| | Player Name | Rating | Age |
| #1 | Anatoly Karpov | 2812 | 30y5m | (#5 all-time among players aged 30y5m) |
| #2 | Viktor Korchnoi | 2777 | 50y7m | (#3 all-time among players aged 50y7m) |
| #3 | Garry Kasparov | 2766 | 18y6m | (#1 all-time among players aged 18y6m) |
| #4 | Jan Timman | 2745 | 29y10m | (#19 all-time among players aged 29y10m) |
| #5 | Lajos Portisch | 2739 | 44y6m | (#11 all-time among players aged 44y6m) |
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| #6 | Alexander Beliavsky | 2728 | 27y10m | (#35 all-time among players aged 27y10m) |
| #7 | Mikhail Tal | 2722 | 44y11m | (#19 all-time among players aged 44y11m) |
| #8 | Ulf Andersson | 2721 | 30y4m | (#38 all-time among players aged 30y4m) |
| #9 | Robert Hübner | 2720 | 32y11m | (#36 all-time among players aged 32y11m) |
| #10 | Lev Polugaevsky | 2719 | 46y11m | (#14 all-time among players aged 46y11m) |
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| #11 | Boris Spassky | 2718 | 44y9m | (#20 all-time among players aged 44y9m) |
| #12 | Bent Larsen | 2712 | 46y7m | (#18 all-time among players aged 46y7m) |
| #13 | Oleg Romanishin | 2705 | 29y9m | (#52 all-time among players aged 29y9m) |
| #14 | Sergey Dolmatov | 2702 | 22y8m | (#32 all-time among players aged 22y8m) |
| #15 | Yury Balashov | 2701 | 32y7m | (#62 all-time among players aged 32y7m) |
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| #16 | Tigran Petrosian | 2698 | 52y4m | (#17 all-time among players aged 52y4m) |
| #17 | Vlastimil Hort | 2698 | 37y9m | (#47 all-time among players aged 37y9m) |
| #18 | Vitaly Tseshkovsky | 2696 | 37y1m | (#47 all-time among players aged 37y1m) |
| #19 | Zoltán Ribli | 2696 | 30y1m | (#68 all-time among players aged 30y1m) |
| #20 | Boris Gulko | 2690 | 34y8m | (#71 all-time among players aged 34y8m) |
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| #21 | Ljubomir Ljubojevic | 2689 | 30y11m | (#80 all-time among players aged 30y11m) |
| #22 | Vassily Smyslov | 2684 | 60y7m | (#4 all-time among players aged 60y7m) |
| #23 | Artur Jussupow | 2683 | 21y8m | (#39 all-time among players aged 21y8m) |
| #24 | Gennadi Sosonko | 2681 | 38y5m | (#54 all-time among players aged 38y5m) |
| #25 | Gyula Sax | 2680 | 30y4m | (#95 all-time among players aged 30y4m) |
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| #26 | Florin Gheorghiu | 2678 | 37y6m | (#63 all-time among players aged 37y6m) |
| #27 | Anthony Miles | 2677 | 26y6m | (#82 all-time among players aged 26y6m) |
| #28 | Lubomir Kavalek | 2675 | 38y2m | (#59 all-time among players aged 38y2m) |
| #29 | Sergey Makarichev | 2673 | 27y11m | (#96 all-time among players aged 27y11m) |
| #30 | Yasser Seirawan | 2672 | 21y7m | (#44 all-time among players aged 21y7m) |
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| #31 | Evgeny Sveshnikov | 2668 | 31y8m | (#114 all-time among players aged 31y8m) |
| #32 | Rafael Vaganian | 2666 | 30y0m | (#110 all-time among players aged 30y0m) |
| #33 | Viktor Kupreichik | 2665 | 32y3m | (#113 all-time among players aged 32y3m) |
| #34 | Gennady Kuzmin | 2664 | 35y9m | (#92 all-time among players aged 35y9m) |
| #35 | Jan Smejkal | 2664 | 35y7m | (#92 all-time among players aged 35y7m) |
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| #36 | Larry Christiansen | 2663 | 25y4m | (#100 all-time among players aged 25y4m) |
| #37 | Alexander Chernin | 2662 | 21y7m | (#54 all-time among players aged 21y7m) |
| #38 | Efim Geller | 2660 | 56y7m | (#11 all-time among players aged 56y7m) |
| #39 | Walter Browne | 2660 | 32y9m | (#122 all-time among players aged 32y9m) |
| #40 | John Nunn | 2655 | 26y6m | (#117 all-time among players aged 26y6m) |
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| #41 | Evgeny Vasiukov | 2654 | 48y7m | (#32 all-time among players aged 48y7m) |
| #42 | Lev Psakhis | 2653 | 22y11m | (#83 all-time among players aged 22y11m) |
| #43 | Eduard Gufeld | 2647 | 45y7m | (#56 all-time among players aged 45y7m) |
| #44 | Nukhim Rashkovsky | 2645 | 35y6m | (#134 all-time among players aged 35y6m) |
| #45 | Tamaz Georgadze | 2642 | | |
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| #46 | David Bronstein | 2639 | 57y8m | (#17 all-time among players aged 57y8m) |
| #47 | Konstantin Lerner | 2639 | 31y8m | (#164 all-time among players aged 31y8m) |
| #48 | Lubomír Ftácnik | 2636 | 24y0m | (#133 all-time among players aged 24y0m) |
| #49 | Arshak Petrosian | 2634 | 27y10m | (#170 all-time among players aged 27y10m) |
| #50 | Jonathan Speelman | 2632 | 25y0m | (#161 all-time among players aged 25y0m) |
