Top Women Chess Players
Last Updated
September 8, 2026
Ranked Players
25
Included Tournaments
21
Current Women Ranking
Points use each player's official overall tournament finish from eligible Majors and Masters in the rolling 365-day ranking window.
| Rank | Move | Player | Federation | Total Points | Tournaments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - |
Vaishali, Rameshbabu
|
IND | 2270 | 5 |
| 2 | - |
Assaubayeva, Bibisara
|
KAZ | 2200 | 4 |
| 3 | ▲ 1 |
Lagno, Kateryna
|
RUS | 1460 | 4 |
| 4 | ▲ 1 |
Tan, Zhongyi
|
CHN | 1430 | 3 |
| 5 | ▲ 4 |
Yip, Carissa
|
USA | 1050 | 3 |
| 6 | - |
Zhu, Jiner
|
CHN | 900 | 3 |
| 7 | - |
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
|
FID | 880 | 3 |
| 8 | ▼ 5 |
Divya, Deshmukh
|
IND | 790 | 5 |
| 9 | ▲ 2 |
Muzychuk, Anna
|
UKR | 750 | 3 |
| 10 | New |
Lee, Alice
|
USA | 700 | 1 |
| 11 | ▲ 5 |
Tsolakidou, Stavroula
|
GRE | 530 | 3 |
| 12 | ▲ 1 |
Vantika, Agrawal
|
IND | 370 | 2 |
| 13 | ▼ 3 |
Song, Yuxin
|
CHN | 250 | 1 |
| 14 | ▼ 2 |
Dronavalli, Harika
|
IND | 200 | 2 |
| 15 | ▲ 2 |
Fataliyeva, Ulviyya
|
AZE | 180 | 1 |
| 16 | ▲ 2 |
Ju, Wenjun
|
CHN | 180 | 1 |
| 17 | ▼ 9 |
Koneru, Humpy
|
IND | 160 | 2 |
| 18 | ▲ 1 |
Krush, Irina
|
USA | 120 | 1 |
| 19 | ▼ 5 |
Dzagnidze, Nana
|
GEO | 110 | 2 |
| 20 | - |
Muzychuk, Mariya
|
UKR | 80 | 1 |
| 21 | New |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
|
SUI | 50 | 1 |
| 22 | ▼ 1 |
Guo, Qi
|
CHN | 50 | 1 |
| 23 | ▼ 1 |
Girya, Olga
|
FID | 30 | 1 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 |
Rakshitta, Ravi
|
IND | 20 | 2 |
| 25 | ▼ 10 |
Lei, Tingjie
|
CHN | 0 | 0 |