Classical FIDE ratings · USA · Active players
Top Chess Players in United States of America
See the top 100 active chess players representing United States of America, ranked by current FIDE classical rating, with federation statistics and player profiles.
FIDE rating-list snapshot: July 2026. Federation does not necessarily indicate citizenship.
5,163
Active rated players
2,792
Top rating
2,730
FIDE top 10 average
74
Grandmasters
450
Women players
2,651
Under 20
Hikaru Nakamura is the highest-rated player representing United States of America on this classical list with a rating of 2792. FIDE's federation ranking uses the top 10 active-player average: 2730.
Player status
#PlayerRatingList
- 1GMHikaru Nakamura2792classicalUSAFIDE 2016192Born 1987
- 2GMFabiano Caruana2792classicalUSAFIDE 2020009Born 1992
- 3GMWesley So2765classicalUSAFIDE 5202213Born 1993
- 4GMLeinier Dominguez Perez2732classicalUSAFIDE 3503240Born 1983
- 5GMHans Moke Niemann2730classicalUSAFIDE 2093596Born 2003
- 6GMLevon Aronian2724classicalUSAFIDE 13300474Born 1982
- 7GMDaniel Naroditsky2711classicalUSAFIDE 2026961Born 1995
- 8GMSamuel Sevian2701classicalUSAFIDE 2040506Born 2000
- 9GMAwonder Liang2696classicalUSAFIDE 2056437Born 2003
- 10GMRay Robson2659classicalUSAFIDE 2023970Born 1994
- 11GMSam Shankland2658classicalUSAFIDE 2004887Born 1991
- 12GMJeffery Xiong2656classicalUSAFIDE 2047640Born 2000
- 13GMGrigoriy Oparin2643classicalUSAFIDE 24125890Born 1997
- 14GMAbhimanyu Mishra2638classicalUSAFIDE 30920019Born 2009
- 15GMAndy Woodward2638classicalUSAFIDE 30953499Born 2010
- 16GMMikhail Al. Antipov2626classicalUSAFIDE 4107012Born 1997
- 17GMChristopher Woojin Yoo2607classicalUSAFIDE 30909694Born 2006
- 18GMJianchao Zhou2605classicalUSAFIDE 8603537Born 1988
- 19GMAndrew Hong2602classicalUSAFIDE 2099438Born 2004
- 20GMBrandon Jacobson2601classicalUSAFIDE 30901561Born 2003
- 21GMDariusz Swiercz2579classicalUSAFIDE 1126881Born 1994
- 22GMLarry Christiansen2563classicalUSAFIDE 2000059Born 1956
- 23GMLazaro Bruzon Batista2555classicalUSAFIDE 3503739Born 1982
- 24GMVaruzhan Akobian2553classicalUSAFIDE 13300580Born 1983
- 25GMAndrew Tang2551classicalUSAFIDE 2059630Born 1999
- 26GMVladimir Akopian2551classicalUSAFIDE 13300032Born 1971
- 27GMKirk Ghazarian2546classicalUSAFIDE 30908604Born 2006
- 28GMJoshua Friedel2544classicalUSAFIDE 2017199Born 1986
- 29GMAlexander Goldin2537classicalUSAFIDE 2019540Born 1964
- 30GMRuifeng Li2535classicalUSAFIDE 2061074Born 2001
- 31GMJaan Ehlvest2534classicalUSAFIDE 4500016Born 1962
- 32GMConrad Holt2532classicalUSAFIDE 2034387Born 1993
- 33IMJustin Wang2524classicalUSAFIDE 30911370Born 2005
- 34GMDavid Brodsky2518classicalUSAFIDE 2073250Born 2002
- 35IMLiam Putnam2515classicalUSAFIDE 30938279Born 2008
- 36GMBryce Tiglon2510classicalUSAFIDE 2087456Born 2000
- 37GMFidel Corrales Jimenez2507classicalUSAFIDE 3506690Born 1987
- 38GMBrewington Hardaway2501classicalUSAFIDE 30941849Born 2009
- 39GMPraveen Balakrishnan2500classicalUSAFIDE 2064871Born 2002
- 40GMJoshua Sheng2498classicalUSAFIDE 2057360Born 2000
- 41GMMaxim Dlugy2496classicalUSAFIDE 2000075Born 1966
- 42GMSafal Bora2496classicalUSAFIDE 2066149Born 1998
- 43GMRobert Hungaski2493classicalUSAFIDE 2021030Born 1987
- 44GMGregory Kaidanov2492classicalUSAFIDE 2008564Born 1959
- 45IMDimitar Mardov2490classicalUSAFIDE 30919495Born 2008
- 46GMMark Heimann2487classicalUSAFIDE 2028441Born 1993
- 47GMKayden Troff2482classicalUSAFIDE 2047896Born 1998
- 48IMJosiah Stearman2481classicalUSAFIDE 2062496Born 2003
- 49GMSergey Erenburg2481classicalUSAFIDE 2805642Born 1983
- 50GMNico Chasin2479classicalUSAFIDE 30908477Born 2006
