Top chess players in the United States
Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026
The United States has 5,208 rated players. The highest rated is GM Hikaru Nakamura at 2792.
Country ranking
#1 of 184
top 10 average 2722.8
Grandmasters
73
Moved since the October list
146
OCT26·5,208 players·Updated 08:55 UTC
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1#2 | USA · 39 | 27922792.0 | – | |
2#3 | USA · 34 | 27842784.0 | – | |
3#6 | USA · 33 | 27702770.0 | – | |
4#=15 | USA · 43 | 27322732.0 | – | |
5#19 | USA · 44 | 27252725.0 | – | |
6#=22 | USA · 23 | 27172717.0 | – | |
7#31 | USA · 26 | 27082708.0 | – | |
8#39 | USA · 23 | 26852685.0 | – | |
9#55 | USA · 32 | 26592659.0 | – | |
10#=57 | USA · 26 | 26562656.0 | – | |
11#=731 | USA · 35 | 26462646.0 | – | |
12#=801 | USA · 51 | 26392639.0 | – | |
13#821 | USA · 29 | 26382638.0 | – | |
14#=841 | USA · 17 | 26362636.0 | – | |
15#=87 | USA · 29 | 26332633.0 | – | |
16#=97 | USA · 23 | 26272627.0 | – | |
17#=1131 | USA · 16 | 26192619.0 | – | |
18#=1321 | USA · 22 | 26092609.0 | – | |
19#1761 | USA · 20 | 25882588.0 | – | |
20#202 | USA · 32 | 25792579.0 | – | |
21#=2412 | USA · 55 | 25622562.0 | – | |
22#=2825 | USA · 44 | 25552555.0 | – | |
23#=287 | USA · 43 | 25532553.0 | – | |
24#=2981 | USA · 27 | 25512551.0 | – | |
25#327 | 25462545.8 | +0.8 |
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