FIDE rankings

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players. The Elo rating system is used.

Top players

Best Performing Countries – Open^[1]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	12
Russia^[a]	12
China	9
India	9
Ukraine	6
Azerbaijan	5
Spain	4
Uzbekistan	4
France	3
Other	36

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 April 2024 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2830
2	Fabiano Caruana	2803
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2789
4	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2765
5	Ding Liren	2762
6	Alireza Firouzja	2760
7	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2758
8	Wesley So	2757
9	Erigaisi Arjun	2756
10	Wei Yi	2755
11	Viswanathan Anand	2751
12	Sergey Karjakin	2750
13	Leinier Dominguez	2748
14	Praggnanandhaa R	2747
15	Anish Giri	2745
16	Gukesh D	2743
17	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2733
18	Parham Maghsoodloo	2732
19	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2732
20	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2731

Top women

Best Performing Countries – Women^[2]
Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
Russia	14
China	10
Georgia	7
India	7
Poland	7
France	6
Ukraine	5
United States	5
Kazakhstan	4
Armenia	3
Azerbaijan	3
Hungary	3
Mongolia	3
Other	25

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 April 2024 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2632
2	Ju Wenjun	2559
3	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2553
4	Lei Tingjie	2550
5	Koneru Humpy	2546
6	Kateryna Lagno	2542
7	Tan Zhongyi	2521
8	Anna Muzychuk	2520
9	Mariya Muzychuk	2510
10	Nana Dzagnidze	2506
11	Harika Dronavalli	2503
12	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2501
13	Sarasadat Khademalsharieh	2490
14	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2481
15	R. Vaishali	2475
16	Zhansaya Abdumalik	2468
17	Alina Kashlinskaya	2468
18	Zhu Jiner	2463
19	Yuliia Osmak	2459
20	Meri Arabidze	2457

Top juniors

Juniors are considered to be players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 April 2024 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2765
2	Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu	2747
3	Gukesh D	2743
4	Vincent Keymer	2726
5	Nihal Sarin	2698
6	Javokhir Sindarov	2684
7	Raunak Sadhwani	2654
8	Jonas Buhl Bjerre	2646
9	Volodar Murzin	2632
10	Daniel Dardha	2630
11	Frederik Svane	2627
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2626
13	Leon Luke Mendonca	2626
14	Aditya Mittal	2607
15	Aydin Suleymanli	2607
16	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2605
17	Pranav V	2604
18	Bardiya Daneshvar	2584
19	Christopher Yoo	2583
20	Ediz Gurel	2578

Top girls

Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.

The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 April 2024 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2481
2	Lu Miaoyi	2438
3	Leya Garifullina	2427
4	Divya Deshmukh	2427
5	Velpula Sarayu	2382
6	Song Yuxin	2379
7	Alice Lee	2368
8	Meruert Kamalidenova	2368
9	Eline Roebers	2367
10	Chen Yining	2363
11	Savitha Shri B	2363
12	Zsoka Gaal	2356
13	Mariam Mkrtchyan	2354
14	Machteld van Foreest	2332
15	Ning Kaiyu	2308
16	Wang Chuqiao	2302
17	Afruza Khamdamova	2300
18	Candela Francisco	2292
19	Alua Nurman	2289
20	Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova	2289

Top federations

Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations were ranked as follows on 1 March 2024:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2724
2	India	2715
3	China	2684
4	Russia	2684
5	Azerbaijan	2647
6	France	2642
7	Ukraine	2637
8	Germany	2633
9	Armenia	2632
10	Spain	2628
11	Netherlands	2619
12	Hungary	2617
13	Poland	2606
14	England	2598
15	Romania	2598
16	Norway	2596
17	Uzbekistan	2595
18	Israel	2590
19	Czech Republic	2571
20	Serbia	2570