| # | Event | Site | Year | ELO | | | |
| 1 | 6th Norway Chess 2018 | Stavanger NOR | 2018 | 2789.88 |  |  |  |
| 2 | FIDE Candidates 2018 | Berlin GER | 2018 | 2785.63 | | | |
| 3 | Vugar Gashimov Mem 2018 | Shamkir AZE | 2018 | 2768 | | | |
| 4 | chess.com Speed 1m+1spm 2017 | chess.com INT | 2018 | 2764.41 | | | |
| 5 | chess.com Speed 3m+1spm 2017 | chess.com INT | 2018 | 2756.53 | | | |
| 6 | chess.com Speed 5m+1spm 2017 | chess.com INT | 2018 | 2756.51 | | | |
| 7 | 80th Tata Steel GpA | Wijk aan Zee NED | 2018 | 2750.29 | | | |
| 8 | 51st Biel GM 2018 | Biel SUI | 2018 | 2740.33 | | | |
| 9 | GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 | KarlsruheBaden Baden GER | 2018 | 2735.5 | | | |
| 10 | 9th Hainan Danzhou GM | Danzhou CHN | 2018 | 2727.5 | | | |
| 11 | China vs World Team 2018 | Liaocheng CHN | 2018 | 2724.5 | | | |
| 12 | 46th GM 2018 | Dortmund GER | 2018 | 2719.5 | | | |
| 13 | 19th Karpov Poikovsky | Poikovsky RUS | 2018 | 2688.3 | | | |
| 14 | 4th Gideon Japhet Mem Cup | Jerusalem ISR | 2018 | 2685.83 | | | |
| 15 | ch-USA 2018 | Saint Louis USA | 2018 | 2673.5 | | | |
| 16 | chess.com Speed Inv Qualifier | chess.com INT | 2018 | 2664.92 | | | |
| 17 | St Louis Spring A | Saint Louis USA | 2018 | 2652.3 | | | |
| 18 | 53rd Capablanca Mem Elite | Havana CUB | 2018 | 2643.83 | | | |
| 19 | CHN-RUS Summit 2018 | Qinhuangdao CHN | 2018 | 2630.69 | | | |
| 20 | ch-POL 2018 | Warsaw POL | 2018 | 2629.8 | | | |