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 2876 2015 May 24
2 Anand, Viswanathan India 2804 2015 May 45
3 Caruana, Fabiano Italy 2803 2015 May 22
4 Nakamura, Hikaru United States 2799 2015 May 27
5 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2798 2015 May 40
6 Grischuk, Alexander Russian Federation 2780 2015 May 31
7 So, Wesley United States 2778 2015 May 21
8 Kramnik, Vladimir Russian Federation 2777 2015 May 39
9 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2776 2015 May 20
10 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2776 2015 May 32
11 Ding, Liren China 2757 2015 May 22
12 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2754 2015 May 24
13 Karjakin, Sergey Russian Federation 2753 2015 May 25
14 Navara, David Czech Republic 2751 2015 May 30
15 Tomashevsky, Evgeny Russian Federation 2749 2015 May 27
16 Li, Chao b China 2748 2015 May 26
17 Wojtaszek, Radoslaw Poland 2746 2015 May 28
18 Gelfand, Boris Israel 2744 2015 May 46
19 Adams, Michael England 2740 2015 May 43
20 Jakovenko, Dmitry Russian Federation 2738 2015 May 31

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