Top Rapid Chess Players in United States 🇺🇸Follow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers.
5,510 active players in United States by Rapid rating. #1 Hikaru Nakamura leads with 2,742 — 12 pts ahead of Levon Aronian (2,730). This month's standout moves (top 50): Hans Moke Niemann led all gainers at +27 pts, while Fabiano Caruana saw the steepest fall at -4 pts.
Age Group Leaders
U20Mishra, AbhimanyuGMFollow Abhimanyu MishraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,598U18Mishra, AbhimanyuGMFollow Abhimanyu MishraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,598U16Woodward, AndyGMFollow Andy WoodwardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,52165+Christiansen, LarryGMFollow Larry ChristiansenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,584
Biggest Movers · 1 month
Among top 50 players
Top Movers
Niemann, Hans MokeGMFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,673
+27Ehlvest, JaanGMFollow Jaan EhlvestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,466
+20So, WesleyGMFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.2,719
+14RECENT UNITED STATES #1 · 2021 → 2026
5 distinct leaders across 14 years
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20212022202420252026
- NakamuraJan 2021 → Nov 202111mo
- SoDec 2021 → Dec 20211mo
- CaruanaJan 2022 → Feb 20222mo
- NakamuraMar 2022 → Nov 20229mo
- SoDec 2022 → Aug 20239mo
- CaruanaSep 2023 → Dec 20234mo
- NakamuraJan 2024 → Mar 20243mo
- AronianApr 2024 → Jul 20244mo
- CaruanaAug 2024 → Oct 20251y
- AronianNov 2025 → Dec 20252mo
- NakamuraJan 2026 → Jun 20266mo
Nakamura2y · 4 reignsCaruana2y · 3 reignsSo10mo · 2 reignsAronian6mo · 2 reigns
Avg. top 10
Rapid · Active · vs 1 month
2,693+3
Avg. top 100
Rapid · Active · vs 1 month
2,451+3
Active players
Active · vs 1 month
5,510+98
Rankings
Rapid · Active · vs 1 month
# | Player | Standard | Rapid↓ | Blitz | Δ 1M | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nakamura, HikaruGM · 39 yrsFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2792 | 2742 | 2838 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Aronian, LevonGM · 44 yrsFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2724 | 2730 | 2740 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Caruana, FabianoGM · 34 yrsFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2792 | 2723 | 2781 | −4 | 9 |
4 | So, WesleyGM · 33 yrsFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2753 | 2719 | 2776 | +14 | 9 |
5 | Dominguez Perez, LeinierGM · 43 yrsFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2732 | 2696 | 2594 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Xiong, JefferyGM · 26 yrsFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2656 | 2694 | 2703 | 0 | 0 |
7▲2 | Niemann, Hans MokeGM · 23 yrsFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2742 | 2673 | 2709 | +27 | 9 |
8▼1 | Sevian, SamuelGM · 26 yrsFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2696 | 2664 | 2677 | 0 | 0 |
9▼1 | Swiercz, DariuszGM · 32 yrsFollow Dariusz SwierczTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2579 | 2654 | 2577 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Robson, RayGM · 32 yrsFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2653 | 2637 | 2620 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Shankland, SamGM · 35 yrsFollow Sam ShanklandTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2647 | 2624 | 2613 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Bruzon Batista, LazaroGM · 44 yrsFollow Lazaro Bruzon BatistaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2555 | 2615 | 2647 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Oparin, GrigoriyGM · 29 yrsFollow Grigoriy OparinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2643 | 2606 | 2670 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Antipov, Mikhail Al.GM · 29 yrsFollow Mikhail Al. AntipovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2624 | 2605 | 2605 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Lenderman, AleksandrGM · 37 yrsFollow Aleksandr LendermanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2462 | 2604 | 2610 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Mishra, AbhimanyuGM · 17 yrsFollow Abhimanyu MishraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2638 | 2598 | 2541 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Akopian, VladimirGM · 55 yrsFollow Vladimir AkopianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2551 | 2594 | 2652 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Christiansen, LarryGM · 70 yrsFollow Larry ChristiansenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2563 | 2584 | — | 0 | 0 |
19 | Stripunsky, AlexanderGM · 56 yrsFollow Alexander StripunskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2476 | 2581 | 2544 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Zhou, JianchaoGM · 38 yrsFollow Jianchao ZhouTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2612 | 2574 | 2491 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Holt, ConradGM · 33 yrsFollow Conrad HoltTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2532 | 2563 | 2574 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Hong, AndrewGM · 22 yrsFollow Andrew HongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2592 | 2557 | 2516 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Akobian, VaruzhanGM · 43 yrsFollow Varuzhan AkobianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2553 | 2542 | 2524 | 0 | 0 |
24 | Moradiabadi, ElshanGM · 41 yrsFollow Elshan MoradiabadiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2494 | 2530 | 2512 | 0 | 0 |
25 | Liang, AwonderGM · 23 yrsFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2696 | 2522 | 2580 | 0 | 0 |
