List of FIDE chess world number ones
Introduction A total of seven chess players have been the chess world number one on the official FIDE rating list since it was first published in July 1971.The first world number one, in July 1971, was Bobby Fischer. In January 1976 Anatoly Karpov became the highest-rated player on the FIDE list, FIDE having dropped Fischer (whose rating was higher than Karpov's) from the list due to inactivity. In January 1984, Garry Kasparov became the third world number one. He would dominate for some 22 years from 1984 until his retirement from professional chess on 10 March 2005, with three brief interruptions: Anatoly Karpov briefly held the world number one ranking again in July 1985, as well as during 1994 when FIDE excluded Kasparov from the list; and the fourth world number one, Vladimir Kramnik, briefly held the ranking in January 1996.In January 1990, Kasparov surpassed Fischer's peak of 2785 and became the first player ever to achieve a 2800 rating. In July 1999, he reached his peak rating, 2851.This was the highest FIDE rating in history until January 2013, when it was surpassed by Magnus Carlsen.On Kasparov's retirement, the world number one ranking passed to Veselin Topalov, since Kasparov was removed from the rating list in April 2006 due to inactivity. In April 2007, Viswanathan Anand became the sixth player to top the rankings. Kramnik briefly returned to the number one ranking in January 2008, but was again joint number one by rating, being placed first in the list due to having played more games in the rating period in question. For most of the period April 2007 to November 2009, the top ranking was held by either Anand or Topalov. The seventh and current world number one is Magnus Carlsen, who first achieved this ranking in the January 2010 list, and has been world number one since July 2011 after having lost and reclaimed the position from Anand during 2010 and 2011.
Publication details There were unofficial lists in 1964, 1969, 1970 and January 1971, as the Elo rating system was first introduced.From 1971 to 1980, there was one main rating list published each year (for a total of 10), initially published in July from 1971 to 1973, then once in May (1974), before switching to annual publication in January from 1975 to 1980 (in this period, some supplements and amendments were also published).From 1981 to July 2000, two lists per year were published, in January and July (for a total of 39 lists). In July 2000, the publication schedule was increased to four times a year (January, April, July, October) operating from July 2000 to July 2009 (for a total of 36 lists). In July 2009, the publication schedule was increased again, to six times a year (January, March, May, July, September, November) operating from July 2009 to July 2012 (for a total of 18 lists). In July 2012 the publication schedule was increased again to the current monthly schedule.Publication of the rating lists in the 1970s and 1980s was in ''Chess Informant'' and other chess publications. The number of games played by individuals during the rating period was added to the lists from July 1985 onwards. Player ID numbers were used from January 1990.From January 1999, the practice of rounding to the nearest five Elo points was discontinued, and ratings were then rounded to the nearest Elo point for publication. From July 2000 onwards, the ratings are available from the FIDE website.In January 2010 former World Champion Boris Spassky criticized the current emphasis on ratings rather than World Champions. Although Spassky was World Champion during the inception of the FIDE rankings in 1971, he never became the number-one rated player in the world; since July 1971 he, Vladimir Kramnik, and Ding Liren (the current Champion) are the only undisputed World Champions to never become ranked world number one during their tenure as champions
