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Top Chess Players in United States of America
See the top 100 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.
12,241
Rated players
2,792
Top rating
2,730
All-player top 10 average
114
Grandmasters
984
Women players
3,707
Under 20
Hikaru Nakamura is the highest-rated player representing United States of America on this classical list with a rating of 2792. The top 10 average for this view is 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
- 14GMAlexander OnischukInactive2640classicalUSAFIDE 14101025Born 1975
- 15GMAbhimanyu Mishra2638classicalUSAFIDE 30920019Born 2009
- 16GMAndy Woodward2638classicalUSAFIDE 30953499Born 2010
- 17GMMikhail Al. Antipov2626classicalUSAFIDE 4107012Born 1997
- 18GMYasser SeirawanInactive2620classicalUSAFIDE 2000032Born 1960
- 19GMYaroslav ZherebukhInactive2620classicalUSAFIDE 14116804Born 1993
- 20GMChristopher Woojin Yoo2607classicalUSAFIDE 30909694Born 2006
- 21GMJianchao Zhou2605classicalUSAFIDE 8603537Born 1988
- 22GMAndrew Hong2602classicalUSAFIDE 2099438Born 2004
- 23GMZviad IzoriaInactive2602classicalUSAFIDE 13601733Born 1984
- 24GMBrandon Jacobson2601classicalUSAFIDE 30901561Born 2003
- 25GMRobert HessInactive2591classicalUSAFIDE 2022036Born 1991
- 26GMYuniesky Quesada PerezInactive2591classicalUSAFIDE 3504409Born 1984
- 27GMIlya GurevichInactive2586classicalUSAFIDE 2000628Born 1972
- 28GMGiorgi KacheishviliInactive2582classicalUSAFIDE 13600613Born 1977
- 29GMDariusz Swiercz2579classicalUSAFIDE 1126881Born 1994
- 30GMJohn M BurkeInactive2569classicalUSAFIDE 2070901Born 2001
- 31GMBoris AvrukhInactive2567classicalUSAFIDE 2803895Born 1978
- 32GMLarry Christiansen2563classicalUSAFIDE 2000059Born 1956
- 33GMYury ShulmanInactive2559classicalUSAFIDE 13500520Born 1975
- 34GMLazaro Bruzon Batista2555classicalUSAFIDE 3503739Born 1982
- 35GMVaruzhan Akobian2553classicalUSAFIDE 13300580Born 1983
- 36GMAndrew Tang2551classicalUSAFIDE 2059630Born 1999
- 37GMVladimir Akopian2551classicalUSAFIDE 13300032Born 1971
- 38GMRoman DzindzichashviliInactive2550classicalUSAFIDE 2000113Born 1944
- 39GMKirk Ghazarian2546classicalUSAFIDE 30908604Born 2006
- 40GMJoshua Friedel2544classicalUSAFIDE 2017199Born 1986
- 41GMBoris GulkoInactive2542classicalUSAFIDE 2000040Born 1947
- 42GMMichael WilderInactive2540classicalUSAFIDE 2000130Born 1962
- 43GMLev AlburtInactive2539classicalUSAFIDE 2000156Born 1945
- 44GMAlexander Goldin2537classicalUSAFIDE 2019540Born 1964
- 45GMRuifeng Li2535classicalUSAFIDE 2061074Born 2001
- 46GMJaan Ehlvest2534classicalUSAFIDE 4500016Born 1962
- 47GMGabriel SchwartzmanInactive2533classicalUSAFIDE 2011255Born 1976
- 48GMConrad Holt2532classicalUSAFIDE 2034387Born 1993
- 49GMPatrick G WolffInactive2530classicalUSAFIDE 2000148Born 1968
- 50IMAnthony HeInactive2529classicalUSAFIDE 2088215Born 2005
- 51GMArthur GuoInactive2525classicalUSAFIDE 30903114Born 2006
- 52IMJustin Wang2524classicalUSAFIDE 30911370Born 2005
- 53GMGrigory SerperInactive2522classicalUSAFIDE 2012642Born 1969
- 54GMVinay BhatInactive2519classicalUSAFIDE 2011352Born 1984
- 55GMDavid Brodsky2518classicalUSAFIDE 2073250Born 2002
