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 2840 2016 Dec 26
2 Caruana, Fabiano United States of America 2823 2016 Dec 24
3 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2809 2016 Dec 41
4 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2804 2016 Dec 26
5 So, Wesley United States of America 2794 2016 Dec 23
6 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2785 2016 Dec 26
7 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2785 2016 Dec 34
8 Anand, Viswanathan India 2779 2016 Dec 46
9 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2779 2016 Dec 28
10 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2771 2016 Dec 22
11 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2770 2016 Dec 30
12 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2768 2016 Dec 31
13 Nepomniachtchi, Ian Russia 2767 2016 Dec 26
14 Eljanov, Pavel Ukraine 2762 2016 Dec 33
15 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2760 2016 Dec 41
16 Ding, Liren China 2757 2016 Dec 24
17 Svidler, Peter Russia 2753 2016 Dec 40
18 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw Poland 2749 2016 Dec 29
19 Adams, Michael England 2748 2016 Dec 45
20 Ivanchuk, Vasyl Ukraine 2747 2016 Dec 47


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