List of world number ones === Top players (list) ===The following is a list of the players ranked number one on the FIDE rating system from the first official list in July 1971 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question. A rating denoted with '''bold''' text followed by an asterisk (*) is a career high rating. Year January February March April May June July August September October November December 1971  ''(before official FIDE ratings)''   Fischer (2760) 1972     Fischer ('''2785'''*) 1973     Fischer (2780) 1974     Fischer (2780) 1975   Fischer (2780) 1976   Karpov (2695) 1977   Karpov (2690) 1978   Karpov (2725) 1979   Karpov (2705) 1980   Karpov (2725) 1981   Karpov (2690)   (2700) 1982   Karpov (2720)   (2700) 1983   Karpov (2710)  1984   Kasparov (2710)  (2715) 1985   Kasparov (2715)   Karpov (2720) 1986   Kasparov (2720)   (2740) 1987   Kasparov (2735)   (2740) 1988   Kasparov (2750)   (2760) 1989   Kasparov (2775) 1990   Kasparov (2800) 1991   Kasparov (2800)  (2770) 1992   Kasparov (2780)  (2790) 1993   Kasparov (2805)  (2815) 1994   Karpov (2740)    Karpov ('''2780'''*)  1995   Kasparov (2805)  (2795) 1996   Kramnik (2775)   Kasparov (2785) 1997   Kasparov (2795)  (2820) 1998   Kasparov (2825)  (2815) 1999   Kasparov (2812)  ('''2851'''*) 2000   Kasparov ('''2851'''*)   (2849) 2001   Kasparov (2849)  (2827)  (2838) 2002   Kasparov (2838)   (2836) 2003   Kasparov (2847)   (2830) 2004   Kasparov (2831)   (2817)  (2813) 2005   Kasparov (2804)   (2812) 2006   Kasparov (2812)   Topalov (2804)  (2813) 2007   Topalov (2783)   Anand (2786)  (2792)  (2801) 2008   Kramnik (2799)   Anand (2803)   (2798)   Topalov (2791) 2009   Topalov (2796)  (2812)   (2813)  (2810) 2010   Carlsen (2810)  (2813)  (2826)   Anand (2804) 2011   Carlsen (2814)   Anand ('''2817'''*)   Carlsen (2821)  (2823)  (2826) 2012   Carlsen (2835)  (2837)  (2843)  (2848) 2013   Carlsen (2861)  (2872)  (2868)  (2864)  (2862)  (2870)  (2872) 2014   Carlsen (2872)  (2881)  ('''2882'''*)  (2881)  (2877)  (2870)  (2863)  (2862) 2015   Carlsen (2862)   (2865)  (2863)  (2876)  (2853)  (2850)  (2834) 2016   Carlsen (2844)  (2851)  (2855)  (2857)  (2853)  (2840) 2017   Carlsen (2840)  (2838)  (2832)  (2822)  (2827)  (2826)  (2837) 2018   Carlsen (2834)  (2843)  (2842)  (2839)  (2835) 2019   Carlsen (2835)  (2845)  (2861)  (2875)  (2872)  ('''2882'''*)  (2876)  (2870)  (2872) 2020   Carlsen (2872)   (2862)  (2863)  (2862) 2021   Carlsen (2862)  (2847)  (2855)  (2856) 2022   Carlsen (2865)  (2864) (2861)  (2856)  (2859) 2023   Carlsen (2859)   (2852)  (2853)  (2835)  (2839)  (2829)  (2830) 2024    Carlsen (2830)  ''(Future)'' Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December=== Timeline of world number ones ======Player statistics===Seven players have held the world number one ranking over a period of , encompassing  rating lists. These seven players include six undisputed world chess champions, with Topalov being the only player to achieve the number one ranking without becoming undisputed world champion, though he was FIDE world champion from 2005 to 2006, and is still an active player. Spassky, Kramnik, and Ding are the only world champions in the period in question to never have been world number one while being champion. (Of these, Kramnik has been world number one, but only when he was not champion; Spassky and Ding were never world number one. )Fischer was top of the lists successively five times over a period of 4.5 years, though he is considered to have already become the number one player in the world before the official list started, as he topped the unofficial list in 1970.Karpov topped the list 14 times, successively 11 times over a period of 8 years, once for 6 months, and once for a year while Kasparov was excluded. Kasparov was world