USCF player statistics
Ballard, John A
Official US Chess record- Top rated · #30 in District of Columbia (Regular)
- Fastest rising · #21 in District of Columbia (Regular)
- FIDE
- FIDE 39918602
Regular rating
Published rating · Sep 2026 · 8 published updates since Feb 2026
How this rating moves
Between consecutive published observations, provisional included.
- Biggest gain
- +11
- Apr 2026 to May 2026
- Biggest drop
- -20
- Feb 2026 to Mar 2026
- Longest rise
- 1 update
- +11 from Apr 2026 to May 2026
- Updates that moved
- 3 of 7
- Latest +1, Aug 2026 to Sep 2026
- Typical move
- ±5
- Mean absolute change; spread ±9.2
Regular rating in context
United States
#7,182of 83,635 rated members · higher than 91.3%
76,418 lower · 36 same rating · 7,181 higher · ties share a rank
District of Columbia
#30of 337 rated members · higher than 91%
307 lower · 1 same rating · 29 higher · ties share a rank
Where this rating sits · United States
83,635 rated members in 50-point bands · median 800–849 · 5,348 within 100 points of 1,812 (this player included)
1,800–1,849: 1,567 members (1.8%) · highlighted band is the player’s · dashed line is the target
92.5% below 1,850 (77,390 of 83,635; 91.3% below 1,812)
How these comparisons are calculated
Chess67 calculations from the Sep 2026 monthly rating update, using the same population as the USCF statistics pages: US members classified as active in the published monthly records, excluding lifetime-coded records, provisional ratings included. Ties share a rank; “lower” is strictly lower; national and state groups overlap. The target explorer keeps the population fixed, with this player at their recorded rating: it is a rating comparison, not a prediction of future rank.
Published ratings by month
P marks a provisional rating; the small figure is the change since the previous published observation.
| Month | Regular | Quick |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1,812+1 | — |
| Aug 2026 | 1,811no change | — |
| Jul 2026 | 1,811no change | — |
| Jun 2026 | 1,811no change | — |
| May 2026 | 1,811+11 | — |
| Apr 2026 | 1,800no change | — |
| Mar 2026 | 1,800-20 | 1,843no change |
| Feb 2026 | 1,820 | 1,843 |