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)
India	11
United States	11
China	8
Russia	6
FIDE	5
Uzbekistan	5
Germany	4
England	4
Spain	4
Ukraine	4
France	3
Netherlands	3
Hungary	3
Azerbaijan	3
Other	22

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2831
2	Fabiano Caruana	2805
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2801
5	Gukesh Dommaraju	2783
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2777
7	Alireza Firouzja	2763
8	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2755
9	Wei Yi	2753
10	Viswanathan Anand	2750
11	Levon Aronian	2747
12	Wesley So	2747
13	Leinier Dominguez	2741
14	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2740
15	Lê Quang Liêm	2739
16	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2738
17	R Praggnanandhaa	2737
18	Hans Niemann	2734
19	Anish Giri	2733
20	Vincent Keymer	2733

Best Performing Countries – Women^[2]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	8
Poland	7
Russia	7
FIDE	6
France	5
Georgia	5
Ukraine	5
United States	5
Azerbaijan	4
Armenia	3
Germany	3
Other	28

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 November 2024 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2563
3	Tan Zhongyi	2551
4	Lei Tingjie	2549
5	Koneru Humpy	2530
6	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2528
7	Kateryna Lagno	2527
8	Nana Dzagnidze	2518
9	Anna Muzychuk	2515
10	Zhu Jiner	2514
11	Mariya Muzychuk	2505
12	Polina Shuvalova	2495
13	Divya Deshmukh	2493
14	Harika Dronavalli	2493
15	Alina Kashlinskaya	2493
16	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2490
17	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2488
18	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2487
19	Nino Batsiashvili	2476
20	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2458

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	20
United States	10
France	7
Germany	5
Turkey	5
Azerbaijan	4
FIDE	4
Uzbekistan	4
China	3
Iran	3
Norway	3
Poland	3
Other	29

Juniors are considered to be male 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 December 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh Dommaraju	2783
2	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2777
3	R Praggnanandhaa	2737
4	Vincent Keymer	2733
5	Javokhir Sindarov	2682
6	Nihal Sarin	2676
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2673
8	Frederik Svane	2668
9	Volodar Murzin	2664
10	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2642
11	Leon Luke Mendonca	2642
12	Daniel Dardha	2639
13	Ediz Gurel	2624
14	Aydin Suleymanli	2623
15	Pranav V	2621
16	Abhimanyu Mishra	2616
17	Bardiya Daneshvar	2600
18	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2599
19	Christopher Yoo	2588
20	Pranav V	2582

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	Sarayu Velpula	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 November 2024:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2732
2	India	2715
3	China	2677
4	Russia	2658
5	Germany	2634
6	Ukraine	2630
7	Armenia	2628
8	France	2627
9	Spain	2626
10	Azerbaijan	2623
11	Hungary	2621
12	Netherlands	2617
13	Uzbekistan	2602
14	Poland	2600
15	England	2596
16	Israel	2587
17	Norway	2582
18	Romania	2571
19	Serbia	2571
20	Turkey	2561

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