number one on the official list 52 times over a period of 22 years, and 31 times successively over nearly a decade from July 1996 to January 2006; he was number one 3 times successively over 1.5 years, then 16 times successively over 8 years, then twice successively for one year, and then finally 31 times over 9 years and 9 months. Kramnik was world number one 2 times (for 6 and 3 months), for a total of 9 months. Topalov was world number one successively 4 and 6 times (a total of 10 times), for 12 months and 15 months respectively (for a total of 27 months). Anand was world number one successively 2 and 3 times (a total of 5 times), for 6 months and 9 months respectively (for a total of 15 months). Carlsen has been world number one a record 147 times, including a record 141 consecutive times since July 2011.+Time at FIDE number one and youngest age at FIDE number one Player Months at No. 1 Peak rating Age at first time No. 1 Date at first time No. 1 Rating at first time No. 1  25527102810  1022695 542760 272804 212786 92775
Women ===List of world female number ones===The following is a list of the players ranked number one female on the FIDE rating system from the first official list in July 1971 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question. A rating denoted with '''bold''' text followed by an asterisk (*) is a career high rating. Year  January   February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 1971  ''(before official FIDE ratings)''   Nona Gaprindashvili (2390) 1972    Nona Gaprindashvili (2450) 1973    Nona Gaprindashvili (2420) 1974    Nona Gaprindashvili (2405) 1975    Nona Gaprindashvili (2410) 1976   Nona Gaprindashvili (2440) 1977   Nona Gaprindashvili (2445) 1978   Nona Gaprindashvili (2425) 1979   Nona Gaprindashvili (2405) 1980   Maia Chiburdanidze (2400)  1981   Maia Chiburdanidze (2425)  (2405) 1982   Maia Chiburdanidze (2390)   (2385) 1983   Pia Cramling (2355)   Maia Chiburdanidze (2380) 1984   Pia Cramling (2405)   Susan Polgar (2405) 1985   Susan Polgar (2430)   Maia Chiburdanidze (2450) 1986   Maia Chiburdanidze (2455)   Susan Polgar (2455) 1987   Maia Chiburdanidze (2530)   (2550) 1988   Maia Chiburdanidze ('''2560'''*)   (2555) 1989   Judit Polgár (2555) 1990   Judit Polgár (2550)   (2540) 1991   Judit Polgár (2540)   (2550) 1992   Judit Polgár (2550)   (2575)  1993   Judit Polgár (2595)   (2635)  1994   Judit Polgár (2630)  1995   Judit Polgár (2630)   (2635)  1996   Judit Polgár (2675)   (2665)  1997   Judit Polgár (2645)   (2670)  1998   Judit Polgár (2675)   (2665)  1999   Judit Polgár (2677)   (2671)  2000   Judit Polgár (2658)   (2656)  2001   Judit Polgár (2676)   (2678)   (2686)  2002   Judit Polgár (2677)    (2681)   (2685)  2003   Judit Polgár (2700)   (2715)   (2718)   (2722)  2004   Judit Polgár (2728) 2005   Susan Polgar ('''2577'''*)   Judit Polgár (2732)   Judit Polgár ('''2735'''*)  2006   Judit Polgár (2711)   (2710)  2007   Judit Polgár (2727)   (2707)   (2708)  2008   Judit Polgár (2707)   (2709)   (2711)  2009   Judit Polgár (2693)   (2687)   (2680)  2010   Judit Polgár (2682)   (2686)  2011   Judit Polgár (2686)  (2699)  (2701)  (2710)  2012   Judit Polgár (2710)  (2709)  (2698)  (2705)  2013   Judit Polgár  (2696)  (2689)  (2693) 2014   Judit Polgár (2693)  (2685)  (2676)  (2675) 2015   Judit Polgár (2675)   Hou Yifan ('''2686'''*)  (2676)   Judit Polgar (2675)   Hou Yifan (2671)  (2683) 2016   Hou Yifan (2673)   (2667)  (2663)   (2658)   (2649)   (2635)   (2651) 2017   Hou Yifan (2651)  (2649)    (2652)  (2666)   (2652)    (2670)    (2678)   (2680)  2018   Hou Yifan (2680)    (2654)    (2657)   (2658)     (2662)   2019   Hou Yifan (2662)  (2659)    (2664)  2020   Hou Yifan (2664)   (2658) 2021   Hou Yifan (2658)   2022   Hou Yifan (2658)  (2650)   (2638)     2023   Hou Yifan (2638)  (2628)  (2632)   2024   Hou Yifan (2632)  ''(Future)'' Year  January   February  March  April  May   June  July  August September  October  November  December=== Timeline ======Women statistics===+Time at FIDE number one and youngest age at FIDE number one Player Months at No. 1 Peak rating Age at first time No. 1 Date at first time No. 1 Rating at first time No. 1 31225552686 1022390 782400  212405 122355
