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

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 August 2024 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2832
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
3	Fabiano Caruana	2793
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2778
5	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2767
6	Gukesh D	2766
7	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2762
8	Wei Yi	2762
9	Alireza Firouzja	2751
10	Wesley So	2751
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Praggnanandhaa R	2749
13	Leinier Dominguez	2748
14	Anish Giri	2746
15	Ding Liren	2745
16	Quang Liem Le	2741
17	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2733
18	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2733
19	Levon Aronian	2729
20	Parham Maghsoodloo	2723

Top women

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 August 2024 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2563
3	Lei Tingjie	2549
4	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2545
5	Tan Zhongyi	2545
6	Kateryna Lagno	2532
7	Koneru Humpy	2530
8	Anna Muzychuk	2525
9	Mariya Muzychuk	2508
10	Nana Dzagnidze	2506
11	R. Vaishali	2506
12	Harika Dronavalli	2502
13	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2489
14	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2488
15	Polina Shuvalova	2487
16	Zhu Jiner	2479
17	Alina Kashlinskaya	2474
18	Divya Deshmukh	2472
19	Yuliia Osmak	2471
20	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2470

Top juniors

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 August 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh D	2766
2	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2762
3	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2749
4	Vincent Keymer	2719
5	Javokhir Sindarov	2674
6	Nihal Sarin	2668
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2653
8	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2648
9	Volodar Murzin	2641
10	Frederik Svane	2636
11	Leon Luke Mendonca	2621
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2621
13	Aydin Suleymanli	2620
14	Christopher Yoo	2616
15	Bardiya Daneshvar	2610
16	Daniel Dardha	2608
17	Ediz Gurel	2602
18	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2601
19	Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus	2599
20	Pranav V	2598

Top girls

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 July 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2472
2	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2470
3	Leya Garifullina	2449
4	Lu Miaoyi	2444
5	Velpula Sarayu	2384
6	Alice Lee	2381
7	Song Yuxin	2373
8	Meruert Kamalidenova	2352
9	Savitha Shri B	2343
10	Zsoka Gaal	2341
11	Xeniya Balabayeva	2335
12	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2328
13	Olga Dm. Karmanova	2325
14	Martyna Starosta	2325
15	Alua Nurman	2324
16	Rakshitta Ravi	2322
17	Eline Roebers	2315
18	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova	2301
19	Candela Francisco	2294
20	Afruza Khamdamova	2292

Top federations

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