Heimsmeistari (skák)

#	nafn	ár	land	aldur
1	Wilhelm Steinitz	1886–1894	Austurríki-Ungverjaland síðar Bandaríkin	50–58
2	Emanuel Lasker	1894–1921	Þýskaland	26–52
3	José Raúl Capablanca	1921–1927	Kúba	33–39
4	Alexander Alekhine	1927–1935	Frakkland	35–43
5	Max Euwe	1935–1937	Holland	34–36
(4)	Alexander Alekhine	1937–1946	Frakkland	45–54
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948–1957	Sovétríkin	37–46
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957–1958	Sovétríkin	36
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1958–1960	Sovétríkin	47–49
8	Mikhail Tal	1960–1961	Sovétríkin	24
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1961–1963	Sovétríkin	50–52
9	Tigran Petrosian	1963–1969	Sovétríkin	34–40
10	Boris Spassky	1969–1972	Sovétríkin	32–35
11	Bobby Fischer	1972–1975	Bandaríkin	29–32
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975–1985	Sovétríkin	24–34
13	Garry Kasparov	1985–1993	Rússland	22–30
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2006–2007	Rússland	31–32
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007–2013	Indland	38–43
16	Magnus Carlsen	2013–2023	Noregur	22–32
17	Ding Liren	2023–	Kína	30–