by The top 100 female chess players as of February 2023 are listed here. With 2638 ratings, Hou Yifan is the highest rated player from China. Goryachkina, Aleksandra from Finland, and Humpy Koneru from India finish the top 3 rankings.
| Rank | Name | Country | Rating |
| 1 | Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2638 |
| 2 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2576 |
| 3 | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2572 |
| 4 | Lagno, Kateryna | RUS | 2560 |
| 5 | Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2555 |
| 6 | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2545 |
| 7 | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2530 |
| 8 | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2523 |
| 9 | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2522 |
| 10 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | FID | 2519 |
| 11 | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2517 |
| 12 | Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2507 |
| 13 | Shuvalova, Polina | RUS | 2498 |
| 14 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | KAZ | 2496 |
| 15 | Batsiashvili, Nino | GEO | 2493 |
| 16 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | POL | 2491 |
| 17 | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | IRI | 2490 |
| 18 | Zhu, Jiner | CHN | 2486 |
| 19 | Gunina, Valentina | FID | 2476 |
| 20 | Mammadzada, Gunay | AZE | 2472 |
| 21 | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2464 |
| 22 | Ioseliani, Nana | GEO | 2462 |
| 23 | Efroimski, Marsel | ISR | 2456 |
| 24 | Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2455 |
| 25 | Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2454 |
| 26 | Socko, Monika | POL | 2450 |
| 27 | Osmak, Yuliia | UKR | 2449 |
| 28 | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2440 |
| 29 | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2440 |
| 30 | Saduakassova, Dinara | KAZ | 2434 |
| 31 | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2433 |
| 32 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2433 |
| 33 | Krush, Irina | USA | 2432 |
| 34 | Pogonina, Natalija | RUS | 2432 |
| 35 | Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2431 |
| 36 | Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2430 |
| 37 | Bulmaga, Irina | ROU | 2428 |
| 38 | Arabidze, Meri | GEO | 2427 |
| 39 | Fataliyeva, Ulviyya | AZE | 2427 |
| 40 | Huang, Qian | CHN | 2426 |
| 41 | Badelka, Olga | FID | 2416 |
| 42 | Wagner, Dinara | GER | 2414 |
| 43 | Savitha Shri B | IND | 2411 |
| 44 | Galliamova, Alisa | RUS | 2410 |
| 45 | Kiolbasa, Oliwia | POL | 2410 |
| 46 | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2408 |
| 47 | Buksa, Nataliya | UKR | 2405 |
| 48 | Atalik, Ekaterina | TUR | 2403 |
| 49 | Girya, Olga | RUS | 2402 |
| 50 | Ambartsumova, Karina | RUS | 2399 |
| 51 | Guo, Qi | CHN | 2392 |
| 52 | Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra | POL | 2392 |
| 53 | Matnadze Bujiashvili, Ann | ESP | 2392 |
| 54 | Hoang, Thanh Trang | HUN | 2391 |
| 55 | Narva, Mai | EST | 2389 |
| 56 | Padmini, Rout | IND | 2389 |
| 57 | Tania, Sachdev | IND | 2389 |
| 58 | Beydullayeva, Govhar | AZE | 2387 |
| 59 | Ning, Kaiyu | CHN | 2387 |
| 60 | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2387 |
| 61 | Zawadzka, Jolanta | POL | 2386 |
| 62 | Skripchenko, Almira | FRA | 2384 |
| 63 | Sukandar, Irine Kharisma | INA | 2383 |
| 64 | Nomin-Erdene, Davaademberel | MGL | 2383 |
| 65 | Injac, Teodora | SRB | 2383 |
| 66 | Guichard, Pauline | FRA | 2379 |
| 67 | Balajayeva, Khanim | AZE | 2379 |
| 68 | Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2379 |
| 69 | Mammadova, Gulnar | AZE | 2376 |
| 70 | Milliet, Sophie | FRA | 2376 |
| 71 | Zhai, Mo | CHN | 2375 |
| 72 | Kamalidenova, Meruert | KAZ | 2373 |
| 73 | Sargsyan, Anna M. | ARM | 2371 |
| 74 | Vantika Agrawal | IND | 2370 |
| 75 | Yip, Carissa | USA | 2369 |
| 76 | Aulia, Medina Warda | INA | 2369 |
| 77 | Guseva, Marina | RUS | 2368 |
| 78 | Melia, Salome | GEO | 2366 |
| 79 | Bivol, Alina | FID | 2364 |
| 80 | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2363 |
| 81 | Lu, Miaoyi | CHN | 2362 |
| 82 | Cori T., Deysi | PER | 2362 |
| 83 | Nandhidhaa, P V | IND | 2362 |
| 84 | Vega Gutierrez, Sabrina | ESP | 2361 |
| 85 | Roebers, Eline | NED | 2360 |
| 86 | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2358 |
| 87 | Gara, Anita | HUN | 2358 |
| 88 | Xiao, Yiyi | CHN | 2357 |
| 89 | Wang, Annie | USA | 2356 |
| 90 | Voit, Daria | RUS | 2355 |
| 91 | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | RUS | 2354 |
| 92 | Ni, Shiqun | CHN | 2354 |
| 93 | Vo, Thi Kim Phung | VIE | 2352 |
| 94 | Garifullina, Leya | FID | 2351 |
| 95 | Peptan, Corina-Isabela | ROU | 2351 |
| 96 | Yakubbaeva, Nilufar | UZB | 2349 |
| 97 | Hunt, Harriet V | ENG | 2349 |
| 98 | Savina, Anastasia | FRA | 2349 |
| 99 | Cyfka, Karina | POL | 2348 |
| 100 | Shvayger, Yuliya | ISR | 2348 |
| 101 | Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2348 |
