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Blitz Rating Leaders

Explore active blitz rating leaders ranked by FIDE blitz rating with ChessEver player profiles and recent games.

FIDE rating-list snapshot: July 2026.

199,602
Active rated players
2,860
Top rating
2,792
Top 10 average
1,252
Grandmasters
20,422
Women players
83,166
Under 20

Magnus Carlsen leads this blitz ranking with a rating of 2860. The top 10 average for this view is 2792.

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  1. 1
    GMMagnus Carlsen
    NORFIDE 1503014
    2860
  2. 2
    GMHikaru Nakamura
    USAFIDE 2016192
    2838
  3. 3
    GMNodirbek Abdusattorov
    UZBFIDE 14204118
    2820
  4. 4
    GMAlireza Firouzja
    FRAFIDE 12573981
    2796
  5. 5
    GMDaniil Dubov
    RUSFIDE 24126055
    2792
  6. 6
    GMFabiano Caruana
    USAFIDE 2020009
    2773
  7. 7
    GMWesley So
    USAFIDE 5202213
    2772
  8. 8
    GMErigaisi Arjun
    INDFIDE 35009192
    2766
  9. 9
    GMIan Nepomniachtchi
    FIDFIDE 4168119
    2765
  10. 10
    GMPeter Leko
    HUNFIDE 703303
    2738
  11. 11
    GMLiren Ding
    CHNFIDE 8603677
    2736
  12. 12
    GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave
    FRAFIDE 623539
    2730
  13. 13
    GMVladimir Fedoseev
    SLOFIDE 24130737
    2726
  14. 14
    GMYangyi Yu
    CHNFIDE 8603820
    2722
  15. 15
    GMNihal Sarin
    INDFIDE 25092340
    2721
  16. 16
    GMXiangzhi Bu
    CHNFIDE 8601445
    2719
  17. 17
    GMDaniel Naroditsky
    USAFIDE 2026961
    2711
  18. 18
    GMHans Moke Niemann
    USAFIDE 2093596
    2711
  19. 19
    GMYi Wei
    CHNFIDE 8603405
    2709
  20. 20
    GMOlexandr Bortnyk
    UKRFIDE 14120828
    2708
  21. 21
    GMPraggnanandhaa R
    INDFIDE 25059530
    2707
  22. 22
    GMViswanathan Anand
    INDFIDE 5000017
    2706
  23. 23
    GMVladislav Artemiev
    RUSFIDE 24101605
    2706
  24. 24
    GMShanglei Lu
    CHNFIDE 8603332
    2705
  25. 25
    GMJan-Krzysztof Duda
    POLFIDE 1170546
    2704
  26. 26
    GMJeffery Xiong
    USAFIDE 2047640
    2703
  27. 27
    GMAlexey Sarana
    SRBFIDE 24133795
    2701
  28. 28
    GMLevon Aronian
    USAFIDE 13300474
    2700
  29. 29
    GMMichael Adams
    ENGFIDE 400041
    2695
  30. 30
    GMAlexander Grischuk
    RUSFIDE 4126025
    2693
  31. 31
    GMQuang Liem Le
    VIEFIDE 12401137
    2690
  32. 32
    GMJorden Van Foreest
    NEDFIDE 1039784
    2687
  33. 33
    GMDmitry Andreikin
    FIDFIDE 4158814
    2686
  34. 34
    GMHaik M. Martirosyan
    ARMFIDE 13306553
    2686
  35. 35
    GMPeter Svidler
    FIDFIDE 4102142
    2684
  36. 36
    GMChao b Li
    CHNFIDE 8604436
    2684
  37. 37
    GMJavokhir Sindarov
    UZBFIDE 14205483
    2680
  38. 38
    GMSamuel Sevian
    USAFIDE 2040506
    2677
  39. 39
    GMSantosh Gujrathi Vidit
    INDFIDE 5029465
    2677
  40. 40
    GMTeimour Radjabov
    AZEFIDE 13400924
    2676
  41. 41
    GMErwin L'Ami
    NEDFIDE 1007998
    2675
  42. 42
    GMGrigoriy Oparin
    USAFIDE 24125890
    2670
  43. 43
    GMVolodar Murzin
    FIDFIDE 44155573
    2670
  44. 44
    GMIoannis Papaioannou
    GREFIDE 4201345
    2666
  45. 45
    GMFerenc Berkes
    HUNFIDE 718572
    2664
  46. 46
    IMMykola Bortnyk
    UKRFIDE 14120836
    2659
  47. 47
    GMAleksandar Indjic
    SRBFIDE 911925
    2657
  48. 48
    GMRaunak Sadhwani
    INDFIDE 35093487
    2655
  49. 49
    GMGukesh D
    INDFIDE 46616543
    2655
  50. 50
