The chess players with the highest Elo ratings ever
The top 3 according to 59 votes from people: Magnus Carlsen · Garry Kasparov · Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. (Updated Mar 7, 2026.)
Magnus Carlsen holds the record, ahead of Kasparov and Caruana: the players who have reached the highest FIDE ratings of all time. Who is the greatest ever?
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Top 25
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1
Magnus Carlsen
2882 in May 2014, the all-time record.
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2
Garry Kasparov
2851 in 1999; the record stood for fourteen years.
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3
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
2819 in 2016, the best French player ever.
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4
Levon Aronian
2830 in 2014.
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5
Gukesh Dommaraju
2794 in 2024, the year he became world champion.
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6
Fabiano Caruana
2844 in 2014, after his historic run in Saint Louis.
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7
Wesley So
2822 in 2017.
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8
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
2820 in 2018.
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9
Viswanathan Anand
2817 in 2011.
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10
Veselin Topalov
2816 in 2015.
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11
Hikaru Nakamura
2816 in 2015.
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12
Alexander Grischuk
2810 in 2014.
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13
Anish Giri
2798 in 2015.
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14
Ian Nepomniachtchi
2795 in 2023.
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15
Ding Liren
2816 in 2018.
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16
Teimour Radjabov
2793 in 2012.
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17
Sergey Karjakin
2788 in 2011.
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18
Arjun Erigaisi
2801 in December 2024.
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19
Vasyl Ivanchuk
2787 in 2007.
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20
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa
2785 in September 2025.
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21
Alireza Firouzja
2804 in 2021, at just 18.
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22
Bobby Fischer
2785 in 1972, the year of the match against Spassky.
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23
Nodirbek Abdusattorov
2783 in 2024.
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24
Vladimir Kramnik
2817 in 2016, the man who dethroned Kasparov.
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25
Alexander Morozevich
2788 in 2008.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
2882 de Carlsen me parece imposible de superar. Kaspárov con 2851 en 1999 tiene más mérito todavía