Top rapid chess players in the United States

The highest-rated active players from the United States on FIDE's October 2026 rapid list.

#	Player	Rating	+/−	World	Born
1	GMHikaru Nakamura USA	2738	0	#5	1987
2	GMLevon Aronian USA	2738	−1	#6	1982
3	GMWesley So USA	2699	0	#16	1993
4	GMFabiano Caruana USA	2682	0	#23	1992
5	GMHans Moke Niemann USA	2675	0	#26	2003
6	GMSamuel Sevian USA	2664	0	#31	2000
7	GMDariusz Swiercz USA	2646	0	#39	1994
8	GMLeinier Dominguez Perez USA	2641	−16	#43	1983
9	GMRay Robson USA	2639	0	#46	1994
10	GMSam Shankland USA	2624	0	#61	1991
11	GMYaroslav Zherebukh USA	2622	+2	#70	1993
12	GMRobert Hess USA	2617	0	#75	1991
13	GMAlexander Onischuk USA	2617	0	#76	1975
14	GMGrigoriy Oparin USA	2611	0	#95	1997
15	GMVladimir Akopian USA	2590	0	#128	1971
16	GMAbhimanyu Mishra USA	2585	−13	#142	2009
17	GMJianchao Zhou USA	2574	0	#162	1988
18	GMAndrew Hong USA	2563	0	#190	2004
19	GMAwonder Liang USA	2553	0	#212	2003
20	GMVaruzhan Akobian USA	2542	0	#241	1983
21	GMAndy Woodward USA	2542	0	#242	2010
22	GMSteven Zierk USA	2517	0	#322	1993
23	GMJoshua Sheng USA	2511	0	#353	2000
24	GMBrandon Jacobson USA	2502	0	#396	2003
25	GMChristopher Woojin Yoo USA	2501	0	#400	2006
26	GMGiorgi Kacheishvili USA	2499	0	#406	1977
27	GMMaxim Dlugy USA	2490	−1	#433	1966
28	GMKayden Troff USA	2479	0	#477	1998
29	GMRaven Sturt USA	2467	0	#533	1993
30	GMAlexander Shabalov USA	2467	0	#534	1967
31	IMYaacov Norowitz USA	2462	0	#564	1982
32	IMAtulya Shetty USA	2460	0	#575	1996
33	GMDavid Brodsky USA	2460	0	#576	2002
34	GMJaan Ehlvest USA	2457	0	#594	1962
35	GMNico Chasin USA	2451	0	#636	2006
36	GMAndrew Tang USA	2446	0	#672	1999
37	IMEric Liu USA	2441	0	#712	2009
38	GMRobert Hungaski USA	2428	0	#802	1987
39	GMMark Heimann USA	2428	0	#803	1993
40	IMAnish Vivekananthan USA	2423	0	#866	2004
41	IMStuart Rachels USA	2417	0	#931	1969
42	IMJohn Bartholomew USA	2417	0	#932	1986
43	IMKostya Kavutskiy USA	2415	0	#951	1992
44	IMRostislav Tsodikov USA	2412	0	#986	1968
45	GMBrewington Hardaway USA	2411	−6	#1000	2009
46	IMSandeep Sethuraman USA	2410	0	#1008	2007
47	IMAlice Lee USA	2410	0	#1009	2009
48	IMTianqi Wang USA	2405	0	#1049	1997
49	GMPraveen Balakrishnan USA	2403	0	#1069	2002
50	IMRyo Chen USA	2395	0	#1154	2010
51	IMVyom Vidyarthi USA	2393	0	#1178	2007
52	IMTanitoluwa Adewumi USA	2392	+6	#1193	2010
53	IMDaniel Rensch USA	2380	0	#1316	1985
54	IMJustus Williams USA	2379	0	#1322	1998
55	IMVarun Krishnan USA	2375	0	#1366	1997
56	GMBryan Smith USA	2369	0	#1423	1980
57	GMRon Henley USA	2362	0	#1503	1956
58	IMEric Rosen USA	2359	0	#1537	1993
59	WIMRachael Li USA	2359	0	#1545	2010
60	Ethan Sheehan USA	2358	0	#1559	2008
61	IMAlexander Katz USA	2352	0	#1617	1996
62	IMCarissa Yip USA	2347	−9	#1680	2003
63	GMIrina Krush USA	2343	0	#1741	1983
64	FMChristopher Wu USA	2343	0	#1742	1998
65	FMEduard Hakobyan USA	2342	−7	#1763	2004
66	IMJohn Donaldson USA	2339	0	#1805	1958
67	FMBraden Bournival USA	2338	0	#1820	1984
68	IMErik Santarius USA	2335	+22	#1858	1987
69	IMDaniel Edelman USA	2334	0	#1876	1969
70	FMAndrew Jiang USA	2333	0	#1908	2010
71	IMLevy Rozman USA	2319	0	#2107	1995
72	IMAnna M. Sargsyan USA	2312	0	#2218	2001
73	FMPatrick Liu USA	2302	0	#2382	2012
74	GMLiam Putnam USA	2300	0	#2418	2008
75	IMTatev Abrahamyan USA	2299	0	#2432	1988
76	FMMegan Lee USA	2296	0	#2471	1996
77	GMMichael Rohde USA	2293	0	#2516	1959
78	FMRyan Amburgy USA	2293	0	#2527	2004
79	Naveen Prabhu USA	2289	0	#2601	2004
80	FMBrandon Jiang USA	2288	0	#2616	2007
81	IMMladen Vucic USA	2277	0	#2825	1955
82	IMAnna Zatonskih USA	2273	0	#2917	1978
83	FMJennifer Yu USA	2269	0	#2997	2002
84	IMMaximillian Lu USA	2263	0	#3117	2005
85	IMEthan Guo USA	2257	0	#3285	2013
86	FMNicholas Matta USA	2251	0	#3439	1994
87	FMAlexander Betaneli USA	2246	+3	#3533	1975
88	IMJoseph Zeltsan USA	2244	0	#3600	2002
89	FMMegan Althea Paragua USA	2241	0	#3675	2012
90	FMArun Dixit USA	2240	0	#3699	2005
91	FMStephen Willy USA	2240	0	#3700	2010
92	FMRobby Adamson USA	2234	0	#3841	1970
93	FMBenjamin Moon USA	2234	0	#3842	1998
94	FMVishnu Vanapalli USA	2231	0	#3943	2007
95	Graham Horobetz USA	2229	0	#3970	1993
96	FMDalton Perrine USA	2220	0	#4217	1993
97	Mitch Fishbein USA	2220	0	#4233	2001
98	FMLeif Pressman USA	2218	0	#4275	1988
99	FMDonald Johnson USA	2218	0	#4297	2006
100	FMZoey Tang USA	2218	0	#4298	2008

Ratings from FIDE's official October 2026 list. The +/− column is the change from the previous month. Inactive players are not ranked.