List of junior world number ones FIDE publishes lists of highest-rated junior chess players; a "junior" is defined as being a player who is aged under 20 at the start of the year. The following is a list of the players ranked number one junior in the FIDE rating system from July 1999 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question. Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 1999  ''N/A''    Peter Leko (2701)  2000   Ruslan Ponomariov (2627)  (2630)  (2624)  2001   Ruslan Ponomariov (2677)  (2673)   (2684)  2002   Ruslan Ponomariov (2727)   (2743) 2003   Ruslan Ponomariov (2734)   (2718)   Alexander Grischuk (2732) 2004    Teimour Radjabov (2656)  (2670)  (2664)   (2663) 2005   Andrei Volokitin (2685)  (2679)   Teimour Radjabov (2682)  (2704) 2006    Teimour Radjabov (2700)   (2717)   (2728)   (2729) 2007    Teimour Radjabov (2729)  (2747)  (2746)  (2742) 2008   Magnus Carlsen (2733)   (2765)  (2775)   (2786) 2009   Magnus Carlsen (2776)  (2770)  (2772)   (2801) 2010   Magnus Carlsen   (2810)   (2813)  ('''2826''')   (2802) 2011  Fabiano Caruana (2721)  (2716)  (2714)   Lê Quang Liêm (2711)   Anish Giri(2722)    Fabiano Caruana  (2727) 2012  Fabiano Caruana  (2736)   (2767)   (2770)  (2775)   (2773)  (2772)  (2786) (2782) 2013   Anish Giri (2726) (2722) (2729) (2727)   (2734)  (2737) (2749) (2732) (2734) 2014   Anish Giri (2734) (2746)   (2745) (2746) (2752) (2750) (2745) (2758) (2768) (2776) (2768) 2015   Richárd Rapport   Wei Yi (2716)  (2703)  (2709)  (2710)   (2718)  (2721)   (2724)  (2725)   (2734)  (2737)   (2730)  2016    Richárd Rapport (2721)  (2720)  (2717) (2731)  (2752)  (2729)  (2730)  (2717) 2017   Wei Yi (2706)   (2725)  (2727)  (2732)  (2728)  (2738)  (2753)  (2748)  (2740)  (2739)  (2743) 2018   Wei Yi   Jan-Krzysztof Duda  Wei Yi (2742)   Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2743)  (2734)   (2737)    (2740)  (2738) 2019   Wei Yi (2733)  (2728)  (2736)  (2741)  (2737)  (2727)  (2721)  (2724)  (2725) 2020    (2723)  (2726)  (2728)  (2749)  2021      Alireza Firouzja (2749) (2759) (2754)  (2770)  (2804) 2022    Alireza Firouzja (2804)  (2793) (2778)  (2785)   2023    Alireza Firouzja (2785)  (2786)   (2777)  (2763) 2024   Vincent Keymer (2743)    R Praggnanandhaa (2747)   Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December
List of girl world number ones FIDE publishes lists of highest-rated girl chess players; a "girl" is defined as being a player who is aged under 20 at the start of the year, and female. The following is a list of the players ranked number one girl in the FIDE rating system from January 2000 to the present day, along with their ratings during the periods in question. Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2000   Hoang Thanh Trang (2448)   (2489)   (2493) 2001   Xu Yuanyuan (2437)   Viktorija Čmilytė (2464)    (2464)   Humpy Koneru (2484) 2002   Humpy Koneru (2539)  (2486)  (2473)  (2484) 2003   Humpy Koneru (2496)  (2496)  (2468)    Kateryna Lagno (2486)  2004   Humpy Koneru (2498)  (2513)   Alexandra Kosteniuk (2511)   (2508)  2005   Humpy Koneru  (2512)  (2508)  (2531)   (2540)  2006   Humpy Koneru (2537)   (2548)   (2545)   (2545)  2007   Humpy Koneru (2567)  (2575)  (2572)  (2606)  2008   Hou Yifan (2527)  (2549)   (2557)  (2578) 2009   Hou Yifan (2571)  (2590)  (2584)  (2585)  (2588) 2010   Hou Yifan (2590)  (2570) (2589) (2577) (2578)  (2591) 2011   Hou Yifan (2602)  (2612)  (2575)  (2578) 2012   Hou Yifan (2605)    (2639)    (2623)   (2617)   (2599)   (2605)   (2606) 2013   Hou Yifan (2603)   (2617)  (2595)  (2600)   (2609)  (2621)   (2629) 2014   Hou Yifan (2629)  (2618)  (2629)  (2661)  (2663)  ('''2673''') 2015   Aleksandra Goryachkina  (2451)  (2456)  (2473)  (2474)   (2486)  (2474)  (2497)  (2480)  (2478)  (2493)2016    Aleksandra Goryachkina  Lei Tingjie    Aleksandra Goryachkina (2482)   Lei Tingjie  (2502)   (2509)   (2504)  (2487)  (2480)  (2473)  (2468) 2017    (2467)   (2480)  (2471)  (2482)  (2488)   (2522)  (2514)  (2534)   (2528) 2018    Aleksandra Goryachkina  (2493)  (2491)   (2495)  (2496)  (2505)  (2509)    (2535)  (2536)  (2534)  (2518) 2019   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2468)   PolinaShuvalova (2471)  Zhansaya Abdumalik   Zhu Jiner   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2463)  (2464)   (2458)  (2457)  (2471)  (2507)  (2472)  (2465) 2020   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2471)  (2461)  (2478) 2021   Polina Shuvalova (2476)  (2484)  (2489)  (2507)  (2510)  (2509)  (2515)  (2516) 2022   Zhu Jiner (2478)  (2464)   (2484)   (2486) 2023   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2440)  (2464) (2469)  (2468)  (2472) 2024   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2472) Year  January  February March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December
Rapid and blitz ratings Since January 2012, FIDE has also calculated ratings for Rapid and Blitz chess, and has published top player rating lists for these time controls since May 2014.===Rapid chess=======Top players====  Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''   Hikaru Nakamura (2841)   Fabiano Caruana (2858) 2015   Fabiano Caruana (2856)  Carlsen (2855)  Hikaru Nakamura (2850)  Magnus Carlsen (2873) 2016   Magnus Carlsen  (2878)  (2894)   (2906) 2017   Magnus Carlsen  (2896)   ('''2919''')  (2909)   (2908) 2018    Magnus Carlsen  (2880)   (2903) 2019   Magnus Carlsen (2869)  (2895)  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave   Carlsen (2867)  (2873)   (2886) 2020   Magnus Carlsen (2881) 2021   Magnus Carlsen (2881)   Magnus Carlsen (2842) 2022   Magnus Carlsen (2847)   Hikaru Nakamura (2837)   Magnus Carlsen (2834)  2023   Magnus Carlsen (2839)   Ding Liren (2830) 2024   Ding Liren (2830)   Carlsen (2823)====Top women====  Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''   Judit Polgár ('''2656''')   (2646) 2015   Judit Polgár (2646)   Hou Yifan (2614)  (2625)  2016   Hou Yifan(2625)  (2631)   (2645)  2017   Anna Muzychuk (2611)   Hou Yifan (2611)  (2617)  (2618)  2018   Hou Yifan (2618)   Anna Muzychuk (2611)  (2597)  (2609)  2019   Ju Wenjun (2618)   (2613) 2020   Hou Yifan (2621) 2021   Hou Yifan (2621) 2022     Alexandra Kosteniuk (2542)    (2542)   Ju Wenjun (2600)     Hou Yifan (2618)   2023   Hou Yifan (2618)    Ju Wenjun (2592)  (2581)  (2575) 2024   Ju Wenjun (2566)====Top juniors====  Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''  Richárd Rapport (2707)   (2717) (2724)  2015   Richárd Rapport (2724)  (2736) 2016   Richárd Rapport (2729) 2017   Vladislav Artemiev  (2706)  (2719)  (2708)  (2712)  (2687) 2018   Vladislav Artemiev  (2767)   (2733)  (2764)  ('''2812''') 2019   Wei Yi (2698)  (2713)   Jeffery Xiong (2730) 2020   Jeffery Xiong (2730) 2021      (2703)     Alireza Firouzja (2696)   Andrey Esipenko (2681)  (2679) 2022    Andrey Esipenko (2679)      Alireza Firouzja (2704) (2732) (2745) 2023    Alireza Firouzja (2745)  (2742)  (2737) 2024    Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2733)====Top girls====  Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''   Hou Yifan ('''2600''') 2015   Guo Qi (2426)   Aleksandra Goryachkina  (2429) (2453) 2016   Lei Tingjie (2445)  (2446)    Aleksandra Goryachkina (2456)  (2466) 2017   Aleksandra Goryachkina (2462)  (2487)  (2460) 