Heimsmeistari (skák)

#	nafn	ár	land	aldur
1	Wilhelm Steinitz	1886–1894	Austurríki-Ungverjaland síðar Bandaríkin	50–58
2	Emanuel Lasker	1894–1921	22px 22px Þýskaland	26–52
3	José Raúl Capablanca	1921–1927	Kúba	33–39
4	Alexander Alekhine	1927–1935	Snið:Flagicon Frakkland Snið:Flagicon	35–43
5	Max Euwe	1935–1937	Snið:Flag	34–36
(4)	Alexander Alekhine	1937–1946	Snið:Flagicon Frakkland Snið:Flagicon	45–54
6	Mikhail Botvinnik	1948–1957	Sovétríkin	37–46
7	Vasily Smyslov	1957–1958	Sovétríkin	36
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1958–1960	Sovétríkin	47–49
8	Mikhail Tal	1960–1961	Snið:Flag	24
(6)	Mikhail Botvinnik	1961–1963	Snið:Flag	50–52
9	Tigran Petrosian	1963–1969	Snið:Flag	34–40
10	Boris Spassky	1969–1972	Snið:Flag	32–35
11	Bobby Fischer	1972–1975	Snið:Flag	29–32
12	Anatoly Karpov	1975–1985	Snið:Flag	24–34
13	Garry Kasparov	1985–1993	Snið:Flag	22–30
14	Vladimir Kramnik	2006–2007	Snið:Flag	31–32
15	Viswanathan Anand	2007–2013	Snið:Flag	38–43
16	Magnus Carlsen	2013–	Snið:Flag	22–27