Prof. Arpad Elo's virtual rating list from his book "The Rating of Chessplayers, Past and Present".

#NameRatingBorn 
1Capablanca, Jose RaulCuba 127251888board
2Botvinnik, MikhailSoviet Union 227201911board
3Lasker, EmanuelGermany 327201868board
4Tal, MikhailSoviet Union 427001936board
5Alekhine, AlexanderRussian Federation 526901892board
6Morphy, PaulUnited States 626901837board
7Smyslov, VassilySoviet Union 726901921board
8Petrosian, TigranSoviet Union 826801929board
9Reshevsky, Samuel HermanPoland 926801911board
10Spassky, BorisSoviet Union 1026801937board
11Bronstein, David ISoviet Union 1126701924board
12Keres, PaulSoviet Union 1226701916board
13Korchnoi, ViktorSoviet Union 1326651931board
14Fine, ReubenUnited States 1426601914board
15Geller, Efim PSoviet Union 1526551925board
16Boleslavsky, IsaakSoviet Union 1626501919board
17Euwe, MaxNetherlands 1726501901board
18Steinitz, WilhelmAustrian Empire 1826501836board
19Rubinstein, AkibaPoland 1926401882board
20Najdorf, MiguelPoland 2026351910board
21Pillsbury, HarryUnited States 2126301872board
22Portisch, LajosHungary 2226301937board
23Timman, JanNetherlands 2326301951board
24Flohr, SaloPoland 2426201908board
25Gligoric, SvetozarYugoslavia 2526201923board
26Kholmov, Ratmir DSoviet Union 2626201925board
27Kotov, AlexanderSoviet Union 2726201913board
28Larsen, BentDenmark 2826201935board
29Maroczy, GezaHungary 2926201870board
30Stein, LeonidSoviet Union 3026201934board
31Averbakh, YuriSoviet Union 3126151922board
32Nimzowitsch, AronRussian Federation 3226151886board
33Andersson, UlfSweden 3326101951board
34Bogoljubow, EfimRussian Federation 3426101889board
35Furman, Semen AbramovichSoviet Union 3526101920board
36Ljubojevic, LjubomirYugoslavia 3626101950board
37Szabo, LaszloHungary 3726101917board
38Tarrasch, SiegbertGermany 3826101862board
39Mecking, HenriqueBrazil 3926081952board
40Polugaevsky, LevSoviet Union 4026051934board
41Anderssen, AdolfGermany 4126001818board
42Chigorin, MikhailRussian Federation 4226001850board
43Schlechter, CarlAustrian Empire 4326001874board
44Taimanov, MarkSoviet Union 4426001926board
45Vidmar MilanAustrian-Hungarian Empire 4526001885board
46von der Lasa, TassiloGermany 4626001818board
47Zukertort, JohannesPoland 4726001842board

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