Monthly top-five lists       
Monthly List: January 1938 rating list   
   Player Name  Rating    Age 
 #1  Alexander Alekhine  2760    45y3m   (#4 all-time among players aged 45y3m) 
 #2  Max Euwe  2743    36y8m   (#22 all-time among players aged 36y8m) 
 #3  Mikhail Botvinnik  2741    26y5m   (#22 all-time among players aged 26y5m) 
 #4  José Capablanca  2740    49y2m   (#5 all-time among players aged 49y2m) 
 #5  Salo Flohr  2734    29y2m   (#31 all-time among players aged 29y2m) 
 #6  Samuel Reshevsky  2733    26y2m   (#26 all-time among players aged 26y2m) 
 #7  Reuben Fine  2725    23y3m   (#23 all-time among players aged 23y3m) 
 #8  Paul Keres  2717    22y0m   (#20 all-time among players aged 22y0m) 
 #9  Isaac Kashdan  2683    32y2m   (#93 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #10  Emanuel Lasker  2663    69y1m   (#2 all-time among players aged 69y1m) 
 #11  Grigory Levenfish  2657    48y10m   (#33 all-time among players aged 48y10m) 
 #12  Lajos Steiner  2654    34y7m   (#115 all-time among players aged 34y7m) 
 #13  Saviely Tartakower  2648    50y11m   (#33 all-time among players aged 50y11m) 
 #14  Efim Bogoljubow  2647    48y9m   (#38 all-time among players aged 48y9m) 
 #15  Erich Eliskases  2645    24y11m   (#128 all-time among players aged 24y11m) 
 #16  Viacheslav Ragozin  2642    29y3m   (#158 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #17  Gideon Stĺhlberg  2631    30y0m   (#194 all-time among players aged 30y0m) 
 #18  Andor Lilienthal  2630    26y8m   (#182 all-time among players aged 26y8m) 
 #19  Miguel Najdorf  2621    27y9m   (#206 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #20  Vasja Pirc  2621    30y1m   (#226 all-time among players aged 30y1m) 
 #21  László Szabó  2619    20y10m   (#83 all-time among players aged 20y10m) 
 #22  Vladimirs Petrovs  2618    30y4m   (#229 all-time among players aged 30y4m) 
 #23  Alexander Konstantinopolsky  2617    27y11m   (#222 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #24  Vsevolod Rauzer  2613    29y3m   (#259 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #25  Jan Foltys  2612    29y3m   (#266 all-time among players aged 29y3m) 
 #26  Arthur Dake  2611    27y9m   (#243 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #27  Endre Steiner  2610    36y7m   (#201 all-time among players aged 36y7m) 
 #28  Géza Maróczy  2606    67y10m   (#4 all-time among players aged 67y10m) 
 #29  Kurt Richter  2606    37y2m   (#209 all-time among players aged 37y2m) 
 #30  Ludwig Rellstab Sr  2603    33y2m   (#273 all-time among players aged 33y2m) 
 #31  Paul Schmidt  2603    21y5m   (#134 all-time among players aged 21y5m) 
 #32  Georgy Lisitsin  2603    28y3m   (#284 all-time among players aged 28y3m) 
 #33  Carl Ahues  2600    54y1m   (#39 all-time among players aged 54y1m) 
 #34  Ilia Kan  2591    28y8m   (#329 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #35  Paulin Frydman  2588    32y8m   (#345 all-time among players aged 32y8m) 
 #36  Rudolf Spielmann  2587    54y8m   (#45 all-time among players aged 54y8m) 
 #37  George Treysman  2586   
 #38  Vladimir Makogonov  2585    33y5m   (#352 all-time among players aged 33y5m) 
 #39  Nikolay Riumin  2582    29y4m   (#375 all-time among players aged 29y4m) 
 #40  Henryk Friedmann  2582    35y0m   (#318 all-time among players aged 35y0m) 
 #41  Pablo Michel  2579    32y1m   (#398 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #42  Carlos Guimard  2577    24y9m   (#327 all-time among players aged 24y9m) 
 #43  Sergey Belavenets  2576    28y0m   (#397 all-time among players aged 28y0m) 
 #44  Karl Gilg  2575    37y0m   (#316 all-time among players aged 37y0m) 
 #45  Al Horowitz  2571    30y2m   (#443 all-time among players aged 30y2m) 
 #46  Vladimir Alatortsev  2569    28y8m   (#437 all-time among players aged 28y8m) 
 #47  Karel Opocenský  2569    45y11m   (#179 all-time among players aged 45y11m) 
 #48  Mikhail Yudovich  2568    26y7m   (#430 all-time among players aged 26y7m) 
