Select Top 20 players for every rating period from 1967 using the box at the top right of the table.
These ratings are official FIDE ratings.

# Name Rating Date Age  
1 Fischer, Robert James United States of America 2785 1972 Jul 29
2 Spassky, Boris Soviet Union 2660 1972 Jul 35
3 Petrosian, Tigran Soviet Union 2645 1972 Jul 43
4 Polugaevsky, Lev Soviet Union 2645 1972 Jul 37
5 Portisch, Lajos Hungary 2640 1972 Jul 35
6 Korchnoi, Viktor Soviet Union 2640 1972 Jul 41
7 Botvinnik, Mikhail Soviet Union 2630 1972 Jul 60
8 Karpov, Anatoly Soviet Union 2630 1972 Jul 21
9 Larsen, Bent Denmark 2625 1972 Jul 37
10 Tal, Mikhail Soviet Union 2625 1972 Jul 35
11 Smyslov, Vassily Soviet Union 2620 1972 Jul 51
12 Stein, Leonid Soviet Union 2620 1972 Jul 37
13 Hort, Vlastimil Czech Republic 2600 1972 Jul 28
14 Keres, Paul Soviet Union 2600 1972 Jul 56
15 Savon, Vladimir A Soviet Union 2595 1972 Jul 31
16 Huebner, Robert Germany 2590 1972 Jul 23
17 Geller, Efim P Soviet Union 2590 1972 Jul 47
18 Taimanov, Mark Soviet Union 2590 1972 Jul 46
19 Bronstein, David I Soviet Union 2585 1972 Jul 48
20 Vasiukov, Evgeni Soviet Union 2575 1972 Jul 39



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