| | Player Name | Average Rating | 3 year peak range |
| #1 | Garry Kasparov | 2874 | 1989-Jan through 1991-Dec |
| #2 | Bobby Fischer | 2867 | 1971-Jan through 1973-Dec |
| #3 | José Capablanca | 2857 | 1919-Jan through 1921-Dec |
| #4 | Emanuel Lasker | 2855 | 1894-Jan through 1896-Dec |
| #5 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 2852 | 1945-Jan through 1947-Dec |
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| #6 | Alexander Alekhine | 2841 | 1930-Jan through 1932-Dec |
| #7 | Anatoly Karpov | 2833 | 1988-Jan through 1990-Dec |
| #8 | Viswanathan Anand | 2822 | 1997-Jan through 1999-Dec |
| #9 | Vladimir Kramnik | 2815 | 2000-Jan through 2002-Dec |
| #10 | Harry Pillsbury | 2806 | 1900-Jan through 1902-Dec |
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| #11 | Géza Maróczy | 2799 | 1905-Jan through 1907-Dec |
| #12 | Viktor Korchnoi | 2798 | 1978-Jan through 1980-Dec |
| #13 | Siegbert Tarrasch | 2796 | 1894-Jan through 1896-Dec |
| #14 | Vassily Ivanchuk | 2794 | 1991-Jan through 1993-Dec |
| #15 | Wilhelm Steinitz | 2794 | 1884-Jan through 1886-Dec |
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| #16 | Vassily Smyslov | 2793 | 1954-Jan through 1956-Dec |
| #17 | Tigran Petrosian | 2789 | 1961-Jan through 1963-Dec |
| #18 | Mikhail Tal | 2786 | 1959-Jan through 1961-Dec |
| #19 | Akiba Rubinstein | 2781 | 1911-Jan through 1913-Dec |
| #20 | Samuel Reshevsky | 2776 | 1952-Jan through 1954-Dec |
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| #21 | Miguel Najdorf | 2775 | 1946-Jan through 1948-Dec |
| #22 | Johannes Zukertort | 2774 | 1883-Jan through 1885-Dec |
| #23 | Paul Keres | 2773 | 1955-Jan through 1957-Dec |
| #24 | Aron Nimzowitsch | 2770 | 1928-Jan through 1930-Dec |
| #25 | David Bronstein | 2770 | 1950-Jan through 1952-Dec |
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| #26 | Boris Spassky | 2767 | 1969-Jan through 1971-Dec |
| #27 | Gata Kamsky | 2765 | 1994-Jan through 1996-Dec |
| #28 | Mikhail Chigorin | 2763 | 1895-Jan through 1897-Dec |
| #29 | Frank Marshall | 2759 | 1916-Jan through 1918-Dec |
| #30 | Peter Leko | 2757 | 2000-Jan through 2002-Dec |
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| #31 | Dawid Janowsky | 2757 | 1903-Jan through 1905-Dec |
| #32 | Reuben Fine | 2756 | 1939-Jan through 1941-Dec |
| #33 | Veselin Topalov | 2754 | 1996-Jan through 1998-Dec |
| #34 | Valery Salov | 2754 | 1993-Jan through 1995-Dec |
| #35 | Boris Gelfand | 2754 | 1991-Jan through 1993-Dec |
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| #36 | Alexei Shirov | 2753 | 1999-Jan through 2001-Dec |
| #37 | Efim Bogoljubow | 2753 | 1926-Jan through 1928-Dec |
| #38 | Efim Geller | 2752 | 1962-Jan through 1964-Dec |
| #39 | Alexander Morozevich | 2751 | 1999-Jan through 2001-Dec |
| #40 | Max Euwe | 2750 | 1935-Jan through 1937-Dec |
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| #41 | Michael Adams | 2749 | 2000-Jan through 2002-Dec |
| #42 | Lev Polugaevsky | 2748 | 1976-Jan through 1978-Dec |
| #43 | Alexander Beliavsky | 2747 | 1987-Jan through 1989-Dec |
| #44 | Jan Timman | 2747 | 1988-Jan through 1990-Dec |
| #45 | Carl Schlechter | 2747 | 1910-Jan through 1912-Dec |
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| #46 | Lajos Portisch | 2746 | 1979-Jan through 1981-Dec |
| #47 | Leonid Stein | 2745 | 1965-Jan through 1967-Dec |
| #48 | Rafael Vaganian | 2744 | 1984-Jan through 1986-Dec |
| #49 | Artur Jussupow | 2744 | 1986-Jan through 1988-Dec |
| #50 | Bent Larsen | 2744 | 1969-Jan through 1971-Dec |
