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Home  »  FIDE World Cup  »  FIDE Ranking

FIDE World Chess Rankings 2026

The FIDE World Chess Rankings 2026 highlight the top-rated chess players across the globe based on their official FIDE ratings. These rankings reflect the performance of grandmasters and rising stars in recent international tournaments. Updated monthly, the list features chess legends like Magnus Carlsen and exciting young talents such as Praggnanandhaa R and Gukesh D, who continue to shape the modern chess world. Explore the top-rated players, their countries, and ratings as recognized by FIDE — the International Chess Federation.

Top 100 Rated Chess Players - March 2026

Rank Name Country Rating
1
NOR Flag Carlsen, Magnus
NOR 2840
2
USA Flag Nakamura, Hikaru
USA 2810
3
USA Flag Caruana, Fabiano
USA 2795
4
GER Flag Keymer, Vincent
GER 2776
5
IND Flag Erigaisi Arjun
IND 2775
6
FRA Flag Firouzja, Alireza
FRA 2762
7
IND Flag Praggnanandhaa R
IND 2761
8
NED Flag Giri, Anish
NED 2760
9
CHN Flag Wei, Yi
CHN 2754
10
IND Flag Gukesh D
IND 2754
11
USA Flag So, Wesley
USA 2753
12
IND Flag Anand, Viswanathan
IND 2743
13
HUN Flag Rapport, Richard
HUN 2741
14
USA Flag Dominguez Perez, Leinier
USA 2738
15
FRA Flag Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
FRA 2734
16
CHN Flag Ding, Liren
CHN 2734
17
UZB Flag Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
UZB 2732
18
VIE Flag Le, Quang Liem
VIE 2731
19
AZE Flag Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
AZE 2730
20
USA Flag Aronian, Levon
USA 2729
21
POL Flag Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
POL 2729
22
UZB Flag Sindarov, Javokhir
UZB 2726
23
USA Flag Niemann, Hans Moke
USA 2725
24
RUS Flag Nepomniachtchi, Ian
RUS 2723
25
CHN Flag Yu, Yangyi
CHN 2717
26
FID Flag Andreikin, Dmitry
FID 2710
27
USA Flag Liang, Awonder
USA 2708
28
IRI Flag Maghsoodloo, Parham
IRI 2708
29
IND Flag Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi
IND 2708
30
SLO Flag Fedoseev, Vladimir
SLO 2705
31
IND Flag Aravindh, Chithambaram VR.
IND 2703
32
IND Flag Nihal Sarin
IND 2701
33
IRI Flag Tabatabaei, M. Amin
IRI 2700
34
RUS Flag Esipenko, Andrey
RUS 2698
35
IND Flag Harikrishna, Pentala
IND 2693
36
NED Flag Van Foreest, Jorden
NED 2692
37
AZE Flag Radjabov, Teimour
AZE 2692
38
UZB Flag Yakubboev, Nodirbek
UZB 2691
39
USA Flag Sevian, Samuel
USA 2688
40
CHN Flag Wang, Hao
CHN 2687
41
UKR Flag Kovalenko, Igor
UKR 2682
42
FID Flag Svidler, Peter
FID 2682
43
GER Flag Bluebaum, Matthias
GER 2679
44
HUN Flag Leko, Peter
HUN 2676
45
SRB Flag Sarana, Alexey
SRB 2673
46
RUS Flag Dubov, Daniil
RUS 2672
47
UZB Flag Kasimdzhanov, Rustam
UZB 2671
48
ENG Flag Howell, David W L
ENG 2668
49
MEX Flag Martinez Alcantara, Jose Eduardo
MEX 2667
50
POL Flag Wojtaszek, Radoslaw
POL 2667
51
CRO Flag Saric, Ivan
CRO 2665
52
ARM Flag Sargsyan, Shant
ARM 2665
53
CHN Flag Bu, Xiangzhi
CHN 2665
54
USA Flag Shankland, Sam
USA 2664
55
SWE Flag Grandelius, Nils
SWE 2664
56
GER Flag Donchenko, Alexander
GER 2661
57
IND Flag Karthikeyan, Murali
IND 2660
58
AUT Flag Alekseenko, Kirill
AUT 2659
59
TUR Flag Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
TUR 2658
60
USA Flag Oparin, Grigoriy
USA 2658
61
CZE Flag Nguyen, Thai Dai Van
CZE 2657
62
HUN Flag Gledura, Benjamin
HUN 2656
63
ENG Flag Vitiugov, Nikita
ENG 2656
64
UKR Flag Eljanov, Pavel
UKR 2656
65
NOR Flag Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian
NOR 2655
66
RUS Flag Grischuk, Alexander
RUS 2654
67
GER Flag Svane, Frederik
GER 2653
68
ENG Flag Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B
ENG 2653
69
RUS Flag Inarkiev, Ernesto
RUS 2653
70
USA Flag Xiong, Jeffery
USA 2652
71
ROU Flag Deac, Bogdan-Daniel
ROU 2652
72
GRE Flag Theodorou, Nikolas
GRE 2652
73
USA Flag Robson, Ray
USA 2650
74
RUS Flag Morozevich, Alexander
RUS 2650
75
FID Flag Murzin, Volodar
FID 2648
76
ESP Flag Anton Guijarro, David
ESP 2646
77
TUR Flag Gurel, Ediz
TUR 2645
78
AZE Flag Mamedov, Rauf
AZE 2645
79
AZE Flag Safarli, Eltaj
AZE 2644
80
ESP Flag Vallejo Pons, Francisco
ESP 2644
81
CHN Flag Lu, Shanglei
CHN 2643
82
CZE Flag Navara, David
CZE 2642
83
IND Flag Pranav, V
IND 2641
84
RUS Flag Artemiev, Vladislav
RUS 2641
85
UZB Flag Vokhidov, Shamsiddin
UZB 2641
86
UKR Flag Ponomariov, Ruslan
UKR 2639
87
IND Flag Sadhwani, Raunak
IND 2638
88
NOR Flag Tari, Aryan
NOR 2636
89
USA Flag Mishra, Abhimanyu
USA 2636
90
UAE Flag Salem, A.R. Saleh
UAE 2635
91
SRB Flag Indjic, Aleksandar
SRB 2635
92
FID Flag Malakhov, Vladimir
FID 2634
93
ISR Flag Gelfand, Boris
ISR 2633
94
FID Flag Grebnev, Aleksey
FID 2632
95
SLO Flag Demchenko, Anton
SLO 2631
96
NED Flag L'Ami, Erwin
NED 2631
97
ENG Flag Adams, Michael
ENG 2630
98
GER Flag Kollars, Dmitrij
GER 2629
99
AZE Flag Suleymanli, Aydin
AZE 2628
100
FRA Flag Bacrot, Etienne
FRA 2628
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