BWF Awards explained

This is a list of all the awards given by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour to players and others of particular distinction during a given season.

Player of the Year

From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.

Year	Player		Nationality
↓ Eddy Choong Player of the Year ↓
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005	Taufik Hidayat (2)
2006^[1]
2007	Lin Dan (2)
Year	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality !	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality
	↓ Male Player of the Year ↓		↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2008^[2]	Lin Dan (3)
2009
2010	Lee Chong Wei (2)
2011^[3]	Lee Chong Wei (3)
2012			Wang Yihan (2)
2013^[4]	Lee Chong Wei (4)
2014^[5]
2015	Chen Long (2)
2016	Lee Chong Wei (5)
2017
2018	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (2) / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (2)
2019^[6]			Huang Yaqiong (2)
^[7]	Viktor Axelsen		Tai Tzu-ying
2022^[8]	Viktor Axelsen (2)		Akane Yamaguchi
2023^[9]

Para-player of the Year

This award was first presented in 2015.

Year	width=400	Male Player !	width=150	Nationality !	width=400	Female Player !	width=150	Nationality
	↓ Male Player of the Year ↓		↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019			Leani Ratri Oktila (2)
	Qu Zimo		Leani Ratri Oktila
2022^[10]
2023	Daiki Kajiwara

Pair of the Year

Year	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality !	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality
	↓ Pair of the Year ↓		↓ Para-badminton Pair of the Year ↓
2022^[11]
2023^[12]

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year

This award was created in 2008 following the decision by the BWF to split the "Eddy Choong Player of the Year" award into two different awards for male and female players respectively.

Year	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality
2008^[13]
2009^[14]
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014	Akane Yamaguchi (2)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
	Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2022^[15]
2023^[16]

Most Improved Player of the Year

Year	width=400	Player !	width=150	Nationality
2016
2017
2018
2019
	Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin
2022^[17]	Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto
2023^[18]	Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin

Best-Dressed

This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Players' Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.

Year	width=400	Male Player !	width=150	Nationality !	width=400	Female Player !	width=150	Nationality
2013^[19]
2015^[20]
2016^[21]
2017^[22]			Tai Tzu-ying (2)
2018^[23]
2019^[24]	Viktor Axelsen (2)		Ratchanok Intanon (2)
2022^[25]
2023^[26]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eddie Choong Player of the Year Award . BWF . 2011-12-18 .
2. Web site: Male/Female Player of the Year Award . BWF . 2011-12-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130906211935/http://bwfbadminton.org/file_download.aspx?id=22554 . 2013-09-06 . dead .
3. Web site: Bernama. New Straits Times. (Badminton) Chong Wei bags fifth BWF best male player of the year award. 22 December 2019. 13 December 2016.
4. Web site: 22 December 2019. 26 May 2014. WINNERS SAVOUR BWF AWARDS. bwfbadminton.com.
5. Web site: Badminton: Chen, Zhao, Yamaguchi honoured with BWF awards. 22 December 2019. 17 December 2014. sport-asia.com.
6. Web site: Awards. corporate.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. 22 December 2019.
7. Web site: BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021. 2021-12-03. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
8. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
9. Web site: 11 December 2023. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG. 11 December 2023. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
10. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
11. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
12. Web site: 11 December 2023. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG. 11 December 2023. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
13. Web site: 22 December 2019. 8 December 2008. Saina named 'The most promising player of the year'. The Times of India.
14. Web site: Don. Hearn. 22 December 2019. Big winners awarded on BWF's 'Night of Nights'. badzine.net. 11 December 2018.
15. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
16. Web site: 11 December 2023. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG. 11 December 2023. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
17. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
18. Web site: 11 December 2023. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG. 11 December 2023. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
19. Web site: 19 May 2013. CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT. 22 December 2019. bwfbadminton.com. Leung. Edwin.
20. Web site: CHEN, MARIN CROWNED BWF PLAYERS OF THE YEAR. 8 December 2015. bwfbadminton.com. 22 December 2019. Dev. Sukumar.
21. Web site: CHONG WEI CREATES HISTORY AS ASIAN SHUTTLERS SWEEP BWF AWARDS. 22 December 2019. 14 December 2016. badmintonasia.org.
22. Web site: Srikanth Kidambi wins 'Best Dressed Player' award at BWF Gala. 12 December 2017. Sportskeeda. Sudeshna. Banerjee. 22 December 2019.
23. Web site: 11 December 2018. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR MINIONS, HUANG YAQIONG. 22 December 2019. bwfbadminton.com. Dev. Sukumar.
24. Web site: 11 December 2019. 22 December 2019. 'It's not easy,' says Thai ace on Finals eve. Bangkok Post.
25. Web site: 5 December 2022. AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS. 8 December 2022. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.
26. Web site: 11 December 2023. YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG. 11 December 2023. bwfbadminton.com. en-US.