This is the list of top ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700.
Notably only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).
FIDE players ordered by peak Elo rating[1][2] Country | Player | Peak rating | Achieved | Birth year | Death year | Notes |
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2825–2899 |
1 | Norway}} | Magnus Carlsen | 2882 | 2014-05 | 1990 | Highest ranked player, Highest ranked Norwegian player, World Champion (2013–present) |
2 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Garry Kasparov | 2851 | 1999-07 | 1963 | Highest ranked Russian player, former World Champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating |
3 | Italy}}{{flagicon|USA}} | Fabiano Caruana | 2844 | 2014-10 | 1992 | Formerly highest ranked Italian player (till 2015) - 2844, 2014–10, Highest ranked American player |
4 | Armenia}} | Levon Aronian | 2830 | 2014-03 | 1982 | Highest ranked Armenian player. |
2800–2824 |
5 | Philippines}}{{flagicon|USA}} | Wesley So | 2822 | 2017-02 | 1993 | Formerly highest ranked Filipino player (till 2014) - 2755, 2014-08 |
6 | Azerbaijan}} | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2820 | 2018-09 | 1985 | Highest ranked Azerbaijani player |
7 | France}} | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2819 | 2016-08 | 1990 | Highest ranked French player. |
8= | India}} | Viswanathan Anand | 2817 | 2011-09 | 1969 | Highest ranked Indian player, former World Champion (FIDE 2000–2002, 2007–2013) |
8= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Vladimir Kramnik | 2817 | 2016-10 | 1975 | Former World Champion (2000–2007) |
10= | Bulgaria}} | Veselin Topalov | 2816 | 2015-07 | 1975 | Highest ranked Bulgarian player, former FIDE World Champion (2005–2006) |
10= | USA}} | Hikaru Nakamura | 2816 | 2015-10 | 1987 |
10= | China}} | Ding Liren | 2816 | 2018-11 | 1992 | Highest ranked Chinese player |
13 | Russia}} | Alexander Grischuk | 2810 | 2014-12 | 1983 |
2790–2799 |
14 | Russia}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} | Anish Giri | 2798 | 2015-10 | 1994 | Highest ranked Dutch player |
15 | Azerbaijan}} | Teimour Radjabov | 2793 | 2012-10 | 1987 |
2780–2789 |
16= | Russia}} | Alexander Morozevich | 2788 | 2008-07 | 1977 |
16= | Ukraine}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Sergey Karjakin | 2788 | 2011-07 | 1990 |
18 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}} | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2787 | 2007-10 | 1969 | Highest ranked Ukrainian player |
19 | USA}} | Bobby Fischer | 2785 | 1972-07 | 1943 | 2008 | Former World Champion (1972–1975), first player to achieve 2700+ ranking |
20 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Anatoly Karpov | 2780 | 1994-07 | 1951 | Former World Champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999) |
2770–2779 |
21 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Belarus}}{{flagicon|Israel}} | Boris Gelfand | 2777 | 2013-11 | 1968 | Highest ranked Israeli player, formerly highest ranked Belarusian player (till 1998) - 2675 (Now Vladislav Kovalev) |
22 | Russia}} | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2773 | 2019-04 | 1990 |
23 | India}} | Pentala Harikrishna | 2770 | 2016-12 | 1986 |
2760–2769 |
24 | Russia}} | Peter Svidler | 2769 | 2013-05 | 1976 |
25 | Cuba}} | Leinier Dominguez Perez | 2768 | 2014-05 | 1983 | Highest ranked Cuban player |
26= | Ukraine}} | Pavel Eljanov | 2765 | 2016-03 | 1983 |
26= | {{flagicon|China}} | Yu Yangyi | 2762 | 2018-07 | 1994 |
28 | Ukraine}} | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2764 | 2011-07 | 1983 | Former FIDE World Champion (2002–2004) |
29= | Hungary}} | Peter Leko | 2763 | 2005-04 | 1979 | Highest ranked Hungarian player |
29= | USSR}}{{flagicon|USA}} | Gata Kamsky | 2763 | 2013-07 | 1974 |
31= | Azerbaijan}} | Vugar Gashimov | 2761 | 2012-01 | 1986 | 2014 |
