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This is the list of top-ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700 (players with a rating at or above this value are colloquially known as super grandmasters).

Notably only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).

List

FIDE players ordered by peak Elo rating[1][2]
Country Player Peak rating Achieved Birth year Death year Notes

2800+

1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2882 2014-05 1990 Highest-ranked player (2013–), world no. 1 (2010, 2011, 2011–), current World Chess Champion (2013–)
2 Soviet UnionRussia Garry Kasparov 2851 1999-07 1963 Highest-ranked Russian player, formerly world no. 1 (1984–1993, 1995–2006), former world champion (1985–2000), first player to achieve 2800+ rating, formerly highest-ranked player (1990–2012), highest-ranked Soviet-born player
3 ItalyUnited States Fabiano Caruana 2844 2014-10 1992 Highest-ranked American player, formerly highest-ranked Italian player
4 ArmeniaUnited States Levon Aronian 2830 2014-03 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Armenian player
5 PhilippinesUnited States Wesley So 2822 2017-02 1993 Highest-ranked Filipino-born player, formerly highest-ranked Filipino player, inaugural, former and longest reigning FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (2019–2022)
6 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2820 2018-09 1985 Highest-ranked Azerbaijani player
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2819 2016-08 1990 Highest-ranked French player
8= India Viswanathan Anand 2817 2011-03 1969 Highest-ranked Indian player, former world champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002), formerly world no. 1 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2011)
8= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Vladimir Kramnik 2817 2016-10 1975 Former world champion (2000–2007), formerly world no. 1 (2008), formerly youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating
10= Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07 1975 Highest-ranked Bulgarian player, former world champion (FIDE 2005–2006), formerly world no. 1 (2006–2007, 2009)
10= United States Hikaru Nakamura 2816 2015-10 1987 Highest-ranked Japanese-born player, reigning FIDE World Fischer Random Chess Champion (from 2022)
10= China Ding Liren 2816 2018-11 1992 Highest-ranked Chinese player
13 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2810 2014-12 1983
14 IranFrance Alireza Firouzja 2804 2021-12 2003 Highest-ranked Iranian-born player, formerly highest-ranked Iranian player, highest-ranked junior, youngest player to achieve 2800+ rating

2775–2799

15 RussiaNetherlands Anish Giri 2798 2015-10 1994 Highest-ranked Dutch player
16 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2795 2023-03 1990
17 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2793 2012-10 1987
18= Russia Alexander Morozevich 2788 2008-07 1977
18= UkraineRussia Sergey Karjakin 2788 2011-07 1990 Highest-ranked Ukrainian-born player, formerly youngest grandmaster (2002–2021)
20 Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicUkraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10 1969 Highest-ranked Ukrainian player
21 United States Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07 1943 2008 Former world champion (1972–1975), formerly highest-ranked player (1971–1989), formerly world no. 1 (1971–1975), formerly youngest grandmaster (1958–1991), first player to achieve 2700+ rating
22 Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Anatoly Karpov 2780 1994-07 1951 Former world champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999), formerly world no. 1 (1976–1983, 1994)
23 Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicBelarusIsrael Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11 1968 Highest-ranked Israeli player, formerly highest-ranked Belarusian player
24 HungaryRomania Richard Rapport 2776 2022-04 1996 Highest-ranked Romanian player, formerly highest-ranked Hungarian player

