Answers.Body: <p>According to the list downloaded <a href="https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml" rel="noreferrer">here</a>, there are currently 261782 players with a FIDE rating. I wrote a small program to analyze it, and here are the results:</p>
  
  <pre><code>-------------------------
  Rating  Number of players
  2800+   5
  2750+   18
  2700+   43
  2650+   114
  2600+   262
  2550+   514
  2500+   921
  2450+   1641
  2400+   3130
  2350+   5223
  2300+   8669
  2250+   13791
  2200+   21033
  2150+   30045
  2100+   41411
  2050+   54631
  2000+   69229
  1950+   83243
  1900+   97932
  1850+   112783
  1800+   127483
  1750+   141826
  1700+   155776
  1650+   168856
  1600+   180987
  1550+   192154
  1500+   202332
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Keep in mind that there are a lot of countries where club level players (1500 - 2000) have a national rating but not a FIDE rating.</p>
  
  <p>For reference, here is the Java program I wrote. Feel free to modify it for your own analysis.</p>
  
  
  
  <pre><code>public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("rating.txt"));
      String line;
      int[] frequencies = new int[3000];
      boolean first = true;
      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
          if (first) {
              first = false;
              continue;
          }
  
          frequencies[Integer.valueOf(line.substring(113, 117))]++;
      }
  
      int total = 0;
      for (int rating = 3000 - 1; rating &gt;= 0; rating--) {
          total += frequencies[rating];
          if (rating % 50 == 0) {
              System.out.println(rating + "+\t" + total);
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
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Body: <p>Now it's fine either as percentage of all FIDE players registered or just as number itself (like either 1/100k players are rated above X, or 23 players rated above X, respectively).  Let's say by their peak rating and not necessarily current one. </p>
  
  <p>If unclear what I mean, let's take an example: Last time I checked there were 10 players who reached a rating of over 2800 ELO at some point in their career.  I don't know how many FIDE players there are, but if, say, a million, then rarity here is 10/1,000,000.  Or we could simply use the number 10.  </p>
  
  <p>Now I'm looking for something similar but in a table, like with +2700, +2600, and all the way down.  Do you think such information is available?  Thanks. </p>
  
  <p>edit: I wanted specific numbers which the other thread had not provided. I am happy with the answer I've chosen now.</p>
  
Tags: <elo><statistics>
Title: Where can I find a rarity table of chess player ratings?
ThreadText: # Where can I find a rarity table of chess player ratings?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-12-30)
  
  Now it's fine either as percentage of all FIDE players registered or just as number itself (like either 1/100k players are rated above X, or 23 players rated above X, respectively). Let's say by their peak rating and not necessarily current one.
  
  If unclear what I mean, let's take an example: Last time I checked there were 10 players who reached a rating of over 2800 ELO at some point in their career. I don't know how many FIDE players there are, but if, say, a million, then rarity here is 10/1,000,000. Or we could simply use the number 10.
  
  Now I'm looking for something similar but in a table, like with +2700, +2600, and all the way down. Do you think such information is available? Thanks.
  
  edit: I wanted specific numbers which the other thread had not provided. I am happy with the answer I've chosen now.
  
  **Tags:** elo, statistics
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-12-31. Score: 10 | Accepted answer
  
  According to the list downloaded [here](https://ratings.fide.com/download.phtml), there are currently 261782 players with a FIDE rating. I wrote a small program to analyze it, and here are the results:
  
  ```
  -------------------------
  Rating  Number of players
  2800+   5
  2750+   18
  2700+   43
  2650+   114
  2600+   262
  2550+   514
  2500+   921
  2450+   1641
  2400+   3130
  2350+   5223
  2300+   8669
  2250+   13791
  2200+   21033
  2150+   30045
  2100+   41411
  2050+   54631
  2000+   69229
  1950+   83243
  1900+   97932
  1850+   112783
  1800+   127483
  1750+   141826
  1700+   155776
  1650+   168856
  1600+   180987
  1550+   192154
  1500+   202332
  
  ```
  
  Keep in mind that there are a lot of countries where club level players (1500 - 2000) have a national rating but not a FIDE rating.
  
  For reference, here is the Java program I wrote. Feel free to modify it for your own analysis.
  
  ```
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
      BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new FileReader("rating.txt"));
      String line;
      int[] frequencies = new int[3000];
      boolean first = true;
      while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
          if (first) {
              first = false;
              continue;
          }
  
          frequencies[Integer.valueOf(line.substring(113, 117))]++;
      }
  
      int total = 0;
      for (int rating = 3000 - 1; rating >= 0; rating--) {
          total += frequencies[rating];
          if (rating % 50 == 0) {
              System.out.println(rating + "+\t" + total);
          }
      }
  }
  
  ```
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thank you very much, I wanted specific numbers, unlike the other question which had a graph so this is just perfect, thank you for doing this for me  
  
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