Chess.com

Chess.com Leaderboards API

Live leaderboards across time controls and variants

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Operations 1

GET /leaderboards Get Leaderboards #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api
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Documentation
https://support.chess.com/en/articles/9650547-published-data-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/openapi/chess-com-leaderboards-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chess-com-player-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chess-com-game-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/json-schema/chess-com-club-schema.json

Other Resources

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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/chess-com/refs/heads/main/json-ld/chess-com-context.jsonld

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OpenAPI Specification

chess-com-leaderboards-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Chess.com Published Data Clubs Leaderboards API
  description: 'Public, read-only REST API exposing Chess.com data: player profiles and stats, monthly game

    archives (JSON and PGN), clubs and members, daily and live team matches, Swiss and round-robin

    tournaments, titled-player lists, country rosters, the daily puzzle, the streamer list, and

    live leaderboards.


    The API is unauthenticated; rate limiting applies to parallel requests (429 Too Many Requests).

    Responses use JSON-LD with ETag, Last-Modified, gzip, and JSONP support. Most endpoints refresh

    at most every 12-24 hours. Clients are encouraged to send a recognizable User-Agent including a

    contact email or URL.

    '
  version: '2026-05-25'
  contact:
    name: Chess.com Support
    url: https://support.chess.com
  x-logo:
    url: https://www.chess.com/favicon.ico
servers:
- url: https://api.chess.com/pub
  description: Chess.com Published Data API
tags:
- name: Leaderboards
  description: Live leaderboards across time controls and variants
paths:
  /leaderboards:
    get:
      summary: Get Leaderboards
      operationId: getLeaderboards
      tags:
      - Leaderboards
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Top 50 players across all formats
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object