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Monthly report · status as of 30 September 2026
September 2026 AI ranking
Claude tops the list with an Elo of 1509, 17 points ahead of Gemini. Per model family, the best-scoring variant on LMArena counts.
What changed since August 2026
Compared with the position of 27 August 2026. Shifts under 5 Elo fall within the margin of measurement.
Risers this month
Kimi1461 → 1488▲ 27 Elo
DeepSeek1459 → 1477▲ 18 Elo
Le Chat (Mistral)1414 → 1426▲ 12 EloFallers this month
GLM (Z.ai)1487 → 1480▼ 7 EloNew in the ranking
LlamaMetaIn five points
- Claude tops the ranking with Elo 1509, 17 points ahead of Gemini.
- Biggest riser: Kimi, +27 Elo (from 1461 to 1488).
- Biggest faller: GLM (Z.ai), -7 Elo (from 1487 to 1480).
- 10 model families in the ranking; between number 1 and the last there is 182 Elo.
- New in the ranking: Llama. No family dropped out of the ranking.
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#1Claude#2Gemini#3Kimi#4ChatGPT#5GLM (Z.ai)#6Qwen#7DeepSeek#8Grok#9Le Chat (Mistral)#10Llama
Height: Elo, scale 1307 to 1509
The full standings
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ClaudeAnthropic1509▲ 5 Elo2
GeminiGoogle1492+2 Elo3KimiMoonshot AI1488▲ 27 Elo4
ChatGPTOpenAI1483+1 Elo5GLM (Z.ai)Z.ai (Zhipu AI)1480▼ 7 Elo6
QwenAlibaba Cloud1479▲ 5 Elo7DeepSeekDeepSeek1477▲ 18 Elo8
GrokxAI1475±0 Elo9Le Chat (Mistral)Mistral AI1426▲ 12 Elo10LlamaMeta1327
ClaudeAnthropic1509▲ 5 Elo2GeminiGoogle1492+2 Elo3KimiMoonshot AI1488▲ 27 Elo4ChatGPTOpenAI1483+1 Elo5GLM (Z.ai)Z.ai (Zhipu AI)1480▼ 7 Elo6QwenAlibaba Cloud1479▲ 5 Elo7DeepSeekDeepSeek1477▲ 18 Elo8GrokxAI1475±0 Elo9Le Chat (Mistral)Mistral AI1426▲ 12 Elo10LlamaMeta1327Source: LMArena · retrieved 30 September 2026