World ranking

Top 100 Chess Players in the World (August 2026)

The broader open ranking list for scanning elite grandmasters, federation strength, and rating depth beyond the top ten.

Ranking list

100

Rating

Classical

Source

FIDE

FIDE classical ranking

Top 100 Open Players

100 players

1Magnus Carlsen

NOR· FIDE 1503014Classical2823Rapid2803Blitz2860

2Fabiano Caruana

USA· FIDE 2020009Classical2792Rapid2701Blitz2741

3Hikaru Nakamura

USA· FIDE 2016192Classical2792Rapid2738Blitz2800

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UZB· FIDE 14205483Classical2777Rapid2730Blitz2716

5Vincent Keymer

GER· FIDE 12940690Classical2767Rapid2637Blitz2650

6Wesley So

USA· FIDE 5202213Classical2765Rapid2700Blitz2764

7Anish Giri

NED· FIDE 24116068Classical2764Rapid2659Blitz2655

8Nodirbek Abdusattorov

UZB· FIDE 14204118Classical2762Rapid2706Blitz2818

9Erigaisi Arjun

IND· FIDE 35009192Classical2759Rapid2745Blitz2766

10Alireza Firouzja

FRA· FIDE 12573981Classical2757Rapid2749Blitz2793

11Yi Wei

CHN· FIDE 8603405Classical2752Rapid2726Blitz2709

12Praggnanandhaa R

IND· FIDE 25059530Classical2750Rapid2701Blitz2707

13Jan-Krzysztof Duda

POL· FIDE 1170546Classical2743Rapid2685Blitz2704

14Viswanathan Anand

IND· FIDE 5000017Classical2739Rapid2721Blitz2706

15Liren Ding

CHN· FIDE 8603677Classical2733Rapid2693Blitz2736

16Quang Liem Le

VIE· FIDE 12401137Classical2732Rapid2626Blitz2675

17Leinier Dominguez Perez

USA· FIDE 3503240Classical2732Rapid2655Blitz2591

18Richard Rapport

HUN· FIDE 738590Classical2729Rapid2680Blitz2616

19Jorden Van Foreest

NED· FIDE 1039784Classical2728Rapid2596Blitz2653

20M. Amin Tabatabaei

IRI· FIDE 12521213Classical2726Rapid2584Blitz2608

21Hans Moke Niemann

USA· FIDE 2093596Classical2725Rapid2675Blitz2711

22Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

AZE· FIDE 13401319Classical2723Rapid2694Blitz2627

23Levon Aronian

USA· FIDE 13300474Classical2721Rapid2750Blitz2715

24Ian Nepomniachtchi

RUS· FIDE 4168119Classical2719Rapid2729Blitz2765

25Nihal Sarin

IND· FIDE 25092340Classical2718Rapid2698Blitz2721

26Dmitry Andreikin

FID· FIDE 4158814Classical2717Rapid2676Blitz2686

27Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus

TUR· FIDE 44599790Classical2716Rapid2492Blitz2574

28Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

FRA· FIDE 623539Classical2713Rapid2706Blitz2734

29Yangyi Yu

CHN· FIDE 8603820Classical2710Rapid2667Blitz2722

30Parham Maghsoodloo

IRI· FIDE 12539929Classical2705Rapid2689Blitz2638

31Gukesh D

IND· FIDE 46616543Classical2703Rapid2686Blitz2659

32Samuel Sevian

USA· FIDE 2040506Classical2701Rapid2664Blitz2658

33Santosh Gujrathi Vidit

IND· FIDE 5029465Classical2697Rapid2624Blitz2677

34Veselin Topalov

BUL· FIDE 2900084Classical2695Rapid2607Blitz2627

35Vladimir Fedoseev

SLO· FIDE 24130737Classical2693Rapid2701Blitz2726

36Awonder Liang

USA· FIDE 2056437Classical2690Rapid2549Blitz2565

37Matthias Bluebaum

GER· FIDE 24651516Classical2689Rapid2583Blitz2608

38Teimour Radjabov

AZE· FIDE 13400924Classical2689Rapid2640Blitz2659

39Nodirbek Yakubboev

UZB· FIDE 14203987Classical2685Rapid2579Blitz2589

40Hao Wang

CHN· FIDE 8602883Classical2681Rapid2636Blitz2634

41Andrey Esipenko

RUS· FIDE 24175439Classical2680Rapid2658Blitz2645

