FIDE Women's Top 25

October 2026 rating list

The 25 highest-rated active women 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 Hou Yifan GM · CHN	China	2596	0	32
2 ▲2	▲2	GM Zhu Jiner GM · CHN	China	2559	+9	24
3 ▼1	▼1	GM Ju Wenjun GM · CHN	China	2553	0	35
4 ▼1	▼1	GM Lei Tingjie GM · CHN	China	2552	0	29
5 ▲1	▲1	GM Aleksandra Goryachkina GM · FID	FIDE flag	2536	0	28
5 ▲2	▲2	GM Tan Zhongyi GM · CHN	China	2536	0	35
7 ▼2	▼2	GM Bibisara Assaubayeva GM · KAZ	Kazakhstan	2532	−4	22
8		GM Anna Muzychuk GM · UKR	Ukraine	2524	0	36
9		GM Koneru Humpy GM · IND	India	2518	+9	39
10		IM Polina Shuvalova IM · FID	FIDE flag	2509	0	25
11		GM Kateryna Lagno GM · RUS	Russia	2506	0	37
12 ▲1	▲1	GM Divya Deshmukh GM · IND	India	2488	−2	21
13 ▲4	▲4	IM Carissa Yip IM · USA	United States	2484	+16	23
14 ▼2	▼2	GM Alexandra Kosteniuk GM · SUI	Switzerland	2481	−14	42
15		IM Alina Kashlinskaya IM · POL	Poland	2474	0	33
16 ▼2	▼2	GM Nana Dzagnidze GM · GEO	Georgia	2467	−11	39
16 ▲9	▲9	IM Alice Lee IM · USA	United States	2467	+14	17
18 ▲3	▲3	IM Song Yuxin IM · CHN	China	2465	+8	21
19 ▲1	▲1	GM Mariya Muzychuk GM · UKR	Ukraine	2463	0	34
20 ▼1	▼1	WFM Anastasiia Hnatyshyn WFM · UKR	Ukraine	2462	−1	16
21 ▲1	▲1	IM Alua Nurman IM · KAZ	Kazakhstan	2460	+5	19
22 ▼4	▼4	GM Nino Batsiashvili GM · GEO	Georgia	2459	−7	39
23 ▲1	▲1	GM Harika Dronavalli GM · IND	India	2453	0	35
24 ▼8	▼8	GM Vaishali Rameshbabu GM · IND	India	2452	−17	25
25 new	new	IM Stavroula Tsolakidou IM · GRE	Greece	2451	+10	26

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.