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Highest Chess ELO-Ratings in FIDE history

Table of top 20 rated players ever, with the date their best ratings were first achieved.
The ELO-System was adopted in 1970.
Updated: December 2023
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Po.
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ELO
Nat.
Year
1
Magnus Carlsen
2882
NOR
achieved in 2014
2
Garry Kasparov
2851
RUS
achieved in 1999
3
Fabiano Caruana
2844
USA
achieved in 2014
4
Levon Aronian
2830
USA
achieved in 2014
5
Wesley So
2822
USA
achieved in 2017
6
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2820
AZE
achieved in 2018
7
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2819
FRA
achieved in 2016
8
Viswanathan Anand
2817
IND
achieved in 2011
8
Vladimir Kramnik
2817
RUS
achieved in 2016
10
Veselin Topalov
2816
BUL
achieved in 2015
Po.
Answer
ELO
Nat.
Year
10
Hikaru Nakamura
2816
USA
achieved in 2015
10
Ding Liren
2816
CHN
achieved in 2018
13
Alexander Grischuk
2810
RUS
achieved in 2014
14
Alireza Firouzja
2804
FRA
achieved in 2021
15
Anish Giri
2798
NED
achieved in 2015
16
Ian Nepomniatchi
2795
RUS
achieved in 2021
17
Teimour Radjabov
2793
AZE
achieved in 2012
18
Alexander Morozevich
2788
RUS
achieved in 2008
18
Sergey Karjakin
2788
RUS
achieved in 2011
20
Vassily Ivanchuk
2787
UKR
achieved in 2007
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