by Here is the list of top 100 Chess Players Worldwide in August 2024. GM Magnus Carlson is still the top chess player in the world with 2832 rating. GM Hikaru Nakamura is the second top chess player with 2802 rating.
Indian GM Arjun Erigaisi is 4th top chess player in the world with 2778 rating points. GM Gukesh D is the 6th top player with 2766 rating.
List of top 100 chess players in the world with Current Rating
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2832 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2802 |
| 3 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2793 |
| 4 | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2778 |
| 5 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2767 |
| 6 | Gukesh D | IND | 2766 |
| 7 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2762 |
| 8 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2762 |
| 9 | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2751 |
| 10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2751 |
| 11 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2751 |
| 12 | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2749 |
| 13 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2748 |
| 14 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2746 |
| 15 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2745 |
| 16 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2741 |
| 17 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2733 |
| 18 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2733 |
| 19 | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2729 |
| 20 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2723 |
| 21 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2721 |
| 22 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2720 |
| 23 | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2719 |
| 24 | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2717 |
| 25 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2715 |
| 26 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2712 |
| 27 | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2711 |
| 28 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2708 |
| 29 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2703 |
| 30 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2703 |
| 31 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | IND | 2703 |
| 32 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2701 |
| 33 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2700 |
| 34 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2700 |
| 35 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2699 |
| 36 | Svidler, Peter | FID | 2698 |
| 37 | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2696 |
| 38 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2693 |
| 39 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2692 |
| 40 | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2689 |
| 41 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2687 |
| 42 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2685 |
| 43 | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2685 |
| 44 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2683 |
| 45 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2681 |
| 46 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2680 |
| 47 | Alekseenko, Kirill | AUT | 2679 |
| 48 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2678 |
| 49 | Vitiugov, Nikita | ENG | 2678 |
| 50 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2677 |
| 51 | Warmerdam, Max | NED | 2676 |
| 52 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2675 |
| 53 | Navara, David | CZE | 2674 |
| 54 | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2674 |
| 55 | Shevchenko, Kirill | ROU | 2673 |
| 56 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2672 |
| 57 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2672 |
| 58 | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2671 |
| 59 | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2669 |
| 60 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2669 |
| 61 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2668 |
| 62 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | ARM | 2667 |
| 63 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2667 |
| 64 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2667 |
| 65 | Liang, Awonder | USA | 2666 |
| 66 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2665 |
| 67 | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2662 |
| 68 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2659 |
| 69 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2658 |
| 70 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2657 |
| 71 | Kollars, Dmitrij | GER | 2656 |
| 72 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2655 |
| 73 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2655 |
| 74 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2654 |
| 75 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2653 |
| 76 | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2653 |
| 77 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2652 |
| 78 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2651 |
| 79 | Sjugirov, Sanan | HUN | 2651 |
| 80 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | FID | 2650 |
| 81 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2650 |
| 82 | Narayanan S L | IND | 2649 |
| 83 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2649 |
| 84 | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2649 |
| 85 | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2649 |
| 86 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2648 |
| 87 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | UKR | 2648 |
| 88 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2648 |
| 89 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2647 |
| 90 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2646 |
| 91 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | 2646 |
| 92 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | BUL | 2643 |
| 93 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2643 |
| 94 | Brkic, Ante | CRO | 2642 |
| 95 | Malakhov, Vladimir | FID | 2642 |
| 96 | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2641 |
| 97 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2640 |
| 98 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2640 |
| 99 | Pichot, Alan | ESP | 2638 |
| 100 | Ma, Qun | CHN | 2638 |
| 101 | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2638 |
