| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2791 | 10 | 1975 |
| 2 | Morozevich, Alexander | g | RUS | 2787 | 9 | 1977 |
| 3 | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2786 | 50 | 1969 |
| 4 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2786 | 31 | 1990 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2783 | 10 | 1969 |
| 6 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2772 | 16 | 1975 |
| 7 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2757 | 23 | 1982 |
| 8 | Radjabov, Teimour | g | AZE | 2751 | 23 | 1987 |
| 9 | Leko, Peter | g | HUN | 2747 | 16 | 1979 |
| 10 | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2737 | 39 | 1983 |
| 11 | Wang, Yue | g | CHN | 2736 | 23 | 1987 |
| 12 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2734 | 16 | 1971 |
| 13 | Movsesian, Sergei | g | SVK | 2732 | 12 | 1978 |
| 14 | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2731 | 16 | 1985 |
| 15 | Karjakin, Sergey | g | UKR | 2730 | 24 | 1990 |
| 16 | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2729 | 22 | 1974 |
| 17 | Svidler, Peter | g | RUS | 2727 | 24 | 1976 |
| 18 | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2726 | 34 | 1972 |
| 19 | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2720 | 26 | 1983 |
| 20 | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2719 | 27 | 1968 |
| 21 | Dominguez Perez, Leinier | g | CUB | 2719 | 15 | 1983 |
| 22 | Ponomariov, Ruslan | g | UKR | 2719 | 14 | 1983 |
| 23 | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2719 | 13 | 1983 |
| 24 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2716 | 30 | 1990 |
| 25 | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2715 | 30 | 1985 |
| 26 | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | CHN | 2714 | 9 | 1985 |
| 27 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2711 | 0 | 1976 |
| 28 | Ni, Hua | g | CHN | 2710 | 5 | 1983 |
| 29 | Bacrot, Etienne | g | FRA | 2705 | 23 | 1983 |
| 30 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2704 | 6 | 1987 |
| 31 | Gashimov, Vugar | g | AZE | 2703 | 27 | 1986 |
| 32 | Rublevsky, Sergei | g | RUS | 2702 | 14 | 1974 |
| 33 | Cheparinov, Ivan | g | BUL | 2696 | 28 | 1986 |
| 34 | Wang, Hao | g | CHN | 2696 | 9 | 1989 |
| 35 | Sasikiran, Krishnan | g | IND | 2694 | 9 | 1981 |
| 36 | Tiviakov, Sergei | g | NED | 2686 | 56 | 1973 |
| 37 | Nisipeanu, Liviu-Dieter | g | ROU | 2684 | 19 | 1976 |
| 38 | Najer, Evgeniy | g | RUS | 2682 | 20 | 1977 |
| 39 | Bologan, Viktor | g | MDA | 2682 | 9 | 1971 |
| 40 | Milov, Vadim | g | SUI | 2681 | 9 | 1972 |
| 41 | Efimenko, Zahar | g | UKR | 2680 | 10 | 1985 |
| 42 | Akopian, Vladimir | g | ARM | 2679 | 5 | 1971 |
| 43 | Moiseenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2678 | 40 | 1980 |
| 44 | Naiditsch, Arkadij | g | GER | 2678 | 17 | 1985 |
| 45 | Roiz, Michael | g | ISR | 2677 | 32 | 1983 |
| 46 | Fressinet, Laurent | g | FRA | 2676 | 12 | 1981 |
| 47 | Malakhov, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2675 | 21 | 1980 |
| 48 | Postny, Evgeny | g | ISR | 2674 | 40 | 1981 |
