BWF World Junior Ranking explained

The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation, introduced since January 2011. Players must be under 19 years of age to be eligible in the World Junior Rankings. Players will be removed from the World Junior Ranking once they have reached 19 years of age on 1 January. In doubles, players will be ranked as individuals and not as pairs.^[1]

Points system

Badminton Asia Confederation may select up to two tournaments to upgrade to European Junior Championships level and up to three tournaments to the upgraded Asian and European Tournaments level as stated in World Junior ranking table below. Badminton Europe can select up to three tournaments to upgrade to the upgraded Asian and European International Tournaments level. Points are awarded according to the following table:

Championships	width=75	Winner	width=75	Runner-up	width=75	3/4	width=75	5/8	width=75	9/16	width=75	17/32	width=75	33/64	width=75	65/128	width=75	129/256	width=75	257/512	width=75	513/1024
World Junior	6,000	5,100	4,200	3,300	2,400	1,500	600	300	120	60	30
Asian Junior	4,600	3,900	3,210	2,520	1,800	1,100	440	215
European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments	3,500	2,975	2,450	1,925	1,375	835	330	160	65	30	15
Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments	2,500	2,125	1,750	1,375	960	585	230	110	45	20	13
Asian and European International Tournaments	2,000	1,700	1,400	1,100	760	460	180	85	35	15	10
African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior	1,250	1,065	875	685	460	275	105	50	20	10	5
African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments	850	710	585	460	300	175	65	30	10	5	3

Year-end number one players

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2011	Viktor Axelsen	Ratchanok Intanon	Teo Ee Yi	Shin Seung-chan	Jim Middelburg Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
2012	Kento Momota	Nozomi Okuhara	Arya Maulana Aldiartama Edi Subaktiar		Edi Subaktiar Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2013	Wang Tzu-wei	Aya Ohori	Liu Yuchen Li Junhui	Chae Yoo-jung Kim Ji-won	Choi Sol-gyu
2014	Shi Yuqi	Akane Yamaguchi	Huang Kaixiang Zheng Siwei	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Chen Qingchen
2015	Firman Abdul Kholik	He Bingjiao	Zheng Siwei		bgcolor=ccffcc	Chen Qingchen
					Zheng Siwei
2016	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	Chen Yufei	Zhou Haodong Han Chengkai	Nami Matsuyama	He Jiting
2017
2018
2019	An Se-young	Di Zijian Wang Chang	Nita Violina Marwah Putri Syaikah	Feng Yanzhe
2020	bgcolor=ccffcc	Christo Popov	bgcolor=ccffcc	An Se-young	Mads Vestergaard	bgcolor=ccffcc	Zhou Xinru	bgcolor=ccffcc	Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2021	Varun Kapur	Tasnim Mir	bgcolor=ccffcc	William Kryger Boe	Ania Setien Lucía Rodríguez	bgcolor=ccffcc	Lev Barinov Anastasiia Boiarun
2022	Alex Lanier	Anupama Upadhyaya	Nge Joo Jie Johann Prajogo	Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari Rachel Allessya Rose	Andjela Vitman
2023	Alwi Farhan	Tomoka Miyazaki	Aaron Tai	Nao Yamashita Mei Sudo	Huang Kexin

No. 1 during every week of the year

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 29 December 2011 (current number one players are marked in bold):

Last update: 16 April 2024

NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until 11 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rankings updated occasionally, not every weeks.

