Top Chess Players – 2024 & 2025 Major Tournaments Ranking

2024 Rankings

Rank Player 🌍 Total Points Tournament Breakdown
1 👑 Gukesh Dommaraju 🇮🇳 19 Tata Steel – 3, Candidates – 5, GCT Romania – 1, Bonus (Olympiad + WCC) – 10
1 Arjun Erigaisi 🇮🇳 15 Shenzhen – 1, TePe Sigeman – 3, WR Chess – 5, Chennai – 1, Bonus (Olympiad) – 5
3 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 14 Prague – 5, TePe Sigeman – 5, UzChess Cup – 3, Bonus (Olympiad) – 1
4 Fabiano Caruana 🇺🇸 11 GCT Romania – 5, Sinquefield Cup – 3, Bonus (Olympiad Silver) – 3
5 R Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 8 Norway Chess – 1, Biel – 1, WR Chess – 1, Bonus (Olympiad) – 5
6 Alireza Firouzja 🇫🇷 8 GCT Romania – 3, Sinquefield Cup – 5
7 Hikaru Nakamura 🇺🇸 6 Candidates – 3, Norway Chess – 3
8 Nodirbek Yakubboev 🇺🇿 6 UzChess Cup – 5, Bonus (Olympiad) – 1
9 Wei Yi 🇨🇳 5 Tata Steel – 5
10 Magnus Carlsen 🇳🇴 5 Norway Chess – 5

2025 Rankings

Rank Player 🌍 Total Points Tournament Breakdown
1 R Praggnanandhaa 🇮🇳 5 Tata Steel Masters – 5
2 👑Gukesh Dommaraju 🇮🇳 3 Tata Steel Masters – 3
3 Aravindh Chithambaram 🇮🇳 5 Prague Chess Festival – 5
4 Anish Giri 🇳🇱 3 Prague Chess Festival – 3
5 Wei Yi 🇨🇳 1 Prague Chess Festival – 1
6 Nodirbek Abdusattorov 🇺🇿 1 Tata Steel Masters – 1

Points System

Points were allotted based on player performance across major classical tournaments in 2024. General rules used:

For complete tournament data and player standings, refer to the Wikipedia page on Chess in 2024.