World’s top women (2450 and above)
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2710 | 16 | 1976 |
| 2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2600 | 0 | 1987 |
| 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2568 | 8 | 1994 |
| 4 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2557 | 14 | 1990 |
| 5 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2549 | 17 | 1989 |
| 6 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2546 | 11 | 1985 |
| 7 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2542 | 20 | 1991 |
| 8 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2539 | 11 | 1985 |
| 9 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2531 | 17 | 1979 |
| 10 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2526 | 11 | 1986 |
| 11 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2520 | 17 | 1983 |
| 12 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2516 | 7 | 1987 |
| 13 | Gunina, Valentina | m | RUS | 2514 | 15 | 1989 |
| 14 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2513 | 7 | 1991 |
| 15 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2512 | 0 | 1986 |
| 16 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2507 | 7 | 1978 |
| 17 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2506 | 7 | 1978 |
| 18 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2500 | 0 | 1961 |
| 19 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2497 | 0 | 1988 |
| 20 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2495 | 15 | 1963 |
| 21 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2490 | 20 | 1972 |
| 22 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2482 | 18 | 1976 |
| 23 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2481 | 0 | 1982 |
| 24 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2479 | 12 | 1978 |
| 25 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2477 | 0 | 1987 |
| 26 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2476 | 4 | 1983 |
| 27 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2475 | 6 | 1984 |
| 28 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2472 | 0 | 1976 |
| 29 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2469 | 20 | 1982 |
| 30 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2468 | 16 | 1983 |
| 31 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2468 | 4 | 1976 |
| 32 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2463 | 8 | 1985 |
| 33 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2460 | 9 | 1992 |
| 34 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2457 | 17 | 1987 |
| 35 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2457 | 9 | 1985 |
| 36 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2451 | 15 | 1985 |
Full list here: http://ratings.fide.com/top.phtml?list=women
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Where’s Kosteniuk? I can’t find her name in the top 10 or 20. How can this be?
I think she’s inactive. That’s why she’s not on the list.
This shows who the real womans world champion truly is…
Kosteniuk isn’t inactive.According to Fide.com she’s ranked number 44 with an elo of 2439.