42Chithambaram VR. Aravindh

IND· FIDE 5072786Classical2677Rapid2604Blitz2562

43Peter Leko

HUN· FIDE 703303Classical2676Rapid2700Blitz2738

44Pranesh M

IND· FIDE 35028600Classical2673Rapid2534Blitz2589

45V Pranav

IND· FIDE 25060783Classical2670Rapid2594Blitz2582

46Igor Kovalenko

UKR· FIDE 14117908Classical2669Rapid2592Blitz2610

47Aydin Suleymanli

AZE· FIDE 13413937Classical2668Rapid2581Blitz2566

48Murali Karthikeyan

IND· FIDE 5074452Classical2668Rapid2524Blitz2528

49Nikita Vitiugov

ENG· FIDE 4152956Classical2666Rapid2616Blitz2586

50Alexey Sarana

SRB· FIDE 24133795Classical2666Rapid2650Blitz2667

51David W L Howell

ENG· FIDE 410608Classical2665Rapid2613Blitz2574

52Rustam Kasimdzhanov

UZB· FIDE 14200244Classical2665Rapid2646Blitz2574

53Pavel Eljanov

UKR· FIDE 14102951Classical2664Rapid2605Blitz2622

54Haik M. Martirosyan

ARM· FIDE 13306553Classical2662Rapid2625Blitz2686

55Ray Robson

USA· FIDE 2023970Classical2659Rapid2639Blitz2622

56Johan-Sebastian Christiansen

NOR· FIDE 1512668Classical2656Rapid2492Blitz2546

57Kirill Alekseenko

AUT· FIDE 4135539Classical2656Rapid2595Blitz2620

58Jeffery Xiong

USA· FIDE 2047640Classical2656Rapid2694Blitz2703

59Pentala Harikrishna

IND· FIDE 5007003Classical2655Rapid2595Blitz2620

60Frederik Svane

GER· FIDE 12923044Classical2655Rapid2497Blitz2554

61Shamsiddin Vokhidov

UZB· FIDE 14204223Classical2655Rapid2516Blitz2551

62Radoslaw Wojtaszek

POL· FIDE 1118358Classical2655Rapid2611Blitz2584

63Alexander Morozevich

RUS· FIDE 4116992Classical2654Rapid2629Blitz2583

64Sam Shankland

USA· FIDE 2004887Classical2653Rapid2624Blitz2613

65Vladislav Artemiev

RUS· FIDE 24101605Classical2653Rapid2709Blitz2711

66Daniil Dubov

RUS· FIDE 24126055Classical2652Rapid2685Blitz2792

67Xiangzhi Bu

CHN· FIDE 8601445Classical2651Rapid2590Blitz2717

68Bogdan-Daniel Deac

ROU· FIDE 1226380Classical2651Rapid2609Blitz2650

69Volodar Murzin

FID· FIDE 44155573Classical2650Rapid2620Blitz2670

70Aryan Tari

NOR· FIDE 1510045Classical2647Rapid2557Blitz2633

71Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara

MEX· FIDE 3805662Classical2644Rapid2614Blitz2580

72Francisco Vallejo Pons

ESP· FIDE 2205530Classical2644Rapid2638Blitz2584

73Loek Van Wely

NED· FIDE 1000268Classical2643Rapid2556Blitz2552

74Shant Sargsyan

ARM· FIDE 13306766Classical2643Rapid2622Blitz2576

75Ediz Gurel

TUR· FIDE 44507356Classical2643Rapid2538Blitz2578

76Robert Hovhannisyan

ARM· FIDE 13302507Classical2642Rapid2530Blitz2557

77Boris Gelfand

ISR· FIDE 2805677Classical2641Rapid2624Blitz2582

78David Anton Guijarro

ESP· FIDE 2285525Classical2641Rapid2614Blitz2548

79Ernesto Inarkiev

RUS· FIDE 4162722Classical2641Rapid2625Blitz2514

80Raunak Sadhwani

IND· FIDE 35093487Classical2640Rapid2592Blitz2678

81Andy Woodward

USA· FIDE 30953499Classical2640Rapid2542Blitz2540

82Alexander Onischuk

USA· FIDE 14101025Classical2639Rapid2617Blitz2629

83Rauf Mamedov

AZE· FIDE 13401653Classical2639Rapid2611Blitz2636

84Grigoriy Oparin

USA· FIDE 24125890Classical2638Rapid2611Blitz2655

85Aram Hakobyan

ARM· FIDE 13306677Classical2638Rapid2558Blitz2595

86Shanglei Lu

CHN· FIDE 8603332Classical2637Rapid2586Blitz2710

87Aryan Chopra

IND· FIDE 5084423Classical2637Rapid2598Blitz2603

88Maksim Chigaev

ESP· FIDE 4108116Classical2635Rapid2587Blitz2507

