Top women chess players
Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026
The live list has 23,830 rated women. The highest rated is GM Yifan Hou at 2596.
Top 10 average
2541.5
Grandmasters
33
Woman Grandmasters
181
OCT26·23,830 players·Updated 11:01 UTC
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1#=158 | CHN · 32 | 25962596.0 | – | |
2#260 | CHN · 24 | 25592559.0 | – | |
3#=287 | CHN · 35 | 25532553.0 | – | |
4#=292 | CHN · 29 | 25522552.0 | – | |
=5#=364 | FID · 28 | 25362536.0 | – | |
=5#=364 | CHN · 35 | 25362536.0 | – | |
7#=384 | KAZ · 22 | 25322532.0 | – | |
8#=427 | UKR · 36 | 25242524.0 | – | |
9#=4541 | IND · 39 | 25182518.0 | – | |
10#=5091 | FID · 25 | 25092509.0 | – | |
11#=5391 | RUS · 37 | 25062506.0 | – | |
12#=6621 | IND · 21 | 24882488.0 | – | |
13#=6961 | USA · 23 | 24842484.0 | – | |
14#=723 | SUI · 42 | 24812481.0 | – | |
15#=7823 | POL · 33 | 24742474.0 | – | |
=16#=8452 | GEO · 39 | 24672467.0 | – | |
=16#=8452 | USA · 17 | 24672467.0 | – | |
18#=861 | CHN · 21 | 24652465.0 | – | |
19#=8801 | UKR · 34 | 24632463.0 | – | |
20#=8881 | UKR · 16 | 24622462.0 | – | |
21#=908 | KAZ · 19 | 24602460.0 | – | |
22#=9171 | GEO · 39 | 24592459.0 | – | |
23#96310 | 24552454.8 | +1.8 | ||
24#=9853 | IND · 25 | 24522452.0 | – | |
25#=9995 | GRE · 26 | 24512451.0 | – |
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