FIDE rankings

Last updated January 01, 2026

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.

Top players

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	13
India	12
Russia	7
China	5
Uzbekistan	5
Azerbaijan	5
Germany	5
Germany	5
England	4
FIDE	3
Hungary	3
Norway	3
Ukraine	3
Serbia	3
France	2
Other	22

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 January 2026 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2840
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2810
3	Fabiano Caruana	2795
4	Vincent Keymer	2776
5	Arjun Erigaisi	2775
6	Anish Giri	2760
7	Alireza Firouzja	2759
8	R Praggnanandhaa	2758
9	Gukesh Dommaraju	2754
10	Wei Yi	2754
11	Wesley So	2753
12	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2751
13	Viswanathan Anand	2743
14	Richárd Rapport	2741
15	Leinier Domínguez	2738
16	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2734
17	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2731
18	Lê Quang Liêm	2731
19	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2730
20	Levon Aronian	2729

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	17
India	7
Russia	6
United States	6
Ukraine	6
Georgia	5
Poland	5
Kazakhstan	5
France	4
Azerbaijan	4
Armenia	3
Bulgaria	2
Hungary	2
Other	28

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 January 2026 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2613
2	Zhu Jiner	2579
3	Lei Tingjie	2569
4	Ju Wenjun	2565
5	Koneru Humpy	2535
6	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2534
7	Tan Zhongyi	2524
8	Anna Muzychuk	2522
9	Kateryna Lagno	2508
10	Polina Shuvalova	2502
11	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2497
12	Divya Deshmukh	2497
13	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2483
14	Stavroula Tsolakidou	2479
15	Alina Kashlinskaya	2475
16	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2473
17	Nana Dzagnidze	2469
18	Carissa Yip	2466
19	Harika Dronavalli	2466
20	Mariya Muzychuk	2463

Top juniors

Best Performing Federations – Juniors^[3]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	18
United States	10
RUS	10
Turkey	7
China	7
Poland	5
France	5
Iran	4
Ukraine	3
Uzbekistan	3
Spain	2
Norway	2
Other	24

Juniors are considered to be players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 January 2026 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh D	2754
2	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2658
3	Volodar Murzin	2652
4	Ediz Gürel	2645
5	Pranav V	2641
6	Abhimanyu Mishra	2629
7	Pranesh M	2628
8	Aleksey Grebnev	2621
9	Leon Luke Mendonca	2615
10	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2611
11	Aditya Mittal	2610
12	Andy Woodward	2608
13	Christopher Yoo	2607
14	Pranav Anand	2606
15	Denis Lazavik	2605
16	Ihor Samunenkov	2599
17	Bardiya Daneshvar	2598
18	Sina Movahed	2596
19	Bharath Subramaniyam	2595
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2592

Top girls

Best Performing Federations – Girls^[4]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	11
United States	10
FIDE	10
China	7
Kazakhstan	6
Uzbekistan	5
Ukraine	4
Poland	3
Mongolia	3
France	3
Turkey	3
Germany	2
Peru	2
Other	31

Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 January 2026 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Lu Miaoyi	2431
2	Anna Shukhman	2431
3	Alice Lee	2408
4	Afruza Khamdamova	2403
5	Eline Roebers	2398
6	Zsóka Gaál	2377
7	Alua Nurman	2363
8	Savitha Shri Baskar	2356
9	Zoey Tang	2356
10	Amina Kairbekova	2348
11	Melika Mohammadi	2342
12	Manon Schippke	2335
13	Umida Omonova	2334
14	Elnaz Kaliakhmet	2330
15	Machteld van Foreest	2330
16	Guldona Karimova	2323
17	Rachael Li	2322
18	Marija Kuznecova	2312
19	Diana Khafizova	2294
20	Bozhena Piddubna	2291

Top federations

Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations in Open were ranked on 1 January 2026 as follows:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2727
2	India	2712
3	China	2653
4	Russia	2652
5	Germany	2638
6	France	2627
7	Azerbaijan	2625
8	Ukraine	2623
9	Hungary	2620
10	Netherlands	2617
11	Spain	2615
12	Uzbekistan	2606
13	Armenia	2602
14	Norway	2593
15	England	2589
16	Poland	2587
17	Iran	2572
18	Israel	2572
19	Serbia	2564
20	Turkey	2558

References

1 2 "Top 100 Players January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Women January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Juniors January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Girls January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
↑ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

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[Open-1] 1 2 "Top 100 Players January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

[Women-2] 1 2 "Top 100 Women January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

[Juniors-3] 1 2 "Top 100 Juniors January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

[Girls-4] 1 2 "Top 100 Girls January 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

[5] "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 1 January 2026.

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