Select Top 20 players for every rating period from 1967 using the box at the top right of the table.
These ratings are official FIDE ratings.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Carlsen, Magnus Norway 2857 2016 Sep 25
2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2813 2016 Sep 25
3 Caruana, Fabiano United States of America 2808 2016 Sep 24
4 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2808 2016 Sep 41
5 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2795 2016 Sep 33
6 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2789 2016 Sep 28
7 So, Wesley United States of America 2782 2016 Sep 22
8 Anand, Viswanathan India 2776 2016 Sep 46
9 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2769 2016 Sep 26
10 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2768 2016 Sep 41
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2761 2016 Sep 31
12 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2755 2016 Sep 22
13 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 2754 2016 Sep 32
14 Ding, Liren China 2753 2016 Sep 23
15 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2752 2016 Sep 30
16 Rapport, Richard Hungary 2752 2016 Sep 20
17 Li, Chao b China 2746 2016 Sep 27
18 Svidler, Peter Russia 2745 2016 Sep 40
19 Gelfand, Boris Israel 2743 2016 Sep 48
20 Navara, David Czech Republic 2742 2016 Sep 31


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