- 56GMMarc ArnoldInactive2517classicalUSAFIDE 2022320Born 1992
- 57IMLiam Putnam2515classicalUSAFIDE 30938279Born 2008
- 58GMBryce Tiglon2510classicalUSAFIDE 2087456Born 2000
- 59GMMichael BrownInactive2509classicalUSAFIDE 2037602Born 1997
- 60GMNicolas ChecaInactive2507classicalUSAFIDE 2069342Born 2001
- 61GMFidel Corrales Jimenez2507classicalUSAFIDE 3506690Born 1987
- 62GMKenneth RogoffInactive2505classicalUSAFIDE 2000237Born 1953
- 63GMBrewington Hardaway2501classicalUSAFIDE 30941849Born 2009
- 64Gilbert GuerreroInactive2500classicalUSAFIDE 2012707
- 65GMPraveen Balakrishnan2500classicalUSAFIDE 2064871Born 2002
- 66GMJoshua Sheng2498classicalUSAFIDE 2057360Born 2000
- 67GMMaxim Dlugy2496classicalUSAFIDE 2000075Born 1966
- 68GMSafal Bora2496classicalUSAFIDE 2066149Born 1998
- 69FMAnatoly DozoretsInactive2495classicalUSAFIDE 2000245Born 1957
- 70GMRobert Hungaski2493classicalUSAFIDE 2021030Born 1987
- 71GMGregory Kaidanov2492classicalUSAFIDE 2008564Born 1959
- 72IMDimitar Mardov2490classicalUSAFIDE 30919495Born 2008
- 73GMSteven ZierkInactive2489classicalUSAFIDE 2034255Born 1993
- 74GMMark Heimann2487classicalUSAFIDE 2028441Born 1993
- 75IMDaniel LudwigInactive2484classicalUSAFIDE 2024322Born 1990
- 76GMDarwin YangInactive2482classicalUSAFIDE 2029111Born 1996
- 77GMKayden Troff2482classicalUSAFIDE 2047896Born 1998
- 78GMBoris KreimanInactive2481classicalUSAFIDE 2007770Born 1976
- 79IMJosiah Stearman2481classicalUSAFIDE 2062496Born 2003
- 80GMSergey Erenburg2481classicalUSAFIDE 2805642Born 1983
- 81IMJulio KaplanInactive2480classicalUSAFIDE 2000326Born 1950
- 82FMMikhail BraudeInactive2480classicalUSAFIDE 2006758Born 1971
- 83GMHolden Hernandez CarmenateInactive2479classicalUSAFIDE 3504387Born 1984
- 84GMNico Chasin2479classicalUSAFIDE 30908477Born 2006
- 85GMElshan Moradiabadi2477classicalUSAFIDE 12501255Born 1985
- 86IMGregory ShahadeInactive2476classicalUSAFIDE 2009064Born 1978
- 87GMAlexander Stripunsky2476classicalUSAFIDE 2015315Born 1970
- 88GMEugene Perelshteyn2475classicalUSAFIDE 2012529Born 1980
- 89GMIgor Novikov2475classicalUSAFIDE 14100037Born 1962
- 90GMJoel Benjamin2471classicalUSAFIDE 2000091Born 1964
- 91GMTal ShakedInactive2468classicalUSAFIDE 2007991Born 1978
- 92IMTanitoluwa Adewumi2467classicalUSAFIDE 30966396Born 2010
- 93FMAaron PixtonInactive2465classicalUSAFIDE 2017245Born 1986
- 94IMJoshua WaitzkinInactive2464classicalUSAFIDE 2005158Born 1976
- 95GMAkshat ChandraInactive2463classicalUSAFIDE 25006711Born 1999
- 96GMAleksandr Lenderman2462classicalUSAFIDE 2021285Born 1989
- 97IMJason Liang2462classicalUSAFIDE 30940303Born 2007
- 98GMRaven SturtInactive2459classicalUSAFIDE 2007304Born 1993
- 99GMBalaji Daggupati2459classicalUSAFIDE 2090759Born 2005
- 100GMMackenzie Molner2458classicalUSAFIDE 2021722Born 1988
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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 rated chess players represent United States of America?
12,241 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. This view includes players marked inactive by FIDE. Equal ratings are ordered consistently by FIDE ID. Federation represents the player's FIDE federation, not necessarily citizenship.