Monthly top-five lists

Monthly Lists: 2000 - 2005

Duration: All years 20th century 19th century 50-year span 40-year span 30-year span 20-year span 10-year span 5-year span 3-year span 1-year span covering 2000-Jan through 2004-Dec 1999-Jan through 2003-Dec 1998-Jan through 2002-Dec 1997-Jan through 2001-Dec 1996-Jan through 2000-Dec 1995-Jan through 1999-Dec 1994-Jan through 1998-Dec 1993-Jan through 1997-Dec 1992-Jan through 1996-Dec 1991-Jan through 1995-Dec 1990-Jan through 1994-Dec 1989-Jan through 1993-Dec 1988-Jan through 1992-Dec 1987-Jan through 1991-Dec 1986-Jan through 1990-Dec 1985-Jan through 1989-Dec 1984-Jan through 1988-Dec 1983-Jan through 1987-Dec 1982-Jan through 1986-Dec 1981-Jan through 1985-Dec 1980-Jan through 1984-Dec 1979-Jan through 1983-Dec 1978-Jan through 1982-Dec 1977-Jan through 1981-Dec 1976-Jan through 1980-Dec 1975-Jan through 1979-Dec 1974-Jan through 1978-Dec 1973-Jan through 1977-Dec 1972-Jan through 1976-Dec 1971-Jan through 1975-Dec 1970-Jan through 1974-Dec 1969-Jan through 1973-Dec 1968-Jan through 1972-Dec 1967-Jan through 1971-Dec 1966-Jan through 1970-Dec 1965-Jan through 1969-Dec 1964-Jan through 1968-Dec 1963-Jan through 1967-Dec 1962-Jan through 1966-Dec 1961-Jan through 1965-Dec 1960-Jan through 1964-Dec 1959-Jan through 1963-Dec 1958-Jan through 1962-Dec 1957-Jan through 1961-Dec 1956-Jan through 1960-Dec 1955-Jan through 1959-Dec 1954-Jan through 1958-Dec 1953-Jan through 1957-Dec 1952-Jan through 1956-Dec 1951-Jan through 1955-Dec 1950-Jan through 1954-Dec 1949-Jan through 1953-Dec 1948-Jan through 1952-Dec 1947-Jan through 1951-Dec 1946-Jan through 1950-Dec 1945-Jan through 1949-Dec 1944-Jan through 1948-Dec 1943-Jan through 1947-Dec 1942-Jan through 1946-Dec 1941-Jan through 1945-Dec 1940-Jan through 1944-Dec 1939-Jan through 1943-Dec 1938-Jan through 1942-Dec 1937-Jan through 1941-Dec 1936-Jan through 1940-Dec 1935-Jan through 1939-Dec 1934-Jan through 1938-Dec 1933-Jan through 1937-Dec 1932-Jan through 1936-Dec 1931-Jan through 1935-Dec 1930-Jan through 1934-Dec 1929-Jan through 1933-Dec 1928-Jan through 1932-Dec 1927-Jan through 1931-Dec 1926-Jan through 1930-Dec 1925-Jan through 1929-Dec 1924-Jan through 1928-Dec 1923-Jan through 1927-Dec 1922-Jan through 1926-Dec 1921-Jan through 1925-Dec 1920-Jan through 1924-Dec 1919-Jan through 1923-Dec 1918-Jan through 1922-Dec 1917-Jan through 1921-Dec 1916-Jan through 1920-Dec 1915-Jan through 1919-Dec 1914-Jan through 1918-Dec 1913-Jan through 1917-Dec 1912-Jan through 1916-Dec 1911-Jan through 1915-Dec 1910-Jan through 1914-Dec 1909-Jan through 1913-Dec 1908-Jan through 1912-Dec 1907-Jan through 1911-Dec 1906-Jan through 1910-Dec 1905-Jan through 1909-Dec 1904-Jan through 1908-Dec 1903-Jan through 1907-Dec 1902-Jan through 1906-Dec 1901-Jan through 1905-Dec 1900-Jan through 1904-Dec 1899-Jan through 1903-Dec 1898-Jan through 1902-Dec 1897-Jan through 1901-Dec 1896-Jan through 1900-Dec 1895-Jan through 1899-Dec 1894-Jan through 1898-Dec 1893-Jan through 1897-Dec 1892-Jan through 1896-Dec 1891-Jan through 1895-Dec 1890-Jan through 1894-Dec 1889-Jan through 1893-Dec 1888-Jan through 1892-Dec 1887-Jan through 1891-Dec 1886-Jan through 1890-Dec 