|
Country
|
Player
|
Peak rating
|
Achieved
|
Birth year
|
Death year
|
Notes
|
2800+
|
1
|
|
Magnus Carlsen
|
2882
|
2014-05 2019-08
|
1990
|
|
Highest ranked player, Highest ranked Norwegian player, current 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 (until 2015), 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 (until 2014) at 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
|
2011-03
|
1969
|
|
Highest ranked Indian player, former World Champion (2007–2013, FIDE 2000–2002)
|
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=
|
|
Ding Liren
|
2816
|
2018-11
|
1992
|
|
Highest ranked Chinese player
|
10=
|
|
Hikaru Nakamura
|
2816
|
2015-10
|
1987
|
|
|
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
|
|
Ian Nepomniachtchi
|
2792
|
2021-05
|
1990
|
|
|
17=
|
|
Alexander Morozevich
|
2788
|
2008-07
|
1977
|
|
|
17=
|
|
Sergey Karjakin
|
2788
|
2011-07
|
1990
|
|
|
19
|
|
Vassily Ivanchuk
|
2787
|
2007-10
|
1969
|
|
Highest ranked Ukrainian player
|
20
|
|
Bobby Fischer
|
2785
|
1972-07
|
1943
|
2008
|
Former World Champion (1972–1975), first player to achieve 2700+ rating
|
21
|
|
Anatoly Karpov
|
2780
|
1994-07
|
1951
|
|
Former World Champion (1975–1985, FIDE 1993–1999)
|
22
|
|
Boris Gelfand
|
2777
|
2013-11
|
1968
|
|
Highest ranked Israeli player, formerly highest ranked Belarusian player (until 1998) at 2675
|
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 (until 2018)
|
26=
|
|
Pavel Eljanov
|
2765
|
2016-03
|
1983
|
|
|
26=
|
|
Yu Yangyi
|
2765
|
2018-09
|
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
|
|
|
29=
|
|
Wang Hao
|
2763
|
2020-04
|
1989
|
|
|
29=
|
|
Richard Rapport
|
2763
|
2021-02
|
1996
|
|
|
33=
|
|
Vugar Gashimov
|
2761
|
2012-01
|
1986
|
2014
|
|
33=
|
|
Michael Adams
|
2761
|
2013-09
|
1971
|
|
Highest ranked English player
|
33=
|
|
Vladislav Artemiev
|
2761
|
2019-06
|
1998
|
|
|
36
|
|
Dmitry Jakovenko
|
2760
|
2009-01
|
1983
|
|
|
37
|
|
Alireza Firouzja
|
2759
|
2021-03
|
2003
|
|
Formerly highest ranked Iranian player (2720, November 2019) (prior to his decision to no longer play for Iran)
Highest ranked junior
|
38=
|
|
Evgeny Tomashevsky
|
2758
|
2015-09
|
1987
|
|
|
38=
|
|
Li Chao
|
2758
|
2016-06
|
1989
|
|
|
38=
|
|
Jan-Krzysztof Duda
|
2758
|
2019-12
|
1998
|
|
Highest ranked Polish player
|
41
|
|
Wang Yue
|
2756
|
2010-11
|
1987
|
|
|
42
|
|
Alexei Shirov
|
2755
|
2008-01
|
1972
|
|
highest ranked Spanish player, formerly highest ranked Latvian player (until 2018)
|
43
|
|
Wei Yi
|
2753
|
2017-08
|
1999
|
|
Youngest player to reach a rating over 2700
|
44=
|
|
Sergei Movsesian
|
2751
|
2009-01
|
1978
|
|
Formerly highest ranked Slovak player (until 2010)
|
44=
|
|
David Navara
|
2751
|
2015-05
|
1985
|
|
Highest ranked Czech player
|
