| 1967 | #1-ranked player | #2-ranked player | #3-ranked player | #4-ranked player | #5-ranked player |
| January 1967 rating list | 2805: Bobby Fischer | 2765: Mikhail Tal | 2763: Tigran Petrosian | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2750: Efim Geller |
| February 1967 rating list | 2803: Bobby Fischer | 2764: Mikhail Tal | 2762: Tigran Petrosian | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2751: Efim Geller |
| March 1967 rating list | 2803: Bobby Fischer | 2763: Mikhail Tal | 2763: Tigran Petrosian | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2751: Efim Geller |
| April 1967 rating list | 2807: Bobby Fischer | 2763: Tigran Petrosian | 2762: Mikhail Tal | 2754: Boris Spassky | 2750: Viktor Korchnoi |
| May 1967 rating list | 2803: Bobby Fischer | 2764: Tigran Petrosian | 2761: Mikhail Tal | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2748: Viktor Korchnoi |
| June 1967 rating list | 2799: Bobby Fischer | 2760: Mikhail Tal | 2752: Leonid Stein | 2752: Tigran Petrosian | 2749: Boris Spassky |
| July 1967 rating list | 2797: Bobby Fischer | 2757: Mikhail Tal | 2754: Viktor Korchnoi | 2751: Tigran Petrosian | 2750: Leonid Stein |
| August 1967 rating list | 2798: Bobby Fischer | 2760: Viktor Korchnoi | 2755: Mikhail Tal | 2755: Tigran Petrosian | 2749: Boris Spassky |
| September 1967 rating list | 2798: Bobby Fischer | 2760: Viktor Korchnoi | 2755: Mikhail Tal | 2754: Tigran Petrosian | 2752: Boris Spassky |
| October 1967 rating list | 2797: Bobby Fischer | 2760: Viktor Korchnoi | 2754: Mikhail Tal | 2753: Tigran Petrosian | 2752: Boris Spassky |
| November 1967 rating list | 2809: Bobby Fischer | 2758: Viktor Korchnoi | 2752: Mikhail Tal | 2751: Tigran Petrosian | 2750: Boris Spassky |
| December 1967 rating list | 2804: Bobby Fischer | 2757: Viktor Korchnoi | 2749: Boris Spassky | 2748: Mikhail Tal | 2748: Tigran Petrosian |
| 1968 | #1-ranked player | #2-ranked player | #3-ranked player | #4-ranked player | #5-ranked player |
| January 1968 rating list | 2801: Bobby Fischer | 2759: Viktor Korchnoi | 2757: Mikhail Tal | 2748: Boris Spassky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian |
| February 1968 rating list | 2801: Bobby Fischer | 2771: Viktor Korchnoi | 2750: Mikhail Tal | 2749: Boris Spassky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian |
| March 1968 rating list | 2801: Bobby Fischer | 2771: Viktor Korchnoi | 2751: Boris Spassky | 2749: Mikhail Tal | 2746: Tigran Petrosian |
| April 1968 rating list | 2800: Bobby Fischer | 2773: Viktor Korchnoi | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2749: Mikhail Tal | 2747: Tigran Petrosian |
| May 1968 rating list | 2798: Bobby Fischer | 2772: Viktor Korchnoi | 2752: Boris Spassky | 2749: Mikhail Tal | 2748: Mikhail Botvinnik |
| June 1968 rating list | 2796: Bobby Fischer | 2775: Viktor Korchnoi | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2747: Mikhail Botvinnik | 2746: Mikhail Tal |
| July 1968 rating list | 2795: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2751: Mikhail Botvinnik | 2745: Mikhail Tal |
| August 1968 rating list | 2794: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2754: Boris Spassky | 2743: Mikhail Tal | 2742: Mikhail Botvinnik |
| September 1968 rating list | 2790: Bobby Fischer | 2781: Viktor Korchnoi | 2753: Boris Spassky | 2748: Mikhail Botvinnik | 2740: Mikhail Tal |
| October 1968 rating list | 2798: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Viktor Korchnoi | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2746: Mikhail Botvinnik | 2738: Lev Polugaevsky |
| November 1968 rating list | 2797: Bobby Fischer | 2772: Viktor Korchnoi | 2761: Boris Spassky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian | 2745: Mikhail Botvinnik |
| December 1968 rating list | 2795: Bobby Fischer | 2782: Viktor Korchnoi | 2769: Boris Spassky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian | 2743: Vassily Smyslov |
| 1969 | #1-ranked player | #2-ranked player | #3-ranked player | #4-ranked player | #5-ranked player |
| January 1969 rating list | 2795: Bobby Fischer | 2780: Viktor Korchnoi | 2771: Boris Spassky | 2748: Tigran Petrosian | 2746: Lev Polugaevsky |
| February 1969 rating list | 2796: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian | 2745: Lev Polugaevsky |
| March 1969 rating list | 2796: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2748: Tigran Petrosian | 2745: Vassily Smyslov |
| April 1969 rating list | 2796: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2750: Tigran Petrosian | 2746: Vassily Smyslov |
| May 1969 rating list | 2795: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2772: Boris Spassky | 2748: Tigran Petrosian | 2746: Vassily Smyslov |