89Vasyl Ivanchuk

UKR· FIDE 14100010Classical2634Rapid2630Blitz2629

90Nikolas Theodorou

GRE· FIDE 4262875Classical2633Rapid2592Blitz2567

91Thai Dai Van Nguyen

CZE· FIDE 358878Classical2633Rapid2516Blitz2563

92Alexander Donchenko

GER· FIDE 24603295Classical2633Rapid2583Blitz2536

93Gawain C B Maroroa Jones

ENG· FIDE 409561Classical2633Rapid2609Blitz2616

94Ruslan Ponomariov

UKR· FIDE 14103320Classical2632Rapid2657Blitz2614

95Leon Luke Mendonca

IND· FIDE 35028561Classical2631Rapid2551Blitz2520

96Ivan Cheparinov

BUL· FIDE 2905540Classical2631Rapid2615Blitz2575

97Abhimanyu Mishra

USA· FIDE 30920019Classical2630Rapid2598Blitz2541

98Mahammad Muradli

AZE· FIDE 13409301Classical2630Rapid2553Blitz2559

99Xiangyu Xu

CHN· FIDE 8608288Classical2629Rapid2605Blitz2552

100A.R. Saleh Salem

UAE· FIDE 9301348Classical2629Rapid2597Blitz2643

Rank	Player	Federation	Classical	Rapid	Blitz
1	MC Magnus Carlsen FIDE 1503014	NOR	2823	2803	2860
2	FC Fabiano Caruana FIDE 2020009	USA	2792	2701	2741
3	HN Hikaru Nakamura FIDE 2016192	USA	2792	2738	2800
4	JS Javokhir Sindarov FIDE 14205483	UZB	2777	2730	2716
5	VK Vincent Keymer FIDE 12940690	GER	2767	2637	2650
6	WS Wesley So FIDE 5202213	USA	2765	2700	2764
7	AG Anish Giri FIDE 24116068	NED	2764	2659	2655
8	NA Nodirbek Abdusattorov FIDE 14204118	UZB	2762	2706	2818
9	EA Erigaisi Arjun FIDE 35009192	IND	2759	2745	2766
10	AF Alireza Firouzja FIDE 12573981	FRA	2757	2749	2793
11	YW Yi Wei FIDE 8603405	CHN	2752	2726	2709
12	PR Praggnanandhaa R FIDE 25059530	IND	2750	2701	2707
13	JD Jan-Krzysztof Duda FIDE 1170546	POL	2743	2685	2704
14	VA Viswanathan Anand FIDE 5000017	IND	2739	2721	2706
15	LD Liren Ding FIDE 8603677	CHN	2733	2693	2736
16	QL Quang Liem Le FIDE 12401137	VIE	2732	2626	2675
17	LD Leinier Dominguez Perez FIDE 3503240	USA	2732	2655	2591
18	RR Richard Rapport FIDE 738590	HUN	2729	2680	2616
19	JV Jorden Van Foreest FIDE 1039784	NED	2728	2596	2653
20	MA M. Amin Tabatabaei FIDE 12521213	IRI	2726	2584	2608
21	HM Hans Moke Niemann FIDE 2093596	USA	2725	2675	2711
22	SM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov FIDE 13401319	AZE	2723	2694	2627
23	LA Levon Aronian FIDE 13300474	USA	2721	2750	2715
24	IN Ian Nepomniachtchi FIDE 4168119	RUS	2719	2729	2765
25	NS Nihal Sarin FIDE 25092340	IND	2718	2698	2721
26	DA Dmitry Andreikin FIDE 4158814	FID	2717	2676	2686
27	YK Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus FIDE 44599790	TUR	2716	2492	2574
28	MV Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FIDE 623539	FRA	2713	2706	2734
29	YY Yangyi Yu FIDE 8603820	CHN	2710	2667	2722
30	PM Parham Maghsoodloo FIDE 12539929	IRI	2705	2689	2638
31	GD Gukesh D FIDE 46616543	IND	2703	2686	2659
32	SS Samuel Sevian FIDE 2040506	USA	2701	2664	2658
33	SG Santosh Gujrathi Vidit FIDE 5029465	IND	2697	2624	2677
34	VT Veselin Topalov FIDE 2900084	BUL	2695	2607	2627
35	VF Vladimir Fedoseev FIDE 24130737	SLO	2693	2701	2726
36	AL Awonder Liang FIDE 2056437	USA	2690	2549	2565
37	MB Matthias Bluebaum FIDE 24651516	GER	2689	2583	2608
38	TR Teimour Radjabov FIDE 13400924	AZE	2689	2640	2659
39	NY Nodirbek Yakubboev FIDE 14203987	UZB	2685	2579	2589
40	HW Hao Wang FIDE 8602883	CHN	2681	2636	2634
41	AE Andrey Esipenko FIDE 24175439	RUS	2680	2658	2645
42	CV Chithambaram VR. Aravindh FIDE 5072786	IND	2677	2604	2562
