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 in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.

## Top players

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Best Performing Federations – Open[1] Federation
(≥3 Players) | Players
(Among Top 100)

|

United States |

India |

China |

Russia |

Uzbekistan |

FIDE |

Germany |

Hungary |

England |

Spain |

Armenia |

Azerbaijan |

Serbia |

Iran |

Norway |

Ukraine |

Other |

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 July 2025 as follows:[1]

Rank  | Player  | Rating

|
|

1  |  Magnus Carlsen | 2839
2  |  Hikaru Nakamura | 2807
3  |  Fabiano Caruana | 2784
4  |  R Praggnanandhaa | 2779
5  |  Arjun Erigaisi | 2776
6  |  Gukesh Dommaraju | 2776
7  |  Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2771
8  |  Alireza Firouzja | 2766
9  |  Wei Yi | 2748
10  |  Anish Giri | 2748
11  |  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2746
12  |  Wesley So | 2745
13  |  Viswanathan Anand | 2743
14  |  Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2742
15  |  Levon Aronian | 2742
16  |  Vladimir Fedoseev | 2739
17  |  Leinier Domínguez Pérez | 2738
18  |  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2736
19  |  Hans Niemann | 2736
20  |  Ding Liren | 2734

## Top women

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Best Performing Federations – Women[2] Federation
(≥3 Players) | Players
(Among Top 100)

|

China |

India |

Poland |

Russia |

Ukraine |

FIDE |

Georgia |

Azerbaijan |

United States |

France |

Germany |

Other |

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 July 2025 as follows:[2]

Rank  | Player  | Rating

|
|

1  |  Hou Yifan | 2633
2  |  Ju Wenjun | 2570
3  |  Lei Tingjie | 2557
4  |  Anna Muzychuk | 2544
5  |  Koneru Humpy | 2536
6  |  Zhu Jiner | 2533
7  |  Aleksandra Goryachkina | 2533
8  |  Tan Zhongyi | 2527
9  |  Kateryna Lagno | 2515
10  |  Bibisara Assaubayeva | 2505
11  |  Nana Dzagnidze | 2502
12  |  Harika Dronavalli | 2488
13  |  Mariya Muzychuk | 2486
14  |  Polina Shuvalova | 2480
15  |  Vaishali Rameshbabu | 2478
16  |  Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2474
17  |  Yuliia Osmak | 2470
18  |  Divya Deshmukh | 2463
19  |  Alina Kashlinskaya | 2462
20  |  Teodora Injac | 2457

## Top juniors

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Best Performing Countries – Juniors[3] Federation
(≥3 Players) | Players
(Among Top 100)

|

India |

United States |

FIDE |

China |

Turkey |

France |

Poland |

Uzbekistan |

Azerbaijan |

Iran |

Ukraine |

Norway |

Israel |

Other |

Juniors are considered to be male 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 July 2025 as follows:[3]

Rank  | Player  | Rating

|
|

1  |  R Praggnanandhaa | 2779
2  |  Gukesh Dommaraju | 2776
3  |  Javokhir Sindarov | 2722
4  |  Raunak Sadhwani | 2681
5  |  Volodar Murzin | 2671
6  |  Ediz Gürel | 2652
7  |  Bardiya Daneshvar | 2640
8  |  Daniel Dardha | 2627
9  |  Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş | 2626
10  |  Abhimanyu Mishra | 2611
11  |  Aydin Suleymanli | 2607
12  |  Christopher Yoo | 2607
13  |  Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2604
14  |  Leon Luke Mendonca | 2603
15  |  Elham Amar | 2600
16  |  Ivan Zemlyanskii | 2599
17  |  Pranav V | 2594
18  |  Pranesh M | 2592
19  |  Aleksey Grebnev | 2582
20  |  Denis Lazavik | 2580

## Top girls

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Best Performing Countries – Girls[4] Federation
(≥3 Players) | Players
(Among Top 100)

|

United States |

India |

FIDE |

Kazakhstan |

China |

Mongolia |

Ukraine |

Poland |

Germany |

Uzbekistan |

Israel |

Argentina |

Other |

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 June 2025 as follows:[4]

Rank  | Player  | Rating

|
|

1  |  Divya Deshmukh | 2463
2  |  Lu Miaoyi | 2452
3  |  Anna Shukhman | 2413
4  |  Song Yuxin | 2410
5  |  Zsóka Gaál | 2391
6  |  Alice Lee | 2389
7  |  Zoey Tang | 2356
8  |  Eline Roebers | 2356
9  |  Mariia Manko | 2354
10  |  Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova | 2353
11  |  Xeniya Balabayeva | 2352
12  |  Alua Nurman | 2339
13  |  Bat-Erdene Mungunzul | 2337
14  |  Nadya Toncheva | 2332
15  |  Meruert Kamalidenova | 2330
16  |  Afruza Khamdamova | 2326
17  |  Olga Dm. Karmanova | 2323
18  |  Amina Kairbekova | 2317
19  |  Anna Zhurova | 2317
20  |  Candela Be Francisco Guecamburu | 2316

## Top federations

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Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations in Open were ranked as follows on 1 June 2025:[5]

Rank  | Federation  | Average top 10 rating

|
|

1  |  United States | 2728
2  |  India | 2727
3  |  China | 2673
4  |  Russia | 2657
5  |  Germany | 2633
6  |  Ukraine | 2630
7  |  Azerbaijan | 2627
8  |  France | 2626
9  |  Hungary | 2626
10  |  Spain | 2618
11  |  Netherlands | 2615
12  |  Armenia | 2613
13  |  Uzbekistan | 2598
14  |  Poland | 2595
15  |  Norway | 2593
16  |  England | 2592
17  |  Israel | 2585
18  |  Serbia | 2570
19  |  Turkey | 2567
20  |  Romania | 2566

## References

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1. ^ a b "Chess Rankings". FIDE. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
2. ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Women July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
3. ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Juniors July 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
4. ^ a b "Standard Top 100 Girls June 2025". FIDE. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
5. ^ "Top Chess Federations". FIDE. Retrieved 7 June 2025.

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