This is the Top 100 rating list. Find the top chess players in the world and their rating.
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| # | Name | Federation | Rating | Birth Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2840 | 1990 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2810 | 1987 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2795 | 1992 |
| 4 | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2776 | 2004 |
| 5 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2771 | 2004 |
| 6 | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2759 | 2003 |
| 7 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2754 | 1999 |
| 8 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2753 | 1994 |
| 9 | So, Wesley | USA | 2753 | 1993 |
| 10 | Gukesh D | IND | 2748 | 2006 |
| 11 | Erigaisi, Arjun | IND | 2745 | 2003 |
| 12 | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2745 | 2005 |
| 13 | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2741 | 2005 |
| 14 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2739 | 1998 |
| 15 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2738 | 1983 |
| 16 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2738 | 1996 |
| 17 | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2735 | 2003 |
| 18 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2731 | 1991 |
| 19 | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2729 | 1999 |
| 20 | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2729 | 1982 |
| 21 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2723 | 1990 |
| 22 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2720 | 1990 |
| 23 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2717 | 1994 |
| 24 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2716 | 2004 |
| 25 | Liang, Awonder | USA | 2714 | 2003 |
| 26 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2713 | 1985 |
| 27 | Andreikin, Dmitry | FID | 2710 | 1990 |
| 28 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2708 | 1995 |
| 29 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2708 | 2000 |
| 30 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2708 | 1994 |
| 31 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2700 | 2001 |
| 32 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2698 | 1997 |
| 33 | Esipenko, Andrey | RUS | 2698 | 2002 |
| 34 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | IND | 2689 | 1999 |
| 35 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2689 | 1987 |
| 36 | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2688 | 2000 |
| 37 | Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan | TUR | 2687 | 2011 |
| 38 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2686 | 2002 |
| 39 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2684 | 1989 |
| 40 | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2683 | 2000 |
| 41 | Kovalenko, Igor | UKR | 2682 | 1988 |
| 42 | Svidler, Peter | FID | 2682 | 1976 |
| 43 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2676 | 1986 |
| 44 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2676 | 1979 |
| 45 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2672 | 1996 |
| 46 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2668 | 1990 |
| 47 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2668 | 1979 |
| 48 | Vitiugov, Nikita | ENG | 2667 | 1987 |
| 49 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2666 | 1987 |
| 50 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2666 | 1993 |
| 51 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2666 | 1995 |
| 52 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2666 | 1985 |
| 53 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2661 | 1990 |
| 54 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2659 | 1983 |
| 55 | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2658 | 1997 |
| 56 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2656 | 1998 |
| 57 | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2656 | 2002 |
| 58 | Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo | MEX | 2656 | 1999 |
| 59 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | 2656 | 2000 |
| 60 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2655 | 2001 |
| 61 | Suleymanli, Aydin | AZE | 2653 | 2005 |
| 62 | Gledura, Benjamin | HUN | 2653 | 1999 |
| 63 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2653 | 1985 |
| 64 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2653 | 1977 |
| 65 | Alekseenko, Kirill | AUT | 2652 | 1997 |
| 66 | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2651 | 1991 |
| 67 | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2650 | 2006 |
| 68 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2650 | 1994 |
| 69 | Safarli, Eltaj | AZE | 2648 | 1992 |
| 70 | Karthikeyan, Murali | IND | 2648 | 1999 |
| 71 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2645 | 1983 |
| 72 | Svane, Frederik | GER | 2645 | 2004 |
| 73 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2644 | 1982 |
| 74 | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2643 | 1998 |
| 75 | Lu, Shanglei | CHN | 2642 | 1995 |
| 76 | Tari, Aryan | NOR | 2642 | 1999 |
| 77 | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2641 | 2005 |
| 78 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2641 | 1998 |
| 79 | Pranav, V | IND | 2641 | 2006 |
| 80 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2640 | 1993 |
| 81 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2639 | 2002 |
| 82 | Theodorou, Nikolas | GRE | 2639 | 2000 |
| 83 | Chigaev, Maksim | ESP | 2637 | 1996 |
| 84 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2636 | 1988 |
| 85 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2635 | 1987 |
| 86 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2635 | 1968 |
| 87 | Gurel, Ediz | TUR | 2635 | 2008 |
| 88 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2634 | 2001 |
| 89 | Pranesh M | IND | 2633 | 2006 |
| 90 | Woodward, Andy | USA | 2631 | 2010 |
| 91 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2631 | 1983 |
| 92 | Aryan Chopra | IND | 2631 | 2001 |
| 93 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2631 | 1983 |
| 94 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2629 | 1971 |
| 95 | Mishra, Abhimanyu | USA | 2629 | 2009 |
| 96 | Van Wely, Loek | NED | 2629 | 1972 |
| 97 | Hakobyan, Aram | ARM | 2627 | 2001 |
| 98 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2627 | 1986 |
| 99 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2627 | 1986 |
| 100 | Navara, David | CZE | 2626 | 1985 |
Note: the gold color denotes the top 10 of the ratings list, the light blue denotes all players above 2700
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