by The list of the top 100 open chess players worldwide rating for May 2024 highlights the best in the game from around the globe. Led by Magnus Carlsen, the reigning World Chess Champion, the ranking features a mix of experienced veterans and up-and-coming talents.
Among the familiar names in the top are Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and Viswanathan Anand, each contributing to the enduring legacy of the sport. Rising stars such as Gukesh D, Arjun Erigaisi, and R Praggnanandhaa demonstrate the evolving nature of chess, with younger players making their mark on the international stage.
List of top 100 open players May 2024
| Rank | Name | Fed | Rating |
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 2830 |
| 2 | Fabiano Caruana | USA | 2805 |
| 3 | Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2794 |
| 4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 2770 |
| 5 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | UZB | 2765 |
| 6 | Gukesh D | IND | 2763 |
| 7 | Liren Ding | CHN | 2762 |
| 8 | Arjun Erigaisi | IND | 2761 |
| 9 | Wesley So | USA | 2757 |
| 10 | Yi Wei | CHN | 2755 |
| 11 | Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2751 |
| 12 | Sergey Karjakin | RUS | 2750 |
| 13 | Leinier Dominguez Perez | USA | 2748 |
| 14 | R Praggnanandhaa | IND | 2747 |
| 15 | Anish Giri | NED | 2745 |
| 16 | Alireza Firouzja | FRA | 2737 |
| 17 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | AZE | 2734 |
| 18 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda | POL | 2733 |
| 19 | Parham Maghsoodloo | IRI | 2732 |
| 20 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | FRA | 2732 |
| 21 | Quang Liem Le | VIE | 2731 |
| 22 | Levon Aronian | USA | 2729 |
| 23 | Yangyi Yu | CHN | 2728 |
| 24 | Alexander Grischuk | RUS | 2728 |
| 25 | Veselin Topalov | BUL | 2727 |
| 26 | Vincent Keymer | GER | 2726 |
| 27 | Teimour Radjabov | AZE | 2723 |
| 28 | Santosh Gujrathi Vidit | IND | 2721 |
| 29 | Richard Rapport | ROU | 2715 |
| 30 | Daniil Dubov | RUS | 2707 |
| 31 | M. Amin Tabatabaei | IRI | 2707 |
| 32 | Alexey Sarana | SRB | 2706 |
| 33 | Vladislav Artemiev | RUS | 2705 |
| 34 | Andrey Esipenko | FID | 2703 |
| 35 | Hao Wang | CHN | 2702 |
| 36 | Vladimir Fedoseev | SLO | 2701 |
| 37 | Pentala Harikrishna | IND | 2699 |
| 38 | Samuel Sevian | USA | 2698 |
| 39 | Ivan Saric | CRO | 2695 |
| 40 | S L Narayanan | IND | 2695 |
| 41 | Ray Robson | USA | 2695 |
| 42 | Bogdan-Daniel Deac | ROU | 2692 |
| 43 | Sanan Sjugirov | HUN | 2691 |
| 44 | Xiangzhi Bu | CHN | 2689 |
| 45 | Peter Svidler | FID | 2689 |
| 46 | Hans Moke Niemann | USA | 2688 |
| 47 | Nikita Vitiugov | ENG | 2688 |
| 48 | Rustam Kasimdzhanov | UZB | 2685 |
| 49 | Etienne Bacrot | FRA | 2684 |
| 50 | Javokhir Sindarov | UZB | 2684 |
| 51 | Bassem Amin | EGY | 2682 |
| 52 | Evgeny Tomashevsky | RUS | 2681 |
| 53 | Sarin Nihal | IND | 2680 |
| 54 | David Navara | CZE | 2678 |
| 55 | Haik M. Martirosyan | ARM | 2678 |
| 56 | Kirill Alekseenko | AUT | 2677 |
| 57 | Kirill Shevchenko | ROU | 2677 |
| 58 | Pavel Eljanov | UKR | 2676 |
| 59 | Grigoriy Oparin | USA | 2676 |
| 60 | Michael Adams | ENG | 2676 |
| 61 | David W L Howell | ENG | 2675 |
| 62 | Gabriel Sargissian | ARM | 2671 |
| 63 | Sam Shankland | USA | 2671 |
| 64 | Radoslaw Wojtaszek | POL | 2671 |
| 65 | Chithambaram VR Aravindh | IND | 2670 |
| 66 | David Anton Guijarro | ESP | 2669 |
| 67 | Alexandr Predke | SRB | 2667 |
| 68 | Alexei Shirov | ESP | 2667 |
| 69 | Andrei Volokitin | UKR | 2667 |
| 70 | Peter Leko | HUN | 2666 |
| 71 | Nodirbek Yakubboev | UZB | 2665 |
| 72 | Jorden Van Foreest | NED | 2664 |
| 73 | Nils Grandelius | SWE | 2664 |
| 74 | Evgeniy Najer | FID | 2663 |
| 75 | Maxim Matlakov | RUS | 2662 |
| 76 | Arkadij Naiditsch | AZE | 2661 |
| 77 | Boris Gelfand | ISR | 2658 |
| 78 | Ernesto Inarkiev | FID | 2658 |
| 79 | Francisco Vallejo Pons | ESP | 2657 |
| 80 | Raunak Sadhwani | IND | 2654 |
| 81 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | DEN | 2653 |
| 82 | Max Warmerdam | NED | 2652 |
| 83 | Johan-Sebastian Christiansen | NOR | 2651 |
| 84 | Anton Korobov | UKR | 2651 |
| 85 | Rauf Mamedov | AZE | 2651 |
| 86 | Daniel Dardha | BEL | 2650 |
| 87 | Samvel Ter-Sahakyan | ARM | 2650 |
| 88 | Yuriy Kryvoruchko | UKR | 2650 |
| 89 | Thai Dai Van Nguyen | CZE | 2649 |
| 90 | Hua Ni | CHN | 2649 |
| 91 | Dmitrij Kollars | GER | 2648 |
| 92 | Vladimir Malakhov | FID | 2648 |
| 93 | Matthias Bluebaum | GER | 2647 |
| 94 | Yue Wang | CHN | 2647 |
| 95 | Maksim Chigaev | ESP | 2646 |
| 96 | Hrant Melkumyan | ARM | 2646 |
| 97 | Ruslan Ponomariov | UKR | 2646 |
| 98 | Chao b Li | CHN | 2645 |
| 99 | Mateusz Bartel | POL | 2645 |
| 100 | Jeffery Xiong | USA | 2645 |
