List of chess players by peak FIDE rating
List
Table:
FIDE players ordered by peak Elo rating[1][2]

Country

Player

Peak rating

Achieved

Birth year

Death year

Notes

2800+

1

Magnus Carlsen

2882

2014-05

1990

Highest ranked player, Highest ranked Norwegian player, World Champion (2013–present)

2

Garry Kasparov

2851

1999-07

1963

Highest ranked Russian player, former World Champion (1985–2000),
first player to achieve 2800+ rating

3

Fabiano Caruana

2844

2014-10

1992

Formerly highest ranked Italian player (till 2015) - 2844, 2014–10, Highest ranked American player

4

Levon Aronian

2830

2014-03

1982

Highest ranked Armenian player.

5

Wesley So

2822

2017-02

1993

Formerly highest ranked Filipino player (till 2014) - 2755, 2014-08

6

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov

2820

2018-09

1985

Highest ranked Azerbaijani player

7

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2819

2016-08

1990

Highest ranked French player.

8=

Viswanathan Anand

2817

2011-09

1969

Highest ranked Indian player, former World Champion (FIDE 2000–2002, 2007–2013)

8=

Vladimir Kramnik

2817

2016-10

1975

Former World Champion (2000–2007)

10=

Veselin Topalov

2816

2015-07

1975

Highest ranked Bulgarian player, former FIDE World Champion (2005–2006)

10=

Hikaru Nakamura

2816

2015-10

1987

10=

Ding Liren

2816

2018-11

1992

Highest ranked Chinese player

13

Alexander Grischuk

2810

2014-12

1983

2775–2799

14

Anish Giri

2798

2015-10

1994

Highest ranked Dutch player

15

Teimour Radjabov

2793

2012-10

1987

16=

Alexander Morozevich

2788

2008-07

1977

16=

Sergey Karjakin

2788

2011-07

1990

18

Vassily Ivanchuk

2787

2007-10

1969

Highest ranked Ukrainian player

19

Bobby Fischer

2785

1972-07

1943

2008

Former World Champion (1972–1975), first player to achieve 2700+ ranking

20

Anatoly Karpov

2780

1994-07

1951

Former World Champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999)

21

Boris Gelfand

2777

2013-11

1968

Highest ranked Israeli player,
formerly highest ranked Belarusian player (till 1998) - 2675 (Now Vladislav Kovalev)

22

Ian Nepomniachtchi

2775

2019-06

1990

2750–2774

23

Pentala Harikrishna

2770

2016-12

1986

24

Peter Svidler

2769

2013-05

1976

25

Leinier Dominguez Perez

2768

2014-05

1983

Formerly highest ranked Cuban player (till 2018) - 2768, 2014-05

26=

Pavel Eljanov

2765

2016-03

1983

26=

Yu Yangyi

2762

2018-07

1994

28

Ruslan Ponomariov

2764

2011-07

1983

Former FIDE World Champion (2002–2004)

29=

Peter Leko

2763

2005-04

1979

Highest ranked Hungarian player

29=

Gata Kamsky

2763

2013-07

1974

31=

Vugar Gashimov

2761

2012-01

1986

2014

31=

Michael Adams

2761

2013-09

1971

Highest ranked English player

31=

Vladislav Artemiev

2761

2019-06

1998

34

Dmitry Jakovenko

2760

2009-01

1983

35=

Evgeny Tomashevsky

2758

2015-09

1987

35=

Li Chao

2758

2016-03

1989

37

Wang Yue

2756

2010-09

1987

38

Alexei Shirov

2755

2008-01

1972

highest ranked Spanish player, formerly highest ranked Latvian player (till 2018) - 2755, 2008-01

39

Wei Yi

2753

2017-08

1999

Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700.

40=

Wang Hao

2752

2013-01

1989

40=

Richárd Rapport

2752

2016-07

1996

42=

Sergei Movsesian

2751

2009-01

1978

Formerly highest ranked Slovak player (till 2010) - 2751, 2009-01

42=

David Navara

2751

2015-05

1985

Highest ranked Czech player

44

Radosław Wojtaszek

2750

2017-01

1987

Highest ranked Polish player

2725–2749

45

Etienne Bacrot

2749

2013-11

1983

46

Nikita Vitiugov

2747

2014-03

1987

47

Dmitry Andreikin

2743

2016-06

1990

48

Jan-Krzysztof Duda

2740

2018-08

1998

49=

Evgeny Bareev

2739

2003-10

1966

Highest ranked Canadian player

49=

Le Quang Liem

2739

2017-08

1991

Highest ranked Vietnamese player

51

Maxim Matlakov

2738

2017-11

1991

52

Arkadij Naiditsch

2737

2013-12

1985

Formerly highest ranked German player (till 2015)

