List of chess players by peak FIDE rating

This is the list of top ranked chess grandmasters, ordered by their peak Elo rating. The cut-off value is 2700.
Notably only six players achieved their over-2700 peak before the year 2000 and twenty-one players achieved their respective peak between the years 2000 and 2009 (inclusive).
Highest ratings by decade.
This section lists the top 20 players by peak FIDE rating achieved in every decade since 1971, when FIDE started officially publishing rating lists. 