- 51GMElshan Moradiabadi2477classicalUSAFIDE 12501255Born 1985
- 52GMAlexander Stripunsky2476classicalUSAFIDE 2015315Born 1970
- 53GMEugene Perelshteyn2475classicalUSAFIDE 2012529Born 1980
- 54GMIgor Novikov2475classicalUSAFIDE 14100037Born 1962
- 55GMJoel Benjamin2471classicalUSAFIDE 2000091Born 1964
- 56IMTanitoluwa Adewumi2467classicalUSAFIDE 30966396Born 2010
- 57GMAleksandr Lenderman2462classicalUSAFIDE 2021285Born 1989
- 58IMJason Liang2462classicalUSAFIDE 30940303Born 2007
- 59GMBalaji Daggupati2459classicalUSAFIDE 2090759Born 2005
- 60GMMackenzie Molner2458classicalUSAFIDE 2021722Born 1988
- 61IMCarissa Yip2458classicalUSAFIDE 2090732Born 2003
- 62IMMaximillian Lu2458classicalUSAFIDE 2096242Born 2005
- 63IMHarshid Kunka2453classicalUSAFIDE 30922216Born 2009
- 64IMSam Schmakel2447classicalUSAFIDE 2039311Born 1996
- 65IMRobert Shlyakhtenko2446classicalUSAFIDE 30936934Born 2005
- 66IMEric Liu2442classicalUSAFIDE 30960240Born 2009
- 67IMDouglas Root2436classicalUSAFIDE 2000490Born 1963
- 68IMSamrug Narayanan2436classicalUSAFIDE 30914051Born 2004
- 69IMEvan Park2432classicalUSAFIDE 30931142Born 2007
- 70IMStuart Rachels2431classicalUSAFIDE 2000350Born 1969
- 71GMAlexander Shabalov2428classicalUSAFIDE 2008572Born 1967
- 72IMSandeep Sethuraman2426classicalUSAFIDE 30941091Born 2007
- 73FMSharvesh Deviprasath2422classicalUSAFIDE 30938228Born 2006
- 74IMAlice Lee2421classicalUSAFIDE 30941822Born 2009
- 75IMGeorgi Orlov2419classicalUSAFIDE 2011271Born 1964
- 76GMRenier Gonzalez2419classicalUSAFIDE 3501841Born 1972
- 77IMAkira Nakada2419classicalUSAFIDE 30903920Born 2003
- 78IMErick Zhao2418classicalUSAFIDE 30946930Born 2008
- 79GMDaniel Fernandez2416classicalUSAFIDE 2015390Born 1985
- 80IMCraig Hilby2416classicalUSAFIDE 2062674Born 2000
- 81GMAlexander Fishbein2408classicalUSAFIDE 2000377Born 1968
- 82IMGrayson Rorrer2408classicalUSAFIDE 30944996Born 2005
- 83IMVarun Krishnan2405classicalUSAFIDE 5054508Born 1997
- 84IMVyom Vidyarthi2402classicalUSAFIDE 30931649Born 2007
- 85IMEddy Tian2402classicalUSAFIDE 30931975Born 2006
- 86GMIrina Krush2401classicalUSAFIDE 2012782Born 1983
- 87Eric Torman2400classicalUSAFIDE 2015773Born 1974
- 88GMJulio Becerra Rivero2398classicalUSAFIDE 3501728Born 1973
- 89IMYaacov Norowitz2397classicalUSAFIDE 2024799Born 1982
- 90IMAlexander Katz2397classicalUSAFIDE 2039796Born 1996
- 91IMEdward Song2397classicalUSAFIDE 2051192Born 1999
- 92IMAnish Vivekananthan2397classicalUSAFIDE 2090775Born 2004
- 93IMKyron Griffith2396classicalUSAFIDE 2046318Born 1994
- 94Risheeth Kankeyan2396classicalUSAFIDE 150095749Born 2008
- 95IMRyo Chen2394classicalUSAFIDE 7003072Born 2010
- 96FMEthan Guo2389classicalUSAFIDE 30976359Born 2013
- 97Sam Luger2389classicalUSAFIDE 30985773Born 2012
- 98FMRose Atwell2386classicalUSAFIDE 30951011Born 2009
- 99IMJoseph Zeltsan2382classicalUSAFIDE 30932980Born 2002
- 100IMBach Ngo2381classicalUSAFIDE 30942268Born 2008
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About this ranking
Who is the highest-rated chess player representing United States of America?
Hikaru Nakamura leads the classical list at 2792.
How many active rated chess players represent United States of America?
5,163 active players representing United States of America have a current FIDE classical rating in this ChessEver snapshot.
How are the United States of America chess rankings ordered?
Players are ordered by FIDE classical rating, highest first. The default ranking excludes players marked inactive by FIDE. Equal ratings are ordered consistently by FIDE ID. Federation represents the player's FIDE federation, not necessarily citizenship.