| 49 | Motylev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2672 | 11 | 1979 |
| 50 | Kasimdzhanov, Rustam | g | UZB | 2672 | 5 | 1979 |
| 51 | Timofeev, Artyom | g | RUS | 2670 | 20 | 1985 |
| 52 | Dreev, Alexey | g | RUS | 2670 | 5 | 1969 |
| 53 | Inarkiev, Ernesto | g | RUS | 2669 | 22 | 1985 |
| 54 | Nikolic, Predrag | g | BIH | 2669 | 0 | 1960 |
| 55 | Vallejo Pons, Francisco | g | ESP | 2664 | 22 | 1982 |
| 56 | Jobava, Baadur | g | GEO | 2664 | 12 | 1983 |
| 57 | Areshchenko, Alexander | g | UKR | 2664 | 0 | 1986 |
| 58 | Tkachiev, Vladislav | g | FRA | 2664 | 0 | 1973 |
| 59 | Almasi, Zoltan | g | HUN | 2663 | 5 | 1976 |
| 60 | Nielsen, Peter Heine | g | DEN | 2662 | 10 | 1973 |
| 61 | Volokitin, Andrei | g | UKR | 2659 | 29 | 1986 |
| 62 | Harikrishna, P. | g | IND | 2659 | 12 | 1986 |
| 63 | Ivanisevic, Ivan | g | SRB | 2658 | 42 | 1977 |
| 64 | Avrukh, Boris | g | ISR | 2657 | 16 | 1978 |
| 65 | Riazantsev, Alexander | g | RUS | 2656 | 32 | 1985 |
| 66 | Grachev, Boris | g | RUS | 2653 | 22 | 1986 |
| 67 | Lastin, Alexander | g | RUS | 2651 | 20 | 1976 |
| 68 | Sutovsky, Emil | g | ISR | 2651 | 19 | 1977 |
| 69 | Karpov, Anatoly | g | RUS | 2651 | 0 | 1951 |
| 70 | Guseinov, Gadir | g | AZE | 2650 | 20 | 1986 |
| 71 | Sokolov, Ivan | g | NED | 2650 | 11 | 1968 |
| 72 | Smirin, Ilia | g | ISR | 2649 | 27 | 1968 |
| 73 | Zhang, Zhong | g | SIN | 2649 | 20 | 1978 |
| 74 | Savchenko, Boris | g | RUS | 2648 | 43 | 1986 |
| 75 | Khenkin, Igor | g | GER | 2647 | 20 | 1968 |
| 76 | Bareev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2647 | 15 | 1966 |
| 77 | Tregubov, Pavel V. | g | RUS | 2646 | 12 | 1971 |
| 78 | Zvjaginsev, Vadim | g | RUS | 2646 | 11 | 1976 |
| 79 | Tomashevsky, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2646 | 0 | 1987 |
| 80 | Berkes, Ferenc | g | HUN | 2645 | 27 | 1985 |
| 81 | Georgiev, Kiril | g | BUL | 2645 | 23 | 1965 |
| 82 | Onischuk, Alexander | g | USA | 2644 | 30 | 1975 |
| 83 | Sadvakasov, Darmen | g | KAZ | 2643 | 16 | 1979 |
| 84 | Sargissian, Gabriel | g | ARM | 2642 | 12 | 1983 |
| 85 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2642 | 11 | 1965 |
| 86 | Sakaev, Konstantin | g | RUS | 2640 | 11 | 1974 |
| 87 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2640 | 10 | 1992 |
| 88 | Kazhgaleyev, Murtas | g | KAZ | 2640 | 9 | 1973 |
| 89 | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | RUS | 2638 | 21 | 1987 |
| 90 | Graf, Alexander | g | GER | 2636 | 32 | 1962 |
| 91 | Zhang, Pengxiang | g | CHN | 2636 | 4 | 1980 |
| 92 | Vescovi, Giovanni | g | BRA | 2635 | 9 | 1978 |
| 93 | Amonatov, Farrukh | g | TJK | 2634 | 29 | 1978 |
| 94 | Gurevich, Mikhail | g | TUR | 2634 | 19 | 1959 |
| 95 | Nyback, Tomi | g | FIN | 2634 | 18 | 1985 |
| 96 | Gustafsson, Jan | g | GER | 2634 | 12 | 1979 |
| 97 | Seirawan, Yasser | g | USA | 2634 | 0 | 1960 |
| 98 | Malakhatko, Vadim | g | BEL | 2633 | 69 | 1977 |
| 99 | Navara, David | g | CZE | 2633 | 22 | 1985 |
| 100 | Istratescu, Andrei | g | ROU | 2633 | 9 |
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