26 | Woodward, AndyGM · 16 yrsFollow Andy WoodwardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2638 | 2521 | 2496 | 0 | 0 |
27 | Yermolinsky, AlexGM · 68 yrsFollow Alex YermolinskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2363 | 2520 | 2508 | 0 | 0 |
28 | Sheng, JoshuaGM · 26 yrsFollow Joshua ShengTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2498 | 2511 | 2380 | 0 | 0 |
29 | Yoo, Christopher WoojinGM · 20 yrsFollow Christopher Woojin YooTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2605 | 2501 | 2578 | 0 | 0 |
30 | Jacobson, BrandonGM · 23 yrsFollow Brandon JacobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2604 | 2493 | 2517 | 0 | 0 |
31 | Dlugy, MaximGM · 60 yrsFollow Maxim DlugyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2496 | 2491 | 2492 | 0 | 0 |
32 | Troff, KaydenGM · 28 yrsFollow Kayden TroffTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2482 | 2480 | 2576 | 0 | 0 |
33 | Molner, MackenzieGM · 38 yrsFollow Mackenzie MolnerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2458 | 2474 | 2434 | 0 | 0 |
34 | Corrales Jimenez, FidelGM · 39 yrsFollow Fidel Corrales JimenezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2504 | 2473 | 2549 | 0 | 0 |
35 | Erenburg, SergeyGM · 43 yrsFollow Sergey ErenburgTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2481 | 2471 | 2520 | 0 | 0 |
36 | Khachiyan, MeliksetGM · 56 yrsFollow Melikset KhachiyanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2375 | 2471 | 2484 | 0 | 0 |
37 | De Firmian, NickGM · 69 yrsFollow Nick De FirmianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2365 | 2468 | 2410 | 0 | 0 |
38 | Ehlvest, JaanGM · 64 yrsFollow Jaan EhlvestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2534 | 2466 | 2429 | +20 | 11 |
39▼1 | Shabalov, AlexanderGM · 59 yrsFollow Alexander ShabalovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2428 | 2465 | 2428 | 0 | 0 |
40▼1 | Norowitz, YaacovIM · 44 yrsFollow Yaacov NorowitzTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2397 | 2462 | 2401 | 0 | 0 |
41▼1 | Brodsky, DavidGM · 24 yrsFollow David BrodskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2510 | 2460 | 2443 | 0 | 0 |
42▼1 | Fernandez, DanielGM · 41 yrsFollow Daniel FernandezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2420 | 2455 | 2373 | 0 | 0 |
43▼1 | Chasin, NicoGM · 20 yrsFollow Nico ChasinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2490 | 2448 | 2497 | +5 | 8 |
44▼1 | Li, RuifengGM · 25 yrsFollow Ruifeng LiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2535 | 2441 | 2439 | 0 | 0 |
45▼1 | Tang, AndrewGM · 27 yrsFollow Andrew TangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2551 | 2440 | 2553 | 0 | 0 |
46▼1 | Posthuma, JoshuaIM · 26 yrsFollow Joshua PosthumaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2374 | 2439 | 2318 | 0 | 0 |
47▼1 | Heimann, MarkGM · 33 yrsFollow Mark HeimannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2482 | 2436 | 2417 | 0 | 0 |
48▲2 | Hungaski, RobertGM · 39 yrsFollow Robert HungaskiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2493 | 2434 | 2420 | +13 | 7 |
49▼2 | Benjamin, JoelGM · 62 yrsFollow Joel BenjaminTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2471 | 2428 | 2520 | 0 | 0 |
50▼2 | Gurevich, DmitryGM · 70 yrsFollow Dmitry GurevichTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more. | 2324 | 2427 | 2506 | 0 | 0 |
Rating distribution
Rapid · Active
12-month evolution
Rapid · Active
Titled players — 431
Active · vs 1 month
Open
GM72-1
20%
IM87-1
24%
FM137-1
38%
CM68+1
19%
Women
WGM5+1
7%
WIM11
16%
WFM18+1
27%
WCM33
49%
AGE PYRAMID · UNITED STATES ACTIVE PLAYERS
Active players by age band · Open vs Women
Open
Women
597U2079
31420-3423
14535-4910
12250-646
7965+2
1,257 open players120 women players
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Americas — By Average Top 10
| Federation | Avg top 10 | |
|---|---|---|
1· | 🇺🇸United StatesFollow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,693 |
2· | 🇦🇷ArgentinaFollow ArgentinaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,546 |
3▼1 | 🇨🇺CubaFollow CubaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,509 |
4▼2 | 🇧🇷BrazilFollow BrazilTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,494 |
5▲2 | 🇵🇪PeruFollow PeruTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,491 |
6· | 🇲🇽MexicoFollow MexicoTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,466 |
7▲1 | 🇨🇦CanadaFollow CanadaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,452 |
8▼1 | 🇨🇴ColombiaFollow ColombiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,451 |
9· | 🇨🇱ChileFollow ChileTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,425 |
10· | 🇻🇪VenezuelaFollow VenezuelaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,375 |
World — By Average Top 10
| Federation | Avg top 10 | |
|---|---|---|
1· | 🇺🇸United StatesFollow United StatesTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,693 |
2· | 🇷🇺RussiaFollow RussiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,655 |
3· | 🇮🇳IndiaFollow IndiaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,649 |
4· | 🇨🇳ChinaFollow ChinaTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,637 |
5· | 🇫🇷FranceFollow FranceTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,631 |
6· | 🇺🇦UkraineFollow UkraineTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,628 |
7▲1 | 🇪🇸SpainFollow SpainTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,601 |
8▼1 | 🇭🇺HungaryFollow HungaryTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,598 |
9· | FIDEFollow FIDETrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,597 |
10· | 🇩🇪GermanyFollow GermanyTrack their monthly top 10 average, GMs, and biggest movers. | 2,596 |