Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year | 1 | Kasparov, Garry | g | RUS | 2817 | 12 | 1963 | 2 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2774 | 13 | 1969 | 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2764 | 25 | 1975 | 4 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2741 | 25 | 1979 | 5 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2737 | 25 | 1975 | 6 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2733 | 13 | 1976 | 7 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2732 | 0 | 1977 | 8 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2731 | 13 | 1971 | 9 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2728 | 0 | 1976 | 10 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2722 | 0 | 1983 | 11 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2719 | 0 | 1983 | 12 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2716 | 0 | 1969 | 13 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2714 | 10 | 1968 | 14 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2713 | 25 | 1972 | 15 | Short, Nigel D. | g | ENG | 2712 | 19 | 1965 | 16 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2711 | 13 | 1966 | 17 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2695 | 9 | 1980 | 18 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROM | 2692 | 28 | 1976 | 19 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2690 | 13 | 1968 | 20 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2689 | 19 | 1969 | 21 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2689 | 13 | 1971 | 22 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2682 | 0 | 1951 | 23 | Ye, Jiangchuan | g | CHN | 2681 | 0 | 1960 | 24 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2680 | 34 | 1972 | 25 | Lautier, Joel | g | FRA | 2680 | 9 | 1973 | 26 | Azmaiparashvili, Zurab | g | GEO | 2679 | 0 | 1960 | 27 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2675 | 16 | 1983 | 28 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2675 | 11 | 1968 | 29 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | BEL | 2672 | 19 | 1959 | 30 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2671 | 9 | 1974 | 31 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2670 | 12 | 1987 | 32 | Khalifman, Alexander | g | RUS | 2668 | 9 | 1966 | 33 | Aleksandrov, Aleksej | g | BLR | 2668 | 7 | 1973 | 34 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | g | SLO | 2667 | 0 | 1953 | 35 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2666 | 12 | 1982 | 36 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2665 | 28 | 1971 | 37 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2665 | 9 | 1974 | 38 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2661 | 16 | 1977 | 39 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2659 | 18 | 1981 | 40 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2657 | 9 | 1985 | 41 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2656 | 18 | 1962 | 42 | McShane, Luke J. | g | ENG | 2656 | 7 | 1984 | 43 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2654 | 0 | 1976 | 44 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2652 | 0 | 1979 | 45 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2652 | 0 | 1975 | 46 | Van Wely, Loek | g | NED | 2651 | 22 | 1972 | 47 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2649 | 9 | 1979 | 48 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2648 | 19 | 1978 | 49 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2648 | 0 | 1960 | 50 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2647 | 23 | 1978 | 51 | Aronian, Levon | g | GER | 2645 | 9 | 1982 | 52 | Hjartarson, Johann | g | ISL | 2640 | 0 | 1963 | 53 | Filippov, Valerij | g | RUS | 2639 | 15 | 1975 | 54 | Vaganian, Rafael A | g | ARM | 2639 | 9 | 1951 | 55 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2638 | 23 | 1981 | 56 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | MKD | 2637 | 0 | 1965 | 57 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2636 | 19 | 1971 | 58 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2635 | 9 | 1973 | 59 | Hansen, Curt | g | DEN | 2635 | 0 | 1964 | 60 | Lputian, Smbat G | g | ARM | 2634 | 0 | 1958 | 61 | Zhang, Zhong | g | CHN | 2633 | 22 | 1978 | 62 | Macieja, Bartlomiej | g | POL | 2633 | 12 | 1977 | 63 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2631 | 28 | 1980 | 64 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2631 | 9 | 1976 | 65 | Kobalia, Mikhail | g | RUS | 2630 | 7 | 1978 | 66 | Volkov, Sergey | g | RUS | 2629 | 9 | 1974 | 67 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2628 | 9 | 1973 | 68 | Iordachescu, Viorel | g | MDA | 2627 | 28 | 1977 | 69 | Kozul, Zdenko | g | CRO | 2627 | 18 | 1966 | 70 | Sadvakasov, Darmen | g | KAZ | 2626 | 9 | 1979 | 71 | Sadler, Matthew | g | ENG | 2626 | 0 | 1974 | 72 | Shabalov, Alexander | g | USA | 2624 | 33 | 1967 | 73 | Piket, Jeroen | g | NED | 2624 | 0 | 1969 | 74 | Illescas Cordoba, Miguel | g | ESP | 2623 | 10 | 1965 | 75 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2622 | 8 | 1976 | 76 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2621 | 33 | 1985 | 77 | Kaidanov, Gregory S | g | USA | 2621 | 15 | 1959 | 78 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2621 | 0 | 1960 | 79 | Vladimirov, Evgeny | g | KAZ | 2621 | 0 | 1957 | 80 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2620 | 0 | 1978 | 81 | Rozentalis, Eduardas | g | LTU | 2619 | 9 | 1963 | 82 | Nunn, John D.M. | g | ENG | 2617 | 0 | 1955 | 83 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2616 | 27 | 1985 | 84 | Fedorov, Alexei | g | BLR | 2616 | 9 | 1972 | 85 | Dautov, Rustem | g | GER | 2616 | 0 | 1965 | 86 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2616 | 0 | 1983 | 87 | Baklan, Vladimir | g | UKR | 2615 | 36 | 1978 | 88 | Miladinovic, Igor | g | GRE | 2614 | 20 | 1974 | 89 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2614 | 9 | 1983 | 90 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2613 | 18 | 1985 | 91 | Dvoirys, Semen I. | g | RUS | 2612 | 18 | 1958 | 92 | Dominguez, Lenier | g | CUB | 2612 | 16 | 1983 | 93 | Giorgadze, Giorgi | g | GEO | 2612 | 0 | 1964 | 94 | Goldin, Alexander | g | USA | 2611 | 6 | 1964 | 95 | Epishin, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2610 | 47 | 1965 | 96 | Hodgson, Julian M. | g | ENG | 2609 | 0 | 1963 | 97 | Krasenkow, Michal | g | POL | 2609 | 0 | 1963 | 98 | Xu, Jun | g | CHN | 2608 | 0 | 1962 | 99 | Kotronias, Vasilios | g | CYP | 2607 | 18 | 1964 | 100 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2606 | 15 | 1977 |
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