Men's singles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			29 December 2011	4 January 2012	1	(1)
2			5 January 2012	11 January 2012	1	(1)
			12 January 2012	25 April 2012	15	(16)
			26 April 2012	4 July 2012	10	11
			5 July 2012	31 October 2012	17	33
3			1 November 2012	7 November 2012	1	1
4			8 November 2012	3 July 2013	34	34
5			4 July 2013	18 September 2013	11	11
6			19 September 2013	6 November 2013	7	7
7			7 November 2013	1 January 2014	8	8
8			2 January 2014	26 February 2014	8	8
9			27 February 2014	16 April 2014	7	(7)
10			17 April 2014	1 January 2015	37	37
11			2 January 2015	11 March 2015	10	10
			12 March 2015	15 April 2015	5	12
12			16 April 2015	22 September 2015	23	(23)
13			23 September 2015	14 October 2015	3	3
			15 October 2015	6 January 2016	12	35
14			7 January 2016	17 February 2016	6	(6)
15			18 February 2016	2 November 2016	37	(37)
			3 November 2016	9 November 2016	1	7
			10 November 2016	4 January 2017	8	45
16			5 January 2017	1 February 2017	4	4
17			2 February 2017	6 September 2017	31	31
18			7 September 2017	6 January 2020	122	122
19			7 January 2020	31 December 2020	52	52
20			1 January 2021	10 November 2021	45	45
21			11 November 2021	31 December 2021	8	8
22			1 January 2022	3 January 2022	1	1
23			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	30
24			2 August 2022	15 August 2022	2	(2)
25			16 August 2022	29 August 2022	2	2
			30 August 2022	9 October 2023	58	60
26			10 October 2023	1 January 2024	12	12
27			2 January 2024	12 February 2024	6	(6)
28			13 February 2024	11 March 2024	4	4
		Hu Zhean	12 March 2024		6	12

Women's singles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			29 December 2011	4 January 2012	1	(1)
2			5 January 2012	11 January 2012	1	(1)
			12 January 2012	18 July 2012	27	(28)
			19 July 2012	31 October 2012	15	(16)
			1 November 2012	7 November 2012	1	29
			8 November 2012	17 July 2013	36	52
3			18 July 2013	30 October 2013	15	(15)
4			31 October 2013	6 November 2013	1	(1)
			7 November 2013	4 December 2013	4	19
			3 December 2013	26 February 2014	12	13
5			27 February 2014	18 November 2015	90	90
6			19 November 2015	6 January 2016	7	7
7			7 January 2016	3 February 2016	4	(4)
8			4 February 2016	16 March 2016	6	(6)
9			17 March 2016	13 July 2016	17	17
			14 July 2016	14 September 2016	9	(13)
			15 September 2016	5 October 2016	3	(9)
			6 October 2016	12 October 2016	1	(14)
			13 October 2016	16 November 2016	5	(14)
			17 November 2016	4 January 2017	7	21
			5 January 2017	7 June 2017	22	(36)
10			8 June 2017	21 June 2017	2	(2)
11			22 June 2017	5 July 2017	2	(2)
			6 July 2017	19 July 2017	2	(38)
			20 July 2017	26 July 2017	1	3
			27 July 2017	13 September 2017	7	45
12			14 September 2017	8 November 2017	8	(8)
			9 November 2017	3 January 2018	8	10
			4 January 2018	25 July 2018	29	(37)
13			26 July 2018	1 January 2019	23	23
			2 January 2019	14 October 2019	41	78
14		Zhou Meng	15 October 2019	28 October 2019	2	2
15			29 October 2019	31 December 2020	62	62
16			1 January 2021	10 November 2021	46	46
17			11 November 2021	3 January 2022	8	(8)
18			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	(30)
			2 August 2022	5 September 2022	5	(13)
19			6 September 2022	26 September 2022	3	(3)
			27 September 2022	17 October 2022	3	16
			18 October 2022	7 November 2022	3	33
			8 November 2022	28 November 2022	3	(6)
20			29 November 2022	19 December 2022	3	(3)
			20 December 2022	23 January 2023	5	11
			24 January 2023	10 April 2023	11	14
21			11 April 2023	8 May 2023	4	4
22			9 May 2023	19 June 2023	6	6
23			20 June 2023	9 October 2023	16	(16)
24			10 October 2023	13 November 2023	5	9
		Tomoka Miyazaki	14 November 2023		23	39

