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 July 2024 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2830
2	Fabiano Caruana	2805
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2794
4	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2770
5	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2766
6	Gukesh D	2763
7	Ding Liren	2762
8	Arjun Erigaisi	2761
9	Wesley So	2757
10	Wei Yi	2755
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Leinier Dominguez	2748
13	Praggnanandhaa R	2747
14	Anish Giri	2745
15	Alireza Firouzja	2737
16	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2734
17	Parham Maghsoodloo	2733
18	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2733
19	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2732
20	Quang Liem Le	2731

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 July 2024 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2632
2	Ju Wenjun	2566
3	Lei Tingjie	2548
4	Tan Zhongyi	2545
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2545
6	Kateryna Lagno	2532
7	Koneru Humpy	2530
8	Anna Muzychuk	2521
9	Mariya Muzychuk	2508
10	Nana Dzagnidze	2505
11	Harika Dronavalli	2491
12	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2489
13	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2488
14	R. Vaishali	2488
15	Polina Shuvalova	2483
16	Alina Kashlinskaya	2474
17	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2472
18	Zhu Jiner	2469
19	Zhansaya Abdumalik	2468
20	Divya Deshmukh	2464

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 July 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2769
2	Gukesh D	2763
3	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2757
4	Vincent Keymer	2721
5	Nihal Sarin	2682
6	Javokhir Sindarov	2674
7	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2653
8	Raunak Sadhwani	2644
9	Volodar Murzin	2637
10	Frederik Svane	2636
11	Daniel Dardha	2629
12	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2620
13	Pranav V	2620
14	Bardiya Daneshvar	2617
15	Leon Luke Mendonca	2615
16	Aydin Suleymanli	2615
17	Christopher Yoo	2607
18	Abhimanyu Mishra	2604
19	Ediz Gurel	2597
20	Aditya Mittal	2583

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 July 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2472
2	Divya Deshmukh	2464
3	Leya Garifullina	2449
4	Lu Miaoyi	2449
5	Velpula Sarayu	2384
6	Song Yuxin	2383
7	Alice Lee	2371
8	Savitha Shri B	2361
9	Meruert Kamalidenova	2341
10	Zsoka Gaal	2341
11	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2328
12	Eline Roebers	2320
13	Rakshitta Ravi	2308
14	Ning Kaiyu	2308
15	Candela Francisco	2305
16	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova	2301
17	Chen Yining	2300
18	Afruza Khamdamova	2291
19	Sahithi Varshini Moogi	2282
20	Nadya Toncheva	2279

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