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| #51 | Adrian Mikhalchishin | 2631 | 26y11m | (#177 all-time among players aged 26y11m) |
| #52 | Viacheslav Eingorn | 2631 | 24y11m | (#160 all-time among players aged 24y11m) |
| #53 | Bojan Kurajica | 2629 | 33y11m | (#178 all-time among players aged 33y11m) |
| #54 | Wolfgang Unzicker | 2628 | 56y4m | (#22 all-time among players aged 56y4m) |
| #55 | Miguel Quinteros | 2627 | 33y10m | (#183 all-time among players aged 33y10m) |
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| #56 | Vladimir Liberzon | 2625 | 44y7m | (#95 all-time among players aged 44y7m) |
| #57 | Svetozar Gligoric | 2625 | 58y8m | (#17 all-time among players aged 58y8m) |
| #58 | Yury Razuvaev | 2624 | 36y0m | (#169 all-time among players aged 36y0m) |
| #59 | Michael Stean | 2623 | 28y1m | (#200 all-time among players aged 28y1m) |
| #60 | Wolfgang Uhlmann | 2620 | 46y7m | (#78 all-time among players aged 46y7m) |
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| #61 | András Adorján | 2619 | 31y7m | (#226 all-time among players aged 31y7m) |
| #62 | Vladimir Bagirov | 2618 | 45y2m | (#97 all-time among players aged 45y2m) |
| #63 | Iosif Dorfman | 2618 | 29y5m | (#243 all-time among players aged 29y5m) |
| #64 | Alexey Vyzmanavin | 2616 | 21y9m | (#125 all-time among players aged 21y9m) |
| #65 | James Tarjan | 2616 | 29y8m | (#242 all-time among players aged 29y8m) |
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| #66 | Borislav Ivkov | 2615 | 47y11m | (#69 all-time among players aged 47y11m) |
| #67 | Alexander Panchenko | 2615 | 28y0m | (#226 all-time among players aged 28y0m) |
| #68 | Nathan Birnboim | 2613 | 30y11m | (#257 all-time among players aged 30y11m) |
| #69 | Iván Faragó | 2613 | 35y6m | (#214 all-time among players aged 35y6m) |
| #70 | Roman Dzindzichashvili | 2613 | 37y5m | (#189 all-time among players aged 37y5m) |
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| #71 | Eugenio Torre | 2613 | 29y11m | (#260 all-time among players aged 29y11m) |
| #72 | Anatoly Kremenetsky | 2613 | 42y9m | (#136 all-time among players aged 42y9m) |
| #73 | Leonid Shamkovich | 2612 | 58y4m | (#21 all-time among players aged 58y4m) |
| #74 | Leonid Gofshtein | 2611 | 28y6m | (#254 all-time among players aged 28y6m) |
| #75 | József Pintér | 2609 | 27y11m | (#252 all-time among players aged 27y11m) |
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| #76 | István Csom | 2608 | 41y4m | (#159 all-time among players aged 41y4m) |
| #77 | Miguel Najdorf | 2608 | 71y6m | (#2 all-time among players aged 71y6m) |
| #78 | Fridrik Olafsson | 2608 | 46y9m | (#96 all-time among players aged 46y9m) |
| #79 | Rainer Knaak | 2607 | 28y7m | (#265 all-time among players aged 28y7m) |
| #80 | Anatoly Lein | 2607 | 50y7m | (#63 all-time among players aged 50y7m) |
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| #81 | Samuel Reshevsky | 2606 | 69y11m | (#4 all-time among players aged 69y11m) |
| #82 | Milan Bjelajac | 2606 | 33y7m | (#250 all-time among players aged 33y7m) |
| #83 | Lars Karlsson | 2604 | 26y3m | (#259 all-time among players aged 26y3m) |
| #84 | Lev Alburt | 2603 | 36y2m | (#231 all-time among players aged 36y2m) |
| #85 | Georgy Tringov | 2603 | 44y7m | (#133 all-time among players aged 44y7m) |
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| #86 | Vladimir Tukmakov | 2602 | 35y7m | (#236 all-time among players aged 35y7m) |
| #87 | Oscar Panno | 2602 | 46y7m | (#102 all-time among players aged 46y7m) |
| #88 | Sergey Gorelov | 2602 | 24y2m | (#218 all-time among players aged 24y2m) |
| #89 | Mihai Suba | 2602 | 34y4m | (#257 all-time among players aged 34y4m) |
| #90 | Božidar Ivanovic | 2602 | 35y2m | (#248 all-time among players aged 35y2m) |
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| #91 | Mark Taimanov | 2601 | 55y8m | (#35 all-time among players aged 55y8m) |
| #92 | Robert Byrne | 2601 | 53y6m | (#44 all-time among players aged 53y6m) |
| #93 | Alvis Vitolinš | 2599 | 35y4m | (#252 all-time among players aged 35y4m) |
| #94 | Aivars Gipslis | 2599 | 44y8m | (#139 all-time among players aged 44y8m) |
| #95 | Mikhail Tseitlin | 2599 | 34y4m | (#276 all-time among players aged 34y4m) |
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| #96 | Eduard Mnatsakanian | 2598 | 42y10m | (#158 all-time among players aged 42y10m) |
| #97 | Yehuda Gruenfeld | 2595 | 25y8m | (#281 all-time among players aged 25y8m) |
| #98 | Murray Chandler | 2593 | 21y6m | (#164 all-time among players aged 21y6m) |
| #99 | Alex Yermolinsky | 2593 | 23y6m | (#235 all-time among players aged 23y6m) |
| #100 | Evgeny Vladimirov | 2593 | 24y9m | (#269 all-time among players aged 24y9m) |