2750–2774

25 India Pentala Harikrishna 2770 2016-12 1986
26 Russia Spain Peter Svidler 2769 2013-05 1976
27 CubaUnited States Leinier Dominguez Perez 2768 2014-05 1983 Highest-ranked Cuban-born player, formerly highest-ranked Cuban player
28= Ukraine Pavel Eljanov 2765 2016-03 1983
28= China Yu Yangyi 2765 2018-09 1994
30 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2764 2011-07 1983 Former world chess champion (FIDE 2002–2004), formerly youngest grandmaster (1997–1999)
31= Hungary Peter Leko 2763 2005-04 1979 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1994–1997)
31= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicUnited States Gata Kamsky 2763 2013-07 1974
31= China Wang Hao 2763 2020-04 1989
34= Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov 2761 2012-01 1986 2014
34= England Michael Adams 2761 2013-09 1971 Highest-ranked English player
34= Russia Vladislav Artemiev 2761 2019-06 1998
37= Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2760 2009-01 1983
37= Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2760 2021-12 1998 Highest-ranked Polish player
39= Russia Evgeny Tomashevsky 2758 2015-09 1987
39= China Li Chao 2758 2016-06 1989
41 China Wang Yue 2756 2010-11 1987
42 Latvian Soviet Socialist RepublicLatviaSpain Alexei Shirov 2755 2008-01 1972 Highest-ranked Spanish player, formerly highest-ranked Latvian player
43 China Wei Yi 2753 2017-08 1999 Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700
44= Georgia (country)Czech RepublicSlovakiaArmenia Sergei Movsesian 2751 2009-01 1978 Formerly highest-ranked Slovak player
44= Czech Republic David Navara 2751 2015-05 1985 Highest-ranked Czech player
44= Russia Nikita Vitiugov 2751 2019-11 1987
47 Poland Radosław Wojtaszek 2750 2017-01 1987

2725–2749

48 France Étienne Bacrot 2749 2013-11 1983 Formerly highest-ranked French player, formerly youngest grandmaster (1997)
49 Russia Dmitry Andreikin 2743 2016-06 1990
50= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussiaCanada Evgeny Bareev 2739 2003-10 1966 Highest-ranked Canadian player
50= Vietnam Lê Quang Liêm 2739 2017-08 1991 Highest-ranked Vietnamese player
52 Russia Maxim Matlakov 2738 2017-11 1991
53 LatviaGermanyAzerbaijan Arkadij Naiditsch 2737 2013-12 1985 Formerly highest-ranked German player
54 Hungary Judit Polgár 2735 2005-07 1976 Highest-ranked female player; first and only female player to achieve 2700+ rating, formerly youngest grandmaster (1991–1994)
55= Moldavian Soviet Socialist RepublicMoldova Viktor Bologan 2734 2012-08 1971 Highest-ranked Moldovan player
55= Georgia (country) Baadur Jobava 2734 2012-09 1983 Highest-ranked Georgian player
55= Uzbekistan Nodirbek Abdusattorov 2734 2023-02 2004 Highest-ranked Uzbek player
58 Russia Vladimir Fedoseev 2733 2017-10 1995
59= Russia Vladimir Malakhov 2732 2010-07 1980
59= KyrgyzstanRussia Ernesto Inarkiev 2732 2016-09 1985
59= India Dommaraju Gukesh 2732 2022-10 2006
62= China Bu Xiangzhi 2731 2019-02 1985 Formerly youngest grandmaster (1999–2002)
62= United States Samuel Shankland 2731 2019-02 1991
64 India Vidit Gujrathi 2730 2022-11 1994
65= India Arjun Erigaisi 2728 2022-10 2003
65= Iran Parham Maghsoodloo 2728 2023-02 2000 Highest-ranked Iranian player
67= Hungary Zoltán Almási 2726 2011-07 1976
67= Ukraine Alexander Moiseenko 2726 2011-09 1980
69= Russia Evgeny Alekseev 2725 2009-09 1985
69= Ukraine Andrei Volokitin 2725 2013-03 1986

