# 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.

## Top players

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 March 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2833 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2802 |
| 3 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 2787 |
| 4 | Fabiano Caruana | 2783 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2777 |
| 6 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2773 |
| 7 | Wei Yi | 2760 |
| 8 | R Praggnanandhaa | 2758 |
| 9 | Alireza Firouzja | 2757 |
| 10 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2753 |
| 11 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2748 |
| 12 | Wesley So | 2748 |
| 13 | Levon Aronian | 2748 |
| 14 | Viswanathan Anand | 2743 |
| 15 | Leinier Domínguez Pérez | 2741 |
| 16 | Vladimir Fedoseev | 2739 |
| 17 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | 2739 |
| 18 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2739 |
| 19 | Anish Giri | 2737 |
| 20 | Ding Liren | 2731 |

## Top women

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 March 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 1 | Hou Yifan | 2633 |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun | 2561 |
| 3 | Tan Zhongyi | 2555 |
| 4 | Lei Tingjie | 2552 |
| 5 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2548 |
| 6 | Koneru Humpy | 2528 |
| 7 | Kateryna Lagno | 2516 |
| 8 | Anna Muzychuk | 2516 |
| 9 | Zhu Jiner | 2514 |
| 10 | Nana Dzagnidze | 2513 |
| 11 | Polina Shuvalova | 2508 |
| 12 | Alina Kashlinskaya | 2493 |
| 13 | Mariya Muzychuk | 2490 |
| 14 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2484 |
| 15 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2484 |
| 16 | Harika Dronavalli | 2483 |
| 17 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2476 |
| 18 | Nino Batsiashvili | 2473 |
| 19 | Divya Deshmukh | 2470 |
| 20 | Yuliia Osmak | 2466 |

## Top juniors

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 March 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 1 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 2787 |
| 2 | R Praggnanandhaa | 2758 |
| 3 | Javokhir Sindarov | 2707 |
| 4 | Daniel Dardha | 2665 |
| 5 | Raunak Sadhwani | 2664 |
| 6 | Volodar Murzin | 2658 |
| 7 | Leon Luke Mendonca | 2643 |
| 8 | Aydin Suleymanli | 2633 |
| 9 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2622 |
| 10 | Ediz Gürel | 2620 |
| 11 | Pranav V | 2615 |
| 12 | Bardiya Daneshvar | 2609 |
| 13 | Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş | 2605 |
| 14 | Abhimanyu Mishra | 2600 |
| 15 | Christopher Yoo | 2588 |
| 16 | Pranesh M | 2584 |
| 17 | Denis Lazavik | 2572 |
| 18 | Bharath Subramaniyam | 2567 |
| 19 | Ihor Samunenkov | 2556 |
| 20 | Aleksey Grebnev | 2555 |

## 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 March 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh | 2470 |
| 2 | Lu Miaoyi | 2435 |
| 3 | Zsóka Gaál | 2404 |
| 4 | Alice Lee | 2386 |
| 5 | Song Yuxin | 2367 |
| 6 | Eline Roebers | 2367 |
| 7 | Rakshitta Ravi | 2365 |
| 8 | Anna Shukhman | 2365 |
| 9 | Meruert Kamalidenova | 2355 |
| 10 | Machteld van Foreest | 2352 |
| 11 | Afruza Khamdamova | 2350 |
| 12 | Fiorella Contreras Huaman | 2349 |
| 13 | Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene | 2342 |
| 14 | Amina Kairbekova | 2336 |
| 15 | Alua Nurman | 2336 |
| 16 | Savitha Shri Baskar | 2332 |
| 17 | Nadya Toncheva | 2329 |
| 18 | Zoey Tang | 2325 |
| 19 | Sarayu Velpula | 2315 |
| 20 | Anna Zhurova | 2307 |

## 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 2025:
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
| 1 | United States | 2729 |
| 2 | India | 2722 |
| 3 | China | 2673 |
| 4 | Russia | 2657 |
| 5 | Germany | 2632 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 2629 |
| 7 | Spain | 2626 |
| 8 | France | 2625 |
| 9 | Ukraine | 2621 |
| 10 | Hungary | 2619 |
| 11 | Armenia | 2618 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 2613 |
| 13 | Uzbekistan | 2608 |
| 14 | Poland | 2599 |
| 15 | England | 2586 |
| 16 | Israel | 2584 |
| 17 | Norway | 2584 |
| 18 | Serbia | 2573 |
| 19 | Romania | 2571 |
| 20 | Turkey | 2565 |