| June 1969 rating list | 2794: Bobby Fischer | 2776: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2750: Tigran Petrosian | 2747: Bent Larsen |
| July 1969 rating list | 2793: Bobby Fischer | 2777: Viktor Korchnoi | 2773: Boris Spassky | 2750: Bent Larsen | 2749: Tigran Petrosian |
| August 1969 rating list | 2794: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2773: Boris Spassky | 2751: Bent Larsen | 2750: Vassily Smyslov |
| September 1969 rating list | 2793: Bobby Fischer | 2778: Viktor Korchnoi | 2772: Boris Spassky | 2753: Vassily Smyslov | 2752: Bent Larsen |
| October 1969 rating list | 2791: Bobby Fischer | 2774: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2759: Vassily Smyslov | 2750: Bent Larsen |
| November 1969 rating list | 2789: Bobby Fischer | 2776: Viktor Korchnoi | 2768: Boris Spassky | 2753: Vassily Smyslov | 2750: Lev Polugaevsky |
| December 1969 rating list | 2787: Bobby Fischer | 2776: Viktor Korchnoi | 2768: Boris Spassky | 2753: Vassily Smyslov | 2749: Tigran Petrosian |
| 1970 | #1-ranked player | #2-ranked player | #3-ranked player | #4-ranked player | #5-ranked player |
| January 1970 rating list | 2788: Bobby Fischer | 2775: Viktor Korchnoi | 2767: Boris Spassky | 2748: Lev Polugaevsky | 2747: Tigran Petrosian |
| February 1970 rating list | 2783: Bobby Fischer | 2775: Viktor Korchnoi | 2767: Boris Spassky | 2753: Tigran Petrosian | 2744: Vassily Smyslov |
| March 1970 rating list | 2778: Bobby Fischer | 2776: Viktor Korchnoi | 2767: Boris Spassky | 2753: Tigran Petrosian | 2743: Vassily Smyslov |
| April 1970 rating list | 2797: Bobby Fischer | 2776: Viktor Korchnoi | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2746: Vassily Smyslov | 2746: Tigran Petrosian |
| May 1970 rating list | 2819: Bobby Fischer | 2775: Viktor Korchnoi | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2744: Bent Larsen | 2743: Vassily Smyslov |
| June 1970 rating list | 2810: Bobby Fischer | 2770: Viktor Korchnoi | 2764: Boris Spassky | 2749: Vassily Smyslov | 2742: Bent Larsen |
| July 1970 rating list | 2808: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Viktor Korchnoi | 2763: Boris Spassky | 2748: Vassily Smyslov | 2743: Bent Larsen |
| August 1970 rating list | 2827: Bobby Fischer | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2755: Viktor Korchnoi | 2741: Bent Larsen | 2741: Lev Polugaevsky |
| September 1970 rating list | 2826: Bobby Fischer | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2754: Viktor Korchnoi | 2742: Lev Polugaevsky | 2741: Bent Larsen |
| October 1970 rating list | 2825: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Boris Spassky | 2753: Viktor Korchnoi | 2745: Bent Larsen | 2740: Tigran Petrosian |
| November 1970 rating list | 2827: Bobby Fischer | 2768: Boris Spassky | 2747: Bent Larsen | 2742: Viktor Korchnoi | 2737: Lev Polugaevsky |
| December 1970 rating list | 2834: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Boris Spassky | 2752: Viktor Korchnoi | 2748: Bent Larsen | 2736: Lajos Portisch |
| 1971 | #1-ranked player | #2-ranked player | #3-ranked player | #4-ranked player | #5-ranked player |
| January 1971 rating list | 2850: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Boris Spassky | 2754: Bent Larsen | 2750: Viktor Korchnoi | 2736: Lajos Portisch |
| February 1971 rating list | 2850: Bobby Fischer | 2770: Boris Spassky | 2755: Bent Larsen | 2752: Viktor Korchnoi | 2738: Lajos Portisch |
| March 1971 rating list | 2848: Bobby Fischer | 2769: Boris Spassky | 2753: Bent Larsen | 2751: Viktor Korchnoi | 2736: Lajos Portisch |
| April 1971 rating list | 2847: Bobby Fischer | 2767: Boris Spassky | 2751: Bent Larsen | 2749: Viktor Korchnoi | 2740: Paul Keres |
| May 1971 rating list | 2846: Bobby Fischer | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2750: Bent Larsen | 2748: Viktor Korchnoi | 2742: Lev Polugaevsky |
| June 1971 rating list | 2867: Bobby Fischer | 2766: Boris Spassky | 2752: Bent Larsen | 2749: Viktor Korchnoi | 2742: Lev Polugaevsky |
| July 1971 rating list | 2869: Bobby Fischer | 2765: Boris Spassky | 2752: Bent Larsen | 2748: Viktor Korchnoi | 2745: Paul Keres |
| August 1971 rating list | 2895: Bobby Fischer | 2764: Boris Spassky | 2749: Viktor Korchnoi | 2743: Lev Polugaevsky | 2742: Bent Larsen |
| September 1971 rating list | 2894: Bobby Fischer | 2758: Boris Spassky | 2750: Viktor Korchnoi | 2745: Lev Polugaevsky | 2742: Bent Larsen |
| October 1971 rating list | 2895: Bobby Fischer | 2756: Boris Spassky | 2751: Viktor Korchnoi | 2738: Bent Larsen | 2735: Tigran Petrosian |
| November 1971 rating list | 2894: Bobby Fischer | 2755: Boris Spassky | 2749: Viktor Korchnoi | 2736: Bent Larsen | 2735: Tigran Petrosian |
| December 1971 rating list | 2895: Bobby Fischer | 2749: Boris Spassky | 2743: Lev Polugaevsky | 2740: Tigran Petrosian | 2738: Viktor Korchnoi |