Highest rapid chess ratings ever

Every player's best rating on FIDE's monthly rapid lists since July 2012.

GM Magnus Carlsen's 2919 on the July 2017 list is the highest rapid rating on any FIDE list since July 2012.

#	Player	Peak	First reached	Latest
1	GM Magnus Carlsen NOR · Jul 2017 · Latest 2801	2919	Jul 2017	2801
2	GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA · Nov 2019 · Latest 2712	2873	Nov 2019	2712
3	GM Fabiano Caruana USA · Jul 2014 · Latest 2682	2858	Jul 2014	2682
4	GM Hikaru Nakamura USA · Jun 2019 · Latest 2738	2853	Jun 2019	2738
5	GM Wesley So USA · Jul 2018 · Latest 2699	2852	Jul 2018	2699
6	GM Alexander Grischuk RUS · Jul 2017 · Latest 2671	2851	Jul 2017	2671
7	GM Vasyl Ivanchuk UKR · Jan 2016 · Latest 2619	2844	Jan 2016	2619
8	GM Liren Ding CHN · Jan 2020 · Latest 2693	2836	Jan 2020	2693
9	GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov AZE · Jul 2017 · Latest 2663	2833	Jul 2017	2663
10	GM Sergey Karjakin RUS · Aug 2012 · Latest 2668	2830	Aug 2012	2668
10	GM Levon Aronian USA · Mar 2015 · Latest 2738	2830	Mar 2015	2738
12	GM Leinier Dominguez Perez USA · Dec 2017 · Latest 2641	2826	Dec 2017	2641
13	GM Viswanathan Anand IND · Apr 2018 · Latest 2694	2822	Apr 2018	2694
14	GM Ian Nepomniachtchi RUS · Nov 2015 · Latest 2748	2821	Nov 2015	2748
15	GM Anton Korobov UKR · Dec 2019 · Latest 2622	2818	Dec 2019	2622
16	GM Garry Kasparov RUS · Aug 2017 · Latest 2783	2812	Aug 2017	2783
16	GM Vladislav Artemiev RUS · Nov 2018 · Latest 2707	2812	Nov 2018	2707
18	GM Vladimir Fedoseev SLO · Jan 2018 · Latest 2701	2810	Jan 2018	2701
19	GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda POL · Jun 2022 · Latest 2685	2808	Jun 2022	2685
20	GM Richard Rapport HUN · Jun 2022 · Latest 2680	2802	Jun 2022	2680
21	GM Peter Svidler FID · Aug 2014 · Latest 2686	2799	Aug 2014	2686
21	GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS · Mar 2016 · Latest 2700	2799	Mar 2016	2700
23	GM Yangyi Yu CHN · May 2017 · Latest 2667	2795	May 2017	2667
23	GM Hao Wang CHN · Apr 2019 · Latest 2649	2795	Apr 2019	2649
25	GM Alexander Morozevich RUS · Oct 2014 · Latest 2629	2791	Oct 2014	2629
26	GM Veselin Topalov BUL · Jul 2013 · Latest 2607	2790	Jul 2013	2607
27	GM Teimour Radjabov AZE · By Jul 2012 · Latest 2640	2788	By Jul 2012	2640
28	FM Ihor Kobylianskyi UKR · Jan 2020 · Latest 2400	2787	Jan 2020	2400
29	GM Aleksey Dreev RUS · Jan 2013 · Latest 2531	2785	Jan 2013	2531
30	GM Yi Wei CHN · Sep 2024 · Latest 2704	2782	Sep 2024	2704
31	GM Anish Giri NED · Oct 2017 · Latest 2656	2779	Oct 2017	2656
31	GM Daniil Dubov RUS · Jan 2019 · Latest 2665	2779	Jan 2019	2665