1885-Jan through 1889-Dec 1884-Jan through 1888-Dec 1883-Jan through 1887-Dec 1882-Jan through 1886-Dec 1881-Jan through 1885-Dec 1880-Jan through 1884-Dec 1879-Jan through 1883-Dec 1878-Jan through 1882-Dec 1877-Jan through 1881-Dec 1876-Jan through 1880-Dec 1875-Jan through 1879-Dec 1874-Jan through 1878-Dec 1873-Jan through 1877-Dec 1872-Jan through 1876-Dec 1871-Jan through 1875-Dec 1870-Jan through 1874-Dec 1869-Jan through 1873-Dec 1868-Jan through 1872-Dec 1867-Jan through 1871-Dec 1866-Jan through 1870-Dec 1865-Jan through 1869-Dec 1864-Jan through 1868-Dec 1863-Jan through 1867-Dec 1862-Jan through 1866-Dec 1861-Jan through 1865-Dec 1860-Jan through 1864-Dec 1859-Jan through 1863-Dec 1858-Jan through 1862-Dec 1857-Jan through 1861-Dec 1856-Jan through 1860-Dec 1855-Jan through 1859-Dec 1854-Jan through 1858-Dec 1853-Jan through 1857-Dec 1852-Jan through 1856-Dec 1851-Jan through 1855-Dec 1850-Jan through 1854-Dec 1849-Jan through 1853-Dec 1848-Jan through 1852-Dec 1847-Jan through 1851-Dec 1846-Jan through 1850-Dec 1845-Jan through 1849-Dec 1844-Jan through 1848-Dec 1843-Jan through 1847-Dec

2000	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 2000 rating list	2868: Garry Kasparov	2810: Viswanathan Anand	2796: Vladimir Kramnik	2761: Alexei Shirov	2748: Alexander Morozevich
February 2000 rating list	2875: Garry Kasparov	2810: Viswanathan Anand	2797: Vladimir Kramnik	2755: Peter Leko	2754: Alexei Shirov
March 2000 rating list	2876: Garry Kasparov	2809: Viswanathan Anand	2800: Vladimir Kramnik	2758: Alexander Morozevich	2758: Peter Leko
April 2000 rating list	2871: Garry Kasparov	2803: Viswanathan Anand	2801: Vladimir Kramnik	2760: Peter Leko	2759: Alexander Morozevich
May 2000 rating list	2872: Garry Kasparov	2807: Viswanathan Anand	2801: Vladimir Kramnik	2762: Alexander Morozevich	2760: Peter Leko
June 2000 rating list	2876: Garry Kasparov	2804: Viswanathan Anand	2801: Vladimir Kramnik	2763: Alexander Morozevich	2763: Alexei Shirov
July 2000 rating list	2876: Garry Kasparov	2804: Viswanathan Anand	2801: Vladimir Kramnik	2767: Alexander Morozevich	2763: Alexei Shirov
August 2000 rating list	2873: Garry Kasparov	2806: Viswanathan Anand	2801: Vladimir Kramnik	2766: Peter Leko	2763: Alexander Morozevich
September 2000 rating list	2871: Garry Kasparov	2804: Viswanathan Anand	2802: Vladimir Kramnik	2764: Alexander Morozevich	2763: Peter Leko
October 2000 rating list	2871: Garry Kasparov	2808: Viswanathan Anand	2802: Vladimir Kramnik	2765: Peter Leko	2758: Alexei Shirov
November 2000 rating list	2854: Garry Kasparov	2815: Vladimir Kramnik	2806: Viswanathan Anand	2767: Peter Leko	2756: Alexei Shirov
December 2000 rating list	2850: Garry Kasparov	2815: Vladimir Kramnik	2809: Viswanathan Anand	2765: Peter Leko	2756: Alexei Shirov
2001	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 2001 rating list	2850: Garry Kasparov	2820: Viswanathan Anand	2815: Vladimir Kramnik	2768: Peter Leko	2757: Alexander Morozevich
February 2001 rating list	2854: Garry Kasparov	2824: Viswanathan Anand	2817: Vladimir Kramnik	2764: Peter Leko	2762: Alexander Morozevich
March 2001 rating list	2855: Garry Kasparov	2824: Viswanathan Anand	2816: Vladimir Kramnik	2767: Alexander Morozevich	2763: Peter Leko