53

Judit Polgar

2735

2005-07

1976

Highest ranked female player

54=

Viktor Bologan

2734

2012-08

1971

Highest ranked Moldovan player

54=

Baadur Jobava

2734

2012-09

1983

Highest ranked Georgian player

56

Vladimir Fedoseev

2733

2017-10

1995

57=

Vladimir Malakhov

2732

2010-07

1980

57=

Ernesto Inarkiev

2732

2016-09

1985

59=

Bu Xiangzhi

2731

2019-02

1985

59=

Samuel Shankland

2731

2019-02

1991

61=

Zoltan Almasi

2726

2011-07

1976

61=

Alexander Moiseenko

2726

2011-09

1980

63=

Evgeny Alekseev

2725

2009-09

1985

63=

Andrei Volokitin

2725

2013-03

1986

2700–2724

65=

Ni Hua

2724

2009-04

1983

65=

Francisco Vallejo Pons

2724

2011-07

1982

Highest ranked Spanish player

67=

Anton Korobov

2723

2014-01

1985

67=

Santosh Gujrathi Vidit

2723

2018-02

1994

69=

Krishnan Sasikiran

2720

2012-05

1981

69=

Alexander Riazantsev

2720

2012-07

1985

69=

Alexander Areshchenko

2720

2012-12

1986

69=

Laurent Fressinet

2720

2015-06

1981

73

Ivan Cheparinov

2718

2018-08

1986

74=

Lazaro Bruzon Batista

2717

2012-10

1982

Highest ranked Cuban player

74=

Yuriy Kryvoruchko

2717

2015-11

1986

76=

Valery Salov

2715

1995-01

1964

76=

Rustam Kasimdzhanov

2715

2015-05

1979

Highest ranked Uzbek player, former FIDE World Champion (2004–2005)

78=

Loek Van Wely

2714

2001-10

1972

78=

Denis Khismatullin

2714

2014-03

1984

80=

Vladimir Akopian

2713

2006-07

1971

80=

Luke McShane

2713

2012-07

1984

82=

Nigel Short

2712

2004-04

1965

82=

David Howell

2712

2015-08

1990

82=

Bassem Amin

2712

2019-01

1988

85

Alexey Dreev

2711

2011-07

1969

86=

Alexander Beliavsky

2710

1997-07

1953

Highest ranked Slovenian player

86=

Alexander Motylev

2710

2009-07

1979

86=

Maxim Rodshtein

2710

2016-03

1989

89=

Rauf Mamedov

2709

2017-12

1988

89=

Daniil Dubov

2709

2018-09

1996

89=

Gawain Jones

2709

2019-06

1987

92

Zahar Efimenko

2708

2011-03

1985

93=

Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu

2707

2005-10

1976

Highest ranked German player, formerly highest ranked Romanian player (till 2014) - 2707, 2005–10

93=

Evgeny Najer

2707

2017-08

1977

95=

Ivan Sokolov

2706

2004-01

1968

Formerly highest ranked Bosnian player (till 1994) - 2650 (Now Predrag Nikolić - 2676, 2004–10)

95=

Ferenc Berkes

2706

2011-09

1985

95=

Sergei Rublevsky

2706

2013-11

1974

98=

Mikhail Tal

2705

1980-01

1936

1992

Former world champion (1960–1961)

98=

Vadim Milov

2705

2008-07

1972

Highest ranked Swiss player

98=

Boris Grachev

2705

2012-03

1986

98=

Jon Ludvig Hammer

2705

2016-02

1990

102

Viktor Laznicka

2704

2012-01

1989

103=

Emil Sutovsky

2703

2012-01

1977

103=

Markus Ragger

2703

2017-02

1988

Highest ranked Austrian player

103=

Vladislav Kovalev

2703

2019-02

1994

Highest ranked Belarusian player

103=

Ivan Šarić

2703

2019-03

1990

Highest ranked Croatian player

107=

Michal Krasenkow

2702

2000-07

1963

107=

Ilia Smirin

2702

2001-07

1968

107=

Alexander Khalifman

2702

2001-10

1966

Former FIDE World Champion (1999–2000)

107=

Zurab Azmaiparashvili

2702

2003-07

1960

107=

Romain Edouard

2702

2014-06

1990

107=

Igor Kovalenko

2702

2015-08

1988

107=

Gabriel Sargissian

2702

2015-12

1983

114=

Alexander Onischuk

2701

2010-07

1975

114=

Baskaran Adhiban

2701

2019-04

1992

116=

Peter Heine Nielsen

2700

2010-07

1973

Highest ranked Danish player

116=

Igor Lysyj

2700

2015-01

1987

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