FIDE rankings

Last updated October 03, 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 October 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2839
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2816
3	Fabiano Caruana	2789
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2773
5	R Praggnanandhaa	2771
6	Alireza Firouzja	2762
7	Anish Giri	2759
8	Wesley So	2756
9	Vincent Keymer	2755
10	Wei Yi	2754
11	Gukesh D	2752
12	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2750
13	Viswanathan Anand	2743
14	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2742
15	Hans Niemann	2738
16	Leinier Domínguez	2738
17	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2737
18	Ding Liren	2738
19	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2732
20	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	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 October 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2617
2	Zhu Jiner	2569
3	Lei Tingjie	2566
4	Ju Wenjun	2564
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2541
6	Koneru Humpy	2535
7	Tan Zhongyi	2532
8	Anna Muzychuk	2525
9	Kateryna Lagno	2517
10	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2513
11	Divya Deshmukh	2498
12	Nana Dzagnidze	2496
13	Mariya Muzychuk	2485
14	Polina Shuvalova	2479
15	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2473
16	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2469
17	Nino Batsiashvili	2469
18	Harika Dronavalli	2466
19	Yuliia Osmak	2464
20	Leya Garifullina	2453

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 October 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	R Praggnanandhaa	2771
2	Gukesh D	2752
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2721
4	Volodar Murzin	2664
5	Abhimanyu Mishra	2652
6	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2651
7	Pranav V	2641
8	Raunak Sadhwani	2641
9	Ediz Gürel	2634
10	Pranesh M	2630
11	Aditya Mittal	2624
12	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2624
13	Leon Luke Mendonca	2620
14	Aydin Suleymanli	2614
15	Aleksey Grebnev	2611
16	Christopher Yoo	2607
17	Daniel Dardha	2605
18	Denis Lazavik	2605
19	Bardiya Daneshvar	2602
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2596

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 1 October 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2498
2	Song Yuxin	2444
3	Lu Miaoyi	2431
4	Afruza Khamdamova	2409
5	Alice Lee	2409
6	Anna Shukhman	2404
7	Zsóka Gaál	2395
8	Eline Roebers	2383
9	Zoey Tang	2381
10	Meruert Kamalidenova	2363
11	Manon Schippke	2359
12	Rose Atwell	2353
13	Prishita Gupta	2353
14	Bat-Erdene Mungunzul	2349
15	Xeniya Balabayeva	2349
16	Alua Nurman	2347
17	Zarina Nurgaliyeva	2344
18	Melika Mohammadi	2342
19	Nadya Toncheva	2332
20	Amina Kairbekova	2324

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 October 2025 as follows:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2729
2	India	2717
3	China	2666
4	Russia	2648
5	Germany	2634
6	France	2631
7	Azerbaijan	2624
8	Ukraine	2623
9	Spain	2617
10	Netherlands	2614
11	Armenia	2606
12	Hungary	2605
13	Uzbekistan	2601
14	Norway	2593
15	Poland	2589
16	England	2588
17	Israel	2572
18	Iran	2562
19	Serbia	2562
20	Romania	2560

References

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

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

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

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

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

[5] "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 2 October 2025.

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