Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: September 1876 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Wilhelm Steinitz  2788    40y4m   (#6 all-time among players aged 40y4m) 
 #2  Amos Burn  2687    27y9m   (#82 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #3  Johannes Zukertort  2649    34y0m   (#131 all-time among players aged 34y0m) 
 #4  Joseph Blackburne  2642    34y9m   (#141 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #5  William Potter  2608    36y1m   (#213 all-time among players aged 36y1m) 
 #6  Louis Paulsen  2604    43y8m   (#135 all-time among players aged 43y8m) 
 #7  Adolf Anderssen  2601    58y2m   (#23 all-time among players aged 58y2m) 
 #8  Edward Alberoni  2589   
 #9  Henry Bird  2583    46y2m   (#139 all-time among players aged 46y2m) 
 #10  John Owen  2581    49y5m   (#101 all-time among players aged 49y5m) 
 #11  George MacDonnell  2568    46y1m   (#178 all-time among players aged 46y1m) 
 #12  Bernard Fisher  2549   
 #13  John Wisker  2530    30y4m   (#706 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #14  William Wayte  2525    47y0m   (#265 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #15  Jenkins  2509   
 #16  James Minchin  2483    51y6m   (#256 all-time among players aged 51y6m) 
 #17  Carl Göring  2472    35y5m   (#973 all-time among players aged 35y5m) 
 #18  John Coker  2463    55y2m   (#174 all-time among players aged 55y2m) 
 #19  Archdall  2456   
 #20  Karl Pitschel  2445    47y8m   (#467 all-time among players aged 47y8m) 
 #21  Ilia Shumov  2441    57y3m   (#172 all-time among players aged 57y3m) 
 #22  Andrews  2437   
 #23  Albert Hodges  2433    15y2m   (#69 all-time among players aged 15y2m) 
 #24  Franciscus Janssens  2427    54y8m   (#257 all-time among players aged 54y8m) 
 #25  Arthur Skipworth  2413    46y3m   (#632 all-time among players aged 46y3m) 
 #26  Fisher  2388   
 #27  George Fraser  2386    45y8m   (#768 all-time among players aged 45y8m) 
 #28  George Gossip  2382    34y9m   (#1682 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #29  Charles Ranken  2362    48y8m   (#648 all-time among players aged 48y8m) 
 #30  Edmund Thorold  2353    44y0m   (#991 all-time among players aged 44y0m) 
 #31  Martin  2329   
 #32  William Martin  2253    68y9m   (#78 all-time among players aged 68y9m) 
 #33  John Halford  2245   
 #34  Walter Spens  2238    34y7m   (#2120 all-time among players aged 34y7m)