Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: April 1851 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Lionel Kieseritzky  2658    45y3m   (#50 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #2  Tassilo von der Lasa  2526    32y6m   (#702 all-time among players aged 32y6m) 
 #3  Elijah Williams  2507    41y5m   (#502 all-time among players aged 41y5m) 
 #4  Johann Löwenthal  2488    40y9m   (#622 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #5  Henry Buckle  2484    29y5m   (#1107 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 

 #6  Adolf Anderssen  2484    32y9m   (#1020 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #7  Daniel Harrwitz  2479    28y0m   (#1123 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #8  Carl Mayet  2468    40y8m   (#746 all-time among players aged 40y8m) 
 #9  John Schulten  2463   
 #10  George Medley  2451    25y3m   (#1294 all-time among players aged 25y3m) 

 #11  Bernhard Horwitz  2439    43y11m   (#688 all-time among players aged 43y11m) 
 #12  J Spencer Turner  2387    21y3m   (#1317 all-time among players aged 21y3m) 
 #13  Augustus Mongrédien  2378    44y1m   (#909 all-time among players aged 44y1m) 
 #14  Henry Bird  2377    20y9m   (#1295 all-time among players aged 20y9m) 
 #15  F Dudley  2354