2700–2724

71= China Ni Hua 2724 2009-04 1983
71= Spain Francisco Vallejo Pons 2724 2011-07 1982 Formerly highest-ranked Spanish player (when Shirov represented Latvia)
73= Ukraine Anton Korobov 2723 2014-01 1985
73= Russia Andrey Esipenko 2723 2022-02 2002
75= India Krishnan Sasikiran 2720 2012-05 1981
75= Russia Alexander Riazantsev 2720 2012-07 1985
77= Ukraine Alexander Areshchenko 2720 2012-12 1986
77= France Laurent Fressinet 2720 2015-06 1981
77= Russia Daniil Dubov 2720 2021-12 1996
80 BulgariaGeorgia (country) Ivan Cheparinov 2718 2018-08 1986
81= CubaUnited States Lazaro Bruzon Batista 2717 2012-10 1982
81= Ukraine Yuriy Kryvoruchko 2717 2015-11 1986
83= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Valery Salov 2715 1995-01 1964
83= Uzbekistan Rustam Kasimdzhanov 2715 2015-05 1979 Former world chess champion (FIDE 2004–2005)
83= Russia Kirill Alekseenko 2715 2019-11 1997
83= Netherlands Jorden van Foreest 2715 2022-05 1999
87= Netherlands Loek van Wely 2714 2001-10 1972
87= Russia Denis Khismatullin 2714 2014-03 1984
89= Armenian Soviet Socialist RepublicArmeniaUnited States Vladimir Akopian 2713 2006-07 1971
89= England Luke McShane 2713 2012-07 1984
91= England Nigel Short 2712 2004-04 1965
91= England David Howell 2712 2015-08 1990
91= Egypt Bassem Amin 2712 2019-01 1988 Highest-ranked Egyptian player
91= United States Jeffery Xiong 2712 2019-11 2000
91= Russia Sanan Sjugirov 2712 2022-11 1993
96= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Alexey Dreev 2711 2011-07 1969
96= Armenia Gabriel Sargissian 2711 2015-12 1983
98= Ukrainian Soviet Socialist RepublicUkraineSlovenia Alexander Beliavsky 2710 1997-07 1953 Highest-ranked Slovenian player
98= Russia Alexander Motylev 2710 2009-07 1979
98= Israel Maxim Rodshtein 2710 2016-03 1989
98= Romania Bogdan-Daniel Deac 2710 2022-09 2001
102= Azerbaijan Rauf Mamedov 2709 2017-12 1988
102= England Gawain Jones 2709 2019-06 1987
104 Ukraine Zahar Efimenko 2708 2011-03 1985
105= RomaniaGermany Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu 2707 2005-10 1976 Highest-ranked German player, formerly highest-ranked Romanian player
105= Russia Evgeny Najer 2707 2017-08 1977
107= Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaBosnia and HerzegovinaNetherlands Ivan Sokolov 2706 2004-01 1968 Formerly highest-ranked Bosnian player
107= Hungary Ferenc Berkes 2706 2011-09 1985
107= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussia Sergei Rublevsky 2706 2013-11 1974
107= United States Hans Niemann 2706 2023-01 2003
111= Latvian Soviet Socialist RepublicLatvia Mikhail Tal 2705 1980-01 1936 1992 Former world champion (1960–1961)
111= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussiaIsraelSwitzerland Vadim Milov 2705 2008-07 1972 Highest-ranked Swiss player
111= Russia Boris Grachev 2705 2012-03 1986
111= Norway Jon Ludvig Hammer 2705 2016-02 1990
115 Czech Republic Viktor Láznička 2704 2012-01 1989
116= Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist RepublicIsrael Emil Sutovsky 2703 2012-01 1977
116= Austria Markus Ragger 2703 2017-02 1988 Highest-ranked Austrian player
116= Belarus Vladislav Kovalev 2703 2019-02 1994 Highest-ranked Belarusian player
116= Croatia Ivan Šarić 2703 2019-03 1990 Highest-ranked Croatian player
116= Spain David Antón Guijarro 2703 2020-03 1995
116= United States Samuel Sevian 2703 2022-05 2000
122= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicRussiaPoland Michał Krasenkow 2702 2000-07 1963
122= Byelorussian Soviet Socialist RepublicIsrael Ilia Smirin 2702 2001-07 1968
122= Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicGermanyRussia Alexander Khalifman 2702 2001-10 1966 Former world chess champion (FIDE 1999–2000)
122= Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic Bosnia and HerzegovinaGeorgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2702 2003-07 1960
122= France Romain Edouard 2702 2014-06 1990
122= UkraineLatvia Igor Kovalenko 2702 2015-08 1988
122= United States Ray Robson 2702 2022-11 1994
129= UkraineUnited States Alexander Onischuk 2701 2010-07 1975
129= India Adhiban Baskaran 2701 2019-04 1992
131= Denmark Peter Heine Nielsen 2700 2010-07 1973 Highest-ranked Danish player
131= Russia Igor Lysyj 2700 2015-01 1987
131= Germany Vincent Keymer 2700 2022-10 2004

Highest ratings by decade

This section lists the top 20 active[a] players by peak FIDE rating achieved in every decade since 1971, when FIDE started officially publishing rating lists.

