| Country | Player | Peak rating | Achieved | Birth year | Death year | Notes |
2800+ |
1 | Norway | 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–) |
2 | Soviet Union
Russia | 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), highest-ranked Soviet-born player (since 1986) |
3 | Italy
United States | Fabiano Caruana | 2844 | 2014-10 | 1992 | | Highest-ranked American player (since 2015), formerly highest-ranked Italian player (2007–2015) |
4 | Armenia
Germany
United States | Levon Aronian | 2830 | 2014-03 | 1982 | | Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (2005–2021) |
5 | Philippines
United States | Wesley So | 2822 | 2017-02 | 1993 | | Highest-ranked Filipino-born player, formerly highest-ranked Filipino player (2009–2014), inaugural, former and longest reigning FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (2019–2022) |
6 | Azerbaijan | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2820 | 2018-09 | 1985 | | Highest-ranked Azerbaijani player (2006, 2007–2008, 2010–2011, 2017–) |
7 | France | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2819 | 2016-08 | 1990 | | Highest-ranked French player (2013, since 2014) |
8 | India | 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) |
Soviet Union
Russia | Vladimir Kramnik | 2817 | 2016-10 | 1975 | | Former world champion (2000–2007), formerly world no. 1 (1996, 2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating |
10 | Bulgaria | 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) |
United States | Hikaru Nakamura | 2816 | 2015-10 | 1987 | | Highest-ranked Japanese-born player, highest-ranked American player (2011–2015, 2024–), current FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (since 2022) |
China | Ding Liren | 2816 | 2018-11 | 1992 | | Highest-ranked Chinese player (since 2015), current World Chess Champion (since 2023) |
13 | Russia | Alexander Grischuk | 2810 | 2014-12 | 1983 | | |
14 | Iran
France | Alireza Firouzja | 2804 | 2021-12 | 2003 | | Highest-ranked Iranian-born player, formerly highest-ranked Iranian player (2019), highest-ranked junior, youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating |
2775–2799 |
15 | Russia
Netherlands | Anish Giri | 2798 | 2015-10 | 1994 | | Highest-ranked Dutch player (since 2011) |
16 | Russia | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2795 | 2023-03 | 1990 | | |
17 | Azerbaijan | Teimour Radjabov | 2793 | 2012-11 | 1987 | | Formerly highest-ranked Azerbaijani player (2002–2005, 2006, 2009–2010, 2011–2017) |
18 | Russia | Alexander Morozevich | 2788 | 2008-07 | 1977 | | |
Ukraine
Russia | Sergey Karjakin | 2788 | 2011-07 | 1990 | | Highest-ranked Ukrainian-born player, formerly youngest grandmaster (2002–2021) |
20 | Soviet Union
Ukraine | Vasyl Ivanchuk | 2787 | 2007-10 | 1969 | | Highest-ranked Ukrainian player (1992–2002, since 2005) |
21 | United States | 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 |
22 | Soviet Union
Russia | 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) |
23 | India | Arjun Erigaisi | 2778 | 2024-07 | 2003 | | |
24 | Soviet Union
Belarus
Israel | Boris Gelfand | 2777 | 2013-11 | 1968 | | Highest-ranked Israeli player (since 1999), formerly highest-ranked Belarusian player (1993–1998) |
25 | Hungary
Romania | Richard Rapport | 2776 | 2022-04 | 1996 | | Highest-ranked Romanian player (since 2022), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (2021–2022) |
2750–2774 |
26 | India | Pentala Harikrishna | 2770 | 2016-12 | 1986 | | |
27 | Soviet Union
