FIDE rankings

Last updated November 01, 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	11
China	6
Russia	6
Uzbekistan	5
Azerbaijan	4
England	4
FIDE	4
Germany	4
France	3
Hungary	3
Norway	3
Serbia	3
Spain	3
Ukraine	3
Other	26

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2839
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2813
3	Fabiano Caruana	2795
4	Vincent Keymer	2773
5	Anish Giri	2769
6	Arjun Erigaisi	2769
7	R Praggnanandhaa	2768
8	Wesley So	2764
9	Gukesh Dommaraju	2763
10	Alireza Firouzja	2762
11	Wei Yi	2753
12	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2750
13	Viswanathan Anand	2743
14	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2742
15	Richárd Rapport	2740
16	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2740
17	Leinier Domínguez	2738
18	Ding Liren	2738
19	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2732
20	Hans Moke Niemann	2729

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	8
Poland	7
FIDE	6
United States	6
France	5
Georgia	5
Russia	5
Ukraine	5
Kazakhstan	4
Azerbaijan	3
Bulgaria	3
Hungary	3
Other	26

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

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2620
2	Zhu Jiner	2579
3	Lei Tingjie	2569
4	Ju Wenjun	2565
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2540
6	Koneru Humpy	2535
7	Tan Zhongyi	2524
8	Anna Muzychuk	2518
9	Kateryna Lagno	2517
10	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2513
11	Divya Deshmukh	2505
12	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2483
13	Stavroula Tsolakidou	2479
14	Alina Kashlinskaya	2475
15	Mariya Muzychuk	2475
16	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2473
17	Polina Shuvalova	2472
18	Nana Dzagnidze	2469
19	Harika Dronavalli	2466
20	Nino Batsiashvili	2461

Top juniors

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	22
United States	11
FIDE	8
Poland	6
France	5
Turkey	5
China	4
Azerbaijan	3
Iran	3
Norway	3
Spain	3
Ukraine	3
Uzbekistan	3
Other	21

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 November 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	R Praggnanandhaa	2768
2	Gukesh D	2763
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2721
4	Volodar Murzin	2655
5	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2651
6	Ediz Gürel	2648
7	Abhimanyu Mishra	2642
8	Pranav V	2641
9	Raunak Sadhwani	2641
10	Pranesh M	2630
11	Aditya Mittal	2624
12	Aydin Suleymanli	2622
13	Leon Luke Mendonca	2620
14	Aleksey Grebnev	2617
15	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2611
16	Christopher Yoo	2607
17	Andy Woodward	2605
18	Denis Lazavik	2605
19	Bardiya Daneshvar	2602
20	Daniel Dardha	2598

Top girls

Best Performing Countries – Girls^[4]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	13
Kazakhstan	10
United States	8
FIDE	7
China	5
Mongolia	5
France	4
Germany	3
Peru	3
Poland	3
Turkey	3
Ukraine	3
Uzbekistan	3
Other	30

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 November 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2505
2	Song Yuxin	2448
3	Lu Miaoyi	2440
4	Anna Shukhman	2418
5	Alice Lee	2408
6	Afruza Khamdamova	2403
7	Eline Roebers	2392
8	Zsóka Gaál	2383
9	Rakshitta Ravi	2381
10	Zoey Tang	2381
11	Xeniya Balabayeva	2360
12	Nadya Toncheva	2352
13	Bat-Erdene Mungunzul	2350
14	Rose Atwell	2349
15	Alua Nurman	2344
16	Meruert Kamalidenova	2343
17	Melika Mohammadi	2342
18	Manon Schippke	2339
19	Machteld van Foreest	2337
20	Rachael Li	2325

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 November 2025 as follows:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2729
2	India	2717
3	China	2667
4	Russia	2651
5	Germany	2634
6	France	2629
7	Ukraine	2626
8	Azerbaijan	2625
9	Spain	2616
10	Hungary	2616
11	Netherlands	2616
12	Uzbekistan	2607
13	Armenia	2602
14	Norway	2595
15	Poland	2590
16	England	2588
17	Israel	2570
18	Iran	2565
19	Serbia	2562
20	Turkey	2556

References

1 2 "Top 100 Players November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
1 2 "Top 100 Women November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
1 2 "Top 100 Juniors November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
1 2 "Top 100 Girls November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
↑ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

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[Open-1] 1 2 "Top 100 Players November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

[Women-2] 1 2 "Top 100 Women November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

[Juniors-3] 1 2 "Top 100 Juniors November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

[Girls-4] 1 2 "Top 100 Girls November 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

[5] "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 31 October 2025.

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