1970s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1970s
Country Player Peak rating in 1970s Achieved
1 United States Bobby Fischer 2785 1972-07
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2725 1978-01
3 Soviet UnionSwitzerland Viktor Korchnoi 2695 1979-01
4 Soviet Union Boris Spassky 2690 1971-07
5= Denmark Bent Larsen 2660 1971-07
5= Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2660 1973-07
7 Hungary Lajos Portisch 2650 1973-07
8= Soviet Union Tigran Petrosian 2645 1972-07
8= Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2645 1972-07
10 Brazil Henrique Mecking 2635 1977-01
11 Soviet Union Mikhail Botvinnik 2630 1971-07
12= CzechoslovakiaUnited States Lubomir Kavalek 2625 1974-05
12= Netherlands Jan Timman 2625 1979-01
14= Soviet Union Vassily Smyslov 2620 1971-07
14= Soviet Union Leonid Stein 2620 1972-07
14= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojević 2620 1976-01
14= Soviet Union Efim Geller 2620 1976-01
14= Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Hort 2620 1977-01
19= Soviet UnionEstonia Paul Keres 2615 1971-07
19= West Germany Robert Hübner 2615 1974-05
19= Czechoslovakia Jan Smejkal 2615 1976-01

1980s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1980s
Country Player Peak rating in 1980s Achieved
1 Soviet Union Garry Kasparov 2775 1989-01
2 Soviet Union Anatoly Karpov 2755 1989-07
3 Soviet Union Mikhail Tal 2705 1980-01
4 Switzerland Viktor Korchnoi 2695 1980-01
5 Netherlands Jan Timman 2675 1988-01
6 England Nigel Short 2665 1988-07
7= Soviet Union Artur Yusupov 2660 1986-07
7= Soviet Union Vassily Ivanchuk 2660 1989-07
9= Hungary Lajos Portisch 2655 1980-01
9= Soviet Union Alexander Beliavsky 2655 1988-07
11= Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljubomir Ljubojević 2645 1983-01
11= Soviet Union Rafael Vaganian 2645 1986-01
11= Soviet Union Andrei Sokolov 2645 1987-01
11= England Jonathan Speelman 2645 1988-07
11= Soviet Union Valery Salov 2645 1989-07
16= West Germany Robert Hübner 2640 1981-07
16= Sweden Ulf Andersson 2640 1983-07
16= Soviet Union Mikhail Gurevich 2640 1989-07
19= Soviet Union Lev Polugaevsky 2635 1980-01
19= Soviet UnionFrance Boris Spassky 2635 1981-01

1990s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 1990s
Country Player Peak rating in 1990s Achieved
1 Soviet UnionRussia Garry Kasparov 2851 1999-07
2 India Viswanathan Anand 2795 1998-07
3 Soviet UnionRussia Vladimir Kramnik 2790 1998-01
4 Soviet UnionRussia Anatoly Karpov 2780 1994-07
5 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2758 1999-07
6 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2750 1996-07
7 United States Gata Kamsky 2745 1996-07
8 Soviet UnionLatviaSpain Alexei Shirov 2740 1994-07
8= Soviet UnionUkraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2740 1995-07
10 England Michael Adams 2716 1999-01
11 Soviet UnionRussia Valery Salov 2715 1995-01
12 Soviet UnionRussia Peter Svidler 2713 1999-01
12= Soviet UnionBelarusIsrael Boris Gelfand 2713 1999-07
14 Soviet UnionUkraineSlovenia Alexander Beliavsky 2710 1997-07
15 Hungary Peter Leko 2701 1999-07
16 Soviet UnionRussia Evgeny Bareev 2698 1999-07
17 England Nigel Short 2697 1999-01
18 Soviet UnionRussia Sergei Rublevsky 2685 1998-07
19 Soviet UnionBosnia and HerzegovinaGeorgia (country) Zurab Azmaiparashvili 2681 1999-01
20= Netherlands Jan Timman 2680 1990-01
20= Soviet UnionRussiaGermany Artur Yusupov 2680 1995-07