 #49  Ernst Grünfeld  2568    44y2m   (#224 all-time among players aged 44y2m) 
 #50  Albert Simonson  2567    23y1m   (#293 all-time among players aged 23y1m) 
 #51  Milan Vidmar Sr  2562    52y7m   (#86 all-time among players aged 52y7m) 
 #52  Gösta Stoltz  2562    33y8m   (#446 all-time among players aged 33y8m) 
 #53  Isaías Pleci  2561    30y3m   (#485 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #54  Abraham Kupchik  2560    45y10m   (#199 all-time among players aged 45y10m) 
 #55  Herbert Heinicke  2559    32y10m   (#488 all-time among players aged 32y10m) 
 #56  Kurt1 Richter  2558   
 #57  Wilhelm Kuppe  2557   
 #58  Jorge Pelikán  2555    31y9m   (#535 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #59  Ludwig Engels  2553    32y1m   (#552 all-time among players aged 32y1m) 
 #60  Vincenzo Castaldi  2552    21y8m   (#297 all-time among players aged 21y8m) 
 #61  Albert Becker  2551    41y4m   (#316 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #62  Victor Goglidze  2550    32y2m   (#571 all-time among players aged 32y2m) 
 #63  Conel Alexander  2547    28y9m   (#572 all-time among players aged 28y9m) 
 #64  Paul List  2546    51y0m   (#136 all-time among players aged 51y0m) 
 #65  Teodor Regedzinski  2545    43y9m   (#290 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #66  Eero Böök  2544    27y11m   (#583 all-time among players aged 27y11m) 
 #67  Emil Zinner  2541    28y5m   (#610 all-time among players aged 28y5m) 
 #68  Georg Kieninger  2540    35y7m   (#519 all-time among players aged 35y7m) 
 #69  Ernö Gereben  2540    30y7m   (#623 all-time among players aged 30y7m) 
 #70  Ilya Rabinovich  2540    47y0m   (#223 all-time among players aged 47y0m) 
 #71  Ludwig Rödl  2540    30y9m   (#625 all-time among players aged 30y9m) 
 #72  Igor Bondarevsky  2537    24y8m   (#537 all-time among players aged 24y8m) 
 #73  Salo Landau  2533    34y9m   (#594 all-time among players aged 34y9m) 
 #74  Kornél Havasi  2533    46y0m   (#266 all-time among players aged 46y0m) 
 #75  Vladas Mikenas  2532    27y9m   (#675 all-time among players aged 27y9m) 
 #76  Vitaly Chekhover  2532    29y1m   (#660 all-time among players aged 29y1m) 
 #77  Aaron Schwartzman  2529   
 #78  Hans Kmoch  2524    43y6m   (#366 all-time among players aged 43y6m) 
 #79  Fricis Apšenieks  2523    43y9m   (#371 all-time among players aged 43y9m) 
 #80  Johannes van den Bosch  2521    31y9m   (#756 all-time among players aged 31y9m) 
 #81  Karel Treybal  2521    52y11m   (#147 all-time among players aged 52y11m) 
 #82  Petar Trifunovic  2518    27y5m   (#789 all-time among players aged 27y5m) 
 #83  Samuel Factor  2517    45y4m   (#330 all-time among players aged 45y4m) 
 #84  George Koltanowski  2515    34y4m   (#714 all-time among players aged 34y4m) 
 #85  Arnold Denker  2514    23y11m   (#654 all-time among players aged 23y11m) 
 #86  Simon Rubinstein  2514   
 #87  Movsa Feigin  2510    29y11m   (#856 all-time among players aged 29y11m) 
 #88  Sidney Bernstein  2509    26y6m   (#860 all-time among players aged 26y6m) 
 #89  Alexander Kevitz  2509    35y4m   (#708 all-time among players aged 35y4m) 
 #90  Bjřrn Nielsen  2509    30y3m   (#867 all-time among players aged 30y3m) 
 #91  Hans Müller  2508    41y1m   (#503 all-time among players aged 41y1m) 
 #92  Thorsten Gauffin  2507   
 #93  Enrique Reinhardt  2506    34y10m   (#742 all-time among players aged 34y10m) 
 #94  Teodors Bergs  2506    35y6m   (#725 all-time among players aged 35y6m) 
 #95  Hans Kranki  2504   
 #96  Alexander Ilyin-Zhenevsky  2502    43y2m   (#469 all-time among players aged 43y2m) 
 #97  Erik Sr Andersen  2501    33y9m   (#826 all-time among players aged 33y9m) 
 #98  Friedrich Sämisch  2498    41y4m   (#540 all-time among players aged 41y4m) 
 #99  Josef Rejfír  2498    28y4m   (#970 all-time among players aged 28y4m) 
 #100  Pál Réthy  2497    33y0m   (#904 all-time among players aged 33y0m)