Men's doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			5 January 2012	7 March 2012	9	9
2			5 January 2012	7 March 2012	9	9
3			8 March 2012	4 July 2012	17	17
4			5 July 2012	11 July 2012	1	1
5			12 July 2012	15 August 2012	5	5
6			16 August 2012	19 September 2012	5	5
7			20 September 2012	17 July 2013	43	43
8			20 September 2012	12 June 2013	38	38
9			18 July 2013	1 January 2014	24	24
10			7 November 2013	1 January 2014	8	8
11			2 January 2014	23 April 2014	16	(16)
12			2 January 2014	23 April 2014	16	(16)
13			24 April 2014	19 November 2014	30	30
			20 November 2014	1 January 2015	6	22
			20 November 2014	8 January 2015	10	(26)
14			29 January 2015	22 April 2015	12	12
15			23 April 2015	8 July 2015	11	11
			9 July 2015	6 January 2016	26	52
16			7 January 2016	16 November 2016	45	45
17			17 November 2016	4 January 2017	7	7
18			17 November 2016	4 January 2017	7	7
19			5 January 2017	5 April 2017	13	(13)
20			6 April 2017	19 April 2017	2	2
			20 April 2017	19 July 2017	13	26
21			20 July 2017	3 January 2018	24	24
22			4 January 2018	14 October 2019	93	(93)
23			5 March 2019	14 October 2019	32	(32)
24			15 October 2019	4 November 2019	3	3
25			15 October 2019	4 November 2019	3	3
			5 November 2019	6 January 2020	9	102
			5 November 2019	6 January 2020	9	41
26			7 January 2020	24 February 2020	7	7
27			24 February 2020	9 March 2020	2	2
28			24 February 2020	9 March 2020	2	2
29			10 March 2020	9 November 2020	35	35
30			10 November 2020	31 December 2020	8	8
31			1 January 2021	31 December 2021	53	53
32			1 January 2022	3 January 2022	1	1
33			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	30
34			2 August 2022	29 August 2022	4	4
35			30 August 2022	31 October 2022	9	(9)
36			1 November 2022	7 November 2022	1	1
			8 November 2022	19 December 2022	6	15
37			20 December 2022	26 December 2022	1	1
38			20 December 2022	26 December 2022	1	1
39			27 December 2022	2 January 2023	1	1
40			27 December 2022	2 January 2023	1	1
41			3 January 2023	6 February 2023	5	(5)
42			7 February 2023	27 February 2023	3	3
			28 February 2023	13 March 2023	2	7
43			14 March 2023	17 July 2023	18	18
44			18 July 2023	16 October 2023	13	13
45			17 October 2023	22 October 2023	1	(1)
46			23 October 2023	6 November 2023	2	2
		Aaron Tai	7 November 2023		24	25

