| # | Event | Site | Year | ELO | | | |
| 1 | FIDE Candidates 2018 | Berlin GER | 2018 | 2785.63 |  |  |  |
| 2 | 80th Tata Steel GpA | Wijk aan Zee NED | 2018 | 2750.29 | | | |
| 3 | GRENKE Chess Classic 2018 | KarlsruheBaden Baden GER | 2018 | 2735.5 | | | |
| 4 | China vs World Team 2018 | Liaocheng CHN | 2018 | 2724.5 | | | |
| 5 | St Louis Spring A | Saint Louis USA | 2018 | 2652.3 | | | |
| 6 | 80th Tata Steel GpB | Wijk aan Zee NED | 2018 | 2611.86 | | | |
| 7 | College Final Four 2018 | New York USA | 2018 | 2597.17 | | | |
| 8 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Aachen GER | 2018 | 2587.64 | | | |
| 9 | Aeroflot Open A 2018 | Moscow RUS | 2018 | 2569.42 | | | |
| 10 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Schwegenheim GER | 2018 | 2562.17 | | | |
| 11 | 78th ch-ARM HL 2018 | Yerevan ARM | 2018 | 2560 | | | |
| 12 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Hofheim GER | 2018 | 2557.16 | | | |
| 13 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Dresden GER | 2018 | 2533.34 | | | |
| 14 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Deizisau GER | 2018 | 2531.66 | | | |
| 15 | 55th ch-CUB Absoluto 2018 | Havana CUB | 2018 | 2525.7 | | | |
| 16 | Bundesliga 2017-18 | Norderstedt GER | 2018 | 2524.98 | | | |
| 17 | St Louis Spring B | Saint Louis USA | 2018 | 2515.3 | | | |
| 18 | 12th ch-SRB 2018 | Novi Sad SRB | 2018 | 2510.8 | | | |
| 19 | Vajda Arpad Memorial 2018 | Budapest HUN | 2018 | 2510.05 | | | |
| 20 | PRO League KO Stage 2018 | chess.com INT | 2018 | 2508.78 | | | |