This ratinglist includes most chess players of all the time. The top players are listet completely.
It gives the highest rating in each player's career and the year in which he archived it.
The Elo numbers were calculated with an iterative algorithm and have nothing to do with FIDE ELO.
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| | Elo | Points | Games | Year |
|---|
| 1 | Eichborn, Louis | 2995 | 29.5 | 30 | 1857 |
| 2 | Kasparov, Garry | 2833 | 1064.0 | 1573 | 1999 |
| 3 | Anand, Viswanathan | 2827 | 1109.0 | 1729 | 2004 |
| 4 | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2789 | 791.5 | 1276 | 2001 |
| 5 | Topalov, Veselin | 2788 | 721.5 | 1229 | 2006 |
| 6 | Shirov, Alexei | 2760 | 1152.0 | 1862 | 2003 |
| 7 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | 2759 | 1035.0 | 1638 | 1995 |
| 8 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | 2759 | 437.0 | 697 | 2002 |
| 9 | Fischer, Robert James | 2755 | 526.5 | 730 | 1971 |
| 10 | Karpov, Anatoly | 2755 | 1617.0 | 2522 | 1994 |
| 11 | Aronian, Levon | 2753 | 513.5 | 815 | 2005 |
| 12 | Adams, Michael | 2750 | 1169.0 | 1898 | 2000 |
| 13 | Leko, Peter | 2750 | 689.5 | 1233 | 1999 |
| 14 | Morozevich, Alexander | 2746 | 525.0 | 868 | 2004 |
| 15 | Svidler, Peter | 2743 | 810.0 | 1311 | 2003 |
| 16 | Gelfand, Boris | 2731 | 850.0 | 1446 | 2003 |
| 17 | Salov, Valery | 2726 | 443.0 | 769 | 1994 |
| 18 | Grischuk, Alexander | 2726 | 529.0 | 836 | 2003 |
| 19 | Bareev, Evgeny | 2726 | 805.5 | 1345 | 2001 |
| 20 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 2722 | 455.0 | 691 | 2006 |
| 21 | Polgar, Judit | 2717 | 669.0 | 1169 | 2003 |
| 22 | Kamsky, Gata | 2712 | 413.5 | 712 | 1995 |
| 23 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | 2712 | 502.5 | 783 | 2004 |
| 24 | Radjabov, Teimour | 2710 | 410.0 | 672 | 2005 |
| 25 | Bacrot, Etienne | 2702 | 651.0 | 1082 | 2004 |
| 26 | Short, Nigel D | 2702 | 1111.0 | 1916 | 1998 |
| 27 | Khalifman, Alexander | 2698 | 1017.5 | 1701 | 2000 |
| 28 | Gurevich, Mikhail | 2697 | 1340.5 | 2064 | 2000 |
| 29 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | 2697 | 545.5 | 869 | 2000 |
| 30 | Dreev, Alexey | 2695 | 1007.0 | 1664 | 2005 |
| 31 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 2695 | 1577.5 | 2603 | 1993 |
| 32 | Van Wely, Loek | 2693 | 1288.5 | 2143 | 2001 |
| 33 | Malakhov, Vladimir | 2693 | 461.5 | 695 | 2004 |
| 34 | Akopian, Vladimir | 2693 | 740.0 | 1198 | 1999 |
| 35 | Rublevsky, Sergei | 2689 | 652.0 | 1054 | 2000 |
| 36 | Sokolov, Ivan | 2688 | 1193.5 | 1951 | 2004 |
| 37 | Carlsen, Magnus | 2687 | 373.5 | 625 | 2006 |
| 38 | Lautier, Joel | 2686 | 883.0 | 1560 | 2001 |
| 39 | Smirin, Ilia | 2686 | 844.5 | 1377 | 2000 |
| 40 | McShane, Luke J | 2685 | 529.5 | 879 | 2003 |
| 41 | Kortschnoj, Viktor | 2680 | 2627.0 | 4161 | 1979 |
| 42 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | 2679 | 739.0 | 1245 | 2003 |
| 43 | Piket, Jeroen | 2679 | 910.5 | 1626 | 2000 |
| 44 | Timman, Jan H | 2679 | 1769.0 | 3113 | 1988 |
| 45 | Navara, David | 2679 | 524.5 | 801 | 2006 |
