| | Player Name | Rating | Age |
| #1 | Alexander Alekhine | 2787 | 41y6m | (#5 all-time among players aged 41y6m) |
| #2 | Isaac Kashdan | 2731 | 28y5m | (#31 all-time among players aged 28y5m) |
| #3 | Salo Flohr | 2725 | 25y5m | (#29 all-time among players aged 25y5m) |
| #4 | Max Euwe | 2712 | 32y11m | (#46 all-time among players aged 32y11m) |
| #5 | Efim Bogoljubow | 2698 | 45y0m | (#25 all-time among players aged 45y0m) |
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| #6 | Andor Lilienthal | 2684 | 22y11m | (#50 all-time among players aged 22y11m) |
| #7 | Mir Sultan Khan | 2677 | 29y3m | (#90 all-time among players aged 29y3m) |
| #8 | Esteban Canal | 2672 | 38y0m | (#65 all-time among players aged 38y0m) |
| #9 | José Capablanca | 2670 | 45y5m | (#39 all-time among players aged 45y5m) |
| #10 | Rudolf Spielmann | 2670 | 50y11m | (#26 all-time among players aged 50y11m) |
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| #11 | Mikhail Botvinnik | 2663 | 22y8m | (#68 all-time among players aged 22y8m) |
| #12 | Saviely Tartakower | 2652 | 47y2m | (#47 all-time among players aged 47y2m) |
| #13 | Ossip Bernstein | 2651 | 51y6m | (#31 all-time among players aged 51y6m) |
| #14 | Milan Vidmar Sr | 2651 | 48y10m | (#35 all-time among players aged 48y10m) |
| #15 | Géza Maróczy | 2650 | 64y1m | (#4 all-time among players aged 64y1m) |
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| #16 | Aron Nimzowitsch | 2650 | 47y5m | (#44 all-time among players aged 47y5m) |
| #17 | Albert Becker | 2648 | 37y7m | (#102 all-time among players aged 37y7m) |
| #18 | Gösta Stoltz | 2634 | 29y11m | (#185 all-time among players aged 29y11m) |
| #19 | Vasja Pirc | 2625 | 26y4m | (#183 all-time among players aged 26y4m) |
| #20 | Erich Eliskases | 2622 | 21y2m | (#85 all-time among players aged 21y2m) |
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| #21 | Gideon Ståhlberg | 2617 | 26y3m | (#207 all-time among players aged 26y3m) |
| #22 | Kurt Richter | 2613 | 33y5m | (#230 all-time among players aged 33y5m) |
| #23 | Vladas Mikenas | 2608 | 24y0m | (#192 all-time among players aged 24y0m) |
| #24 | Ernst Grünfeld | 2600 | 40y5m | (#180 all-time among players aged 40y5m) |
| #25 | Frank Marshall | 2600 | 56y8m | (#31 all-time among players aged 56y8m) |
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| #26 | Lajos Steiner | 2598 | 30y10m | (#321 all-time among players aged 30y10m) |
| #27 | Ludwig Rödl | 2591 | 27y0m | (#310 all-time among players aged 27y0m) |
| #28 | Karl Helling | 2582 | 29y8m | (#387 all-time among players aged 29y8m) |
| #29 | Carl Ahues | 2579 | 50y4m | (#94 all-time among players aged 50y4m) |
| #30 | Baldur Hönlinger | 2577 | 28y9m | (#397 all-time among players aged 28y9m) |
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| #31 | Paulin Frydman | 2573 | 28y11m | (#418 all-time among players aged 28y11m) |
| #32 | Reuben Fine | 2573 | 19y6m | (#102 all-time among players aged 19y6m) |
| #33 | George Koltanowski | 2573 | 30y7m | (#440 all-time among players aged 30y7m) |
| #34 | Friedrich Sämisch | 2570 | 37y7m | (#327 all-time among players aged 37y7m) |
| #35 | Arthur Dake | 2568 | 24y0m | (#337 all-time among players aged 24y0m) |
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| #36 | Endre Steiner | 2566 | 32y10m | (#446 all-time among players aged 32y10m) |
| #37 | Berthold Koch | 2565 | 35y2m | (#389 all-time among players aged 35y2m) |
| #38 | Gerhard Weissgerber | 2561 | 29y3m | (#481 all-time among players aged 29y3m) |
| #39 | Carl Carls | 2560 | 53y7m | (#73 all-time among players aged 53y7m) |
| #40 | Conel Alexander | 2560 | 25y0m | (#413 all-time among players aged 25y0m) |
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| #41 | Georg Kieninger | 2559 | 31y10m | (#517 all-time among players aged 31y10m) |
| #42 | Herman Steiner | 2555 | 29y0m | (#528 all-time among players aged 29y0m) |
| #43 | Luis Piazzini | 2554 | 28y11m | (#529 all-time among players aged 28y11m) |
| #44 | Emil Zinner | 2554 | 24y8m | (#424 all-time among players aged 24y8m) |
| #45 | Ludwig Rellstab Sr | 2552 | 29y5m | (#550 all-time among players aged 29y5m) |
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| #46 | Lajos Asztalos | 2543 | 44y9m | (#273 all-time among players aged 44y9m) |
| #47 | Hans Müller | 2538 | 37y4m | (#495 all-time among players aged 37y4m) |
| #48 | Johannes van den Bosch | 2538 | 28y0m | (#635 all-time among players aged 28y0m) |
| #49 | Karel Opocenský | 2537 | 42y2m | (#345 all-time among players aged 42y2m) |
