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FIDE standard chess rankings

As of 1 Nov 2026, Magnus Carlsen is No. 1 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (a standard rating of 2,823), ahead of Hikaru Nakamura (a standard rating of 2,792).

The top 20 players in FIDE's monthly standard chess rating list, from Wikipedia. These are published monthly ratings, not live, rapid or blitz ratings.

As of
1 Nov 2026
Last changed
32 h ago
Last checked
3 h ago
Checked
daily

Source: FIDE, via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · exact version used The monthly Top players standard-rating list. Published positions are kept even when players share a rating; Wikipedia may lag a new edition.

The list

Movement since 7 Oct 2026

No.MovePlayerRating
1Magnus Carlsen2,823
2Hikaru Nakamura2,792
3Fabiano Caruana2,783
4Javokhir Sindarov2,782
5Nodirbek Abdusattorov2,772
6Wesley So2,771
7R Praggnanandhaa2,763
8Wei Yi2,761
9Vincent Keymer2,761
10Alireza Firouzja2,757
11Anish Giri2,747
12Arjun Erigaisi2,746
13Jan-Krzysztof Duda2,741
14Viswanathan Anand2,739
15Leinier Domínguez2,732
16Lê Quang Liêm2,732
17Ding Liren2,723
18Amin Tabatabaei2,720
19Nihal Sarin2,720
20Levon Aronian2,719

How the top 10 got here

Positions of the current top 10 over the last 12 changes12345678910111213141516171819204 Javokhir Sindarov5 Nodirbek Abdusattorov6 Wesley So7 R Praggnanandhaa8 Wei Yi9 Vincent Keymer10 Alireza Firouzja1 Magnus Carlsen2 Hikaru Nakamura3 Fabiano Caruana4 Feb 20264 Nov 2026

What changed

  1. · 32 h ago

    Nihal Sarin enters the FIDE standard chess rankings at No. 19

  2. · 29 days ago

    Wei Yi climbs to No. 9 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 12)

    • Alireza Firouzja: No. 11 → No. 10
    • Anish Giri: No. 10 → No. 11
    • Arjun Erigaisi: No. 9 → No. 12
    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov: No. 7 → No. 5
    • Vincent Keymer: No. 6 → No. 8

  3. · 64 days ago

    R Praggnanandhaa climbs to No. 8 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 12)

    • Alireza Firouzja: No. 10 → No. 11
    • Anish Giri: No. 7 → No. 10

  4. · 92 days ago

    Alireza Firouzja climbs to No. 10 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 12)

    • Wei Yi: No. 10 → No. 11
    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov: No. 6 → No. 8

  5. · 120 days ago

    Wesley So climbs to No. 7 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 9)

    • Nodirbek Abdusattorov: No. 4 → No. 6

  6. · 127 days ago

    Hikaru Nakamura climbs to No. 2 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 3)

  7. · 155 days ago

    Arjun Erigaisi climbs to No. 8 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 11)

    • Alireza Firouzja: No. 8 → No. 11

  8. · 176 days ago

    Hans Moke Niemann returns to the FIDE standard chess rankings at No. 12

  9. · 183 days ago

    Javokhir Sindarov climbs to No. 5 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 11)

    • Arjun Erigaisi: No. 10 → No. 11
    • Anish Giri: No. 9 → No. 6
    • Vincent Keymer: No. 5 → No. 7
    • Alireza Firouzja: No. 6 → No. 8
    • Wesley So: No. 7 → No. 9

  10. · 218 days ago

    Arjun Erigaisi climbs to No. 10 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 11)

    • Gukesh Dommaraju: No. 10 → No. 15
    • Wesley So: No. 9 → No. 7

  11. · 246 days ago

    Nodirbek Abdusattorov climbs to No. 5 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 12)

    • Wesley So: No. 11 → No. 9
    • Arjun Erigaisi: No. 5 → No. 11
    • R Praggnanandhaa: No. 8 → No. 13
    • Wei Yi: No. 10 → No. 7
    • Anish Giri: No. 6 → No. 8

  12. · 274 days ago

    Javokhir Sindarov enters the FIDE standard chess rankings at No. 20

  13. · 302 days ago

    Anish Giri climbs to No. 6 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 8)

  14. · 337 days ago

    Wei Yi climbs to No. 9 in the FIDE standard chess rankings (from No. 11)

    • Wesley So: No. 8 → No. 11
    • Alireza Firouzja: No. 10 → No. 6
    • Anish Giri: No. 5 → No. 8