| 46 | Volokitin, Andrei | 2678 | 405.5 | 658 | 2005 |
| 47 | Jussupow, Artur | 2678 | 1029.0 | 1780 | 1992 |
| 48 | Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter | 2676 | 655.5 | 1007 | 2005 |
| 49 | Nikolic, Predrag | 2676 | 982.0 | 1698 | 1994 |
| 50 | Bologan, Viktor | 2675 | 902.5 | 1491 | 2004 |
| 51 | Dominguez, Lenier | 2674 | 436.0 | 672 | 2006 |
| 52 | Movsesian, Sergei | 2672 | 738.0 | 1142 | 1999 |
| 53 | Georgiev, Kiril | 2671 | 1015.0 | 1627 | 2002 |
| 54 | Milov, Vadim | 2669 | 786.0 | 1200 | 2005 |
| 55 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | 2668 | 658.0 | 973 | 1946 |
| 56 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | 2668 | 598.5 | 899 | 2005 |
| 57 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | 2667 | 517.0 | 835 | 2005 |
| 58 | Onischuk, Alexander | 2666 | 617.5 | 976 | 1999 |
| 59 | Krasenkow, Michal | 2666 | 1060.5 | 1654 | 2000 |
| 60 | Sadler, Matthew | 2665 | 474.0 | 735 | 1998 |
| 61 | Fedorov, Alexei | 2665 | 529.0 | 874 | 1999 |
| 62 | Almasi, Zoltan | 2662 | 785.5 | 1273 | 1999 |
| 63 | Khenkin, Igor | 2662 | 1007.5 | 1509 | 1998 |
| 64 | Karjakin, Sergey | 2661 | 398.5 | 639 | 2005 |
| 65 | Sutovsky, Emil | 2660 | 611.5 | 990 | 2003 |
| 66 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | 2659 | 527.0 | 857 | 2002 |
| 67 | Epishin, Vladimir | 2657 | 1483.0 | 2214 | 1994 |
| 68 | Yermolinsky, Alex | 2656 | 847.5 | 1344 | 1997 |
| 69 | Yudasin, Leonid | 2655 | 864.5 | 1388 | 1990 |
| 70 | Sakaev, Konstantin | 2654 | 719.5 | 1128 | 2004 |
| 71 | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2654 | 418.0 | 666 | 2005 |
| 72 | Tiviakov, Sergei | 2652 | 1028.5 | 1576 | 1995 |
| 73 | Bruzon Bautista, Lazaro | 2651 | 505.0 | 780 | 2006 |
| 74 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 2651 | 611.0 | 1023 | 2006 |
| 75 | Sargissian, Gabriel | 2650 | 314.5 | 505 | 2006 |
| 76 | Moiseenko, Alexander | 2650 | 501.0 | 779 | 2005 |
| 77 | Speelman, Jonathan S | 2649 | 1148.0 | 1902 | 1995 |
| 78 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | 2648 | 668.5 | 1058 | 2003 |
| 79 | Vaganian, Rafael A | 2646 | 1332.5 | 2193 | 2004 |
| 80 | Avrukh, Boris | 2646 | 540.0 | 837 | 2005 |
| 81 | Jakovenko, Dmitrij | 2645 | 285.5 | 454 | 2005 |
| 82 | Petrosian, Tigran V | 2644 | 1303.5 | 2035 | 1961 |
| 83 | Ehlvest, Jaan | 2643 | 1232.0 | 1973 | 1996 |
| 84 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel | 2643 | 684.0 | 1187 | 1993 |
| 85 | Efimenko, Zahar | 2641 | 451.0 | 702 | 2005 |
| 86 | Malaniuk, Vladimir P | 2641 | 1327.0 | 2105 | 1997 |
| 87 | Tal, Mihail | 2640 | 1567.5 | 2440 | 1964 |
| 88 | Oll, Lembit | 2639 | 634.0 | 1048 | 1996 |
| 89 | Volkov, Sergey | 2638 | 612.0 | 993 | 2002 |
| 90 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | 2637 | 843.0 | 1417 | 2002 |
| 91 | Eljanov, Pavel | 2637 | 378.0 | 598 | 2005 |
| 92 | Jobava, Baadur | 2637 | 371.0 | 585 | 2006 |
| 93 | Gulko, Boris F | 2637 | 1088.5 | 1818 | 1999 |
| 94 | Lputian, Smbat G | 2636 | 882.0 | 1470 | 1988 |
