 2001 Highest-ranked Romanian player (2021–2022, since 2024)
Rauf Mamedov 2709 2017-12 1988
Gawain Jones 2709 2019-06 1987
Zahar Efimenko 2708 2011-03 1985
Haik M. Martirosyan 2708 2023-11 2000
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2707 2005-10 1976 Formerly highest-ranked Romanian player (1998–2000, 2003–2014), formerly highest-ranked German player (2015–2023)
Evgeny Najer 2707 2017-08 1977
Ivan Sokolov 2706 2004-01 1968 Formerly highest-ranked Bosnian-Herzegovinian player (1993–1994, 1996–2002, 2009–2010)
Ferenc Berkes 2706 2011-09 1985
Sergei Rublevsky 2706 2013-11 1974
Mikhail Tal 2705 1980-01 1936 1992 Former world champion (1960–1961), formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (1992)
Vadim Milov 2705 2008-07 1972 Highest-ranked Swiss player (since 2008)
Boris Grachev 2705 2012-03 1986
Jon Ludvig Hammer 2705 2016-02 1990
Viktor Láznička 2704 2012-01 1989
Ray Robson 2704 2023-04 1994
Emil Sutovsky 2703 2012-01 1977
Markus Ragger 2703 2017-02 1988 Formerly highest-ranked Austrian player (2010–2023)
Vladislav Kovalev 2703 2019-02 1994 Highest-ranked Belarusian player (since 2019)
Ivan Šarić 2703 2019-03 1990 Highest-ranked Croatian player (since 2011)
David Antón Guijarro 2703 2020-03 1995
Samuel Sevian 2703 2022-05 2000
Michał Krasenkow 2702 2000-07 1963 Formerly highest-ranked Polish player (1996–2010)
Ilya Smirin 2702 2001-07 1968
Alexander Khalifman 2702 2001-10 1966 Former world chess champion (FIDE 1999–2000), formerly highest-ranked German player (1991–1992)
Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2702 2003-07 1960 Formerly highest-ranked Georgian player (1992–1994, 1996–2009)
Romain Edouard 2702 2014-06 1990
Igor Kovalenko 2702 2015-08 1988 Formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (2018–2021)
Alexander Onischuk 2701 2010-07 1975
Adhiban Baskaran 2701 2019-04 1992
Javokhir Sindarov 2701 2023-12 2005
Peter Heine Nielsen 2700 2010-07 1973 Highest-ranked Danish player (since 2004)
Igor Lysyj 2700 2015-01 1987
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