BWF World Ranking explained

The BWF World Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games,^[1] as well as BWF World Tour tournaments.^[2] Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking.^[3] Players under 19 years of age are eligible to rank in the BWF World Junior Ranking, which were introduced in January 2011. The following lists are the rankings:^[4]

Overview

The ranking points are awarded based on the level and progress of the tournament from each player/pair. Ranking points calculated are based on the tournaments each players/pairs participate in from the last 52 weeks. If a player or pair has participated in ten or fewer World Ranking tournaments, then the ranking is worked out by adding together the points won at tournaments in the last 52 weeks. If a player or pair has participated in 11 or more World Ranking tournaments, only the 10 highest points scored in the tournaments during the 52-week period count towards their ranking. The highest possible ranking points are 124,000 as of 2022 but will soon increase to 125,000 in 2023 with 4 Super 1000 Tournaments.^{[5] [6]} Though the highest points ever achieved are 122,606 by Viktor Axelsen as ranking points were frozen from 2020–2022.

Points system

Points system used are as follows:^[5]

After 23 April 2024

Since 2024 (Week 17), BWF has used a new system for counting points:

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256
Grade 1 – BWF tournaments
	14,500	12,500	10,500	8,200	6,000	3,700	1,450	750	300
	14,500	12,500	10,500	8,200	6,000	3,700	1,450	750	300
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour
Level 1 (Finals)	14,000	12,000	10,000	7,800	5,700	3,500	1,400	720	280
Level 2 (If minimum $500,000 additional prize money) (Super 1000)	13,500	11,500	9,500	7,400	5,400	3,300	1,350	670	270
Level 2 (If between $250 - $499,999 additional prize money) (Super 1000)	12,700	10,800	9,000	7,000	5,100	3,150	1,270	630	250
Level 2 (Super 1000)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240
Level 3 (Super 750)	11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660	1,060	520	210
Level 4 (Super 500)	9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170
Level 5 (Super 300)	7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130
Level 6 (Super 100)	5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100
Grade 3 – BWF Continental Circuit
International Challenge	4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170	70
International Series	2,500	2,130	1,750	1,370	920	550	210	100	40
Future Series	1,700	1,420	1,170	920	600	350	130	60	20

– At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 11,500 points. Fourth place will receive 10,500 points.

– Starting 2024, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 8,900 points. Fourth place will receive 7,800 points.

2018–16 April 2024 system

Since 2018, BWF has started a new system for counting points:

(For implementation in tournaments up to and including week 16 2024)

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256
Grade 1 – BWF tournaments
	13,000	11,000	9,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260
	13,000	11,000	9,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour
Level 1 (Finals)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240
Level 2 (Super 1000)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240
Level 3 (Super 750)	11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660	1,060	520	210
Level 4 (Super 500)	9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170
Level 5 (Super 300)	7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130
Level 6 (Super 100)	5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100
Grade 3 – BWF Continental Circuit
International Challenge	4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170	70
International Series	2,500	2,130	1,750	1,370	920	550	210	100	40
Future Series	1,700	1,420	1,170	920	600	350	130	60	20

– At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 10,100 points. Fourth place will receive 9,200 points.

– From 2022, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 7,500 points. Fourth place will receive 6,600 points.

2007–2017 system

Tournament	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
BWF tournaments (World Championships and Olympic Games)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240	120	60
Super Series Masters Finals Super Series Premier	11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660	1,060	520
Super Series	9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170	80	40
Grand Prix Gold	7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130	60	30
Grand Prix	5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100	45	30
International Challenge	4,000	3,400	2,800	2,200	1,520	920	360	170	70	30	20
International Series	2,500	2,130	1,750	1,370	920	550	210	100	40	20	10
Future Series	1,700	1,420	1,170	920	600	350	130	60	20	10	5

– At the Olympic Games, third place receives 9,200 points while fourth place receives 8,400 points.

30 January, 2003 – 31 December, 2006 system

The points in the new system are multiplied by 10 from the previous one:^[7]

Level	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
World Championships, and Olympic Games
7*	6,000	5,100	4,200	3,300	2,400	1,500	600	300	120	60	30
World Grand Prix
6*	5,400	4,590	3,780	2,970	2,160	1,350	540	270	108	54	27
5*	4,800	4,080	3,360	2,640	1,920	1,200	480	240	96	48	24
4*	4,200	3,570	2,940	2,310	1,680	1,050	420	210	84	42	21
3*	3,600	3,060	2,520	1,980	1,440	900	360	180	72	36	18
2*	3,000	2,550	2,100	1,650	1,200	750	300	150	60	30	15
1*	2,400	2,040	1,680	1,320	960	600	240	120	48	24	12
International Circuit
A	1,800	1,530	1,260	990	720	450	180	90	36	18	9
B	1,200	1,020	840	660	480	300	120	60	24	12	6
C	600	510	420	330	240	150	60	30	12	6	3