33	GM Vladimir Malakhov FID · Jan 2014 · Latest 2643	2777	Jan 2014	2643
34	GM Volodymyr Onyshchuk UKR · Feb 2019 · Latest 2643	2775	Feb 2019	2643
35	GM Dmitry Andreikin FID · Oct 2013 · Latest 2676	2773	Oct 2013	2676
35	GM Peter Leko HUN · Jan 2014 · Latest 2700	2773	Jan 2014	2700
37	GM Quang Liem Le VIE · Oct 2014 · Latest 2626	2771	Oct 2014	2626
38	GM Ernesto Inarkiev RUS · Nov 2017 · Latest 2625	2767	Nov 2017	2625
38	GM Alireza Firouzja FRA · Jul 2025 · Latest 2737	2767	Jul 2025	2737
40	GM Yue Wang CHN · Jan 2014 · Latest 2615	2765	Jan 2014	2615
40	GM Sanan Sjugirov HUN · Jan 2016 · Latest 2566	2765	Jan 2016	2566
42	GM Michael Adams ENG · Jan 2014 · Latest 2614	2764	Jan 2014	2614
43	GM Gata Kamsky FRA · Mar 2013 · Latest 2639	2762	Mar 2013	2639
44	GM Dmitry Jakovenko RUS · Nov 2019 · Latest 2661	2759	Nov 2019	2661
45	GM Pentala Harikrishna IND · Dec 2018 · Latest 2595	2758	Dec 2018	2595
46	GM Sergei Rublevsky RUS · Oct 2015 · Latest 2603	2757	Oct 2015	2603
47	GM Boris Gelfand ISR · Jan 2017 · Latest 2624	2755	Jan 2017	2624
48	GM Nikita Vitiugov ENG · Nov 2012 · Latest 2616	2752	Nov 2012	2616
48	GM Evgeny Tomashevsky RUS · Jul 2014 · Latest 2638	2752	Jul 2014	2638
48	GM Sergei Zhigalko BLR · Nov 2015 · Latest 2562	2752	Nov 2015	2562
51	GM David Navara CZE · Oct 2017 · Latest 2588	2751	Oct 2017	2588
51	GM Xiangzhi Bu CHN · May 2018 · Latest 2593	2751	May 2018	2593
53	GM Laurent Fressinet FRA · Jan 2013 · Latest 2588	2750	Jan 2013	2588
53	GM Igor Kovalenko UKR · Feb 2016 · Latest 2589	2750	Feb 2016	2589
55	GM Ruslan Ponomariov UKR · Nov 2013 · Latest 2657	2748	Nov 2013	2657
56	GM Javokhir Sindarov UZB · Oct 2026 · Latest 2747	2747	Oct 2026	2747
57	GM Erigaisi Arjun IND · Jan 2026 · Latest 2740	2746	Jan 2026	2740
58	GM Grigoriy Oparin USA · Sep 2021 · Latest 2611	2745	Sep 2021	2611
59	GM Nigel D Short ENG · Jan 2017 · Latest 2551	2744	Jan 2017	2551
60	GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek POL · Mar 2013 · Latest 2611	2743	Mar 2013	2611
60	GM Ngoc Truong Son Nguyen VIE · Sep 2015 · Latest 2502	2743	Sep 2015	2502
62	GM Alexei Shirov ESP · Feb 2014 · Latest 2622	2742	Feb 2014	2622
62	GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov UZB · Nov 2024 · Latest 2704	2742	Nov 2024	2704
64	GM Yuriy Kryvoruchko UKR · Nov 2015 · Latest 2681	2740	Nov 2015	2681
65	GM Gadir Guseinov AZE · Nov 2015 · Latest 2603	2739	Nov 2015	2603
65	GM Rauf Mamedov AZE · Oct 2018 · Latest 2628	2739	Oct 2018	2628
67	GM Pavel Ponkratov RUS · Jan 2018 · Latest 2496	2737	Jan 2018	2496
68	GM Hrant Melkumyan ARM · Jan 2016 · Latest 2686	2736	Jan 2016	2686
68	GM Jules Moussard FRA · Oct 2019 · Latest 2620	2736	Oct 2019	2620