    GMSergei Tiviakov
    NEDFIDE 1008013
    2653
  51. 51
    GMVladimir Akopian
    USAFIDE 13300032
    2652
  52. 52
    GMAndrey Esipenko
    RUSFIDE 24175439
    2651
  53. 53
    GMBogdan-Daniel Deac
    ROUFIDE 1226380
    2649
  54. 54
    GMLazaro Bruzon Batista
    USAFIDE 3503739
    2647
  55. 55
    GMNarayanan S L
    INDFIDE 5058422
    2647
  56. 56
    GMAnton Korobov
    UKRFIDE 14105730
    2647
  57. 57
    GMGata Kamsky
    FRAFIDE 2000024
    2645
  58. 58
    GMA.R. Saleh Salem
    UAEFIDE 9301348
    2643
  59. 59
    GMDenis Lazavik
    BLRFIDE 13515110
    2643
  60. 60
    GMGawain C B Maroroa Jones
    ENGFIDE 409561
    2642
  61. 61
    GMAnish Giri
    NEDFIDE 24116068
    2642
  62. 62
    GMJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara
    MEXFIDE 3805662
    2641
  63. 63
    GMYue Wang
    CHNFIDE 8601429
    2641
  64. 64
    GMJaime Santos Latasa
    ESPFIDE 2293307
    2638
  65. 65
    GMParham Maghsoodloo
    IRIFIDE 12539929
    2638
  66. 66
    GMJules Moussard
    FRAFIDE 642908
    2637
  67. 67
    GMMihajlo Stojanovic
    SRBFIDE 916366
    2636
  68. 68
    GMRauf Mamedov
    AZEFIDE 13401653
    2636
  69. 69
    GMHao Wang
    CHNFIDE 8602883
    2634
  70. 70
    GMMatthias Bluebaum
    GERFIDE 24651516
    2634
  71. 71
    GMAryan Tari
    NORFIDE 1510045
    2633
  72. 72
    GMVolodymyr Onyshchuk
    UKRFIDE 14114038
    2633
  73. 73
    GMKonstantin Sakaev
    RUSFIDE 4104226
    2632
  74. 74
    GMDavid Navara
    CZEFIDE 309095
    2628
  75. 75
    GMVeselin Topalov
    BULFIDE 2900084
    2627
  76. 76
    GMShakhriyar Mamedyarov
    AZEFIDE 13401319
    2627
  77. 77
    GMLiviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
    ROUFIDE 1202758
    2625
  78. 78
    GMRobert Markus
    SRBFIDE 921637
    2623
  79. 79
    GMEduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli
    ESPFIDE 3901211
    2622
  80. 80
    GMPavel Eljanov
    UKRFIDE 14102951
    2622
  81. 81
    GMFederico Perez Ponsa
    ARGFIDE 117927
    2621
  82. 82
    GMIgor Khenkin
    GERFIDE 4659600
    2621
  83. 83
    GMVincent Keymer
    GERFIDE 12940690
    2621
  84. 84
    GMSergei Movsesian
    ARMFIDE 310204
    2620
  85. 85
    GMRay Robson
    USAFIDE 2023970
    2620
  86. 86
    GMKirill Alekseenko
    AUTFIDE 4135539
    2620
  87. 87
    GMPentala Harikrishna
    INDFIDE 5007003
    2620
  88. 88
    GMAlexei Shirov
    ESPFIDE 2209390
    2619
  89. 89
    GMKaren H. Grigoryan
    ARMFIDE 13301004
    2619
  90. 90
    GMEltaj Safarli
    AZEFIDE 13402129
    2619
  91. 91
    GMRichard Rapport
    HUNFIDE 738590
    2616
  92. 92
    GMMaxim Matlakov
    RUSFIDE 4168003
    2614
  93. 93
    GMSam Shankland
    USAFIDE 2004887
    2613
  94. 94
    GMRainer Buhmann
    GERFIDE 4651340
    2613
  95. 95
    IMTobias Koelle
    GERFIDE 16207378
    2613
  96. 96
    GMRasmus Svane
    GERFIDE 4657101
    2612
  97. 97
    GMVignir Vatnar Stefansson
    ISLFIDE 2308649
    2611
  98. 98
    GMMikhail Gurevich
    BELFIDE 200930
    2610
  99. 99
    GMAleksandr Lenderman
    USAFIDE 2021285
    2610
  100. 100
    GMBaadur Jobava
    GEOFIDE 13601520
    2610
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About this ranking

Players are ordered by FIDE blitz rating, highest first. The default ranking excludes players marked inactive by FIDE. Equal ratings are ordered by FIDE ID. Ratings come from FIDE's monthly rating list.