31= | England}} | Michael Adams | 2761 | 2013-09 | 1971 | Highest ranked English player |
33 | Russia}} | Dmitry Jakovenko | 2760 | 2009-01 | 1983 |
2750–2759 |
34= | Russia}} | Evgeny Tomashevsky | 2758 | 2015-09 | 1987 |
34= | China}} | Li Chao | 2758 | 2016-03 | 1989 |
36 | China}} | Wang Yue | 2756 | 2010-09 | 1987 |
37 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Latvia}}{{flagicon|Spain}}{{flagicon|Latvia}}{{flagicon|Spain}} | Alexei Shirov | 2755 | 2008-01 | 1972 | highest ranked Spanish player, formerly highest ranked Latvian player (till 2018) - 2755, 2008-01 |
38 | China}} | Wei Yi | 2753 | 2017-08 | 1999 | Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700. |
39= | China}} | Wang Hao | 2752 | 2013-01 | 1989 |
39= | Hungary}} | Richárd Rapport | 2752 | 2016-07 | 1996 |
41= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Georgia}}{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}{{flagicon|Slovakia}}{{flagicon|Armenia}} | Sergei Movsesian | 2751 | 2009-01 | 1978 | Formerly highest ranked Slovak player (till 2010) - 2751, 2009-01 |
41= | Czech Republic}} | David Navara | 2751 | 2015-05 | 1985 | Highest ranked Czech player |
43 | Poland}} | Radosław Wojtaszek | 2750 | 2017-01 | 1987 | Highest ranked Polish player |
2740–2749 |
44 | France}} | Etienne Bacrot | 2749 | 2013-11 | 1983 |
45 | Russia}} | Nikita Vitiugov | 2747 | 2014-03 | 1987 |
46 | Russia}} | Dmitry Andreikin | 2743 | 2016-06 | 1990 |
47 | Poland}} | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2740 | 2018-08 | 1998 |
2730–2739 |
48= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}}{{flagicon|Canada}} | Evgeny Bareev | 2739 | 2003-10 | 1966 | Highest ranked Canadian player |
48= | Vietnam}} | Le Quang Liem | 2739 | 2017-08 | 1991 | Highest ranked Vietnamese player |
50 | Russia}} | Maxim Matlakov | 2738 | 2017-11 | 1991 |
51 | Latvia}}{{flagicon|Germany}}{{flagicon|Azerbaijan}} | Arkadij Naiditsch | 2737 | 2013-12 | 1985 | Formerly highest ranked German player (till 2015) |
52 | Russia}} | Vladislav Artemiev | 2736 | 2019-03 | 1998 |
53 | Hungary}} | Judit Polgar | 2735 | 2005-07 | 1976 | Highest ranked female player |
54= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Moldova}} | Viktor Bologan | 2734 | 2012-08 | 1971 | Highest ranked Moldovan player |
54= | Georgia}} | Baadur Jobava | 2734 | 2012-09 | 1983 | Highest ranked Georgian player |
56 | Russia}} | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2733 | 2017-10 | 1995 |
57= | Russia}} | Vladimir Malakhov | 2732 | 2010-07 | 1980 |
57= | Russia}} | Ernesto Inarkiev | 2732 | 2016-09 | 1985 |
59= | China}} | Bu Xiangzhi | 2731 | 2019-02 | 1985 |
59= | USA}} | Samuel Shankland | 2731 | 2019-02 | 1991 |
2720–2729 |
61= | Hungary}} | Zoltan Almasi | 2726 | 2011-07 | 1976 |
61= | Ukraine}} | Alexander Moiseenko | 2726 | 2011-09 | 1980 |
63= | Russia}} | Evgeny Alekseev | 2725 | 2009-09 | 1985 |
63= | Ukraine}} | Andrei Volokitin | 2725 | 2013-03 | 1986 |
65= | China}} | Ni Hua | 2724 | 2009-04 | 1983 |
65= | Spain}} | Francisco Vallejo Pons | 2724 | 2011-07 | 1982 | Highest ranked Spanish player |
67= | Ukraine}} | Anton Korobov | 2723 | 2014-01 | 1985 |
67= | India}} | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | 2723 | 2018-02 | 1994 |
69= | India}} | Krishnan Sasikiran | 2720 | 2012-05 | 1981 |
69= | Russia}} | Alexander Riazantsev | 2720 | 2012-07 | 1985 |
69= | Ukraine}} | Alexander Areshchenko | 2720 | 2012-12 | 1986 |
69= | France}} | Laurent Fressinet | 2720 | 2015-06 | 1981 |
2710–2719 |
73 | Bulgaria}}{{flagicon|Georgia}} | Ivan Cheparinov | 2718 | 2018-08 | 1986 |
74= | Cuba}} | Lazaro Bruzon Batista | 2717 | 2012-10 | 1982 |
74= | Ukraine}} | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | 2717 | 2015-11 | 1986 |
76= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Valery Salov | 2715 | 1995-01 | 1964 |