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| #51 | Ruslan Ponomariov | 2744 | 2002-Jan through 2004-Dec |
| #52 | Salo Flohr | 2744 | 1935-Jan through 1937-Dec |
| #53 | Evgeny Bareev | 2741 | 1991-Jan through 1993-Dec |
| #54 | Alexander Kotov | 2740 | 1949-Jan through 1951-Dec |
| #55 | Peter Svidler | 2739 | 2002-Jan through 2004-Dec |
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| #56 | Joseph Blackburne | 2737 | 1886-Jan through 1888-Dec |
| #57 | Isaak Boleslavsky | 2736 | 1946-Jan through 1948-Dec |
| #58 | Isaac Kashdan | 2736 | 1931-Jan through 1933-Dec |
| #59 | Gideon Ståhlberg | 2735 | 1948-Jan through 1950-Dec |
| #60 | Nigel Short | 2734 | 1988-Jan through 1990-Dec |
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| #61 | Ulf Andersson | 2731 | 1982-Jan through 1984-Dec |
| #62 | Svetozar Gligoric | 2730 | 1958-Jan through 1960-Dec |
| #63 | Mark Taimanov | 2730 | 1954-Jan through 1956-Dec |
| #64 | Alexander Grischuk | 2730 | 2002-Jan through 2004-Dec |
| #65 | Oldrich Duras | 2729 | 1908-Jan through 1910-Dec |
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| #66 | Richard Teichmann | 2725 | 1910-Jan through 1912-Dec |
| #67 | Judit Polgar | 2725 | 2002-Jan through 2004-Dec |
| #68 | Gustav Neumann | 2724 | 1868-Jan through 1870-Dec |
| #69 | Vladimir Makogonov | 2724 | 1944-Jan through 1946-Dec |
| #70 | Mikhail Gurevich | 2723 | 1990-Jan through 1992-Dec |
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| #71 | Robert Hübner | 2722 | 1973-Jan through 1975-Dec |
| #72 | Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2722 | 1983-Jan through 1985-Dec |
| #73 | Jonathan Speelman | 2720 | 1988-Jan through 1990-Dec |
| #74 | Andrey Sokolov | 2720 | 1985-Jan through 1987-Dec |
| #75 | Milan Vidmar Sr | 2719 | 1918-Jan through 1920-Dec |
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| #76 | Isidor Gunsberg | 2719 | 1888-Jan through 1890-Dec |
| #77 | Jaan Ehlvest | 2719 | 1989-Jan through 1991-Dec |
| #78 | Ratmir Kholmov | 2718 | 1959-Jan through 1961-Dec |
| #79 | Alexander Khalifman | 2717 | 1990-Jan through 1992-Dec |
| #80 | Amos Burn | 2717 | 1899-Jan through 1901-Dec |
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| #81 | Zoltán Ribli | 2717 | 1983-Jan through 1985-Dec |
| #82 | Henrique Mecking | 2716 | 1975-Jan through 1977-Dec |
| #83 | Vlastimil Hort | 2716 | 1976-Jan through 1978-Dec |
| #84 | Paul Morphy | 2716 | 1859-Jan through 1861-Dec |
| #85 | Erich Eliskases | 2713 | 1948-Jan through 1950-Dec |
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| #86 | Alexey Dreev | 2712 | 1995-Jan through 1997-Dec |
| #87 | László Szabó | 2711 | 1952-Jan through 1954-Dec |
| #88 | Leonid Yudasin | 2711 | 1990-Jan through 1992-Dec |
| #89 | Oleg Romanishin | 2710 | 1981-Jan through 1983-Dec |
| #90 | Predrag Nikolic | 2709 | 1987-Jan through 1989-Dec |
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| #91 | Rudolf Spielmann | 2709 | 1912-Jan through 1914-Dec |
| #92 | Sergei Rublevsky | 2707 | 1997-Jan through 1999-Dec |
| #93 | John Nunn | 2706 | 1985-Jan through 1987-Dec |
| #94 | Simen Agdestein | 2706 | 1987-Jan through 1989-Dec |
| #95 | Samuel Lipschütz | 2706 | 1899-Jan through 1901-Dec |
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| #96 | Yury Averbakh | 2706 | 1957-Jan through 1959-Dec |
| #97 | Miksa Weiss | 2705 | 1889-Jan through 1891-Dec |
| #98 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2705 | 1976-Jan through 1978-Dec |
| #99 | Rezsö Charousek | 2705 | 1897-Jan through 1899-Dec |
| #100 | Boris Gulko | 2704 | 1976-Jan through 1978-Dec |
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