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| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2835 | 0 | 1990 |
| 2 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2825 | 3 | 1982 |
| 3 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2801 | 0 | 1975 |
| 4 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2791 | 4 | 1969 |
| 5 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2784 | 0 | 1987 |
| 6 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | RUS | 2779 | 7 | 1990 |
| 7 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 | 5 | 1987 |
| 8 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2770 | 26 | 1992 |
| 9 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2769 | 7 | 1977 |
| 10 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2764 | 0 | 1969 |
| 11 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2761 | 0 | 1983 |
| 12 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2752 | 0 | 1975 |
| 13 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2741 | 12 | 1976 |
| 14 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2741 | 0 | 1974 |
| 15 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2738 | 6 | 1987 |
| 16 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2738 | 6 | 1989 |
| 17 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2737 | 5 | 1986 |
| 18 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2736 | 17 | 1983 |
| 19 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2728 | 9 | 1971 |
| 20 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2727 | 0 | 1968 |
| 21 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2726 | 11 | 1983 |
| 22 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2726 | 8 | 1985 |
| 23 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2725 | 7 | 1983 |
| 24 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2723 | 6 | 1979 |
| 25 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2721 | 24 | 1983 |
| 26 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2720 | 17 | 1981 |
| 27 | Wojtaszek, Radoslaw | g | POL | 2717 | 20 | 1987 |
| 28 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2716 | 30 | 1971 |
| 29 | Nepomniachtchi, Ian | g | RUS | 2716 | 7 | 1990 |
| 30 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2715 | 27 | 1981 |
| 31 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2714 | 18 | 1985 |
| 32 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2713 | 9 | 1976 |
| 33 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2712 | 18 | 1980 |
| 34 | Bruzon Batista, Lazaro | g | CUB | 2711 | 8 | 1982 |
| 35 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2711 | 6 | 1980 |
| 36 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2709 | 0 | 1976 |
| 37 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2707 | 16 | 1985 |
| 38 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2706 | 40 | 1985 |
| 39 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2706 | 10 | 1984 |
| 40 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2705 | 9 | 1965 |
| 41 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2704 | 28 | 1986 |
| 42 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2703 | 24 | 1987 |
| 43 | Le, Quang Liem | g | VIE | 2703 | 9 | 1991 |
| 44 | Li, Chao b | g | CHN | 2703 | 0 | 1989 |
| 45 | Andreikin, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2700 | 17 | 1990 |
| 46 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2698 | 36 | 1985 |
| 47 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | ARM | 2698 | 28 | 1978 |
| 48 | Shirov, Alexei | g | LAT | 2698 | 13 | 1972 |
| 49 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2697 | 20 | 1971 |
| 50 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2697 | 20 | 1982 |
Source: FIDE.com
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