Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: May 1881 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Johannes Zukertort  2722    38y8m   (#27 all-time among players aged 38y8m) 
 #2  Joseph Blackburne  2669    39y5m   (#58 all-time among players aged 39y5m) 
 #3  George Mackenzie  2661    44y2m   (#47 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #4  Berthold Englisch  2661    29y10m   (#124 all-time among players aged 29y10m) 
 #5  Louis Paulsen  2653    48y4m   (#33 all-time among players aged 48y4m) 
 #6  Adolf Schwarz  2649    44y7m   (#60 all-time among players aged 44y7m) 
 #7  William Potter  2611    40y9m   (#157 all-time among players aged 40y9m) 
 #8  James Mason  2603    31y6m   (#295 all-time among players aged 31y6m) 
 #9  Samuel Rosenthal  2601    43y8m   (#142 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #10  Szymon Winawer  2600    43y2m   (#144 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #11  Max Judd  2599    29y5m   (#310 all-time among players aged 29y5m) 
 #12  Henry Bird  2591    50y10m   (#72 all-time among players aged 50y10m) 
 #13  Isidor Gunsberg  2583    26y6m   (#352 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #14  James Grundy  2552    26y3m   (#508 all-time among players aged 26y3m) 
 #15  Charles Moehle  2548    21y6m   (#297 all-time among players aged 21y6m) 
 #16  Hans von Minckwitz  2536    38y1m   (#478 all-time among players aged 38y1m) 
 #17  Fritz Riemann  2531    22y4m   (#429 all-time among players aged 22y4m) 
 #18  Emil Schallopp  2502    37y9m   (#676 all-time among players aged 37y9m) 
 #19  Arnold Schottländer  2492    27y1m   (#1006 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #20  Miksa Weiss  2489    23y10m   (#837 all-time among players aged 23y10m) 
 #21  Max Bier  2483    27y1m   (#1100 all-time among players aged 27y1m) 
 #22  Albert Clerc  2481    51y4m   (#258 all-time among players aged 51y4m) 
 #23  Wilfried Paulsen  2479    52y10m   (#216 all-time among players aged 52y10m) 
 #24  Alexander Sellman  2478    25y4m   (#1069 all-time among players aged 25y4m) 
 #25  Carl Wemmers  2471    36y4m   (#950 all-time among players aged 36y4m) 
 #26  Ernst Flechsig  2452    28y7m   (#1390 all-time among players aged 28y7m) 
 #27  H Gifford  2423   
 #28  James Congdon  2408    46y4m   (#632 all-time among players aged 46y4m) 
 #29  Alexander Fritz  2399    24y4m   (#1692 all-time among players aged 24y4m) 
 #30  John Ryan  2384    32y4m   (#1904 all-time among players aged 32y4m) 
 #31  Constantin Schwede  2381    26y7m   (#2011 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #32  Karl Pitschel  2380    52y4m   (#428 all-time among players aged 52y4m) 
 #33  August Franke  2325    49y4m   (#628 all-time among players aged 49y4m) 
 #34  Albert Cohnfeld  2314   
 #35  Victor Knorre  2313    40y7m   (#1390 all-time among players aged 40y7m) 
 #36  Carl Schmid  2313    41y1m   (#1340 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #37  Robert Barnes  2259