| | Player Name | Rating | Age |
| #1 | Alexander Alekhine | 2767 | 43y0m | (#8 all-time among players aged 43y0m) |
| #2 | Salo Flohr | 2752 | 26y11m | (#16 all-time among players aged 26y11m) |
| #3 | Max Euwe | 2724 | 34y5m | (#33 all-time among players aged 34y5m) |
| #4 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 2722 | 24y2m | (#27 all-time among players aged 24y2m) |
| #5 | Efim Bogoljubow | 2708 | 46y6m | (#21 all-time among players aged 46y6m) |
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| #6 | Samuel Reshevsky | 2704 | 23y11m | (#38 all-time among players aged 23y11m) |
| #7 | Emanuel Lasker | 2691 | 66y10m | (#1 all-time among players aged 66y10m) |
| #8 | Paul Keres | 2687 | 19y9m | (#18 all-time among players aged 19y9m) |
| #9 | José Capablanca | 2683 | 46y11m | (#31 all-time among players aged 46y11m) |
| #10 | Andor Lilienthal | 2681 | 24y5m | (#59 all-time among players aged 24y5m) |
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| #11 | László Szabó | 2680 | 18y7m | (#10 all-time among players aged 18y7m) |
| #12 | Isaac Kashdan | 2660 | 29y11m | (#122 all-time among players aged 29y11m) |
| #13 | Arthur Dake | 2652 | 25y6m | (#124 all-time among players aged 25y6m) |
| #14 | Arnold Denker | 2652 | 21y8m | (#61 all-time among players aged 21y8m) |
| #15 | Saviely Tartakower | 2651 | 48y8m | (#36 all-time among players aged 48y8m) |
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| #16 | Lajos Steiner | 2639 | 32y4m | (#168 all-time among players aged 32y4m) |
| #17 | Reuben Fine | 2634 | 21y0m | (#66 all-time among players aged 21y0m) |
| #18 | Peter Romanovsky | 2632 | 43y3m | (#95 all-time among players aged 43y3m) |
| #19 | Erich Eliskases | 2630 | 22y8m | (#112 all-time among players aged 22y8m) |
| #20 | Esteban Canal | 2626 | 39y6m | (#134 all-time among players aged 39y6m) |
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| #21 | Ossip Bernstein | 2626 | 53y0m | (#37 all-time among players aged 53y0m) |
| #22 | Grigory Levenfish | 2625 | 46y7m | (#70 all-time among players aged 46y7m) |
| #23 | Gideon Ståhlberg | 2624 | 27y9m | (#193 all-time among players aged 27y9m) |
| #24 | Nikolay Riumin | 2622 | 27y1m | (#217 all-time among players aged 27y1m) |
| #25 | Rudolf Spielmann | 2619 | 52y5m | (#44 all-time among players aged 52y5m) |
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| #26 | Kurt Richter | 2617 | 34y11m | (#221 all-time among players aged 34y11m) |
| #27 | Ilya Rabinovich | 2616 | 44y9m | (#110 all-time among players aged 44y9m) |
| #28 | Wilhelm Ernst | 2610 | 31y9m | (#262 all-time among players aged 31y9m) |
| #29 | Ernst Grünfeld | 2610 | 41y11m | (#145 all-time among players aged 41y11m) |
| #30 | Karel Opocenský | 2609 | 43y8m | (#123 all-time among players aged 43y8m) |
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| #31 | Josek Kolski | 2607 | 35y9m | (#230 all-time among players aged 35y9m) |
| #32 | Albert Becker | 2605 | 39y1m | (#187 all-time among players aged 39y1m) |
| #33 | Ilia Kan | 2605 | 26y5m | (#261 all-time among players aged 26y5m) |
| #34 | Eero Böök | 2603 | 25y8m | (#241 all-time among players aged 25y8m) |
| #35 | Milan Vidmar Sr | 2601 | 50y4m | (#72 all-time among players aged 50y4m) |
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| #36 | Vasja Pirc | 2600 | 27y10m | (#298 all-time among players aged 27y10m) |
| #37 | Viacheslav Ragozin | 2596 | 27y0m | (#285 all-time among players aged 27y0m) |
| #38 | Géza Maróczy | 2594 | 65y7m | (#6 all-time among players aged 65y7m) |
| #39 | Jácobo Bolbochán | 2593 | 28y10m | (#337 all-time among players aged 28y10m) |
| #40 | Paulin Frydman | 2592 | 30y5m | (#346 all-time among players aged 30y5m) |
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| #41 | George Koltanowski | 2592 | 32y1m | (#328 all-time among players aged 32y1m) |
| #42 | Pablo Michel | 2592 | 29y10m | (#350 all-time among players aged 29y10m) |
| #43 | Erik Lundin | 2588 | 31y3m | (#356 all-time among players aged 31y3m) |
| #44 | Karl Gilg | 2584 | 34y9m | (#321 all-time among players aged 34y9m) |
| #45 | Vladimir Alatortsev | 2581 | 26y5m | (#365 all-time among players aged 26y5m) |
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| #46 | Georgy Lisitsin | 2580 | 26y0m | (#352 all-time among players aged 26y0m) |
| #47 | Carl Ahues | 2577 | 51y10m | (#78 all-time among players aged 51y10m) |
| #48 | Ernö Gereben | 2577 | 28y4m | (#403 all-time among players aged 28y4m) |
| #49 | Isaías Pleci | 2574 | 28y0m | (#410 all-time among players aged 28y0m) |