April 2001 rating list	2861: Garry Kasparov	2824: Viswanathan Anand	2818: Vladimir Kramnik	2768: Alexander Morozevich	2760: Peter Leko
May 2001 rating list	2859: Garry Kasparov	2822: Viswanathan Anand	2817: Vladimir Kramnik	2759: Peter Leko	2759: Alexander Morozevich
June 2001 rating list	2859: Garry Kasparov	2824: Vladimir Kramnik	2823: Viswanathan Anand	2759: Alexander Morozevich	2758: Peter Leko
July 2001 rating list	2862: Garry Kasparov	2823: Viswanathan Anand	2821: Vladimir Kramnik	2760: Alexander Morozevich	2759: Peter Leko
August 2001 rating list	2862: Garry Kasparov	2826: Vladimir Kramnik	2805: Viswanathan Anand	2764: Peter Leko	2761: Alexander Morozevich
September 2001 rating list	2861: Garry Kasparov	2826: Vladimir Kramnik	2805: Viswanathan Anand	2764: Peter Leko	2760: Alexander Morozevich
October 2001 rating list	2860: Garry Kasparov	2826: Vladimir Kramnik	2804: Viswanathan Anand	2763: Peter Leko	2759: Alexander Morozevich
November 2001 rating list	2858: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2802: Viswanathan Anand	2758: Alexander Morozevich	2753: Peter Leko
December 2001 rating list	2857: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2795: Viswanathan Anand	2759: Alexander Morozevich	2753: Michael Adams
2002	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 2002 rating list	2854: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2792: Viswanathan Anand	2759: Alexander Morozevich	2750: Michael Adams
February 2002 rating list	2853: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2790: Viswanathan Anand	2764: Alexander Morozevich	2753: Michael Adams
March 2002 rating list	2852: Garry Kasparov	2826: Vladimir Kramnik	2789: Viswanathan Anand	2753: Michael Adams	2751: Evgeny Bareev
April 2002 rating list	2854: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2785: Viswanathan Anand	2757: Michael Adams	2748: Ruslan Ponomariov
May 2002 rating list	2852: Garry Kasparov	2825: Vladimir Kramnik	2784: Viswanathan Anand	2756: Veselin Topalov	2754: Michael Adams
June 2002 rating list	2851: Garry Kasparov	2822: Vladimir Kramnik	2783: Viswanathan Anand	2756: Veselin Topalov	2753: Michael Adams
July 2002 rating list	2850: Garry Kasparov	2822: Vladimir Kramnik	2782: Viswanathan Anand	2758: Veselin Topalov	2757: Michael Adams
August 2002 rating list	2848: Garry Kasparov	2821: Vladimir Kramnik	2780: Viswanathan Anand	2762: Peter Leko	2758: Veselin Topalov
September 2002 rating list	2846: Garry Kasparov	2820: Vladimir Kramnik	2780: Viswanathan Anand	2761: Peter Leko	2757: Veselin Topalov
October 2002 rating list	2843: Garry Kasparov	2818: Vladimir Kramnik	2776: Viswanathan Anand	2760: Peter Leko	2757: Veselin Topalov
November 2002 rating list	2848: Garry Kasparov	2818: Vladimir Kramnik	2778: Viswanathan Anand	2757: Veselin Topalov	2757: Peter Leko
December 2002 rating list	2853: Garry Kasparov	2816: Vladimir Kramnik	2777: Viswanathan Anand	2756: Veselin Topalov	2755: Peter Leko
2003	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 2003 rating list	2852: Garry Kasparov	2816: Vladimir Kramnik	2787: Viswanathan Anand	2756: Veselin Topalov	2754: Peter Leko
