FIDE Top 100

October 2026 rating list

The world's 100 highest-rated active players in classical chess, from FIDE's official standard rating list. It updates each month when FIDE publishes a new list.

#		Player	Federation	Rating	+/−	Age
1		GM Magnus Carlsen GM · NOR	Norway	2823	0	36
2		GM Hikaru Nakamura GM · USA	United States	2792	0	39
3		GM Fabiano Caruana GM · USA	United States	2784	−5	34
4		GM Javokhir Sindarov GM · UZB	Uzbekistan	2782	+4	21
5 ▲2	▲2	GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov GM · UZB	Uzbekistan	2780	+18	22
6 ▼1	▼1	GM Wesley So GM · USA	United States	2770	−4	33
7 ▲1	▲1	GM Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa GM · IND	India	2763	+2	21
8 ▼2	▼2	GM Vincent Keymer GM · GER	Germany	2761	−3	22
9 ▲3	▲3	GM Wei Yi GM · CHN	China	2758	+6	27
10		GM Alireza Firouzja GM · FRA	France	2757	0	23
11		GM Anish Giri GM · NED	Netherlands	2752	−5	32
12 ▼3	▼3	GM Arjun Erigaisi GM · IND	India	2746	−13	23
13		GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda GM · POL	Poland	2741	−2	28
14		GM Viswanathan Anand GM · IND	India	2739	0	57
15 ▲2	▲2	GM Leinier Domínguez GM · USA	United States	2732	0	43
15 ▲3	▲3	GM Le Quang Liem GM · VIE	Vietnam	2732	0	35
17 ▲9	▲9	GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş GM · TUR	Türkiye	2731	+15	15
18 ▼3	▼3	GM Amin Tabatabaei GM · IRI	Iran	2728	−9	25
19 ▲1	▲1	GM Levon Aronian GM · USA	United States	2725	0	44
20 ▼4	▼4	GM Ding Liren GM · CHN	China	2723	−10	34
21 ▲2	▲2	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi GM · RUS	Russia	2719	0	36
22 ▼1	▼1	GM Hans Niemann GM · USA	United States	2717	−8	23
22 ▲3	▲3	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave GM · FRA	France	2717	−1	36
24 ▲6	▲6	GM Jorden van Foreest GM · NED	Netherlands	2716	+10	27
25 ▲2	▲2	GM Dmitry Andreikin GM · FID	FIDE flag	2714	0	36
26 ▲13	▲13	GM Nodirbek Yakubboev GM · UZB	Uzbekistan	2712	+27	24
27 ▼8	▼8	GM Richárd Rapport GM · HUN	Hungary	2711	−15	30
28 ▲4	▲4	GM Gukesh Dommaraju GM · IND	India	2710	+7	20
28 ▼6	▼6	GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov GM · AZE	Azerbaijan	2710	−10	41
30 ▼6	▼6	GM Nihal Sarin GM · IND	India	2709	−9	22
31 ▼2	▼2	GM Samuel Sevian GM · USA	United States	2708	0	26
32 ▼1	▼1	GM Parham Maghsoodloo GM · IRI	Iran	2705	0	26
33 ▼5	▼5	GM Yu Yangyi GM · CHN	China	2704	−6	32
34		GM Veselin Topalov GM · BUL	Bulgaria	2695	0	51
35		GM Wang Hao GM · CHN	China	2694	0	37
36 ▼3	▼3	GM Vidit Gujrathi GM · IND	India	2693	−4	32
37		GM Vladimir Fedoseev GM · SLO	Slovenia	2691	0	31
38		GM Teimour Radjabov GM · AZE	Azerbaijan	2689	0	39
39 ▼3	▼3	GM Awonder Liang GM · USA	United States	2685	−8	23
40		GM Andrey Esipenko GM · RUS	Russia	2680	0	24
41 ▲10	▲10	GM Aydin Suleymanli GM · AZE	Azerbaijan	2679	+15	21
42 ▼1	▼1	GM Aravindh Chithambaram GM · IND	India	2677	0	27
42		GM Pranav Venkatesh GM · IND	India	2677	0	20
44		GM Pranesh Munirethinam GM · IND	India	2674	0	20
45		GM Alexey Sarana GM · SRB	Serbia	2671	+5	26
46 ▲6	▲6	GM Matthias Blübaum GM · GER	Germany	2666	+4	29
47		GM David Howell GM · ENG	England	2665	0	36
47 ▲1	▲1	GM Rustam Kasimdzhanov GM · UZB	Uzbekistan	2665	0	47
49		GM Pavel Eljanov GM · UKR	Ukraine	2664	0	43