44=
|
|
Nikita Vitiugov
|
2751
|
2019-11
|
1987
|
|
|
47
|
|
Radosław Wojtaszek
|
2750
|
2017-01
|
1987
|
|
|
2725–2749
|
48
|
|
Etienne Bacrot
|
2749
|
2013-11
|
1983
|
|
Formerly highest ranked French player (till 2008)
|
49
|
|
Dmitry Andreikin
|
2743
|
2016-06
|
1990
|
|
|
50=
|
|
Evgeny Bareev
|
2739
|
2003-10
|
1966
|
|
Highest ranked Canadian player
|
50=
|
|
Le Quang Liem
|
2739
|
2017-08
|
1991
|
|
Highest ranked Vietnamese player
|
52
|
|
Maxim Matlakov
|
2738
|
2017-11
|
1991
|
|
|
53
|
|
Arkadij Naiditsch
|
2737
|
2013-12
|
1985
|
|
Formerly highest ranked German player (until 2015)
|
54
|
|
Judit Polgar
|
2735
|
2005-07
|
1976
|
|
Highest ranked female player; first and only female player so far to achieve 2700+ rating
|
55=
|
|
Viktor Bologan
|
2734
|
2012-08
|
1971
|
|
Highest ranked Moldovan player
|
55=
|
|
Baadur Jobava
|
2734
|
2012-09
|
1983
|
|
Highest ranked Georgian player
|
57
|
|
Vladimir Fedoseev
|
2733
|
2017-10
|
1995
|
|
|
58=
|
|
Vladimir Malakhov
|
2732
|
2010-07
|
1980
|
|
|
58=
|
|
Vidit Gujrathi
|
2732
|
2021-07
|
1994
|
|
Second-ranked in India
|
58=
|
|
Ernesto Inarkiev
|
2732
|
2016-09
|
1985
|
|
|
60=
|
|
Bu Xiangzhi
|
2731
|
2019-02
|
1985
|
|
|
60=
|
|
Samuel Shankland
|
2731
|
2019-02
|
1991
|
|
|
62=
|
|
Zoltan Almasi
|
2726
|
2011-07
|
1976
|
|
|
62=
|
|
Alexander Moiseenko
|
2726
|
2011-09
|
1980
|
|
|
64=
|
|
Evgeny Alekseev
|
2725
|
2009-09
|
1985
|
|
|
64=
|
|
Andrei Volokitin
|
2725
|
2013-03
|
1986
|
|
|
2700–2724
|
66=
|
|
Ni Hua
|
2724
|
2009-04
|
1983
|
|
|
66=
|
|
Francisco Vallejo Pons
|
2724
|
2011-07
|
1982
|
|
Highest ranked Spanish player
|
67=
|
|
Anton Korobov
|
2723
|
2014-01
|
1985
|
|
|
|
70=
|
|
Krishnan Sasikiran
|
2720
|
2012-05
|
1981
|
|
|
70=
|
|
Alexander Riazantsev
|
2720
|
2012-07
|
1985
|
|
|
70=
|
|
Alexander Areshchenko
|
2720
|
2012-12
|
1986
|
|
|
70=
|
|
Laurent Fressinet
|
2720
|
2015-06
|
1981
|
|
|
74
|
|
Ivan Cheparinov
|
2718
|
2018-08
|
1986
|
|
|
75=
|
|
Lazaro Bruzon Batista
|
2717
|
2012-10
|
1982
|
|
|
75=
|
|
Yuriy Kryvoruchko
|
2717
|
2015-11
|
1986
|
|
|
77
|
|
Andrey Esipenko
|
2716
|
2021-06
|
2002
|
|
One of the two latest players to attain a 2700+ rating, in March 2021
|
78=
|
|
Valery Salov
|
2715
|
1995-01
|
1964
|
|
|
78=
|
|
Rustam Kasimdzhanov
|
2715
|
2015-05
|
1979
|
|
Highest ranked Uzbek player, former FIDE World Champion (2004–2005)
|
78=
|
|
Kirill Alekseenko
|
2715
|
2019-11
|
1997
|
|
|
81=
|
|
Loek Van Wely
|
2714
|
2001-10
|
1972
|
|
|
81=
|
|
Denis Khismatullin
|
2714
|
2014-03
|
1984
|
|
|
81=
|
|
Daniil Dubov
|
2714
|
2021-06
|
1996
|
|
|
84=
|
|
Vladimir Akopian
|
2713
|
2006-07
|
1971
|
|
|
84=
|
|
Luke McShane
|
2713
|
2012-07
|
1984
|
|
|
86=
|
|
Nigel Short
|
2712
|
2004-04
|
1965
|
|
|
86=
|
|
David Howell
