Hou Yifan, the Chinese chess grandmaster is the current top women chess player in the world. She has won Women’s World Chess Champion four times. She was the youngest female grandmaster to qualify and the youngest to win the Women’s World Chess Championship.
Indian chess grandmaster Koneru Humpy is the 3rd best ranked women chess player in the world. With current rating 2554 She is the top Indian Women chess player.
List of top 100 women chess players worldwide –
Rank | Women chess player name | Country | Current Rating Dec 2023 |
1 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2632 |
2 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2560 |
3 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2554 |
4 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2553 |
5 | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2550 |
6 | Lagno, Kateryna | RUS | 2542 |
7 | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2530 |
8 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2521 |
9 | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2510 |
10 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2506 |
11 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2501 |
12 | Dronavalli, Harika | IND | 2500 |
13 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2497 |
14 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2481 |
15 | Shuvalova, Polina | RUS | 2475 |
16 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2472 |
17 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | KAZ | 2468 |
18 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | POL | 2468 |
19 | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2467 |
20 | Khotenashvili, Bella | GEO | 2467 |
21 | Arabidze, Meri | GEO | 2462 |
22 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2459 |
23 | Wagner, Dinara | GER | 2452 |
24 | Osmak, Yuliia | UKR | 2452 |
25 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2451 |
26 | Zhao, Xue | CHN | 2450 |
27 | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2449 |
28 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2447 |
29 | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2447 |
30 | Velpula Sarayu | IND | 2444 |
31 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2442 |
32 | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2439 |
33 | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2437 |
34 | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2437 |
35 | Saduakassova, Dinara | KAZ | 2435 |
36 | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2434 |
37 | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2433 |
38 | Krush, Irina | USA | 2430 |
39 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2427 |
40 | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2426 |
41 | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2423 |
42 | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2420 |
43 | Ambartsumova, Karina | RUS | 2418 |
44 | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2415 |
45 | Huang, Qian | CHN | 2410 |
46 | Vantika Agrawal | IND | 2408 |
47 | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2405 |
48 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | 2404 |
49 | Narva, Mai | EST | 2403 |
50 | Ding, Yixin | CHN | 2402 |
51 | Girya, Olga | RUS | 2402 |
52 | Yip, Carissa | USA | 2399 |
53 | Shen, Yang | CHN | 2397 |
54 | Song, Yuxin | CHN | 2397 |
55 | Socko, Monika | POL | 2396 |
56 | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2396 |
57 | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2395 |
58 | Pham, Le Thao Nguyen | VIE | 2395 |
59 | Tania, Sachdev | IND | 2393 |
60 | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2389 |
61 | Wang, Pin | CHN | 2389 |
62 | Roebers, Eline | NED | 2388 |
63 | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2388 |
64 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | HUN | 2387 |
65 | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2386 |
66 | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2385 |
67 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2384 |
68 | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2384 |
69 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2384 |
70 | Kamalidenova, Meruert | KAZ | 2383 |
71 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2381 |
72 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2381 |
73 | Lee, Alice | USA | 2380 |
74 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2379 |
75 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2378 |
76 | Daulyte-Cornette, Deimante | FRA | 2375 |
77 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2374 |
78 | Aulia, Medina Warda | INA | 2372 |
79 | Guo, Qi | CHN | 2372 |
80 | Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann | ESP | 2370 |
81 | Yao, Lan | ENG | 2370 |
82 | Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim | USA | 2370 |
83 | Korneva, Marina | RUS | 2364 |
84 | Kulkarni Bhakti | IND | 2364 |
85 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | ARM | 2364 |
86 | Heinemann, Josefine | GER | 2360 |
87 | Bivol, Alina | FID | 2359 |
88 | Gara, Ticia | HUN | 2359 |
89 | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2358 |
90 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | MGL | 2358 |
91 | Cyfka, Karina | POL | 2358 |
92 | Hejazipour, Mitra | FRA | 2356 |
93 | Wang, Annie | USA | 2356 |
94 | Garcia Martin, Marta | ESP | 2355 |
95 | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2353 |
96 | Padmini, Rout | IND | 2353 |
97 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2350 |
98 | Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE | 2350 |
99 | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2350 |
100 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2350 |
101 | Shvayger, Yuliya | ISR | 2350 |