FIDE rankings

The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.

Top players

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]
Federation	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	16
India	14
China	7
Russia	7
Azerbaijan	5
Uzbekistan	5
Ukraine	4
Armenia	4
Germany	3
Netherlands	3
England	3
Norway	3
Other	18

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 October 2026 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2823
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2792
3	Fabiano Caruana	2784
4	Javokhir Sindarov	2782
5	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2780
6	Wesley So	2770
7	R Praggnanandhaa	2763
8	Vincent Keymer	2761
9	Wei Yi	2758
10	Alireza Firouzja	2757
11	Anish Giri	2752
12	Arjun Erigaisi	2746
13	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2741
14	Viswanathan Anand	2739
15	Leinier Domínguez	2732
16	Lê Quang Liêm	2732
17	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2731
18	Amin Tabatabaei	2728
19	Levon Aronian	2725
20	Ding Liren	2723

Top women

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]
Federation	Players (Among Top 100)
China	13
India	11
Kazakhstan	7
United States	6
Ukraine	6
France	6
Russia	5
Georgia	5
Azerbaijan	4
Poland	4
FIDE	4
Bulgaria	4
Armenia	3
Other	19

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 October 2026 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2596
2	Zhu Jiner	2559
3	Ju Wenjun	2553
4	Lei Tingjie	2552
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2536
6	Tan Zhongyi	2536
7	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2532
8	Anna Muzychuk	2524
9	Koneru Humpy	2518
10	Polina Shuvalova	2509
11	Kateryna Lagno	2506
12	Divya Deshmukh	2488
13	Carissa Yip	2484
14	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2481
15	Alina Kashlinskaya	2474
16	Nana Dzagnidze	2467
17	Alice Lee	2469
18	Song Yuxin	2466
19	Mariya Muzychuk	2463
20	Anastasiia Hnatyshyn	2462

Top juniors

Best Performing Federations – Juniors^[3]
Federation	Players (Among Top 100)
India	17
United States	9
FIDE	8
Turkey	8
France	5
Poland	5
China	4
Kazakhstan	4
Germany	4
Ukraine	3
Azerbaijan	3
Uzbekistan	3
Iran	3
Vietnam	3
Other	16

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 October 2026 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2731
2	Gukesh Dommaraju	2710
3	Pranav V	2677
4	Pranesh M	2674
5	Volodar Murzin	2656
6	Ediz Gürel	2642
7	Denis Lazavik	2636
8	Abhimanyu Mishra	2636
9	Leon Luke Mendonca	2629
10	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2624
11	Aditya Mittal	2621
12	Andy Woodward	2619
13	Aleksey Grebnev	2614
14	Mukhiddin Madaminov	2612
15	Ihor Samunenkov	2607
16	Pranav Anand	2606
17	Bharath Subramaniyam	2603
18	Xiao Tong	2598
19	Jan Malek	2596
20	Christopher Yoo	2588

Top girls

Best Performing Federations – Girls^[4]
Federation	Players (Among Top 100)
India	16
FIDE	11
United States	8
China	8
Kazakhstan	7
Ukraine	6
Mongolia	5
France	4
Uzbekistan	4
Argentina	3
Other	21

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 October 2026 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Alice Lee	2467
2	Anastasiia Hnatyshyn	2462
3	Alua Nurman	2460
4	Afruza Khamdamova	2447
5	Modipalli Deekshitha	2436
6	Anna Shukhman	2434
7	Savitha Shri Baskar	2405
8	Eline Roebers	2401
9	Kalyani Sirin	2401
10	Lu Miaoyi	2400
11	Pratitee Bordoloi	2393
12	Elnaz Kaliakhmet	2383
13	Bodhana Sivanandan	2382
14	Rachael Li	2380
15	Melika Mohammadi	2378
16	Amina Kairbekova	2355
17	Zsóka Gaál	2341
18	Velpula Sarayu	2338
19	Aamuktha Guntaka	2338
20	Emilie Negre	2337

Top federations

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 on 1 October 2026 as follows:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2723
2	India	2704
3	China	2663
4	Russia	2641
5	Uzbekistan	2637
6	Azerbaijan	2630
7	France	2630
8	Germany	2630
9	Ukraine	2626
10	Netherlands	2605
11	Spain	2598
12	Hungary	2598
13	Armenia	2593
14	Poland	2590
15	England	2585
16	Norway	2582
17	Turkey	2571
18	Israel	2563
19	Iran	2559
20	Serbia	2552

References

1 2 "Top 100 Players October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Women October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Juniors October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
1 2 "Top 100 Girls October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.
↑ "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

External links

[Open-1] 1 2 "Top 100 Players October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

[Women-2] 1 2 "Top 100 Women October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

[Juniors-3] 1 2 "Top 100 Juniors October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

[Girls-4] 1 2 "Top 100 Girls October 2026". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

[5] "FIDE Top Federations Open". FIDE. Retrieved 30 September 2026.

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