Russia | Peter Svidler | 2769 | 2013-05 | 1976 | | |
Uzbekistan | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2769 | 2024-07 | 2004 | | Highest-ranked Uzbekistani player (since 2023) |
29 | Cuba
United States | Leinier Domínguez | 2768 | 2014-05 | 1983 | | Highest-ranked Cuban-born player, formerly highest-ranked Cuban player (1998–2001, 2001–2003, 2004–2005, 2007–2018) |
30 | India | Dommaraju Gukesh | 2766 | 2024-08 | 2006 | | |
31 | Ukraine | Pavel Eljanov | 2765 | 2016-03 | 1983 | | |
China | Yu Yangyi | 2765 | 2018-09 | 1994 | | |
33 | Ukraine | 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) |
34 | Hungary | Peter Leko | 2763 | 2005-04 | 1979 | | Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997), highest-ranked Hungarian player (1999–2021, since 2022) |
Soviet Union
United States | Gata Kamsky | 2763 | 2013-07 | 1974 | | Formerly highest-ranked American player (2008–2010) |
China | Wang Hao | 2763 | 2020-04 | 1989 | | |
37 | China | Wei Yi | 2762 | 2024-08 | 1999 | | Youngest player to achieve 2700+ rating |
38 | Azerbaijan | Vugar Gashimov | 2761 | 2012-01 | 1986 | 2014 | |
England | Michael Adams | 2761 | 2013-09 | 1971 | | Highest-ranked English player (since 1998) |
Russia | Vladislav Artemiev | 2761 | 2019-06 | 1998 | | |
41 | Russia | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2760 | 2009-01 | 1983 | | |
Poland | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2760 | 2021-12 | 1998 | | Highest-ranked Polish player (since 2019) |
43 | Russia | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2758 | 2015-09 | 1987 | | |
China | Li Chao | 2758 | 2016-06 | 1989 | | |
45 | India | Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa | 2757 | 2024-07 | 2005 | | |
46 | China | Wang Yue | 2756 | 2010-11 | 1987 | | Formerly highest-ranked Chinese player (2007–2008, 2008–2015) |
47 | Soviet Union
Latvia
Spain | Alexei Shirov | 2755 | 2008-01 | 1972 | | Highest-ranked Spanish player (1995–2011, since 2018), formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (1992–1994, 2011–2018) |
48 | Georgia
Czech Republic
Slovakia
Armenia | 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) |
Czech Republic | David Navara | 2751 | 2015-05 | 1985 | | Highest-ranked Czech player (since 2005) |
Russia
England | Nikita Vitiugov | 2751 | 2019-11 | 1987 | | |
51 | Poland | Radosław Wojtaszek | 2750 | 2017-01 | 1987 | | Formerly highest-ranked Polish player (2010–2019) |
2725–2749 |
52 | France | Étienne Bacrot | 2749 | 2013-11 | 1983 | | Formerly highest-ranked French player (2004–2013, 2013–2014), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997) |
53 | India | Vidit Gujrathi | 2747 | 2024-02 | 1994 | | |
54 | Russia | Dmitry Andreikin | 2743 | 2016-06 | 1990 | | |
Germany | Vincent Keymer | 2743 | 2024-01 | 2004 | | Highest-ranked German player (since 2023) |
56 | Iran | Parham Maghsoodloo | 2742 | 2023-12 | 2000 | | Highest-ranked Iranian player (2018–2019, since 2019) |
57 | Vietnam | Lê Quang Liêm | 2741 | 2024-08 | 1991 | | Highest-ranked Vietnamese player (since 2009) |
58 | Soviet Union
Russia
Canada | Evgeny Bareev | 2739 | 2003-10 | 1966 | | Highest-ranked Canadian player (since 2015) |
59 | Russia | Maxim Matlakov | 2738 | 2017-11 | 1991 | | |
60 | Latvia
Germany
Azerbaijan
Bulgaria | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2737 | 2013-12 | 1985 | | Formerly highest-ranked German player (2006–2008, 2009–2015) |