| 95 | Shipov, Sergei | 2636 | 431.0 | 656 | 1998 |
| 96 | Kharlov, Andrei | 2636 | 748.5 | 1192 | 2001 |
| 97 | Harikrishna, Penteala | 2635 | 424.0 | 681 | 2006 |
| 98 | Alekhine, Alexander | 2634 | 928.5 | 1269 | 1931 |
| 99 | Hracek, Zbynek | 2634 | 737.0 | 1214 | 1995 |
| 100 | Chernin, Alexander | 2633 | 893.0 | 1437 | 1996 |
| 101 | Izoria, Zviad | 2633 | 460.0 | 716 | 2006 |
| 102 | Asrian, Karen | 2633 | 362.0 | 588 | 2005 |
| 103 | Najer, Evgeniy | 2632 | 547.0 | 856 | 2006 |
| 104 | Dautov, Rustem | 2632 | 726.5 | 1129 | 1998 |
| 105 | Graf, Alexander | 2632 | 777.0 | 1200 | 2004 |
| 106 | Spassky, Boris V | 2631 | 1428.0 | 2322 | 1968 |
| 107 | Dolmatov, Sergey | 2631 | 776.0 | 1293 | 1989 |
| 108 | Motylev, Alexander | 2631 | 492.0 | 809 | 2003 |
| 109 | Smirnov, Pavel | 2631 | 323.5 | 530 | 2004 |
| 110 | Areshchenko, Alexander | 2630 | 404.0 | 599 | 2005 |
| 111 | Seirawan, Yasser | 2630 | 769.5 | 1339 | 1999 |
| 112 | Kobalia, Mihail | 2629 | 484.5 | 773 | 2001 |
| 113 | Djachkov, Sergej | 2628 | 29.0 | 39 | 1999 |
| 114 | Delchev, Aleksander | 2628 | 953.0 | 1408 | 2001 |
| 115 | Rozentalis, Eduardas | 2627 | 975.0 | 1551 | 1996 |
| 116 | Vescovi, Giovanni P | 2627 | 694.0 | 1064 | 2004 |
| 117 | Filippov, Valerij | 2627 | 469.5 | 778 | 1999 |
| 118 | Glek, Igor V | 2626 | 1070.5 | 1679 | 1996 |
| 119 | Vyzmanavin, Alexey | 2626 | 484.0 | 802 | 1991 |
| 120 | Andersson, Ulf | 2626 | 1500.0 | 2577 | 1997 |
| 121 | Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander | 2626 | 1149.5 | 1768 | 2000 |
| 122 | Keres, Paul | 2625 | 1331.5 | 1923 | 1955 |
| 123 | Kozul, Zdenko | 2625 | 1127.5 | 1796 | 2000 |
| 124 | Pelletier, Yannick | 2625 | 691.5 | 1207 | 2003 |
| 125 | Korneev, Oleg | 2624 | 1455.5 | 2064 | 1999 |
| 126 | Capablanca, Jose Raul | 2623 | 577.0 | 794 | 1922 |
| 127 | Dvoirys, Semen I | 2623 | 836.0 | 1333 | 1997 |
| 128 | Sveshnikov, Evgeny | 2622 | 1115.0 | 1863 | 1993 |
| 129 | Iordachescu, Viorel | 2622 | 622.5 | 997 | 2003 |
| 130 | Smyslov, Vassily | 2621 | 1621.5 | 2625 | 1956 |
| 131 | Christiansen, Larry Mark | 2621 | 976.0 | 1612 | 1998 |
| 132 | Geller, Efim P | 2620 | 1430.0 | 2334 | 1963 |
| 133 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | 2620 | 514.5 | 800 | 2003 |
| 134 | Minasian, Artashes | 2620 | 571.0 | 928 | 1999 |
| 135 | Sokolov, Andrei | 2620 | 1057.0 | 1721 | 1986 |
| 136 | Landa, Konstantin | 2619 | 565.0 | 897 | 2002 |
| 137 | Shabalov, Alexander | 2619 | 883.0 | 1379 | 2002 |
| 138 | Lutz, Christopher | 2619 | 745.0 | 1275 | 2002 |
| 139 | Tukmakov, Vladimir B | 2619 | 1465.5 | 2361 | 1987 |
| 140 | Romanishin, Oleg M | 2618 | 1569.5 | 2583 | 1993 |
| 141 | Huebner, Robert | 2618 | 1258.0 | 2077 | 1995 |
| 142 | Granda Zuniga, Julio E | 2618 | 657.0 | 1018 | 1996 |
| 143 | Polugaevsky, Lev | 2617 | 1234.0 | 1989 | 1972 |
| 144 | Benjamin, Joel | 2617 | 924.0 | 1473 | 1993 |
| 145 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | 2617 | 592.0 | 942 | 1993 |
| 146 | Lastin, Alexander | 2616 | 415.0 | 667 | 2002 |
| 147 | Stein, Leonid | 2616 | 580.0 | 869 | 1969 |
