We get this list from the USCF but they always include dead (and otherwise inactive) players. Starting with the December 2002 list, we have made an attempt to prune the inactive players from the list as well as those who have stopped playing merely because they’re dead.
Effective 1 February 2008
| 1 | PENKALSKI, DAVID G | 2414 |
| 2 | GELBART, SHELDON M | 2343 |
| 3 | JOYNT, ROBERT, JR | 2307 |
| 4 | BETANELI, ALEXANDER | 2301 |
| 5 | SAWALANI, NAVIN M | 2277 |
| 6 | VAJA, ASHISH | 2227 |
| 7 | WILLIAMS, WILLIAM P | 2201 |
| 8 | COOPER, JEFF | 2200 |
| 9 | VAYSERBERG, TATIANA | 2132 |
| 10 | KANE, JEREMY | 2124 |
| 11 | LILLY, BRYAN | 2121 |
| 12 | BREIDER, JON P | 2120 |
| 13 | RICHARDS, JOSEPH P | 2109 |
| 14 | HAYES, RAYMOND C | 2100 |
| 15 | LUO, BRIAN J | 2077 |
| 16 | MCCUTCHIN, CLARK O | 2072 |
| 17 | VAYSERBERG, ALEKSANDR | 2069 |
| 18 | CHURUN, PALINA | 2069 |
| 19 | CONANT, MATT | 2063 |
| 20 | HAUBRICH, SCOTT | 2033 |
| 21 | MATTSON, DANE M | 2030 |
| 22 | BECKER, ALLEN J | 2029 |
| 23 | GAST, BRYAN D | 2018 |
| 24 | FERGUSON, WESLEY EUGENE | 2011 |
| 25 | BURTON, TIMOTHY E | 2003 |
| 26 | THIEME, STEFFEN O | 1994 |
| 27 | SCHMIDT, RANDY | 1990 |
| 28 | PARKER, ANTHONY LEE | 1987 |
| 29 | ROYCHOUDHURY, SOUVIK | 1984 |
| 30 | BORMAN, KELLY L | 1980 |
| 31 | SCHNEIDER, SCOTT W | 1977 |
| 32 | CARDENAS, DAVID R | 1958 |
| 33 | GEDER, JOHN D | 1957 |
| 34 | VELIKANOV, ALEXANDER | 1956 |
| 35 | LJASCHENKO, GEORGE K | 1956 |
| 36 | FORBUSH, RAMSEY F | 1953 |
| 37 | WALLER, MATTHEW WILLIAM | 1944 |
| 38 | ARANOVICH, GARY | 1944 |
| 39 | MILLETTE, ROB | 1940 |
| 40 | FRICANO, PAUL ROYAL | 1938 |
| 41 | ELGER, WILLIAM | 1934 |
| 42 | SUMEDI, DADEN | 1926 |
| 43 | MCELWEE, PATRICK | 1926 |
| 44 | KOHLENBERG, JACOB D | 1923 |
| 45 | HOFFMAN, GUY G | 1914 |
| 46 | NIETMAN, MIKE | 1914 |
| 47 | VELIKANOV, PETER | 1912 |
| 48 | MURPHY, ROBERT LEE | 1911 |
| 49 | YOUNKLE, DOUGLAS R | 1909 |
| 50 | KENNY, JOEL | 1909 |
| 51 | LUDWIG, LUKE | 1900 |
| 52 | GOMEZ, AUGUSTIN R | 1900 |
| 53 | WAGNER, JOHN, JR | 1900 |
| 54 | PRENOT, JONATHON D | 1899 |
| 55 | LUCKOW, THOMAS C | 1896 |
| 56 | STEIN, JOSIAH R | 1894 |
| 57 | WIJETUNGE, IVAN | 1890 |
| 58 | GARVIN, STANLEY T | 1884 |
| 59 | BIAREISHYK, SIARHEI | 1879 |
| 60 | PAITRICK, DEREK R | 1876 |
| 61 | LIZARONDO, ERNESTO S | 1875 |
| 62 | THET, LYN A | 1864 |
| 63 | COONS, JAMES J | 1862 |
| 64 | LIPTAK, LESTER H | 1862 |
| 65 | SCHNEEBERGER, JOSEPH A | 1859 |
| 66 | MONTNEY, RUSS | 1854 |
| 67 | PRESSWOOD, HERMAN J | 1849 |
| 68 | DILLON, ROBERT DARREN | 1848 |
| 69 | GLEASON, MICHAEL F | 1847 |
| 70 | KARAS, PAUL | 1843 |
| 71 | WALKER, ARLEN P | 1833 |
| 72 | LINDQUIST, DANIEL L | 1831 |
| 73 | CHRISTENSEN, WADE | 1827 |
| 74 | ROMICH, JEFFREY K | 1824 |
| 75 | GLEASON, NEIL J | 1823 |
| 76 | JONES, JERRY, III | 1822 |
| 77 | KJALLBERG, HAROLD E | 1817 |
| 78 | LA COSSE, PAUL R | 1816 |
| 79 | BOGENSCHUTZ, TIM J | 1814 |
| 80 | BRUCH, ROBERT M | 1812 |
| 81 | ALLEN, JESSE | 1804 |
| 82 | WU, FAN | 1803 |
| 83 | ROWE, JIM HENRY | 1803 |
| 84 | NIEMI, NICOLE | 1802 |
| 85 | MUNOZ, DANIEL A | 1802 |
| 86 | DOMSKY, ARTHUR | 1800 |
| 87 | BUTLER, LAWRENCE D | 1800 |
| 88 | OLK, WILLIAM R | 1800 |
| 89 | BERG, ROY A, JR | 1800 |
| 90 | BROWN, CHRISTOPHER | 1800 |
| 91 | JERVING, WESLEY R | 1798 |
| 92 | DE ROSIER, STEVEN R | 1796 |
| 93 | BAKER, RYAN D | 1794 |
| 94 | MCKINNEY, CHRISTOPHER | 1793 |
| 95 | CIRILLO, CORRADO | 1786 |
| 96 | LA PLANTE, BRUCE R | 1785 |
| 97 | GIANOS-STEINBERG, ALEX J | 1785 |
| 98 | LILLY, HOBART W | 1781 |
| 99 | LOCKHART, STEVE | 1781 |
| 100 | IRELAND, JOHNATHAN | 1779 |