2000s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2000s
Country Player Peak rating in 2000s Achieved
1 Russia Garry Kasparov 2851 2000-01
2 Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2813 2006-07
3 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2811[b] 2002-01
4 India Viswanathan Anand 2803 2006-04
5 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2801 2009-11
6 Russia Alexander Morozevich 2788 2008-07
7 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2787 2007-10
8 ArmeniaGermany Levon Aronian 2786 2009-11
9 Russia Peter Svidler 2765 2006-01
10 Hungary Peter Leko 2763 2005-04
11 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2761 2009-01
12= Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2760 2008-01
12= Russia Dmitry Jakovenko 2760 2009-01
14 Azerbaijan Vugar Gashimov 2758 2009-11
14= Israel Boris Gelfand 2758 2009-11
16= Spain Alexei Shirov 2755 2008-01
16= England Michael Adams 2755 2000-07
18 Czech RepublicSlovakia Sergei Movsesian 2751 2009-01
19 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2748 2009-04
20 Ukraine Ruslan Ponomariov 2743 2002-04

2010s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2010s
Country Player Peak rating in 2010s Achieved
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2882 2014-05
2 ItalyUnited States Fabiano Caruana 2844 2014-10
3 Armenia Levon Aronian 2830 2014-03
4 PhilippinesUnited States Wesley So 2822 2017-02
5 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2820 2018-09
6 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2819 2016-08
7= India Viswanathan Anand 2817 2011-03
7= Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2817 2016-10
9= Bulgaria Veselin Topalov 2816 2015-07
9= United States Hikaru Nakamura 2816 2015-10
9= China Ding Liren 2816 2018-11
12 Russia Alexander Grischuk 2810 2014-12
13 Netherlands Anish Giri 2798 2015-10
14 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2793 2012-11
15 Russia Sergey Karjakin 2788 2011-07
16 Ukraine Vassily Ivanchuk 2779 2011-03
17 Israel Boris Gelfand 2777 2013-11
18 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2776 2019-09
19= Russia Alexander Morozevich 2770 2012-07
19= India Pentala Harikrishna 2770 2016-12

2020s

Chess players ordered by peak FIDE rating in 2020s
Country Player Peak rating in 2020s Achieved
1 Norway Magnus Carlsen 2872 2020-02
2 United States Fabiano Caruana 2842 2020-02
3 China Ding Liren 2811 2022-10
4 France Alireza Firouzja 2804 2021-12
5 Russia Ian Nepomniachtchi 2795 2023-03
6 ArmeniaUnited States Levon Aronian 2785 2022-03
7 France Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 2784 2020-10
8 Azerbaijan Shakhriyar Mamedyarov 2782 2021-07
9 Netherlands Anish Giri 2780 2021-05
10= Russia Alexander Grischuk 2778 2021-07
10= United States Wesley So 2778 2021-09
12 HungaryRomania Richard Rapport 2776 2022-04
13 United States Hikaru Nakamura 2768 2022-08
14 Azerbaijan Teimour Radjabov 2765 2020-01
15 China Wang Hao 2763 2020-04
16= United States Leinier Dominguez Perez 2760 2021-09
16= Poland Jan-Krzysztof Duda 2760 2021-12
18= India Viswanathan Anand 2758 2020-01
18= Russia Sergey Karjakin 2758 2021-09
20 Russia Vladimir Kramnik 2753 2020-01

List of rating peaks throughout history

Player Rating Achieved
Bobby Fischer 2760 1971-07
2785 1972-07
Garry Kasparov 2800 1990-01
2805 1993-01
2815 1993-07
2820 1997-07
2825 1998-01
2851 1999-07
Magnus Carlsen 2861 2013-01
2872 2013-02
2881 2014-03
2882 2014-05
2019-08

See also

Notes

  1. ^ FIDE considers a player active if they played a rated game within the past 12 months.[3]
  2. ^ The chart on Kramnik's FIDE profile gives his January 2002 rating as 2811.[4] The top 100 list for January 2002 gives 2809.[5] The discrepancy appears to be due to a delay in including the rating change of +2 from Kramnik's four draws with Garry Kasparov in the Botvinnik Memorial Match in December 2001 in the top 100 lists, where it only appears in October 2002.

References

  1. ^ "All time Top 100 by Highest ELO Rating". Chess-db.com. Archived from the original on 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  2. ^ "Records". 2700chess.com. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
  3. ^ "FIDE Rating Regulations". FIDE. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Profile Info – Kramnik, Vladimir". FIDE. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Players January 2002 - Archive". FIDE. Retrieved August 5, 2021.

External links

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