61 | Hungary | Judit Polgár | 2735 | 2005-07 | 1976 | | Highest-ranked female player; first and only female player to achieve 2700+ rating, formerly youngest grandmaster (1991–1994), formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player (1996–1998) |
62 | Soviet Union
Moldova | Viktor Bologan | 2734 | 2012-08 | 1971 | | Highest-ranked Moldovan player |
Georgia | Baadur Jobava | 2734 | 2012-09 | 1983 | | Highest-ranked Georgian player (since 2010) |
64 | Russia
Slovenia | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2733 | 2017-10 | 1995 | | Highest-ranked Slovenian player (since 2023) |
65 | Russia | Vladimir Malakhov | 2732 | 2010-07 | 1980 | | |
Kyrgyzstan
Russia | Ernesto Inarkiev | 2732 | 2016-09 | 1985 | | |
67 | China | Bu Xiangzhi | 2731 | 2019-02 | 1985 | | Formerly youngest grandmaster (1999–2002), formerly highest-ranked Chinese player (2008) |
United States | Samuel Shankland | 2731 | 2019-02 | 1991 | | |
69 | Hungary | Zoltán Almási | 2726 | 2011-07 | 1976 | | |
Ukraine | Alexander Moiseenko | 2726 | 2011-09 | 1980 | | |
71 | Russia
Israel | Evgeny Alekseev | 2725 | 2009-09 | 1985 | | |
Ukraine | Andrei Volokitin | 2725 | 2013-03 | 1986 | | |
2700–2724 |
73 | China | Ni Hua | 2724 | 2009-04 | 1983 | | |
Spain | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2724 | 2011-07 | 1982 | | Formerly highest-ranked Spanish player (2012–2018) |
75 | Ukraine | Anton Korobov | 2723 | 2014-01 | 1985 | | |
Russia | Andrey Esipenko | 2723 | 2022-03 | 2002 | | |
77 | India | Krishnan Sasikiran | 2720 | 2012-05 | 1981 | | |
Russia | Alexander Riazantsev | 2720 | 2012-07 | 1985 | | |
Ukraine | Alexander Areshchenko | 2720 | 2012-12 | 1986 | | |
France | Laurent Fressinet | 2720 | 2015-06 | 1981 | | |
Russia | Daniil Dubov | 2720 | 2021-12 | 1996 | | |
82 | Bulgaria
Georgia | Ivan Cheparinov | 2718 | 2018-08 | 1986 | | |
Iran | Amin Tabatabaei | 2718 | 2024-07 | 2001 | | |
84 | Cuba
United States | Lázaro Bruzón | 2717 | 2012-10 | 1982 | | Formerly highest-ranked Cuban player (2001, 2003–2004, 2005–2007, 2018–2020) |
Ukraine | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | 2717 | 2015-11 | 1986 | | |
Russia
Serbia | Alexey Sarana | 2717 | 2024-07 | 2000 | | Highest-ranked Serbian player (since 2023) |
87 | Soviet Union
Russia | Valery Salov | 2715 | 1995-01 | 1964 | | |
Uzbekistan | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2715 | 2015-05 | 1979 | | Former world chess champion (FIDE 2004–2005), formerly highest-ranked Uzbekistani player (2000–2023) |
Russia
Austria | Kirill Alekseenko | 2715 | 2019-11 | 1997 | | Highest-ranked Austrian player (since 2023) |
Netherlands | Jorden van Foreest | 2715 | 2022-05 | 1999 | | |
91 | Netherlands | Loek van Wely | 2714 | 2001-10 | 1972 | | Formerly highest-ranked Dutch player (2001–2011) |
Russia | Denis Khismatullin | 2714 | 2014-03 | 1984 | | |
93 | Soviet Union
Armenia
United States | Vladimir Akopian | 2713 | 2006-07 | 1971 | | Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player (1995–2005) |
England | Luke McShane | 2713 | 2012-07 | 1984 | | |
95 | England | Nigel Short | 2712 | 2004-04 | 1965 | | Formerly highest-ranked English player (1987–1998) |
England | David Howell | 2712 | 2015-08 | 1990 | | |
Egypt | Bassem Amin | 2712 | 2019-01 | 1988 | | Highest-ranked Egyptian player (since 2012), highest-ranked African player (since 2012) |
United States | Jeffery Xiong | 2712 | 2019-11 | 2000 | | |
Russia
Hungary | Sanan Sjugirov | 2712 | 2022-11 | 1993 | | |
100 | Soviet Union
Russia | Alexey Dreev | 2711 | 2011-07 | 1969 | | |
Armenia | Gabriel Sargissian | 2711 | 2022-09 | 1983 | | |
