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.

Best Performing Countries – Open^[1]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	12
Russia[a]	12
India	11
China	8
Ukraine	5
Uzbekistan	5
Germany	4
England	4
Spain	4
France	3
Netherlands	3
Hungary	3
Azerbaijan	3
Poland	2
Romania	2
Other	19

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2831
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
3	Arjun Erigaisi	2797
4	Fabiano Caruana	2796
5	Gukesh D	2794
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2783
7	Alireza Firouzja	2767
8	Wei Yi	2763
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2755
10	Wesley So	2751
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Praggnanandhaa R	2746
13	Leinier Dominguez	2741
14	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2740
15	Quang Liem Le	2739
16	Levon Aronian	2738
17	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2735
18	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2733
19	Hans Niemann	2733
20	Anish Giri	2728

Best Performing Countries – Women^[2]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	9
Poland	7
Russia	7
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 October 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	2513
10	Mariya Muzychuk	2505
11	Divya Deshmukh	2501
12	Zhu Jiner	2499
13	Alina Kashlinskaya	2493
14	Harika Dronavalli	2493
15	R. Vaishali	2487
16	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2487
17	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2480
18	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2478
19	Polina Shuvalova	2472
20	Zhansaya Abdumalik	2468

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 October 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh D	2794
2	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2783
3	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2746
4	Vincent Keymer	2721
5	Javokhir Sindarov	2668
6	Nihal Sarin	2668
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2659
8	Frederik Svane	2655
9	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2650
10	Volodar Murzin	2648
11	Aydin Suleymanli	2637
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2630
13	Ediz Gurel	2625
14	Leon Luke Mendonca	2622
15	Bardiya Daneshvar	2613
16	Pranav V	2609
17	Daniel Dardha	2604
18	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2601
19	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2594
20	Christopher Yoo	2590

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 October 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2501
2	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2487
3	Lu Miaoyi	2441
4	Leya Garifullina	2438
5	Zsoka Gaal	2398
6	Alice Lee	2395
7	Song Yuxin	2384
8	Meruert Kamalidenova	2378
9	Velpula Sarayu	2370
10	Alua Nurman	2357
11	Savitha Shri B	2348
12	Xeniya Balabayeva	2335
13	Eline Roebers	2331
14	Afruza Khamdamova	2330
15	Laysa Latifah	2330
16	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2325
17	Martyna Starosta	2325
18	Liya Kurmangaliyeva	2324
19	Rakshitta Ravi	2322
20	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova	2311

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

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