The International Chess Federation (FIDE) governs international chess competition. Each month, FIDE publishes the lists "Top 100 Players", "Top 100 Women", "Top 100 Juniors" and "Top 100 Girls" and rankings of countries according to the average rating of their top 10 players and top 10 female players in the classical time control. The Elo rating system is used.
The top 20 players were ranked on 1 December 2024 as follows:[1]
| Rank | Player | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen | style='text-align:center' | 2831 |
| 2 |  Fabiano Caruana | style='text-align:center' | 2805 |
| 3 | Hikaru Nakamura | style='text-align:center' | 2802 |
| 4 |  Arjun Erigaisi | 2801 | |
| 5 | Gukesh Dommaraju | style='text-align:center' | 2783 |
| 6 |  Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2777 | |
| 7 |  Alireza Firouzja | 2763 | |
| 8 |  Ian Nepomniachtchi | 2755 | |
| 9 |  Wei Yi | 2753 | |
| 10 | Viswanathan Anand | style='text-align:center' | 2750 |
| 11 | Levon Aronian | 2747 | |
| 12 | Wesley So | 2747 | |
| 13 | Leinier Dominguez | 2741 | |
| 14 | 2740 | ||
| 15 | Quang Liem Le | 2739 | |
| 16 | 2738 | ||
| 17 | R Praggnanandhaa | 2737 | |
| 18 | Hans Niemann | 2734 | |
| 19 | Anish Giri | 2733 | |
| 20 | Vincent Keymer | 2733 | |
The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 November 2024 as follows:[2]
| Rank | Player | Rating | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hou Yifan | style='text-align:center' | 2633 | |
| 2 | Ju Wenjun | style='text-align:center' | 2563 | |
| 3 | Tan Zhongyi | style='text-align:center' | 2551 | |
| 4 | Lei Tingjie | style='text-align:center' | 2549 | |
| 5 | Koneru Humpy | style='text-align:center' | 2530 | |
| 6 | Aleksandra Goryachkina | style='text-align:center' | 2528 | |
| 7 | Kateryna Lagno | style='text-align:center' | 2527 | |
| 8 |  Nana Dzagnidze | style='text-align:center' | 2518 | |
| 9 |  Anna Muzychuk | style='text-align:center' | 2515 | |
| 10 | Zhu Jiner | style='text-align:center' | 2514 | |
| 11 | Mariya Muzychuk | style='text-align:center' | 2505 | |
| 12 | Polina Shuvalova | style='text-align:center' | 2495 | |
| 13 | Divya Deshmukh | style='text-align:center' | 2493 | |
| 14 | Harika Dronavalli | style='text-align:center' | 2493 | |
| 15 |  Alina Kashlinskaya | style='text-align:center' | 2493 | |
| 16 | Vaishali Rameshbabu | style='text-align:center' | 2490 | |
| 17 |  Bibisara Assaubayeva | style='text-align:center' | 2488 | |
| 18 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | style='text-align:center' | 2487 | |
| 19 | Nino Batsiashvili | style='text-align:center' | 2476 | |
| 20 |  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh | style='text-align:center' | 2458 |
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 October 2024 as follows:[3]
| Rank | Player | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gukesh Dommaraju | 2794 | |
| 2 | Nodirbek Abdusattorov | 2783 | |
| 3 | R Praggnanandhaa | 2746 | |
| 4 | Vincent Keymer | 2721 | |
| 5 | Javokhir Sindarov | style='text-align:center' | 2668 |
| 6 | Nihal Sarin | style='text-align:center' | 2668 |
| 7 | Raunak Sadhwani | style='text-align:center' | 2659 |
| 8 | Frederik Svane | style='text-align:center' | 2655 |
| 9 | Jonas Buhl Bjerre | style='text-align:center' | 2650 |
| 10 | Volodar Murzin | 2648 | |
| 11 |  Aydin Suleymanli | 2637 | |
| 12 | Abhimanyu Mishra | 2630 | |
| 13 |  Ediz Gurel | 2625 | |
| 14 | Leon Luke Mendonca | 2622 | |
| 15 | Bardiya Daneshvar | 2613 | |
| 16 | Pranav V | 2609 | |
| 17 |  Daniel Dardha | 2604 | |
| 18 | Yagiz Kaan Erdogmus | 2601 | |
| 19 | Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2594 | |
| 20 | Christopher Yoo | style='text-align:center' | 2590 |
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 October 2024 as follows:[4]
| Rank | Player | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Divya Deshmukh | style='text-align:center' | 2501 |
| 2 | Bibisara Assaubayeva | style='text-align:center' | 2487 |
| 3 | Lu Miaoyi | style='text-align:center' | 2441 |
| 4 | Leya Garifullina | style='text-align:center' | 2438 |
| 5 |  Zsoka Gaal | style='text-align:center' | 2398 |
| 6 | Alice Lee | style='text-align:center' | 2395 |
| 7 | Song Yuxin | style='text-align:center' | 2384 |
| 8 | Meruert Kamalidenova | style='text-align:center' | 2378 |
| 9 | Velpula Sarayu | style='text-align:center' | 2370 |
| 10 | Alua Nurman | style='text-align:center' | 2357 |
| 11 | Savitha Shri B | style='text-align:center' | 2348 |
| 12 | Xeniya Balabayeva | style='text-align:center' | 2335 |
| 13 | Eline Roebers | style='text-align:center' | 2331 |
| 14 | Afruza Khamdamova | style='text-align:center' | 2330 |
| 15 | Laysa Latifah | style='text-align:center' | 2330 |
| 16 |  Mariam Mkrtchyan | style='text-align:center' | 2325 |
| 17 | Martyna Starosta | style='text-align:center' | 2325 |
| 18 | Liya Kurmangaliyeva | style='text-align:center' | 2324 |
| 19 | Rakshitta Ravi | style='text-align:center' | 2322 |
| 20 | Yelyzaveta Hrebenshchykova | style='text-align:center' | 2311 |
Every month, FIDE publishes a list ranking federations according to the average rating of their top 10 players. The top 20 federations were ranked as follows on 1 November 2024:[5]
| Rank | Federation | Average top 10 rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2732 | ||
| 2 | 2715 | ||
| 3 | 2677 | ||
| 4 | 2658 | ||
| 5 | 2634 | ||
| 6 | 2630 | ||
| 7 | 2628 | ||
| 8 | 2627 | ||
| 9 | 2626 | ||
| 10 | 2623 | ||
| 11 | 2621 | ||
| 12 | 2617 | ||
| 13 | 2602 | ||
| 14 | 2600 | ||
| 15 | 2596 | ||
| 16 | 2587 | ||
| 17 | 2582 | ||
| 18 | 2571 | ||
| 19 | 2571 | ||
| 20 | 2561 |