70	GM Arkadij Naiditsch BUL · Jan 2013 · Latest 2528	2735	Jan 2013	2528
70	GM Alexander Riazantsev RUS · Jan 2017 · Latest 2503	2735	Jan 2017	2503
72	GM Etienne Bacrot FRA · May 2015 · Latest 2645	2733	May 2015	2645
73	GM Victor Bologan MDA · By Jul 2012 · Latest 2478	2732	By Jul 2012	2478
73	GM David Anton Guijarro ESP · Sep 2017 · Latest 2620	2732	Sep 2017	2620
75	GM Alexander Zubov UKR · Apr 2019 · Latest 2688	2731	Apr 2019	2688
76	GM Jeffery Xiong USA · Nov 2019 · Latest 2694	2730	Nov 2019	2694
76	GM Praggnanandhaa R IND · Sep 2026 · Latest 2730	2730	Sep 2026	2730
78	GM A.R. Saleh Salem UAE · Sep 2021 · Latest 2576	2729	Sep 2021	2576
79	GM Ivan Cheparinov BUL · Mar 2014 · Latest 2612	2727	Mar 2014	2612
79	GM Baadur Jobava GEO · Jul 2014 · Latest 2631	2727	Jul 2014	2631
79	GM Boris Savchenko RUS · Jan 2018 · Latest 2494	2727	Jan 2018	2494
79	GM Maksim Chigaev ESP · Jul 2018 · Latest 2587	2727	Jul 2018	2587
83	GM Maxim Matlakov RUS · Nov 2019 · Latest 2604	2726	Nov 2019	2604
84	GM Sergei Movsesian ARM · Jan 2016 · Latest 2595	2725	Jan 2016	2595
84	GM Sabino Brunello ITA · Jun 2022 · Latest 2599	2725	Jun 2022	2599
86	GM Pavel Eljanov UKR · Oct 2013 · Latest 2605	2724	Oct 2013	2605
87	GM Levan Pantsulaia GEO · Jan 2018 · Latest 2549	2722	Jan 2018	2549
88	GM Aleksandr Rakhmanov FID · May 2018 · Latest 2521	2721	May 2018	2521
88	GM Tigran L. Petrosian ARM · Jan 2019 · Latest 2584	2721	Jan 2019	2584
88	GM Alexander Motylev ROU · Jul 2022 · Latest 2552	2721	Jul 2022	2552
91	GM Stanislav Bogdanovich UKR · Jul 2016 · Latest 2604	2719	Jul 2016	2604Feb 2020
92	GM Francisco Vallejo Pons ESP · Jul 2013 · Latest 2638	2718	Jul 2013	2638
92	GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit IND · Jan 2017 · Latest 2625	2718	Jan 2017	2625
92	GM Eltaj Safarli AZE · Sep 2019 · Latest 2609	2718	Sep 2019	2609
95	GM Farrukh Amonatov TJK · Jan 2017 · Latest 2581	2716	Jan 2017	2581
95	GM Gabriel Sargissian ARM · Sep 2019 · Latest 2622	2716	Sep 2019	2622
97	GM Alexander Moiseenko UKR · Aug 2012 · Latest 2521	2714	Aug 2012	2521
97	GM Kirill Alekseenko AUT · Jan 2019 · Latest 2595	2714	Jan 2019	2595
99	GM Nihal Sarin IND · Oct 2026 · Latest 2712	2712	Oct 2026	2712
100	GM Markus Ragger AUT · Jul 2015 · Latest 2605	2711	Jul 2015	2605

Peak is a player's highest rating on any of FIDE's monthly rapid lists since July 2012. When a player reached the same peak more than once, the first month is shown; 'By Jul 2012' means the peak was already on the earliest list we have for that player, so it may be older. Latest is the rating on the most recent list that rates the player.