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 Aug 25
2 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2819 2016 Aug 25
3 Kramnik, Vladimir Russian Federation 2808 2016 Aug 41
4 Caruana, Fabiano United States 2807 2016 Aug 24
5 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2792 2016 Aug 33
6 Nakamura, Hikaru United States 2791 2016 Aug 28
7 So, Wesley United States 2771 2016 Aug 22
8 Anand, Viswanathan India 2770 2016 Aug 46
9 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2769 2016 Aug 22
10 Karjakin, Sergey Russian Federation 2769 2016 Aug 26
11 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2764 2016 Aug 31
12 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2761 2016 Aug 41
13 Ding, Liren China 2755 2016 Aug 23
14 Grischuk, Alexander Russian Federation 2754 2016 Aug 32
15 Li, Chao b China 2753 2016 Aug 27
16 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2752 2016 Aug 30
17 Rapport, Richard Hungary 2752 2016 Aug 20
18 Svidler, Peter Russian Federation 2751 2016 Aug 40
19 Gelfand, Boris Israel 2743 2016 Aug 48
20 Navara, David Czech Republic 2742 2016 Aug 31

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