76= | Uzbekistan}} | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | 2715 | 2015-05 | 1979 | Highest ranked Uzbek player, former FIDE World Champion (2004–2005) |
78= | Netherlands}} | Loek Van Wely | 2714 | 2001-10 | 1972 |
78= | Russia}} | Denis Khismatullin | 2714 | 2014-03 | 1984 |
80= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Armenia}} | Vladimir Akopian | 2713 | 2006-07 | 1971 |
80= | England}} | Luke McShane | 2713 | 2012-07 | 1984 |
82= | England}} | Nigel Short | 2712 | 2004-04 | 1965 |
82= | England}} | David Howell | 2712 | 2015-08 | 1990 |
82= | Egypt}} | Bassem Amin | 2712 | 2019-01 | 1988 |
85 | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Alexey Dreev | 2711 | 2011-07 | 1969 |
86= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Ukraine}}{{flagicon|Slovenia}} | Alexander Beliavsky | 2710 | 1997-07 | 1953 | Highest ranked Slovenian player |
86= | Russia}} | Alexander Motylev | 2710 | 2009-07 | 1979 |
86= | Israel}} | Maxim Rodshtein | 2710 | 2016-03 | 1989 |
2700–2709 |
89= | Azerbaijan}} | Rauf Mamedov | 2709 | 2017-12 | 1988 |
89= | Russia}} | Daniil Dubov | 2709 | 2018-09 | 1996 |
91 | Ukraine}} | Zahar Efimenko | 2708 | 2011-03 | 1985 |
92= | Romania}}{{flagicon|Germany}} | Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu | 2707 | 2005-10 | 1976 | Highest ranked German player, formerly highest ranked Romanian player (till 2014) - 2707, 2005–10 |
92= | Russia}} | Evgeny Najer | 2707 | 2017-08 | 1977 |
94= | Yugoslavia}}{{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{flagicon|Netherlands}} | Ivan Sokolov | 2706 | 2004-01 | 1968 | Formerly highest ranked Bosnian player (till 1994) - 2650 (Now Predrag Nikolić - 2676, 2004–10) |
94= | Hungary}} | Ferenc Berkes | 2706 | 2011-09 | 1985 |
94= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}} | Sergei Rublevsky | 2706 | 2013-11 | 1974 |
97= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Latvia}} | Mikhail Tal | 2705 | 1980-01 | 1936 | 1992 | Former world champion (1960–1961) |
97= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Russia}}{{flagicon|Israel}}{{flagicon|Switzerland}} | Vadim Milov | 2705 | 2008-07 | 1972 | Highest ranked Swiss player |
97= | Russia}} | Boris Grachev | 2705 | 2012-03 | 1986 |
97= | Norway}} | Jon Ludvig Hammer | 2705 | 2016-02 | 1990 |
101 | Czech Republic}} | Viktor Laznicka | 2704 | 2012-01 | 1989 |
102= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Israel}} | Emil Sutovsky | 2703 | 2012-01 | 1977 |
102= | Austria}} | Markus Ragger | 2703 | 2017-02 | 1988 | Highest ranked Austrian player |
102= | Belarus}} | Vladislav Kovalev | 2703 | 2019-02 | 1994 | Highest ranked Belarusian player |
102= | Croatia}} | Ivan Šarić | 2703 | 2019-03 | 1990 | Highest ranked Croatian player |
106= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Poland}} | Michal Krasenkow | 2702 | 2000-07 | 1963 |
106= | USSR}}{{flagicon|Israel}} | Ilia Smirin | 2702 | 2001-07 | 1968 |
106= | Russia}} | Alexander Khalifman | 2702 | 2001-10 | 1966 | Former FIDE World Champion (1999–2000) |
106= | USSR}} {{flagicon|Georgia}} {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}{{flagicon|Georgia}} | Zurab Azmaiparashvili | 2702 | 2003-07 | 1960 |
106= | France}} | Romain Edouard | 2702 | 2014-06 | 1990 |
106= | Ukraine}}{{flagicon|Latvia}} | Igor Kovalenko | 2702 | 2015-08 | 1988 |
106= | Armenia}} | Gabriel Sargissian | 2702 | 2015-12 | 1983 |
113 | Ukraine}}{{flagicon|USA}} | Alexander Onischuk | 2701 | 2010-07 | 1975 |
114= | Denmark}} | Peter Heine Nielsen | 2700 | 2010-07 | 1973 | Highest ranked Danish player |
114= | Russia}} | Igor Lysyj | 2700 | 2015-01 | 1987 |
1. ^{{cite web|url=http://chess-db.com/public/top100alltime.jsp |title=All time Top 100 by Highest ELO Rating |publisher=Chess-db.com |date= |accessdate=2017-10-31}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://2700chess.com/records |title=Records |publisher=2700chess.com |date= |accessdate=2018-11-02}}