Women's doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			29 December 2011	4 January 2012	1	(1)
2			5 January 2012	20 June 2012	24	24
3			21 June 2012	4 July 2012	2	2
4			5 July 2012	11 July 2012	1	1
5			5 July 2012	11 July 2012	1	1
			12 July 2012	3 July 2013	51	52
6			4 July 2013	17 July 2013	2	2
7			18 July 2013	20 November 2013	18	(18)
8			21 November 2013	1 January 2014	6	6
9			21 November 2013	1 January 2014	6	6
			2 January 2014	29 January 2014	4	22
10			30 January 2014	26 February 2014	4	(4)
11			27 February 2014	9 April 2014	6	(6)
			10 April 2014	28 January 2015	42	(46)
			18 September 2014	28 January 2015	19	(25)
12			29 January 2015	4 February 2015	1	(1)
			5 February 2015	25 February 2015	3	(49)
			5 February 2015	25 February 2015	3	(28)
			26 February 2015	22 April 2015	8	9
13			23 April 2015	19 August 2015	17	17
			20 August 2015	30 September 2015	6	(55)
			20 August 2015	30 September 2015	6	(34)
14			1 October 2015	7 October 2015	1	1
			8 October 2015	6 January 2016	13	68
			8 October 2015	6 January 2016	13	47
15			7 January 2016	27 January 2016	3	(3)
16			28 January 2016	13 July 2016	24	(24)
			14 July 2016	20 July 2016	1	4
			21 July 2016	16 November 2016	17	41
17			17 November 2016	4 January 2017	7	7
18			5 January 2017	19 April 2017	15	15
19			20 April 2017	5 July 2017	11	(11)
20			6 July 2017	19 July 2017	2	(2)
			20 July 2017	2 August 2017	2	(13)
			3 August 2017	6 September 2017	5	(7)
			7 September 2017	25 October 2017	7	20
			26 October 2017	22 November 2017	4	11
21			26 October 2017	11 April 2018	24	(24)
22			12 April 2018	16 May 2018	5	(5)
			17 May 2018	1 August 2018	11	35
			2 August 2018	26 September 2018	8	(13)
23			27 September 2018	24 October 2018	4	4
			25 October 2018	1 January 2019	10	23
24			2 January 2019	22 July 2019	29	29
25			23 July 2019	6 January 2020	24	24
26			23 July 2019	6 January 2020	24	24
27			7 January 2020	31 December 2020	53	53
28			1 January 2021	10 November 2021	45	45
29			1 January 2021	10 November 2021	45	45
30			11 November 2021	3 January 2022	8	8
31			11 November 2021	3 January 2022	8	(8)
32			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	(30)
33			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	(30)
34			2 August 2022	10 October 2022	10	10
			11 October 2022	31 October 2022	3	11
			1 November 2022	2 January 2023	9	39
			1 November 2022	2 January 2023	9	39
35			3 January 2023	30 January 2023	4	4
36			3 January 2023	30 January 2023	4	4
37			31 January 2023	13 March 2023	6	6
38			14 March 2023	26 June 2023	15	(15)
39			27 June 2023	3 July 2023	1	1
40			4 July 2023	17 July 2023	2	2
			18 July 2023	1 January 2024	25	40
41			10 October 2023	1 January 2024	12	12
42			2 January 2024	5 February 2024	5	5
43			6 February 2024	26 February 2024	3	3
44			27 February 2024	11 March 2024	2	2
45		Aya Tamaki	12 March 2024		6	6

Mixed doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			29 December 2011	7 March 2012	10	(10)
2			29 December 2011	7 March 2012	10	(10)
3			8 March 2012	14 March 2012	1	1
			15 March 2012	9 May 2012	8	18
			15 March 2012	9 May 2012	8	18
4			10 May 2012	4 July 2012	8	8
5			5 July 2012	11 July 2012	1	1
6			12 July 2012	7 November 2012	17	17
7			8 November 2012	3 July 2013	34	34
8			8 November 2012	8 May 2013	26	26
9			4 July 2013	1 January 2014	26	26
10			2 January 2014	5 November 2014	44	44
11			2 January 2014	6 January 2016	105	105
12			23 April 2015	6 January 2016	37	37
13			7 January 2016	27 January 2016	3	(3)
14			28 January 2016	3 February 2016	1	1
			27 January 2016	14 December 2016	45	48
15			8 December 2016	4 January 2017	4	4
16			5 January 2017	April 2017	15	15
17			20 April 2017	19 July 2017	13	13
18			20 July 2017	3 January 2018	24	24
19			4 January 2018	7 March 2018	9	9
20			4 January 2018	7 March 2018	9	9
21			8 March 2018	1 January 2019	43	43
22			2 January 2019	12 August 2019	32	32
23			13 August 2019	16 December 2019	18	(18)
24			17 December 2019	6 January 2020	3	3
			7 January 2020	31 December 2020	52	70
25			1 January 2021	31 December 2021	53	53
26			1 January 2021	31 December 2021	53	53
27			1 January 2022	3 January 2022	1	1
28			4 January 2022	1 August 2022	30	30
29			2 August 2022	13 March 2023	32	32
30			14 March 2023	25 September 2023	28	(28)
31			26 September 2023	9 October 2023	2	2
			10 October 2023	1 January 2024	12	40
32		Zhang Jiahan	2 January 2024		16	16

Notes and References

1. Web site: Section 5.3.3.2 - World Junior Ranking System . Badminton World Federation.