FIDE rating search
Look up any player on the official FIDE rating list by name or FIDE ID. You get the standard, rapid and blitz ratings, world and national rank, title, federation and year of birth, and the rating history behind them. It is free, and there is no account to make.
Searching the FIDE rating list
Type a surname on the home page, choose FIDE as the platform, and the matching players come back from the official list. Common surnames return a lot of people, which is what the federation, title and birth year columns are for. If you already know the FIDE ID, searching that takes you straight to one player.
The numbers are the published FIDE rating list, updated monthly. Sites that show a rating changing during a tournament are showing an unofficial live estimate calculated from games in progress. Both are useful, but only the published list is the official rating.
Standard, rapid and blitz are three separate ratings
FIDE rates the three time controls separately, and a player can be far stronger in one than another. A classical specialist often has a standard rating well above their blitz, and a strong online blitz player can be unrated over the board entirely. When you compare two players, compare the same time control.
Rating history back to 2003
A single rating is a snapshot. The history is the useful part: it goes back to 2003 and shows all three time controls as a line, so a career reads as a shape rather than a number. Climbs, plateaus and the long flat stretches most players have are all visible.
If you do not have a FIDE rating
Most players do not, and nothing else here needs one. Insights reads your Chess.com and Lichess history and estimates your FIDE strength from your online results, which is the closest honest answer without playing a rated tournament. A Profile Report tells you what to fix before you do.
If you do have one, the estimate is worth checking against the real number. Online ratings and FIDE ratings are different scales on different pools, and the gap between them is usually larger than people expect in either direction.
Frequently asked questions
How do I look up a FIDE rating?
Search by player name or FIDE ID on the Lumichess home page and pick the player from the results. You get their standard, rapid and blitz ratings, federation, title and year of birth, with no account needed.
What is a FIDE ID?
A permanent number FIDE assigns to every rated player, used to identify them across name changes and federation transfers. If you know the ID you can go straight to that player rather than searching a common surname.
Is the rating live or from the published list?
It is the published FIDE rating list, which updates monthly. Ratings you see between lists on other sites are unofficial live estimates calculated from games in progress; the official number is the one published on the list.
Can I see a player's rating history?
Yes. The rating list history goes back to 2003 and covers standard, rapid and blitz, so you can see a career as a line rather than a single number.
What is a good FIDE rating?
Roughly: a rated club player sits between 1400 and 1800, a strong club player 1800 to 2000, a candidate master around 2200, an international master around 2400 and a grandmaster 2500 or above. The world number one has been above 2800.
Do I need a FIDE rating to use Lumichess?
No. Everything else here runs on your Chess.com or Lichess games. FIDE search is for looking up official ratings, and Insights can also estimate your FIDE strength from your online results.