February 2003 rating list	2847: Garry Kasparov	2800: Vladimir Kramnik	2793: Viswanathan Anand	2753: Peter Leko	2751: Veselin Topalov
March 2003 rating list	2838: Garry Kasparov	2805: Vladimir Kramnik	2797: Viswanathan Anand	2756: Peter Leko	2751: Veselin Topalov
April 2003 rating list	2833: Garry Kasparov	2796: Vladimir Kramnik	2792: Viswanathan Anand	2758: Peter Leko	2750: Veselin Topalov
May 2003 rating list	2830: Garry Kasparov	2792: Vladimir Kramnik	2792: Viswanathan Anand	2754: Peter Leko	2749: Veselin Topalov
June 2003 rating list	2828: Garry Kasparov	2791: Viswanathan Anand	2788: Vladimir Kramnik	2753: Peter Leko	2749: Alexander Grischuk
July 2003 rating list	2824: Garry Kasparov	2788: Viswanathan Anand	2786: Vladimir Kramnik	2750: Ruslan Ponomariov	2748: Peter Leko
August 2003 rating list	2823: Garry Kasparov	2789: Vladimir Kramnik	2782: Viswanathan Anand	2749: Ruslan Ponomariov	2748: Peter Leko
September 2003 rating list	2818: Garry Kasparov	2776: Viswanathan Anand	2774: Vladimir Kramnik	2749: Ruslan Ponomariov	2748: Alexander Grischuk
October 2003 rating list	2823: Garry Kasparov	2779: Viswanathan Anand	2773: Vladimir Kramnik	2748: Ruslan Ponomariov	2747: Peter Svidler
November 2003 rating list	2820: Garry Kasparov	2777: Viswanathan Anand	2771: Vladimir Kramnik	2753: Peter Svidler	2749: Ruslan Ponomariov
December 2003 rating list	2817: Garry Kasparov	2777: Viswanathan Anand	2768: Vladimir Kramnik	2752: Peter Svidler	2749: Ruslan Ponomariov
2004	#1-ranked player	#2-ranked player	#3-ranked player	#4-ranked player	#5-ranked player
January 2004 rating list	2814: Garry Kasparov	2776: Viswanathan Anand	2765: Vladimir Kramnik	2754: Peter Svidler	2750: Ruslan Ponomariov
February 2004 rating list	2811: Garry Kasparov	2789: Viswanathan Anand	2755: Vladimir Kramnik	2749: Ruslan Ponomariov	2745: Judit Polgar
March 2004 rating list	2803: Garry Kasparov	2788: Viswanathan Anand	2753: Vladimir Kramnik	2748: Peter Svidler	2747: Alexander Grischuk
April 2004 rating list	2798: Garry Kasparov	2788: Viswanathan Anand	2758: Vladimir Kramnik	2750: Alexander Grischuk	2746: Peter Svidler
May 2004 rating list	2794: Garry Kasparov	2787: Viswanathan Anand	2755: Vladimir Kramnik	2744: Ruslan Ponomariov	2743: Judit Polgar
June 2004 rating list	2794: Garry Kasparov	2789: Viswanathan Anand	2759: Vladimir Kramnik	2745: Peter Svidler	2745: Ruslan Ponomariov
July 2004 rating list	2793: Garry Kasparov	2789: Viswanathan Anand	2759: Vladimir Kramnik	2756: Veselin Topalov	2749: Alexei Shirov
August 2004 rating list	2789: Garry Kasparov	2787: Viswanathan Anand	2751: Vladimir Kramnik	2751: Veselin Topalov	2749: Alexander Morozevich
September 2004 rating list	2789: Garry Kasparov	2785: Viswanathan Anand	2754: Vladimir Kramnik	2752: Veselin Topalov	2751: Alexander Morozevich
October 2004 rating list	2788: Garry Kasparov	2785: Viswanathan Anand	2758: Vladimir Kramnik	2752: Veselin Topalov	2751: Alexander Morozevich
November 2004 rating list	2794: Viswanathan Anand	2771: Garry Kasparov	2752: Vladimir Kramnik	2751: Peter Svidler	2750: Alexander Morozevich
December 2004 rating list	2795: Viswanathan Anand	2790: Garry Kasparov	2753: Vladimir Kramnik	2749: Michael Adams	2748: Peter Leko