Answers.Body: <p>I wrote some queries against the database I constructed from the FIDE <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">downloadable data</a>, for post 2001, and Olimpbase for pre 2001.</p>
  <p>This gave me (horizontal axis is year plus 2 digit month):</p>
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/KzdWZ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/KzdWZ.png" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
  <p>The large drop in 1975 was when Fischer (2780) retired and Karpov (2695) became world number 1. Gary Kasparov (2710) took over in 1984 and became the first 2800 player in 1990.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: It would be nice if you could add years instead of months :)
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Body: <p>How the highest Elo rating has been changing over time? Is there such an abstract data? Preferably FIDE rating.</p>
  <p>I've been trying to find a graph or a table, but all I can find is a list of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_top_chess_players_throughout_history" rel="nofollow noreferrer">peak ratings</a> for best players. Meanwhile I want to know the &quot;maximum achieved rating vs time&quot;, regardless to a player, i.e. maximum of all players rating.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: You can just find the top rated player for every year and look at their ELO trajectory during that time. Overall, because of 'ELO inflation', highest ELOs have been increasing. For example Fischer's top score was 2789.7 (according to 2700chess.com), Kasparov's was 2856.7, and Carlsen's 2889.2. I would image this to continue its trajectory upwards.
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Comments.Text: @odinchess.com how do I find the top rated player for every year and their rating for that year?
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Comments.Text: Should be somewhat helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating
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Comments.Text: @HaukeReddmann, actually there is "List of rating peaks throughout history" at the end, which gives a 10 points from the graph I want! Unfortunately it records only records, but nothing in-between.
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Title: An abstract Top 1 player rating vs time
ThreadText: # An abstract Top 1 player rating vs time
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-17)
  
  How the highest Elo rating has been changing over time? Is there such an abstract data? Preferably FIDE rating.
  
  I've been trying to find a graph or a table, but all I can find is a list of [peak ratings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_top_chess_players_throughout_history) for best players. Meanwhile I want to know the "maximum achieved rating vs time", regardless to a player, i.e. maximum of all players rating.
  
  **Tags:** rating, statistics, elo, records
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You can just find the top rated player for every year and look at their ELO trajectory during that time. Overall, because of 'ELO inflation', highest ELOs have been increasing. For example Fischer's top score was 2789.7 (according to 2700chess.com), Kasparov's was 2856.7, and Carlsen's 2889.2. I would image this to continue its trajectory upwards.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 how do I find the top rated player for every year and their rating for that year?  
  > **username_2**: Should be somewhat helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_players_by_peak_FIDE_rating  
  > **username_0**: @HaukeReddmann, actually there is "List of rating peaks throughout history" at the end, which gives a 10 points from the graph I want! Unfortunately it records only records, but nothing in-between.  
  > **username_3**: https://2700chess.com/ ?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2022-08-01. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  I wrote some queries against the database I constructed from the FIDE [downloadable data](https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml), for post 2001, and Olimpbase for pre 2001.
  
  This gave me (horizontal axis is year plus 2 digit month):
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/KzdWZ.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/KzdWZ.png)
  
  The large drop in 1975 was when Fischer (2780) retired and Karpov (2695) became world number 1. Gary Kasparov (2710) took over in 1984 and became the first 2800 player in 1990.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: It would be nice if you could add years instead of months :)  
  
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