April 1, 1995 – 29 January 2003 system

1. The points system chart:^[8]

Level	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
World Championships, and Olympic Games
7*	600	510	420	330	240	150	60	30	12	6	3
World Grand Prix
6*	540	459	378	297	216	135	54	27	10.8	5.4	2.7
5*	480	408	336	264	192	120	48	24	9.6	4.8	2.4
4*	420	357	294	231	168	105	42	21	8.4	4.2	2.1
3*	360	306	252	198	144	90	36	18	7.2	3.6	1.8
2*	300	255	210	165	120	75	30	15	6	3	1.5
1*	240	204	168	132	96	60	24	12	4.8	2.4	1.2
International Circuit
A	180	153	126	99	72	45	18	9	3.6	1.8	0.9
B	120	102	84	66	48	30	12	6	2.4	1.2	0.6
C	60	51	42	33	24	15	6	3	1.2	0.6	0.3
D	40	34	28	22	16	10	4	2	0.8	0.4	0.2
E	20	17	14	11	8	5	2	1	0.4	0.2	0.1

2. World Badminton Grand Prix Finals are ranked as 6* event, the points system is as follows:

Decipline	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	2nd in Group	3rd in Group	4th in Group
Singles	540	459	378	297	256.5	216
Doubles					337.5	297

Player rankings

Players in their highest peak are marked in, retired players are marked in italic.

Men's singles

BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) ^[9]
		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
					Rank	Date
1			Shi Yuqi	99,215	1
2			Anders Antonsen	93,821	2
3			Viktor Axelsen	92,290	1
4			Jonatan Christie	85,947	2
5			Kunlavut Vitidsarn	81,408	3
6			Li Shifeng	76,896	3
7			Kodai Naraoka	76,847	2
8			Lee Zii Jia	76,256	2
9			Chou Tien-chen	71,497	2
10				68,305	2
11			Koki Watanabe	64,374	11
12	2		Lakshya Sen	63,668	6
13	1		Loh Kean Yew	61,333	3
14	1		Lin Chun-yi	61,071	12
15			Kenta Nishimoto	58,212	9
16			Lu Guangzu	57,841	10
17	1		Ng Ka Long	56,706	8
18	1		Alex Lanier	56,150	15
19			Toma Junior Popov	56,145	18
20			Weng Hongyang	54,760	15

Women's singles

BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) ^[10]
		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
					Rank	Date
1			An Se-young	107,667	1
2			Wang Zhiyi	92,815	2
3			Chen Yufei	88,982	1
4			Akane Yamaguchi	86,157	1
5			Tai Tzu-ying	79,021	1
6			Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	76,762	6
7			Carolina Marín	74,996	1
8			Han Yue	74,249	6
9			Aya Ohori	69,497	9
10			Supanida Katethong	64,764	10
11			Tomoka Miyazaki	62,637	11
12			Busanan Ongbamrungphan	61,630	10
13			Yeo Jia Min	60,550	13
14			Pornpawee Chochuwong	60,304	8
15			Beiwen Zhang	58,376	9
16	2		P. V. Sindhu	58,112	2
17			Ratchanok Intanon	55,383	1
18	2		Nozomi Okuhara	53,831	1
19			Putri Kusuma Wardani	53,800	19
20			Kim Ga-eun	53,690	12

Men's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) ^[11]
		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1			Liang Weikeng	98,418	1		1	Wang Chang
			Wang Chang				1	Liang Weikeng
2			Kang Min-hyuk	90,415	2		2	Seo Seung-jae
			Seo Seung-jae				2	Kang Min-hyuk
3			Kim Astrup	88,703	2		2
							2	Kim Astrup
4			Fajar Alfian	84,157	1		1	Muhammad Rian Ardianto
			Muhammad Rian Ardianto				1	Fajar Alfian
5			Aaron Chia	80,315	2		2	Soh Wooi Yik
			Soh Wooi Yik				2	Aaron Chia
6			He Jiting	79,431	4		4	Ren Xiangyu
			Ren Xiangyu				4	He Jiting
7			Goh Sze Fei	78,716	7		7	Nur Izzuddin
			Nur Izzuddin				7	Goh Sze Fei
8			Takuro Hoki	77,209	1		1	Yugo Kobayashi
			Yugo Kobayashi				1	Takuro Hoki
9			Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	73,280	1		1	Chirag Shetty
			Chirag Shetty				1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
10			Lee Jhe-huei	68,124	10		7	Lee Yang
			Yang Po-hsuan				10	Lee Jhe-huei
11			Sabar Karyaman Gutama	63,030	11		11	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani
			Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani				11	Sabar Karyaman Gutama
12			Ben Lane	60,962	12		12	Sean Vendy
			Sean Vendy				12	Ben Lane
13			Lee Yang	59,618	2		2	Wang Chi-lin
			Wang Chi-lin				2	Lee Yang
14			Man Wei Chong	56,530	13		13	Tee Kai Wun
			Tee Kai Wun				13	Man Wei Chong
15			Rasmus Kjær	55,724	13		13	Frederik Søgaard
			Frederik Søgaard				13	Rasmus Kjær
16			Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	54,791	8		8	Bagas Maulana
			Bagas Maulana				8	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri
17			Supak Jomkoh	52,640	16		16	Kittinupong Kedren
			Kittinupong Kedren				16	Supak Jomkoh
18			Chen Boyang	50,674	16		16	Liu Yi
			Liu Yi				16	Chen Boyang
19	1		Kenya Mitsuhashi	47,442	18		18	Hiroki Okamura
			Hiroki Okamura				18	Kenya Mitsuhashi
20	1		Choong Hon Jian	47,181	18		18	Muhammad Haikal
			Muhammad Haikal				18	Choong Hon Jian

