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. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players[edit]

Best Performing Countries – Open^[1]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	12
Russia^[a]	12
China	9
India	9
Ukraine	6
Azerbaijan	5
Spain	4
Uzbekistan	4
France	3
Other	36

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2830
2	Fabiano Caruana	2805
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2795
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2770
5	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
6	Gukesh D	2764
7	Arjun Erigaisi	2762
8	Ding Liren	2762
9	Wesley So	2757
10	Wei Yi	2755
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Sergey Karjakin	2750
13	Leinier Dominguez	2748
14	Praggnanandhaa R	2747
15	Anish Giri	2745
16	Alireza Firouzja	2738
17	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2734
18	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2734
19	Parham Maghsoodloo	2733
20	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2732

Top women[edit]

Best Performing Countries – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
Russia	14
China	10
Georgia	7
India	7
Poland	7
France	6
Ukraine	5
United States	5
Kazakhstan	4
Armenia	3
Azerbaijan	3
Hungary	3
Mongolia	3
Other	25

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2560
3	Lei Tingjie	2548
4	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2545
5	Koneru Humpy	2545
6	Tan Zhongyi	2541
7	Kateryna Lagno	2532
8	Mariya Muzychuk	2510
9	Nana Dzagnidze	2506
10	Anna Muzychuk	2505
11	Harika Dronavalli	2504
12	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2501
13	R. Vaishali	2490
14	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2489
15	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2481
16	Zhu Jiner	2477
17	Zhansaya Abdumalik	2468
18	Alina Kashlinskaya	2468
19	Yuliia Osmak	2460
20	Meri Arabidze	2458

Top juniors[edit]

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
2	Gukesh D	2764
3	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2747
4	Vincent Keymer	2726
5	Javokhir Sindarov	2684
6	Nihal Sarin	2680
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2654
8	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2653
9	Daniel Dardha	2651
10	Leon Luke Mendonca	2640
11	Frederik Svane	2637
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2634
13	Volodar Murzin	2634
14	Aydin Suleymanli	2621
15	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2618
16	Aditya Mittal	2608
17	Christopher Yoo	2604
18	Pranav V	2587
19	Bardiya Daneshvar	2582
20	Ediz Gurel	2578

Top girls[edit]

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 May 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2481
2	Divya Deshmukh	2443
3	Lu Miaoyi	2439
4	Leya Garifullina	2431
5	Song Yuxin	2381
6	Zsoka Gaal	2374
7	Velpula Sarayu	2370
8	Alice Lee	2370
9	Meruert Kamalidenova	2367
10	Savitha Shri B	2365
11	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2354
12	Eline Roebers	2349
13	Chen Yining	2338
14	Alua Nurman	2312
15	Ning Kaiyu	2310
16	Candela Francisco	2294
17	Wang Chuqiao	2289
18	Rose Atwell	2285
19	Anna Shukhman	2282
20	Liya Kurmangaliyeva	2281

Top federations[edit]

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 March 2024:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2724
2	India	2715
3	China	2684
4	Russia	2684
5	Azerbaijan	2647
6	France	2642
7	Ukraine	2637
8	Germany	2633
9	Armenia	2632
10	Spain	2628
11	Netherlands	2619
12	Hungary	2617
13	Poland	2606
14	England	2598
15	Romania	2598
16	Norway	2596
17	Uzbekistan	2595
18	Israel	2590
19	Czech Republic	2571
20	Serbia	2570