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.

Best Performing Federations – Open^[1]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	13
United States	11
China	7
Russia	6
FIDE	6
Uzbekistan	5
Germany	4
Hungary	4
England	4
Spain	4
France	3
Azerbaijan	3
Netherlands	3
Other	27

The top 20 players were ranked on 1 January 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2831
2	Fabiano Caruana	2803
3	Hikaru Nakamura	2802
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2801
5	Gukesh Dommaraju	2777
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2768
7	Alireza Firouzja	2763
8	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2754
9	Wei Yi	2751
10	Viswanathan Anand	2750
11	Levon Aronian	2747
12	Wesley So	2747
13	R Praggnanandhaa	2741
14	Leinier Domínguez Pérez	2741
15	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2740
16	Lê Quang Liêm	2739
17	Ding Liren	2734
18	Hans Niemann	2734
19	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave	2733
20	Vincent Keymer	2733

Best Performing Federations – Women^[2]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
China	14
India	10
FIDE	7
Russia	7
Ukraine	6
Poland	6
Georgia	5
France	5
United States	5
Azerbaijan	4
Armenia	3
Germany	3
Israel	3
Other	22

The top 20 female players were ranked on 1 January 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2561
3	Tan Zhongyi	2561
4	Lei Tingjie	2552
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2546
6	Koneru Humpy	2523
7	Nana Dzagnidze	2518
8	Kateryna Lagno	2515
9	Anna Muzychuk	2515
10	Zhu Jiner	2514
11	Polina Shuvalova	2508
12	Alina Kashlinskaya	2493
13	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2492
14	Divya Deshmukh	2490
15	Mariya Muzychuk	2490
16	Harika Dronavalli	2489
17	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2484
18	Nino Batsiashvili	2476
19	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2476
20	Yuliia Osmak	2463

Best Performing Countries – Juniors^[3]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
India	20
United States	9
Turkey	7
FIDE	6
France	5
China	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Azerbaijan	3
Iran	3
Ukraine	3
Norway	3
Israel	3
Germany	3
Spain	3
Other	21

Juniors are considered to be male 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 January 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh Dommaraju	2783
2	R Praggnanandhaa	2741
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2692
4	Raunak Sadhwani	2675
5	Volodar Murzin	2657
6	Daniel Dardha	2645
7	Leon Luke Mendonca	2639
8	Ediz Gürel	2624
9	Aydin Suleymanli	2623
10	Pranav V	2615
11	Bardiya Daneshvar	2604
12	Abhimanyu Mishra	2600
13	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2599
14	Christopher Yoo	2588
15	Pranesh M	2586
16	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2579
17	Denis Lazavik	2578
18	Bharath Subramaniyam	2567
19	Aleksey Grebnev	2555
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2554

Best Performing Countries – Girls^[4]

Federation (≥3 Players)	Players (Among Top 100)
United States	9
India	8
China	8
Kazakhstan	8
FIDE	7
Mongolia	5
Ukraine	4
Germany	4
Poland	4
Uzbekistan	3
Hungary	3
Argentina	3
Other	34

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 January 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2490
2	Lu Miaoyi	2429
3	Zsóka Gaál	2404
4	Alice Lee	2386
5	Song Yuxin	2384
6	Eline Roebers	2381
7	Anna Shukhman	2365
8	Meruert Kamalidenova	2355
9	Afruza Khamdamova	2354
10	Sarayu Velpula	2347
11	Dana Kochavi	2345
12	Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene	2342
13	Alua Nurman	2336
14	Amina Kairbekova	2336
15	Savitha Shri Baskar	2331
16	Rakshitta Ravi	2320
17	Olga Karmanova	2316
18	Nadya Toncheva	2313
19	Machteld van Foreest	2312
20	Sahithi Varshini Moogi	2309

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 January 2025:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2731
2	India	2723
3	China	2672
4	Russia	2657
5	Germany	2635
6	Spain	2627
7	Azerbaijan	2623
8	Hungary	2622
9	Ukraine	2622
10	France	2621
11	Armenia	2619
12	Netherlands	2615
13	Uzbekistan	2603
14	Poland	2599
15	England	2596
16	Israel	2590
17	Norway	2583
18	Romania	2572
19	Serbia	2570
20	Turkey	2564

• Official FIDE rating lists
• Elo query with world ranking list and historical development since 1990