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 2835 2012 May 21
2 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2825 2012 May 29
3 Kramnik, Vladimir Russia 2801 2012 May 36
4 Anand, Viswanathan India 2791 2012 May 42
5 Radjabov, Teimour Azerbaijan 2784 2012 May 25
6 Karjakin, Sergey Russia 2779 2012 May 22
7 Nakamura, Hikaru United States of America 2775 2012 May 24
8 Caruana, Fabiano Italy 2770 2012 May 19
9 Morozevich, Alexander Russia 2769 2012 May 34
10 Ivanchuk, Vasyl Ukraine 2764 2012 May 43
11 Grischuk, Alexander Russia 2761 2012 May 28
12 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2752 2012 May 37
13 Svidler, Peter Russia 2741 2012 May 35
14 Kamsky, Gata United States of America 2741 2012 May 37
15 Tomashevsky, Evgeny Russia 2738 2012 May 24
16 Wang, Hao China 2738 2012 May 22
17 Gashimov, Vugar Azerbaijan 2737 2012 May 25
18 Jakovenko, Dmitry Russia 2736 2012 May 28
19 Adams, Michael England 2728 2012 May 40
20 Gelfand, Boris Israel 2727 2012 May 43


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