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 Carlsen, Magnus Norway 2844 2016 Feb 25
2 Kramnik, Vladimir Russian Federation 2801 2016 Feb 40
3 Giri, Anish Netherlands 2798 2016 Feb 21
4 Aronian, Levon Armenia 2792 2016 Feb 33
5 Caruana, Fabiano United States 2787 2016 Feb 23
6 Nakamura, Hikaru United States 2787 2016 Feb 28
7 Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime France 2785 2016 Feb 25
8 Anand, Viswanathan India 2784 2016 Feb 46
9 Topalov, Veselin Bulgaria 2780 2016 Feb 40
10 So, Wesley United States 2773 2016 Feb 22
11 Karjakin, Sergey Russian Federation 2769 2016 Feb 26
12 Ding, Liren China 2766 2016 Feb 23
13 Eljanov, Pavel Ukraine 2760 2016 Feb 32
14 Harikrishna, Pentala India 2753 2016 Feb 29
15 Grischuk, Alexander Russian Federation 2752 2016 Feb 32
16 Li, Chao b China 2751 2016 Feb 26
17 Svidler, Peter Russian Federation 2751 2016 Feb 39
18 Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar Azerbaijan 2747 2016 Feb 30
19 Yu, Yangyi China 2747 2016 Feb 21
20 Adams, Michael England 2744 2016 Feb 44

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