The Chess.com stats that matter most are your current rating in the time control you play most, your win, loss and draw record in that time control, and your accuracy in recent games. Best rating shows your peak, puzzle rating tracks tactics, and Puzzle Rush tests speed. Openings stats show where your games go wrong early.
This guide explains each number on a Chess.com profile and on your RankSurge Chess.com stats page, how it is worked out and which ones are worth acting on. It is current as of October 2026. For how Glicko moves your rating and how time controls are classed, read Chess.com Ratings Explained.
What does each Chess.com stat mean?
| Stat | How it is worked out | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Current rating | Your rating after your last rated game in that time control | Your strength at that speed today |
| Best rating | The highest rating you reached with a win | Your peak, not your current level |
| Win, loss, draw record | Counts of rated results in that time control | How often games go your way |
| Win rate | Wins divided by all games, as a percentage | A simple summary of the record |
| Accuracy | How closely your moves matched the engine, 0 to 100 | How cleanly you played one game |
| Puzzle rating | Rises when you solve rated puzzles and falls when you miss | Your tactics level |
| Puzzle Rush best | Your highest score in a timed or Survival run | Pattern speed under pressure |
All of these come from Chess.com's Published-Data API, which lists a current rating, a best rating and a win, loss and draw record for each time control you have played. The API notes that best rating is the highest rating reached by a win, and it is left out if you have no wins in that time control.
How should you read your win, loss and draw record?
Read it one time control at a time. Your bullet record and your rapid record measure different skills, and Chess.com keeps separate ratings for each because, as its help article on live ratings puts it, shorter and longer games use largely different skills. RankSurge shows wins, losses and draws for each time control plus an overall win rate. To get a win rate for one time control, divide its wins by its total games.
Draws matter here. Win rate counts a draw the same as a loss, so a player who draws a lot can look weaker than they are. Chess players often use score instead: one point for a win and half a point for a draw, divided by games played. RankSurge uses score for your openings.
There is no official benchmark for a good win rate. Glicko pairs you with players near your level, so most active players drift toward a balanced record. A better test is whether your rating is rising over time in the time control you care about.
What does Chess.com accuracy mean?
Accuracy is a score from 0 to 100 that shows how closely your moves matched the engine's best moves, judged against the moves your opponent actually played. According to Chess.com's help article on how accuracy is determined, the current system is called CAPS2. It replaced the first version of CAPS, which Chess.com says left many players discouraged at the low end. The newer scores are meant to feel like a school test grade, and most fall between 50 and 95.
Keep three things in mind:
- It measures one game. Accuracy depends on the position your opponent gives you. A quiet game is easier to play accurately than a sharp one.
- It is not your rating. A high accuracy in a loss usually means one big mistake decided the game.
- It only appears after analysis. The API only includes accuracy for games that were already analyzed, so RankSurge shows it on your last 20 games when it exists.
What do puzzle rating and Puzzle Rush show?
Your puzzle rating works like a chess rating. The Chess.com puzzles help article explains that it goes up when you solve a rated puzzle and down when you fail, and that harder puzzles earn more points. Hints cost you rating points on that puzzle.
Puzzle Rush is separate. You get 3 or 5 minutes to solve as many puzzles as you can, and the run ends after three wrong answers. Survival mode has no clock and also ends after three misses. Puzzle Rush does not change your puzzle rating, and your best score shows on your profile. RankSurge shows your highest puzzle rating and your best Puzzle Rush score side by side.
What do openings stats tell you?
Openings stats show which openings you reach most and how you score in them. RankSurge lists the openings you played most in your recent games, split by white and black, with your score in each. Chess.com's own Insights feature, which is part of the Diamond membership, goes further with your 10 most-played openings as White and Black and an opening mastery figure for how many book moves you play before leaving theory.
Look for an opening you play often with a low score. That is usually the best place to study, because a fix there affects many games. A small sample of a few games can mislead, so check the count before you change anything.
Which Chess.com stats matter most?
- Your main rating and its trend. Pick the time control you play most and watch it over weeks, not days.
- Accuracy in your losses. Low accuracy in lost games points to blunders you can fix with review.
- Openings with a weak score. These are the most repeatable problems in your games.
- Puzzle rating. A useful side gauge of tactics, but it does not count toward your game ratings.
For a plan that turns these numbers into practice, read How to Improve Your Chess.com Rating: A Weekly Training Plan.
Why do my Chess.com stats look out of date?
The Published-Data API is cached. Chess.com says its data refreshes at most once every 12 to 24 hours depending on the endpoint, so a game you just played can take a while to appear. Accuracy also only appears once a game has been analyzed.
Check your numbers: look up your username on the Chess.com stats page, open your dashboard and ask RankSurge AI which stat to work on first. RankSurge is not affiliated with Chess.com.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good accuracy on Chess.com?
Chess.com does not set an official good accuracy number. Its help center says accuracy under the current CAPS2 system is meant to feel like a school test grade, with most scores between 50 and 95. Accuracy also depends on the game: a quiet position is easier to play accurately than a sharp one. Compare your accuracy across many games in the same time control rather than judging one result, and look closely at games where it dropped well below your usual level.
How is win rate calculated on Chess.com?
Win rate is your wins divided by your total games, shown as a percentage. Chess.com records wins, losses and draws separately for each time control, so you can work out a win rate for rapid, blitz or bullet on its own. A draw counts against win rate the same as a loss, which is why many players also use score, where a win is one point and a draw is half a point. RankSurge shows your record per time control and an overall win rate.
What does best rating mean on Chess.com?
Best rating is the highest rating you have reached in a time control. Chess.com's Published-Data API describes it as the highest rating reached by a win, and it stores the date and the game where it happened. If you have no wins in a time control, there is no best rating for it. Best rating shows your peak, so use your current rating and its trend over recent weeks to judge your form today.
Does Puzzle Rush affect your puzzle rating?
No. Chess.com's help center says Puzzle Rush does not affect your puzzle rating. Puzzle Rush gives you 3 or 5 minutes to solve as many puzzles as you can, and the run ends after three wrong answers. Survival mode has no time limit and also ends after three misses. Only rated puzzles change your puzzle rating, which goes up when you solve and down when you fail. Your best Puzzle Rush score appears on your profile.
Why does my Chess.com game not show accuracy?
Accuracy only exists for games that have been analyzed. On Chess.com you get it by running Game Review after the game. The Published-Data API, which RankSurge reads, only includes accuracy values if they were already calculated, so unanalyzed games show no accuracy. Run Game Review on the game on Chess.com, then check again later. The public data is cached, so new games and accuracy scores can take some hours to appear on RankSurge.