50 ▼7	▼7	GM Peter Leko GM · HUN	Hungary	2663	−13	47
50 ▼4	▼4	GM Nikita Vitiugov GM · ENG	England	2663	−3	39
52 ▲13	▲13	GM Mahammad Muradli GM · AZE	Azerbaijan	2662	+9	23
52 ▲8	▲8	GM Frederik Svane GM · GER	Germany	2662	+7	22
54 ▼4	▼4	GM Haik Martirosyan GM · ARM	Armenia	2661	−3	26
55 ▼2	▼2	GM Ray Robson GM · USA	United States	2659	0	32
56 ▼2	▼2	GM Radosław Wojtaszek GM · POL	Poland	2658	0	39
57 ▼2	▼2	GM José Eduardo Martínez Alcántara GM · MEX	Mexico	2657	0	27
58		GM Volodar Murzin GM · FID	FIDE flag	2656	0	20
58 ▲1	▲1	GM Jeffery Xiong GM · USA	United States	2656	0	26
60 ▲13	▲13	GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac GM · ROU	Romania	2654	+10	25
60 ▲1	▲1	GM Daniil Dubov GM · RUS	Russia	2654	0	30
60 ▲2	▲2	GM Alexander Morozevich GM · RUS	Russia	2654	0	49
63 ▲1	▲1	GM Vladislav Artemiev GM · RUS	Russia	2653	0	28
64 ▲2	▲2	GM Bu Xiangzhi GM · CHN	China	2651	0	41
64 ▲13	▲13	GM Igor Kovalenko GM · UKR	Ukraine	2651	+9	38
66 ▼3	▼3	GM Shamsiddin Vokhidov GM · UZB	Uzbekistan	2649	−5	24
67		GM Pentala Harikrishna GM · IND	India	2648	0	40
67 ▲29	▲29	GM Shant Sargsyan GM · ARM	Armenia	2648	+18	24
69 ▼1	▼1	GM Karthikeyan Murali GM · IND	India	2647	0	27
69		GM Aryan Tari GM · NOR	Norway	2647	0	27
71 ▼1	▼1	GM Aryan Chopra GM · IND	India	2646	0	25
71		GM Sam Shankland GM · USA	United States	2646	0	35
73 ▼1	▼1	GM Raunak Sadhwani GM · IND	India	2645	0	21
74 ▲10	▲10	GM Ediz Gürel GM · TUR	Türkiye	2642	+6	18
74 ▲2	▲2	GM Robert Hovhannisyan GM · ARM	Armenia	2642	0	35
76 ▲2	▲2	GM Boris Gelfand GM · ISR	Israel	2641	0	58
77 ▼21	▼21	GM Kirill Alekseenko GM · AUT	Austria	2640	−16	29
78 ▲1	▲1	GM Alexander Onischuk GM · USA	United States	2639	0	51
78 ▲10	▲10	GM Nikolas Theodorou GM · GRE	Greece	2639	+6	26
80		GM Aram Hakobyan GM · ARM	Armenia	2638	0	25
80 ▲1	▲1	GM Grigoriy Oparin GM · USA	United States	2638	0	29
82		GM Ernesto Inarkiev GM · RUS	Russia	2637	0	41
82 ▲1	▲1	GM Lu Shanglei GM · CHN	China	2637	0	31
84 new	new	GM Denis Lazavik GM · BLR	BLR	2636	+15	20
84 ▲11	▲11	GM Abhimanyu Mishra GM · USA	United States	2636	+6	17
86 ▲3	▲3	GM David Antón Guijarro GM · ESP	Spain	2634	+2	31
87 ▲12	▲12	GM Mikhail Antipov GM · USA	United States	2633	+5	29
87 ▼30	▼30	GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen GM · NOR	Norway	2633	−23	28
89 ▲3	▲3	GM Rauf Mamedov GM · AZE	Azerbaijan	2632	+1	38
89 ▲1	▲1	GM Ruslan Ponomariov GM · UKR	Ukraine	2632	0	43
91		GM Ivan Cheparinov GM · BUL	Bulgaria	2631	0	40
92 ▼7	▼7	GM Gawain Jones GM · ENG	England	2630	−3	39
93 ▼7	▼7	GM Leon Luke Mendonca GM · IND	India	2629	−4	20
94 ▲6	▲6	GM Alexander Grischuk GM · RUS	Russia	2628	0	43
94		GM Vasyl Ivanchuk GM · UKR	Ukraine	2628	−2	57
94 ▼1	▼1	GM Xu Xiangyu GM · CHN	China	2628	−3	27
97 new	new	GM Jonas Buhl Bjerre GM · DEN	Denmark	2627	+12	22
97 ▼23	▼23	GM Brandon Jacobson GM · USA	United States	2627	−17	23
97 ▼22	▼22	GM Loek van Wely GM · NED	Netherlands	2627	−16	54
100 new	new	GM Jaime Santos Latasa GM · ESP	Spain	2626	+11	30

Source: FIDE standard rating list, October 2026. Active players only. +/− is the change from the previous month's list; age is approximate (birth year only). Updated October 1, 2026.