| #50 | Louis Betbeder Matibet | 2537 | 32y8m | (#623 all-time among players aged 32y8m) |
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| #51 | Jan Foltys | 2537 | 25y6m | (#567 all-time among players aged 25y6m) |
| #52 | Josef Rejfír | 2536 | 24y7m | (#550 all-time among players aged 24y7m) |
| #53 | Abraham Baratz | 2535 | | |
| #54 | Eduard Glass | 2535 | | |
| #55 | Karel Treybal | 2534 | 49y2m | (#175 all-time among players aged 49y2m) |
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| #56 | Paul Robitsek | 2533 | | |
| #57 | Erik Sr Andersen | 2526 | 30y0m | (#738 all-time among players aged 30y0m) |
| #58 | Hans Johner | 2523 | 45y3m | (#315 all-time among players aged 45y3m) |
| #59 | William Fairhurst | 2522 | 30y8m | (#770 all-time among players aged 30y8m) |
| #60 | Erik Lundin | 2517 | 29y9m | (#809 all-time among players aged 29y9m) |
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| #61 | Federico Norcia | 2517 | | |
| #62 | Jacques Mieses | 2516 | 69y2m | (#9 all-time among players aged 69y2m) |
| #63 | Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg | 2515 | 42y1m | (#436 all-time among players aged 42y1m) |
| #64 | Kazimierz Makarczyk | 2514 | 33y3m | (#755 all-time among players aged 33y3m) |
| #65 | Mario Monticelli | 2511 | 32y1m | (#825 all-time among players aged 32y1m) |
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| #66 | Vladimirs Petrovs | 2511 | 26y7m | (#837 all-time among players aged 26y7m) |
| #67 | Jácobo Bolbochán | 2510 | 27y4m | (#852 all-time among players aged 27y4m) |
| #68 | Ludwig Engels | 2508 | 28y4m | (#879 all-time among players aged 28y4m) |
| #69 | Walter Schwinner | 2507 | | |
| #70 | Karl Gilg | 2507 | 33y3m | (#800 all-time among players aged 33y3m) |
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| #71 | Pál Réthy | 2506 | 29y3m | (#880 all-time among players aged 29y3m) |
| #72 | George Thomas | 2504 | 52y10m | (#176 all-time among players aged 52y10m) |
| #73 | Vera Menchik | 2502 | 28y2m | (#923 all-time among players aged 28y2m) |
| #74 | Fricis Apšenieks | 2501 | 40y0m | (#595 all-time among players aged 40y0m) |
| #75 | Paul Johner | 2499 | 46y7m | (#351 all-time among players aged 46y7m) |
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| #76 | Jakob Seitz | 2499 | 36y2m | (#758 all-time among players aged 36y2m) |
| #77 | Amos Pokorný | 2492 | 44y1m | (#474 all-time among players aged 44y1m) |
| #78 | Max Walter | 2492 | 38y2m | (#708 all-time among players aged 38y2m) |
| #79 | Eugene Znosko-Borovsky | 2489 | 49y8m | (#281 all-time among players aged 49y8m) |
| #80 | Oskar Naegeli | 2486 | 49y2m | (#298 all-time among players aged 49y2m) |
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| #81 | Heinrich Von Hennig | 2486 | | |
| #82 | Stefano Rosselli del Turco | 2485 | 56y9m | (#114 all-time among players aged 56y9m) |
| #83 | Edward Jackson | 2483 | 66y11m | (#30 all-time among players aged 66y11m) |
| #84 | Reginald Michell | 2481 | 61y0m | (#66 all-time among players aged 61y0m) |
| #85 | Henry Grob | 2481 | 29y10m | (#1129 all-time among players aged 29y10m) |
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| #86 | Paul Vaitonis | 2481 | 22y8m | (#789 all-time among players aged 22y8m) |
| #87 | Walter Henneberger | 2479 | 50y11m | (#264 all-time among players aged 50y11m) |
| #88 | Kornél Havasi | 2479 | 42y3m | (#583 all-time among players aged 42y3m) |
| #89 | Robert Pikler | 2479 | 25y3m | (#1045 all-time among players aged 25y3m) |
| #90 | David Podhorzer | 2477 | | |
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| #91 | Harry Golombek | 2477 | 23y1m | (#831 all-time among players aged 23y1m) |
| #92 | Willi Schlage | 2474 | 45y4m | (#478 all-time among players aged 45y4m) |
| #93 | Paul List | 2472 | 47y3m | (#410 all-time among players aged 47y3m) |
| #94 | Al Horowitz | 2471 | 26y5m | (#1172 all-time among players aged 26y5m) |
| #95 | Jens Enevoldsen | 2470 | 26y7m | (#1201 all-time among players aged 26y7m) |
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| #96 | Alfred Brinckmann | 2468 | 43y3m | (#605 all-time among players aged 43y3m) |
| #97 | Victor Soultanbéieff | 2467 | 38y5m | (#856 all-time among players aged 38y5m) |
| #98 | Károly Sterk | 2467 | 52y7m | (#250 all-time among players aged 52y7m) |
| #99 | Arthur Dunkelblum | 2464 | 28y0m | (#1273 all-time among players aged 28y0m) |
| #100 | Theodore Tylor | 2463 | 34y0m | (#1130 all-time among players aged 34y0m) |