United States | Hans Niemann | 2711 | 2024-08 | 2003 | | |
103 | Soviet Union
Ukraine
Slovenia | Alexander Beliavsky | 2710 | 1997-07 | 1953 | | Formerly highest-ranked Slovenian player (1996–2023) |
Russia
Romania | Alexander Motylev | 2710 | 2009-07 | 1979 | | |
Israel | Maxim Rodshtein | 2710 | 2016-03 | 1989 | | |
Romania | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | 2710 | 2022-09 | 2001 | | Formerly highest-ranked Romanian player (2021–2022) |
107 | Azerbaijan | Rauf Mamedov | 2709 | 2017-12 | 1988 | | |
England | Gawain Jones | 2709 | 2019-06 | 1987 | | |
109 | Ukraine | Zahar Efimenko | 2708 | 2011-03 | 1985 | | |
Armenia | Haik M. Martirosyan | 2708 | 2023-11 | 2000 | | |
111 | Romania
Germany | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2707 | 2005-10 | 1976 | | Formerly highest-ranked Romanian player (1998–2000, 2003–2014), formerly highest-ranked German player (2015–2023) |
Russia | Evgeny Najer | 2707 | 2017-08 | 1977 | | |
113 | Yugoslavia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Netherlands | Ivan Sokolov | 2706 | 2004-01 | 1968 | | Formerly highest-ranked Bosnian-Herzegovinian player (1993–1994, 1996–2002, 2009–2010) |
Hungary | Ferenc Berkes | 2706 | 2011-09 | 1985 | | |
Soviet Union
Russia | Sergei Rublevsky | 2706 | 2013-11 | 1974 | | |
116 | Soviet Union
Latvia | Mikhail Tal | 2705 | 1980-01 | 1936 | 1992 | Former world champion (1960–1961), formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (1992) |
Soviet Union
Russia
Israel
Switzerland | Vadim Milov | 2705 | 2008-07 | 1972 | | Highest-ranked Swiss player (since 2008) |
Russia | Boris Grachev | 2705 | 2012-03 | 1986 | | |
Norway | Jon Ludvig Hammer | 2705 | 2016-02 | 1990 | | |
120 | Czech Republic | Viktor Láznička | 2704 | 2012-01 | 1989 | | |
United States | Ray Robson | 2704 | 2023-04 | 1994 | | |
122 | Soviet Union
Israel | Emil Sutovsky | 2703 | 2012-01 | 1977 | | |
Austria | Markus Ragger | 2703 | 2017-02 | 1988 | | Formerly highest-ranked Austrian player (2010–2023) |
Belarus | Vladislav Kovalev | 2703 | 2019-02 | 1994 | | Highest-ranked Belarusian player (since 2019) |
Croatia | Ivan Šarić | 2703 | 2019-03 | 1990 | | Highest-ranked Croatian player (since 2011) |
Spain | David Antón Guijarro | 2703 | 2020-03 | 1995 | | |
United States | Samuel Sevian | 2703 | 2022-05 | 2000 | | |
India | Aravindh Chithambaram | 2703 | 2024-07 | 1999 | | Latest player to attain 2700+ rating |
129 | Soviet Union
Russia
Poland | Michał Krasenkow | 2702 | 2000-07 | 1963 | | Formerly highest-ranked Polish player (1996–2010) |
Soviet Union
Israel | Ilya Smirin | 2702 | 2001-07 | 1968 | | |
Soviet Union
Germany
Russia | Alexander Khalifman | 2702 | 2001-10 | 1966 | | Former world chess champion (FIDE 1999–2000), formerly highest-ranked German player (1991–1992) |
Soviet Union
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | 2702 | 2003-07 | 1960 | | Formerly highest-ranked Georgian player (1992–1994, 1996–2009) |
France | Romain Edouard | 2702 | 2014-06 | 1990 | | |
Ukraine
Latvia | Igor Kovalenko | 2702 | 2015-08 | 1988 | | Formerly highest-ranked Latvian player (2018–2021) |
135 | Soviet Union
Ukraine
United States | Alexander Onischuk | 2701 | 2010-07 | 1975 | | |
India | Adhiban Baskaran | 2701 | 2019-04 | 1992 | | |
Uzbekistan | Javokhir Sindarov | 2701 | 2023-12 | 2005 | | |
138 | Denmark | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2700 | 2010-07 | 1973 | | Highest-ranked Danish player (since 2004) |
Russia | Igor Lysyj | 2700 | 2015-01 | 1987 | | |