|
2712
|
2015-08
|
1990
|
|
|
86=
|
|
Bassem Amin
|
2712
|
2019-01
|
1988
|
|
Highest ranked Egyptian player
|
86=
|
|
Jeffery Xiong
|
2712
|
2019-11
|
2000
|
|
|
90
|
|
Alexey Dreev
|
2711
|
2011-07
|
1969
|
|
|
91=
|
|
Alexander Beliavsky
|
2710
|
1997-07
|
1953
|
|
Highest ranked Slovenian player
|
91=
|
|
Alexander Motylev
|
2710
|
2009-07
|
1979
|
|
|
91=
|
|
Maxim Rodshtein
|
2710
|
2016-03
|
1989
|
|
|
94=
|
|
Rauf Mamedov
|
2709
|
2017-12
|
1988
|
|
|
94=
|
|
Gawain Jones
|
2709
|
2019-06
|
1987
|
|
|
96
|
|
Zahar Efimenko
|
2708
|
2011-03
|
1985
|
|
|
97=
|
|
Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
|
2707
|
2005-10
|
1976
|
|
Highest ranked German player, formerly highest ranked Romanian player (until 2014) - 2707, 2005–10
|
97=
|
|
Evgeny Najer
|
2707
|
2017-08
|
1977
|
|
|
99=
|
|
Ivan Sokolov
|
2706
|
2004-01
|
1968
|
|
Formerly highest ranked Bosnian player (until 1994) - 2650 (Now Predrag Nikolić - 2676, 2004–10)
|
99=
|
|
Ferenc Berkes
|
2706
|
2011-09
|
1985
|
|
|
99=
|
|
Sergei Rublevsky
|
2706
|
2013-11
|
1974
|
|
|
102=
|
|
Mikhail Tal
|
2705
|
1980-01
|
1936
|
1992
|
Former world champion (1960–1961)
|
102=
|
|
Vadim Milov
|
2705
|
2008-07
|
1972
|
|
Highest ranked Swiss player
|
102=
|
|
Boris Grachev
|
2705
|
2012-03
|
1986
|
|
|
102=
|
|
Jon Ludvig Hammer
|
2705
|
2016-02
|
1990
|
|
|
106
|
|
Viktor Laznicka
|
2704
|
2012-01
|
1989
|
|
|
107=
|
|
Emil Sutovsky
|
2703
|
2012-01
|
1977
|
|
|
107=
|
|
Markus Ragger
|
2703
|
2017-02
|
1988
|
|
Highest ranked Austrian player
|
107=
|
|
Vladislav Kovalev
|
2703
|
2019-02
|
1994
|
|
Highest ranked Belarusian player
|
107=
|
|
Ivan Šarić
|
2703
|
2019-03
|
1990
|
|
Highest ranked Croatian player
|
107=
|
|
David Antón Guijarro
|
2703
|
2020-03
|
1995
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Michał Krasenkow
|
2702
|
2000-07
|
1963
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Ilia Smirin
|
2702
|
2001-07
|
1968
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Alexander Khalifman
|
2702
|
2001-10
|
1966
|
|
Former FIDE World Champion (1999–2000)
|
112=
|
|
Zurab Azmaiparashvili
|
2702
|
2003-07
|
1960
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Romain Edouard
|
2702
|
2014-06
|
1990
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Igor Kovalenko
|
2702
|
2015-08
|
1988
|
|
|
112=
|
|
Gabriel Sargissian
|
2702
|
2015-12
|
1983
|
|
|
119=
|
|
Alexander Onischuk
|
2701
|
2010-07
|
1975
|
|
|
119=
|
|
Baskaran Adhiban
|
2701
|
2019-04
|
1992
|
|
|
119=
|
|
Jorden van Foreest
|
2701
|
2021-03
|
1999
|
|
One of the two latest players to attain a 2700+ rating, in March 2021
|
123=
|
|
Peter Heine Nielsen
|
2700
|
2010-07
|
1973
|
|
Highest ranked Danish player
|
123=
|
|
Igor Lysyj
|
2700
|
2015-01
|
1987
|
|
|