FIDE rankings

Last updated August 27, 2025

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	12
India	10
China	6
Russia	6
Uzbekistan	5
FIDE	4
Germany	4
Hungary	4
France	4
England	4
Spain	4
Armenia	4
Azerbaijan	3
Serbia	3
Iran	3
Norway	3
Ukraine	3
Other	22

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 August 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2839
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2807
3	Fabiano Caruana	2784
4	R Praggnanandhaa	2779
5	Arjun Erigaisi	2776
6	Gukesh Dommaraju	2776
7	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2771
8	Alireza Firouzja	2766
9	Wei Yi	2753
10	Anish Giri	2748
11	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2746
12	Wesley So	2745
13	Viswanathan Anand	2743
14	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2742
15	Leinier Domínguez Pérez	2738
16	Levon Aronian	2737
17	Hans Niemann	2736
18	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2736
19	Ding Liren	2734
20	Vladimir Fedoseev	2731

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	9
Poland	7
Russia	6
Ukraine	6
FIDE	6
Georgia	5
Azerbaijan	5
United States	5
France	4
Germany	4
Other	29

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 August 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2609
2	Ju Wenjun	2570
3	Lei Tingjie	2565
4	Tan Zhongyi	2539
5	Zhu Jiner	2536
6	Humpy Koneru	2535
7	Anna Muzychuk	2535
8	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2528
9	Kateryna Lagno	2505
10	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2505
11	Nana Dzagnidze	2500
12	Harika Dronavalli	2487
13	Mariya Muzychuk	2484
14	Polina Shuvalova	2480
15	Divya Deshmukh	2478
16	Yuliia Osmak	2478
17	Leya Garifullina	2477
18	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2476
19	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2473
20	Carissa Yip	2458

Top juniors

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	20
United States	11
FIDE	8
China	6
Turkey	5
France	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	4
Azerbaijan	3
Iran	3
Ukraine	3
Norway	3
Israel	3
Other	23

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 August 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	R Praggnanandhaa	2779
2	Gukesh Dommaraju	2776
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2722
4	Volodar Murzin	2678
5	Raunak Sadhwani	2676
6	Ediz Gürel	2652
7	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2642
8	Bardiya Daneshvar	2625
9	Daniel Dardha	2616
10	Abhimanyu Mishra	2610
11	Aydin Suleymanli	2609
12	Christopher Yoo	2607
13	Leon Luke Mendonca	2606
14	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2604
15	Pranav V	2597
16	Aleksey Grebnev	2595
17	Pranav Anand	2590
18	Pranesh M	2589
19	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2586
20	Elham Amar	2584

Top girls

Best Performing Countries – Girls^[4]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	11
India	10
FIDE	9
Kazakhstan	9
China	6
Mongolia	4
Ukraine	4
Poland	4
Germany	3
Uzbekistan	3
Israel	3
Argentina	3
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 August 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2478
2	Lu Miaoyi	2439
3	Anna Shukhman	2420
4	Song Yuxin	2414
5	Afruza Khamdamova	2409
6	Alice Lee	2403
7	Zoey Tang	2381
8	Zsóka Gaál	2376
9	Manon Schippke	2374
10	Xeniya Balabayeva	2371
11	Eline Roebers	2360
12	Prishita Gupta	2353
13	Meruert Kamalidenova	2349
14	Zarina Nurgaliyeva	2345
15	Nadya Toncheva	2344
16	Rachael Li	2334
17	Mariia Manko	2332
18	Bat-Erdene Mungunzul	2328
19	Savitha Shri Baskar	2326
20	Rakshitta Ravi	2326

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 as follows on 1 August 2025:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2728
2	India	2725
3	China	2670
4	Russia	2651
5	Germany	2631
6	Ukraine	2630
7	France	2629
8	Azerbaijan	2623
9	Hungary	2622
10	Netherlands	2615
11	Spain	2614
12	Armenia	2603
13	Uzbekistan	2602
14	Norway	2593
15	England	2592
16	Poland	2590
17	Israel	2586
18	Serbia	2569
19	Romania	2563
20	Iran	2559

References

1 2 "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
1 2 "Standard Top 100 Women July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
1 2 "Standard Top 100 Juniors July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
1 2 "Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
↑ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

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[Open-1] 1 2 "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[Women-2] 1 2 "Standard Top 100 Women July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[Juniors-3] 1 2 "Standard Top 100 Juniors July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[Girls-4] 1 2 "Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

[5] "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 1 August 2025.

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