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 April 2025 as follows:^[1]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Magnus Carlsen	2837
2	Hikaru Nakamura	2804
3	Gukesh Dommaraju	2787
4	Arjun Erigaisi	2782
5	Fabiano Caruana	2776
6	Nodirbek Abdusattorov	2773
7	R Praggnanandhaa	2758
8	Wei Yi	2758
9	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2757
10	Alireza Firouzja	2757
11	Aravindh Chithambaram	2749
12	Wesley So	2748
13	Shakhriyar Mamedyarov	2748
14	Levon Aronian	2747
15	Viswanathan Anand	2743
16	Jan-Krzysztof Duda	2739
17	Vladimir Fedoseev	2739
18	Anish Giri	2738
19	Leinier Domínguez Pérez	2738
20	Hans Niemann	2736

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 April 2025 as follows:^[2]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Hou Yifan	2633
2	Ju Wenjun	2561
3	Tan Zhongyi	2555
4	Lei Tingjie	2552
5	Aleksandra Goryachkina	2544
6	Koneru Humpy	2528
7	Anna Muzychuk	2526
8	Zhu Jiner	2525
9	Kateryna Lagno	2516
10	Nana Dzagnidze	2509
11	Polina Shuvalova	2500
12	Alina Kashlinskaya	2496
13	Mariya Muzychuk	2494
14	Bibisara Assaubayeva	2494
15	Harika Dronavalli	2488
16	Vaishali Rameshbabu	2484
17	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2482
18	Nino Batsiashvili	2473
19	Yuliia Osmak	2468
20	Divya Deshmukh	2460

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 April 2025 as follows:^[3]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Gukesh Dommaraju	2787
2	R Praggnanandhaa	2758
3	Javokhir Sindarov	2706
4	Raunak Sadhwani	2665
5	Volodar Murzin	2658
6	Daniel Dardha	2650
7	Leon Luke Mendonca	2643
8	Ediz Gürel	2636
9	Pranav V	2628
10	Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş	2618
11	Aydin Suleymanli	2617
12	Bardiya Daneshvar	2616
13	Marc'Andria Maurizzi	2605
14	Abhimanyu Mishra	2605
15	Christopher Yoo	2588
16	Denis Lazavik	2577
17	Ihor Samunenkov	2572
18	Pranesh M	2572
19	Bharath Subramaniyam	2567
20	Ivan Zemlyanskii	2563

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 April 2025 as follows:^[4]

Rank	Player	Rating
1	Divya Deshmukh	2460
2	Lu Miaoyi	2429
3	Anna Shukhman	2413
4	Zsóka Gaál	2395
5	Alice Lee	2389
6	Eline Roebers	2383
7	Song Yuxin	2371
8	Fiorella Contreras Huaman	2349
9	Alua Nurman	2347
10	Amina Kairbekova	2344
11	Meruert Kamalidenova	2342
12	Bayanmunkh Amin-Erdene	2342
13	Afruza Khamdamova	2326
14	Zoey Tang	2325
15	Rakshitta Ravi	2324
16	Anna Zhurova	2322
17	Nadya Toncheva	2318
18	Olga Karmanova	2317
19	Ayan Allahverdiyeva	2316
20	Bat-Erdene Mungunzul	2302

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 April 2025:^[5]

Rank	Federation	Average top 10 rating
1	United States	2730
2	India	2725
3	China	2673
4	Russia	2655
5	Germany	2632
6	Azerbaijan	2629
7	Ukraine	2626
8	Hungary	2623
9	France	2622
10	Spain	2620
11	Netherlands	2616
12	Armenia	2614
13	Uzbekistan	2605
14	Poland	2596
15	Norway	2588
16	Israel	2586
17	England	2585
18	Serbia	2569
19	Turkey	2568
20	Romania	2565

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