See who made the list of the top 100 chess players in October 2024 and who jumped in rankings. The list highlights the players who performed exceptionally well in various chess tournaments, earning them a spot among the top 100 globally. These rankings are based on their ratings, which reflect their performance against other skilled opponents. In top 5, there are now 2 Indian GM, Arjun Erigaisi is 3rd and D Gukesh at 5th.
List of top 100 chess players Worldwide
Rank | Name | Fed | Rating |
1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2831 |
2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2802 |
3 | Erigaisi Arjun | IND | 2797 |
4 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2796 |
5 | Gukesh D | IND | 2794 |
6 | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | UZB | 2783 |
7 | Firouzja, Alireza | FRA | 2767 |
8 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2763 |
9 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2755 |
10 | So, Wesley | USA | 2751 |
11 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2751 |
12 | Praggnanandhaa R | IND | 2746 |
13 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2741 |
14 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2740 |
15 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2739 |
16 | Aronian, Levon | USA | 2738 |
17 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2735 |
18 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2733 |
19 | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2733 |
20 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2728 |
21 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2728 |
22 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2726 |
23 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2721 |
24 | Keymer, Vincent | GER | 2721 |
25 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2719 |
26 | Sarana, Alexey | SRB | 2717 |
27 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2717 |
28 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2703 |
29 | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2702 |
30 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2701 |
31 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2700 |
32 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | SLO | 2698 |
33 | Aravindh, Chithambaram VR. | IND | 2698 |
34 | Svidler, Peter | FID | 2698 |
35 | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2697 |
36 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2693 |
37 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2693 |
38 | Deac, Bogdan-Daniel | ROU | 2691 |
39 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2690 |
40 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2689 |
41 | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2689 |
42 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2688 |
43 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2685 |
44 | Navara, David | CZE | 2683 |
45 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2681 |
46 | Alekseenko, Kirill | AUT | 2679 |
47 | Predke, Alexandr | SRB | 2677 |
48 | Liang, Awonder | USA | 2677 |
49 | Esipenko, Andrey | FID | 2677 |
50 | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2677 |
51 | Martirosyan, Haik M. | ARM | 2676 |
52 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2673 |
53 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2673 |
54 | Saric, Ivan | CRO | 2673 |
55 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2672 |
56 | Sindarov, Javokhir | UZB | 2668 |
57 | Vokhidov, Shamsiddin | UZB | 2668 |
58 | Nihal Sarin | IND | 2668 |
59 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2667 |
60 | Vitiugov, Nikita | ENG | 2667 |
61 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2666 |
62 | Nguyen, Thai Dai Van | CZE | 2663 |
63 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2662 |
64 | Oparin, Grigoriy | USA | 2662 |
65 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2660 |
66 | Sadhwani, Raunak | IND | 2659 |
67 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2658 |
68 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2658 |
69 | Shevchenko, Kirill | ROU | 2656 |
70 | Sargsyan, Shant | ARM | 2655 |
71 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | UKR | 2655 |
72 | Svane, Frederik | GER | 2655 |
73 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2655 |
74 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2655 |
75 | Yakubboev, Nodirbek | UZB | 2654 |
76 | Warmerdam, Max | NED | 2653 |
77 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2653 |
78 | Christiansen, Johan-Sebastian | NOR | 2650 |
79 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2650 |
80 | Bjerre, Jonas Buhl | DEN | 2650 |
81 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2650 |
82 | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2649 |
83 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2648 |
84 | Murzin, Volodar | FID | 2648 |
85 | Kollars, Dmitrij | GER | 2647 |
86 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2646 |
87 | Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2646 |
88 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | 2646 |
89 | Pichot, Alan | ESP | 2644 |
90 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2643 |
91 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2643 |
92 | Malakhov, Vladimir | FID | 2642 |
93 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2640 |
94 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2640 |
95 | Narayanan S L | IND | 2640 |
96 | Gledura, Benjamin | HUN | 2639 |
97 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2639 |
98 | Puranik, Abhimanyu | IND | 2639 |
99 | Ma, Qun | CHN | 2638 |
100 | Suleymanli, Aydin | AZE | 2637 |
101 | Sjugirov, Sanan | HUN | 2637 |
102 | Najer, Evgeniy | FID | 2637 |