Top Chess Players in the World

Guess the top 20 players in the World at Chess. Answers will be updated monthly when the new FIDE rankings lists come out. Top players according to the current FIDE rankings.
Inactive players don't count (e.g. Kasparov)
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Last updated: August 17, 2025
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2839
Magnus Carlsen
2807
Hikaru Nakamura
2784
Fabiano Caruana
2779
Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu
2776
Arjun Erigaisi
2776
Gukesh Dommaraju
2771
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
2766
Alireza Firouzja
2753
Wei Yi
2748
Anish Giri
2746
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2745
Wesley So
2743
Viswanathan Anand
2742
Ian Nepomniachtchi
2738
Leinier Dominguez Perez
2737
Levon Aronian
2736
Hans Moke Niemann
2736
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2734
Ding Liren
2731
Vladimir Fedoseev
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Sep 30, 2024
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Level 27
Sep 9, 2025
"Prag" should be accepted.
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Level 36
Apr 17, 2026
Why? It's only a nickname.