| #50 | Herbert Heinicke | 2574 | 30y7m | (#434 all-time among players aged 30y7m) |
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| #51 | Fedor Bohatirchuk | 2567 | 42y11m | (#229 all-time among players aged 42y11m) |
| #52 | Fricis Apšenieks | 2567 | 41y6m | (#273 all-time among players aged 41y6m) |
| #53 | Roberto Grau | 2565 | 35y7m | (#380 all-time among players aged 35y7m) |
| #54 | Friedrich Sämisch | 2564 | 39y1m | (#320 all-time among players aged 39y1m) |
| #55 | Aaron Schwartzman | 2564 | | |
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| #56 | Gösta Stoltz | 2563 | 31y5m | (#487 all-time among players aged 31y5m) |
| #57 | Kornél Havasi | 2562 | 43y9m | (#244 all-time among players aged 43y9m) |
| #58 | Victor Goglidze | 2562 | 29y11m | (#492 all-time among players aged 29y11m) |
| #59 | Luis Piazzini | 2560 | 30y5m | (#502 all-time among players aged 30y5m) |
| #60 | Emil Zinner | 2558 | 26y2m | (#467 all-time among players aged 26y2m) |
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| #61 | Erik Sr Andersen | 2555 | 31y6m | (#535 all-time among players aged 31y6m) |
| #62 | Ramon Rey Ardid | 2553 | 31y10m | (#558 all-time among players aged 31y10m) |
| #63 | Ludwig Engels | 2551 | 29y10m | (#577 all-time among players aged 29y10m) |
| #64 | Frank Marshall | 2548 | 58y2m | (#43 all-time among players aged 58y2m) |
| #65 | William Winter | 2546 | 37y1m | (#446 all-time among players aged 37y1m) |
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| #66 | Karl Helling | 2546 | 31y2m | (#602 all-time among players aged 31y2m) |
| #67 | Ludwig Rödl | 2546 | 28y6m | (#576 all-time among players aged 28y6m) |
| #68 | Mikhail Yudovich | 2545 | 24y4m | (#475 all-time among players aged 24y4m) |
| #69 | Carl Carls | 2544 | 55y1m | (#76 all-time among players aged 55y1m) |
| #70 | Pál Réthy | 2544 | 30y9m | (#598 all-time among players aged 30y9m) |
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| #71 | George Thomas | 2543 | 54y4m | (#78 all-time among players aged 54y4m) |
| #72 | Baldur Hönlinger | 2542 | 30y3m | (#612 all-time among players aged 30y3m) |
| #73 | Josef Rejfír | 2542 | 26y1m | (#553 all-time among players aged 26y1m) |
| #74 | Hans Johner | 2541 | 46y9m | (#225 all-time among players aged 46y9m) |
| #75 | Al Horowitz | 2538 | 27y11m | (#623 all-time among players aged 27y11m) |
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| #76 | Eduard Glass | 2534 | | |
| #77 | Juan Vinuesa | 2532 | | |
| #78 | Luis Argentino Palau | 2532 | | |
| #79 | Jorge Pelikán | 2530 | 29y6m | (#707 all-time among players aged 29y6m) |
| #80 | Vladimir Makogonov | 2530 | 31y2m | (#718 all-time among players aged 31y2m) |
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| #81 | Karel Treybal | 2530 | 50y8m | (#170 all-time among players aged 50y8m) |
| #82 | Vladimirs Petrovs | 2527 | 28y1m | (#711 all-time among players aged 28y1m) |
| #83 | Ludwig Rellstab Sr | 2527 | 30y11m | (#739 all-time among players aged 30y11m) |
| #84 | Sergey Belavenets | 2526 | 25y9m | (#647 all-time among players aged 25y9m) |
| #85 | Hans Müller | 2523 | 38y10m | (#515 all-time among players aged 38y10m) |
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| #86 | Jan Foltys | 2523 | 27y0m | (#749 all-time among players aged 27y0m) |
| #87 | Vitaly Chekhover | 2519 | 26y10m | (#778 all-time among players aged 26y10m) |
| #88 | Guyla Kluger | 2511 | 21y9m | (#502 all-time among players aged 21y9m) |
| #89 | Hans Kmoch | 2508 | 41y3m | (#499 all-time among players aged 41y3m) |
| #90 | Enrique Reinhardt | 2506 | 32y7m | (#837 all-time among players aged 32y7m) |
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| #91 | Leonid Savitsky | 2506 | | |
| #92 | Yosef Porat | 2503 | 26y4m | (#910 all-time among players aged 26y4m) |
| #93 | Boris Kostic | 2502 | 48y8m | (#267 all-time among players aged 48y8m) |
| #94 | Antonio Sacconi | 2502 | 40y0m | (#587 all-time among players aged 40y0m) |
| #95 | Vasily Panov | 2502 | 28y11m | (#935 all-time among players aged 28y11m) |
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| #96 | Gavriil Veresov | 2502 | 23y3m | (#679 all-time among players aged 23y3m) |
| #97 | William Fairhurst | 2501 | 32y2m | (#890 all-time among players aged 32y2m) |
| #98 | Ernst Klein | 2499 | 25y9m | (#883 all-time among players aged 25y9m) |
| #99 | Edward Sergeant | 2499 | 53y10m | (#164 all-time among players aged 53y10m) |
| #100 | Conel Alexander | 2497 | 26y6m | (#960 all-time among players aged 26y6m) |