The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes rating lists including "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors", "Top 100 Girls", and national rankings based on the average rating of each country's top 10 players and top 10 female players in classical chess. Ratings are calculated using the Elo rating system.
Top players
| Federation (≥3 Players) | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| India | |
| Russia | |
| China | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| FIDE | |
| Germany | |
| England | |
| France | |
| Hungary | |
| Norway | |
| Ukraine | |
| Serbia | |
| Spain | |
| Other |
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Player | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen | 2840 |
| 2 | Hikaru Nakamura | 2810 |
| 3 | Fabiano Caruana | 2795 |
| 4 | Vincent Keymer | 2776 |
| 5 | Arjun Erigaisi | 2775 |
| 6 | Alireza Firouzja | 2762 |
| 7 | R Praggnanandhaa | 2761 |
| 8 | Anish Giri | 2760 |
| 9 | Wei Yi | 2754 |
| 10 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 2754 |
| 11 | Wesley So | 2753 |
| 12 | Viswanathan Anand | 2743 |
| 13 | Richárd Rapport | 2741 |
| 14 | Leinier Domínguez | 2738 |
| 15 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2734 |
| 16 | Ding Liren | 2734 |
| 17 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2732 |
| 18 | Lê Quang Liêm | 2731 |
| 19 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2730 |
| 20 | Levon Aronian | 2729 |
Top women
| Federation (≥3 Players) | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| China | |
| India | |
| Russia | |
| United States | |
| Poland | |
| Georgia | |
| Ukraine | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| France | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Armenia | |
| Bulgaria | |
| Hungary | |
| Other |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:
Top juniors
| Federation (≥3 Players) | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India | |
| United States | |
| RUS | |
| Poland | |
| France | |
| Turkey | |
| China | |
| Azerbaijan | |
| Iran | |
| Norway | |
| Spain | |
| Ukraine | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Other |
Juniors are considered to be players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 juniors were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:
Top girls
| Federation (≥3 Players) | Players (Among Top 100) |
|---|---|
| India | |
| Kazakhstan | |
| United States | |
| FIDE | |
| China | |
| Mongolia | |
| France | |
| Germany | |
| Peru | |
| Poland | |
| Turkey | |
| Ukraine | |
| Uzbekistan | |
| Other |
Girls are considered to be female players who will remain under the age of 21 years for the duration of the current calendar year.
The top 20 girls were ranked on 1 December 2025 as follows:
Top federations
Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations in Open were ranked on 1 November 2025 as follows:
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 2729 |
| 2 | India | 2717 |
| 3 | China | 2667 |
| 4 | Russia | 2651 |
| 5 | Germany | 2634 |
| 6 | France | 2629 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 2626 |
| 8 | Azerbaijan | 2625 |
| 9 | Spain | 2616 |
| 10 | Hungary | 2616 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 2616 |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 2607 |
| 13 | Armenia | 2602 |
| 14 | Norway | 2595 |
| 15 | Poland | 2590 |
| 16 | England | 2588 |
| 17 | Israel | 2570 |
| 18 | Iran | 2565 |
| 19 | Serbia | 2562 |
| 20 | Turkey | 2556 |
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