| 148 | Markowski, Tomasz | 2616 | 640.0 | 1064 | 2003 |
| 149 | Sadvakasov, Darmen | 2616 | 262.0 | 439 | 2005 |
| 150 | Ibragimov, Ildar | 2616 | 916.0 | 1392 | 1999 |
| 151 | Novikov, Igor A | 2616 | 901.0 | 1398 | 1999 |
| 152 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | 2616 | 639.5 | 1096 | 2002 |
| 153 | Tregubov, Pavel V | 2615 | 708.5 | 1175 | 2001 |
| 154 | Hansen, Curt | 2613 | 842.5 | 1368 | 1992 |
| 155 | Eingorn, Vereslav S | 2613 | 889.0 | 1327 | 1991 |
| 156 | Neverov, Valeriy | 2613 | 801.5 | 1285 | 1984 |
| 157 | Istratescu, Andrei | 2613 | 695.5 | 1073 | 2004 |
| 158 | Gurevich, Dmitry | 2613 | 793.0 | 1324 | 1998 |
| 159 | Nunn, John DM | 2612 | 1011.5 | 1630 | 1985 |
| 160 | Timofeev, Artyom | 2612 | 367.0 | 578 | 2006 |
| 161 | Giorgadze, Giorgi | 2612 | 575.5 | 912 | 1997 |
| 162 | Agdestein, Simen | 2612 | 582.0 | 907 | 1993 |
| 163 | Miles, Anthony J | 2612 | 1764.5 | 2792 | 1990 |
| 164 | Bauer, Christian | 2612 | 629.0 | 1049 | 2005 |
| 165 | Hodgson, Julian M | 2611 | 1077.0 | 1701 | 1999 |
| 166 | Psakhis, Lev | 2611 | 1242.5 | 1976 | 2000 |
| 167 | Milos, Gilberto | 2610 | 830.0 | 1262 | 1999 |
| 168 | Agrest, Evgenij | 2610 | 671.5 | 1078 | 2003 |
| 169 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | 2609 | 385.0 | 575 | 2006 |
| 170 | Larsen, Bent | 2609 | 1448.5 | 2367 | 1969 |
| 171 | Ribli, Zoltan | 2609 | 1219.0 | 2024 | 1992 |
| 172 | Hjartarson, Johann | 2609 | 752.0 | 1278 | 1993 |
| 173 | Ljubojevic, Ljubomir | 2609 | 978.0 | 1746 | 1983 |
| 174 | Kuzmin, Alexey | 2608 | 347.5 | 553 | 1999 |
| 175 | Portisch, Lajos | 2608 | 1783.5 | 2955 | 1981 |
| 176 | Magerramov, Elmar | 2607 | 357.0 | 576 | 1991 |
| 177 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | 2606 | 256.0 | 401 | 2006 |
| 178 | Anastasian, Ashot | 2606 | 559.0 | 953 | 2005 |
| 179 | Chandler, Murray G | 2606 | 972.5 | 1607 | 1991 |
| 180 | Taimanov, Mark E | 2606 | 1470.5 | 2420 | 1970 |
| 181 | Alekseev, Evgeny | 2605 | 351.0 | 550 | 2006 |
| 182 | Fressinet, Laurent | 2604 | 589.0 | 972 | 2003 |
| 183 | Miroshnichenko, Evgenij | 2604 | 416.0 | 638 | 2004 |
| 184 | Alterman, Boris | 2603 | 352.5 | 597 | 1997 |
| 185 | Tseshkovsky, Vitaly | 2603 | 1156.0 | 1973 | 1981 |
| 186 | Golod, Vitali | 2603 | 630.5 | 927 | 2000 |
| 187 | Baklan, Vladimir | 2601 | 577.5 | 859 | 2002 |
| 188 | Papaioannou, Ioannis | 2601 | 301.5 | 452 | 2001 |
| 189 | Bocharov, Dmitry | 2600 | 342.0 | 562 | 2006 |
| 190 | Van der Sterren, Paul | 2600 | 879.5 | 1591 | 1993 |
| 191 | Sturua, Zurab | 2599 | 484.5 | 788 | 1997 |
| 192 | Gustafsson, Jan | 2599 | 568.0 | 877 | 2004 |
| 193 | Gashimov, Vugar | 2599 | 289.5 | 465 | 2006 |
| 194 | Kengis, Edvins | 2599 | 939.5 | 1458 | 1992 |
| 195 | Kempinski, Robert | 2599 | 718.0 | 1190 | 2001 |
| 196 | Hertneck, Gerald | 2599 | 627.0 | 1015 | 1993 |
| 197 | Gagunashvili, Merab | 2599 | 348.0 | 553 | 2003 |
| 198 | Kotronias, Vasilios | 2598 | 980.0 | 1532 | 2003 |
| 199 | Rogers, Ian | 2598 | 1359.5 | 2078 | 1996 |
| 200 | David, Alberto | 2598 | 480.5 | 829 | 2005 |