by Find the latest updated chess ratings of the world’s best chess players (Carlsen, Caruana, Ding, …) as per May 2021 FIDE rating.
| # | Name | Fed | Rating | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | NOR | 2847 | 1990 |
| 2 | Caruana, Fabiano | USA | 2820 | 1992 |
| 3 | Ding, Liren | CHN | 2799 | 1992 |
| 4 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | RUS | 2792 | 1990 |
| 5 | Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2781 | 1982 |
| 6 | Giri, Anish | NED | 2780 | 1994 |
| 7 | Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2776 | 1983 |
| 8 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2770 | 1985 |
| 9 | So, Wesley | USA | 2770 | 1993 |
| 10 | Radjabov, Teimour | AZE | 2765 | 1987 |
| 11 | Rapport, Richard | HUN | 2763 | 1996 |
| 12 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | FRA | 2760 | 1990 |
| 13 | Firouzja, Alireza | FID | 2759 | 2003 |
| 14 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | USA | 2758 | 1983 |
| 15 | Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2757 | 1990 |
| 16 | Anand, Viswanathan | IND | 2753 | 1969 |
| 17 | Wang, Hao | CHN | 2744 | 1989 |
| 18 | Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2736 | 1987 |
| 19 | Topalov, Veselin | BUL | 2735 | 1975 |
| 20 | Wei, Yi | CHN | 2732 | 1999 |
| 21 | Harikrishna, Pentala | IND | 2730 | 1986 |
| 22 | Duda, Jan-Krzysztof | POL | 2729 | 1998 |
| 23 | Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi | IND | 2726 | 1994 |
| 24 | Andreikin, Dmitry | RUS | 2725 | 1990 |
| 25 | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2716 | 1971 |
| 26 | Vitiugov, Nikita | RUS | 2715 | 1987 |
| 27 | Svidler, Peter | RUS | 2714 | 1976 |
| 28 | Dubov, Daniil | RUS | 2710 | 1996 |
| 29 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | ESP | 2710 | 1982 |
| 30 | Artemiev, Vladislav | RUS | 2709 | 1998 |
| 31 | Le, Quang Liem | VIE | 2709 | 1991 |
| 32 | Xiong, Jeffery | USA | 2709 | 2000 |
| 33 | Yu, Yangyi | CHN | 2709 | 1994 |
| 34 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | RUS | 2706 | 1987 |
| 35 | Bu, Xiangzhi | CHN | 2705 | 1985 |
| 36 | Amin, Bassem | EGY | 2701 | 1988 |
| 37 | Esipenko, Andrey | RUS | 2701 | 2002 |
| 38 | Van Foreest, Jorden | NED | 2701 | 1999 |
| 39 | Alekseenko, Kirill | RUS | 2699 | 1997 |
| 40 | Kryvoruchko, Yuriy | UKR | 2699 | 1986 |
| 41 | Maghsoodloo, Parham | IRI | 2698 | 2000 |
| 42 | Navara, David | CZE | 2697 | 1985 |
| 43 | Sadler, Matthew D | ENG | 2694 | 1974 |
| 44 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | POL | 2694 | 1987 |
| 45 | Shankland, Sam | USA | 2691 | 1991 |
| 46 | Predke, Alexandr | RUS | 2690 | 1994 |
| 47 | Matlakov, Maxim | RUS | 2688 | 1991 |
| 48 | Almasi, Zoltan | HUN | 2687 | 1976 |
| 49 | Areshchenko, Alexander | UKR | 2687 | 1986 |
| 50 | Fedoseev, Vladimir | RUS | 2687 | 1995 |
| 51 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | RUS | 2684 | 1983 |
| 52 | Korobov, Anton | UKR | 2683 | 1985 |
| 53 | Li, Chao b | CHN | 2683 | 1989 |
| 54 | Salem, A.R. Saleh | UAE | 2682 | 1993 |
| 55 | Sargissian, Gabriel | ARM | 2682 | 1983 |
| 56 | Ragger, Markus | AUT | 2680 | 1988 |
| 57 | Nyzhnyk, Illya | UKR | 2679 | 1996 |
| 58 | Bacrot, Etienne | FRA | 2678 | 1983 |
| 59 | Ivanchuk, Vasyl | UKR | 2678 | 1969 |
| 60 | Jones, Gawain C B | ENG | 2677 | 1987 |
| 61 | Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2676 | 1968 |
| 62 | McShane, Luke J | ENG | 2674 | 1984 |
| 63 | Anton Guijarro, David | ESP | 2673 | 1995 |
| 64 | Berkes, Ferenc | HUN | 2673 | 1985 |
| 65 | Robson, Ray | USA | 2673 | 1994 |
| 66 | Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2672 | 1983 |
| 67 | Grandelius, Nils | SWE | 2670 | 1993 |
| 68 | Bluebaum, Matthias | GER | 2669 | 1997 |
| 69 | Wang, Yue | CHN | 2669 | 1987 |
| 70 | Cheparinov, Ivan | BUL | 2667 | 1986 |
| 71 | Ni, Hua | CHN | 2667 | 1983 |
| 72 | Abasov, Nijat | AZE | 2665 | 1995 |
| 73 | Guseinov, Gadir | AZE | 2665 | 1986 |
| 74 | Kamsky, Gata | USA | 2665 | 1974 |
| 75 | Malakhov, Vladimir | RUS | 2665 | 1980 |
| 76 | Leko, Peter | HUN | 2663 | 1979 |
| 77 | Sjugirov, Sanan | RUS | 2663 | 1993 |
| 78 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | UZB | 2662 | 1979 |
| 79 | Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2662 | 1972 |
| 80 | Donchenko, Alexander | GER | 2660 | 1998 |
| 81 | Adhiban, B. | IND | 2660 | 1992 |
| 82 | Sevian, Samuel | USA | 2660 | 2000 |
| 83 | Morozevich, Alexander | RUS | 2659 | 1977 |
| 84 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2658 | 1994 |
| 85 | Howell, David W L | ENG | 2658 | 1990 |
| 86 | Lupulescu, Constantin | ROU | 2656 | 1984 |
| 87 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | GER | 2656 | 1976 |
| 88 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | RUS | 2654 | 1985 |
| 89 | Mamedov, Rauf | AZE | 2654 | 1988 |
| 90 | Cori, Jorge | PER | 2652 | 1995 |
| 91 | Oparin, Grigoriy | RUS | 2652 | 1997 |
| 92 | Rakhmanov, Aleksandr | RUS | 2651 | 1989 |
| 93 | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2650 | 1986 |
| 94 | Melkumyan, Hrant | ARM | 2649 | 1989 |
| 95 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | AZE | 2649 | 1985 |
| 96 | Sarana, Alexey | RUS | 2649 | 2000 |
| 97 | Swiercz, Dariusz | USA | 2649 | 1994 |
| 98 | Najer, Evgeniy | RUS | 2648 | 1977 |
| 99 | Dreev, Aleksey | RUS | 2647 | 1969 |
| 100 | Grigoryan, Karen H. | ARM | 2647 | 1995 |
| 101 | Laznicka, Viktor | CZE | 2647 | 1988 |
| 102 | Movsesian, Sergei | ARM | 2647 | 1978 |
| 103 | Paravyan, David | RUS | 2647 | 1998 |
| 104 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | IND | 2647 | 1981 |
