Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: July 1851 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Lionel Kieseritzky  2622    45y6m   (#82 all-time among players aged 45y6m) 
 #2  Adolf Anderssen  2579    33y0m   (#381 all-time among players aged 33y0m) 
 #3  Tassilo von der Lasa  2578    32y9m   (#382 all-time among players aged 32y9m) 
 #4  ósef Szén  2534    46y0m   (#264 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #5  Elijah Williams  2523    41y8m   (#436 all-time among players aged 41y8m) 

 #6  Henry Buckle  2517    29y8m   (#809 all-time among players aged 29y8m) 
 #7  Johann Löwenthal  2496    41y0m   (#579 all-time among players aged 41y0m) 
 #8  Howard Staunton  2493    41y6m   (#564 all-time among players aged 41y6m) 
 #9  Marmaduke Wyvill  2459    35y7m   (#1060 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #10  Daniel Harrwitz  2453    28y3m   (#1374 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 

 #11  Carl Mayet  2442    40y11m   (#868 all-time among players aged 40y11m) 
 #12  George Medley  2438    25y6m   (#1440 all-time among players aged 25y6m) 
 #13  Carl von Jaenisch  2433    37y11m   (#1105 all-time among players aged 37y11m) 
 #14  John Schulten  2431   
 #15  Bernhard Horwitz  2418    44y2m   (#743 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 

 #16  Augustus Mongrédien  2372    44y4m   (#928 all-time among players aged 44y4m) 
 #17  F Dudley  2367   
 #18  Hugh Kennedy  2364    42y6m   (#1056 all-time among players aged 42y6m) 
 #19  Henry Bird  2361    21y0m   (#1477 all-time among players aged 21y0m) 
 #20  J Spencer Turner  2360    21y6m   (#1577 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 

 #21  Edward Löwe  2332    56y10m   (#322 all-time among players aged 56y10m) 
 #22  James Mucklow  2193