43	PL Peter Leko FIDE 703303	HUN	2676	2700	2738
44	PM Pranesh M FIDE 35028600	IND	2673	2534	2589
45	VP V Pranav FIDE 25060783	IND	2670	2594	2582
46	IK Igor Kovalenko FIDE 14117908	UKR	2669	2592	2610
47	AS Aydin Suleymanli FIDE 13413937	AZE	2668	2581	2566
48	MK Murali Karthikeyan FIDE 5074452	IND	2668	2524	2528
49	NV Nikita Vitiugov FIDE 4152956	ENG	2666	2616	2586
50	AS Alexey Sarana FIDE 24133795	SRB	2666	2650	2667
51	DW David W L Howell FIDE 410608	ENG	2665	2613	2574
52	RK Rustam Kasimdzhanov FIDE 14200244	UZB	2665	2646	2574
53	PE Pavel Eljanov FIDE 14102951	UKR	2664	2605	2622
54	HM Haik M. Martirosyan FIDE 13306553	ARM	2662	2625	2686
55	RR Ray Robson FIDE 2023970	USA	2659	2639	2622
56	JC Johan-Sebastian Christiansen FIDE 1512668	NOR	2656	2492	2546
57	KA Kirill Alekseenko FIDE 4135539	AUT	2656	2595	2620
58	JX Jeffery Xiong FIDE 2047640	USA	2656	2694	2703
59	PH Pentala Harikrishna FIDE 5007003	IND	2655	2595	2620
60	FS Frederik Svane FIDE 12923044	GER	2655	2497	2554
61	SV Shamsiddin Vokhidov FIDE 14204223	UZB	2655	2516	2551
62	RW Radoslaw Wojtaszek FIDE 1118358	POL	2655	2611	2584
63	AM Alexander Morozevich FIDE 4116992	RUS	2654	2629	2583
64	SS Sam Shankland FIDE 2004887	USA	2653	2624	2613
65	VA Vladislav Artemiev FIDE 24101605	RUS	2653	2709	2711
66	DD Daniil Dubov FIDE 24126055	RUS	2652	2685	2792
67	XB Xiangzhi Bu FIDE 8601445	CHN	2651	2590	2717
68	BD Bogdan-Daniel Deac FIDE 1226380	ROU	2651	2609	2650
69	VM Volodar Murzin FIDE 44155573	FID	2650	2620	2670
70	AT Aryan Tari FIDE 1510045	NOR	2647	2557	2633
71	JE Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara FIDE 3805662	MEX	2644	2614	2580
72	FV Francisco Vallejo Pons FIDE 2205530	ESP	2644	2638	2584
73	LV Loek Van Wely FIDE 1000268	NED	2643	2556	2552
74	SS Shant Sargsyan FIDE 13306766	ARM	2643	2622	2576
75	EG Ediz Gurel FIDE 44507356	TUR	2643	2538	2578
76	RH Robert Hovhannisyan FIDE 13302507	ARM	2642	2530	2557
77	BG Boris Gelfand FIDE 2805677	ISR	2641	2624	2582
78	DA David Anton Guijarro FIDE 2285525	ESP	2641	2614	2548
79	EI Ernesto Inarkiev FIDE 4162722	RUS	2641	2625	2514
80	RS Raunak Sadhwani FIDE 35093487	IND	2640	2592	2678
81	AW Andy Woodward FIDE 30953499	USA	2640	2542	2540
82	AO Alexander Onischuk FIDE 14101025	USA	2639	2617	2629
83	RM Rauf Mamedov FIDE 13401653	AZE	2639	2611	2636
84	GO Grigoriy Oparin FIDE 24125890	USA	2638	2611	2655
85	AH Aram Hakobyan FIDE 13306677	ARM	2638	2558	2595
86	SL Shanglei Lu FIDE 8603332	CHN	2637	2586	2710
87	AC Aryan Chopra FIDE 5084423	IND	2637	2598	2603
88	MC Maksim Chigaev FIDE 4108116	ESP	2635	2587	2507
89	VI Vasyl Ivanchuk FIDE 14100010	UKR	2634	2630	2629
90	NT Nikolas Theodorou FIDE 4262875	GRE	2633	2592	2567
91	TD Thai Dai Van Nguyen FIDE 358878	CZE	2633	2516	2563
92	AD Alexander Donchenko FIDE 24603295	GER	2633	2583	2536
93	GC Gawain C B Maroroa Jones FIDE 409561	ENG	2633	2609	2616
94	RP Ruslan Ponomariov FIDE 14103320	UKR	2632	2657	2614
95	LL Leon Luke Mendonca FIDE 35028561	IND	2631	2551	2520
96	IC Ivan Cheparinov FIDE 2905540	BUL	2631	2615	2575
97	AM Abhimanyu Mishra FIDE 30920019	USA	2630	2598	2541
98	MM Mahammad Muradli FIDE 13409301	AZE	2630	2553	2559
99	XX Xiangyu Xu FIDE 8608288	CHN	2629	2605	2552
100	AS A.R. Saleh Salem FIDE 9301348	UAE	2629	2597	2643

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