2018   Aleksandra Goryachkina  (2476)  (2477)  2019   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2490)   (2484) 2020   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2462) 2021   Polina Shuvalova (2394)   Carissa Yip (2393)   Polina Shuvalova (2400) 2022   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2396) 2023   Carissa Yip (2393)    Bibisara Assaubayeva (2359)  (2432)  (2439)  (2436) 2024   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2425)===Blitz chess=======Top players (blitz) ====  Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''  Hikaru Nakamura (2879)   Magnus Carlsen (2948) 2015   Magnus Carlsen (2948) (2933) (2914)   Hikaru Nakamura (2884)  2016   Magnus Carlsen  (2890)  (2915)   Ding Liren (2875) 2017   Magnus Carlsen 2914)   (2899)   (2948)   ('''2986''') 2018   Magnus Carlsen (2965)  (2939) 2019   Magnus Carlsen (2954)  (2923)      Hikaru Nakamura    (2948)  (2939) (2871)  (2885) 2020   Hikaru Nakamura  (2900) 2021   Hikaru Nakamura  (2900)   Magnus Carlsen  (2892) 2022   Hikaru Nakamura  (2850)   Levon Aronian  (2850)   Hikaru Nakamura  (2909) 2023   Alireza Firouzja  (2904)  (2896)   Magnus Carlsen (2887) 2024   Magnus Carlsen (2886)====Top women (blitz) ==== Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''   Judit Polgár (2673)  Judit Polgár ('''2736''') 2015   Judit Polgár ('''2736''')  Hou Yifan (2704) 2016   Valentina Gunina (2598)   Kateryna Lagno   Hou Yifan (2676) (2594) (2641) 2017   Anna Muzychuk (2663)   Hou Yifan (2659) 2018   Nana Dzagnidze (2580)   Hou Yifan (2627) 2019   Hou Yifan (2627)   Kateryna Lagno (2587)   (2606) 2020   Kateryna Lagno (2608) 2021   Kateryna Lagno (2608)   Hou Yifan (2601) 2022   Kateryna Lagno (2522)  2023   Tan Zhongyi (2519)    Hou Yifan (2561) 2024   Hou Yifan (2561)====Top juniors (blitz) ==== Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''  Yu Yangyi (2771)   Anish Giri (2757) 2015   Olexandr Bortnyk   Vladimir Fedoseev (2798)  Lu Shanglei (2780)  (2761)  (2762) (2764)  2016    Daniil Dubov (2713)   (2724)    Olexandr Bortnyk (2769)  (2784)  Vladislav Artemiev (2781)  (2847) 2017   Vladislav Artemiev (2777)   (2785)  (2746)   Wei Yi (2740)    Vladislav Artemiev  (2729)   (2798) 2018   Vladislav Artemiev  (2834)  (2824)  (2849)   (2825) 2019   Alireza Firouzja (2724)   Parham Maghsoodloo  (2719)   (2729)  (2735)   2020    (2750)  (2770) 2021    (2770)      Alireza Firouzja (2810) 2022     Alireza Firouzja (2791) (2795) ('''2904''') 2023   Alireza Firouzja  ('''2904''')  (2896)  (2863) 2024   Nihal Sarin  (2704)====Top girls (blitz) ==== Year  January  February  March  April  May  June  July  August  September  October  November  December 2014  ''N/A''   Hou Yifan ('''2662''') 2015    Guo Qi (2396)  Aleksandra Goryachkina    Wang Jue (2505) (2363)  (2377) 2016    Zhai Mo (2398) Lei Tingjie (2415)   (2434)   (2446) 2017   Lei Tingjie (2446)  (2451)   (2461) 2018   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2457)   Aleksandra Goryachkina (2449)  (2448)  (2422) 2019   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2368)  (2415) 2020   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2409)   Maltsevskaya (2411)   Zhansaya Abdumalik (2409) 2021   Vaishali Rameshbabu (2313)   Polina Shuvalova (2341)    Vaishali Rameshbabu (2313) 2022   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2404) 2023   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2440)  (2461)  (2478)  (2476) 2024   Bibisara Assaubayeva (2469)
See also *Comparison of top chess players throughout history*Chess rating systems*List of chess players by peak FIDE rating
Notes
References
External links * All Time Rankings, includes "Top 10 lists from 1970 to 1997"* FIDE historical ratings (1970–2000)* World Top Chess players (from FIDE, includes archive of FIDE Top Lists from July 2000 to the present)