| Surname, Name | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Magnus Carlsen | 2836 | |
| 2. | Robert James Fischer | 2834 | |
| 3. | Garry Kasparov | 2828 | |
| 4. | Jose Raul Capablanca | 2825 | |
| 5. | Mikhail Tal | 2821 | |
| 6. | Anatoly Karpov | 2815 | |
| 7. | Hikaru Nakamura | 2804 | |
| 8. | Viswanathan Anand | 2801 | |
| 9. | Fabiano Caruana | 2800 | |
| 10. | Tigran Petrosian | 2781 | |
| 11. | Alexander Alekhine | 2777 | |
| 12. | Vladimir Kramnik | 2769 | |
| 13. | Mikhail Botvinnik | 2762 | |
| 14. | Vasiljiy Smyslov | 2755 | |
| 15. | Boris Spassky | 2753 | |
| 16. | Aron Nimzowitsch | 2739 | |
| 17. | Sultan Khan | 2734 | |
| 18. | Paul Keres | 2730 | |
| 19. | Vasyl Ivanchuk | 2727 | |
| 20. | Emanuel Lasker | 2726 | |
| 21. | Paul Morphy | 2724 | |
| 22. | Francois Phildor | 2723 | |
| 23. | Viktor Korchnoi | 2719 | |
| 24. | Max Euwe | 2714 | |
| 25. | Wilhelm Steinitz | 2714 | |
| 26. | Veselin Topalov | 2713 | |
| 27. | Dawid Bronstein | 2711 | |
| 28. | Siegbert Tarrasch | 2706 | |
| 29. | Akiba Rubinstein | 2705 | |
| 30. | Rashid Nezmhedtinov | 2702 |