World's top women (2450 and above)
| Rank | Name | Title | Country | Rating | Games | B-Year |
| 1 | Polgar, Judit | g | HUN | 2710 | 16 | 1976 |
| 2 | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2600 | 0 | 1987 |
| 3 | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2568 | 8 | 1994 |
| 4 | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2557 | 14 | 1990 |
| 5 | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2549 | 17 | 1989 |
| 6 | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2546 | 11 | 1985 |
| 7 | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2542 | 20 | 1991 |
| 8 | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2539 | 11 | 1985 |
| 9 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2531 | 17 | 1979 |
| 10 | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2526 | 11 | 1986 |
| 11 | Cmilyte, Viktorija | g | LTU | 2520 | 17 | 1983 |
| 12 | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2516 | 7 | 1987 |
| 13 | Gunina, Valentina | m | RUS | 2514 | 15 | 1989 |
| 14 | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2513 | 7 | 1991 |
| 15 | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2512 | 0 | 1986 |
| 16 | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2507 | 7 | 1978 |
| 17 | Zatonskih, Anna | m | USA | 2506 | 7 | 1978 |
| 18 | Chiburdanidze, Maia | g | GEO | 2500 | 0 | 1961 |
| 19 | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2497 | 0 | 1988 |
| 20 | Cramling, Pia | g | SWE | 2495 | 15 | 1963 |
| 21 | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2490 | 20 | 1972 |
| 22 | Zhu, Chen | g | QAT | 2482 | 18 | 1976 |
| 23 | Atalik, Ekaterina | m | TUR | 2481 | 0 | 1982 |
| 24 | Socko, Monika | g | POL | 2479 | 12 | 1978 |
| 25 | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2477 | 0 | 1987 |
| 26 | Krush, Irina | m | USA | 2476 | 4 | 1983 |
| 27 | Javakhishvili, Lela | m | GEO | 2475 | 6 | 1984 |
| 28 | Xu, Yuhua | g | CHN | 2472 | 0 | 1976 |
| 29 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2469 | 20 | 1982 |
| 30 | Dembo, Yelena | m | GRE | 2468 | 16 | 1983 |
| 31 | Skripchenko, Almira | m | FRA | 2468 | 4 | 1976 |
| 32 | Ushenina, Anna | m | UKR | 2463 | 8 | 1985 |
| 33 | Muzychuk, Mariya | m | UKR | 2460 | 9 | 1992 |
| 34 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | m | MGL | 2457 | 17 | 1987 |
| 35 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | m | GER | 2457 | 9 | 1985 |
| 36 | Pogonina, Natalija | wg | RUS | 2451 | 15 | 1985 |