Women's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) ^[12]
		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1			Liu Shengshu	101,146	1		1	Tan Ning
			Tan Ning				1	Liu Shengshu
2			Baek Ha-na	98,416	1		1	Lee So-hee
			Lee So-hee				1	Baek Ha-na
3			Chen Qingchen	90,506	1		1	Jia Yifan
			Jia Yifan				1	Chen Qingchen
4			Nami Matsuyama	86,595	2		2	Chiharu Shida
			Chiharu Shida				2	Nami Matsuyama
5			Rin Iwanaga	79,340	5		5	Kie Nakanishi
			Kie Nakanishi				5	Rin Iwanaga
6			Pearly Tan	73,193	5		5	Thinaah Muralitharan
			Thinaah Muralitharan				5	Pearly Tan
7			Li Yijing	72,280	7		7	Luo Xumin
			Luo Xumin				7	Li Yijing
8			Zhang Shuxian	66,221	2		2	Zheng Yu
			Zheng Yu				2	Zhang Shuxian
9			Kim So-yeong	64,870	1		1	Kong Hee-yong
			Kong Hee-yong				1	Kim So-yeong
10			Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	60,214	10		10	Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi
			Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi				10
11			Lee Yu-lim	55,440	11		11	Shin Seung-chan
			Shin Seung-chan				2	Lee So-hee
12			Gabriela Stoeva	55,154	8		8	Stefani Stoeva
			Stefani Stoeva				8	Stefani Stoeva
13	3		Treesa Jolly	53,104	13		13	Gayatri Gopichand
			Gayatri Gopichand				13	Treesa Jolly
14			Jeong Na-eun	52,690	3		3	Kim Hye-jeong
			Kim Hye-jeong				3	Jeong Na-eun
15			Yeung Nga Ting	51,704	12		12	Yeung Pui Lam
			Yeung Pui Lam				12	Yeung Nga Ting
16	3		Tanisha Crasto	51,680	13		13	Ashwini Ponnappa
			Ashwini Ponnappa				10	Jwala Gutta
17	1		Laksika Kanlaha	48,867	17		17	Phataimas Muenwong
			Phataimas Muenwong				17	Laksika Kanlaha
18	1		Sung Shuo-yun	48,550	18		18	Yu Chien-hui
			Yu Chien-hui				18	Sung Shuo-yun
19	2		Setyana Mapasa	48,370	17		17	Angela Yu
			Angela Yu				17	Setyana Mapasa
20	5		Benyapa Aimsaard	47,714	9		9	Nuntakarn Aimsaard
			Nuntakarn Aimsaard				9	Benyapa Aimsaard

Mixed doubles

BWF World Rankings (Mixed doubles) ^[13]
		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1			Feng Yanzhe	102,300	1		1	Huang Dongping
			Huang Dongping				1	Wang Yilyu Feng Yanzhe
2			Jiang Zhenbang	92,400	2		2	Wei Yaxin
			Wei Yaxin				2	Jiang Zhenbang
3			Zheng Siwei	89,950	1		1	Chen Qingchen Huang Yaqiong
			Huang Yaqiong				1	Zheng Siwei
4			Kim Won-ho	77,340	4		4	Jeong Na-eun
			Jeong Na-eun				4	Kim Won-ho
5			Dechapol Puavaranukroh	74,650	1		1	Sapsiree Taerattanachai
			Sapsiree Taerattanachai				1	Dechapol Puavaranukroh
6			Tang Chun Man	73,670	2		2	Tse Ying Suet
			Tse Ying Suet				2	Tang Chun Man
7			Yuta Watanabe	72,510	1		1	Arisa Igarashi
			Arisa Igarashi				1	Yuta Watanabe
8			Chen Tang Jie	68,540	8		8	Toh Ee Wei
			Toh Ee Wei				8	Chen Tang Jie
9			Seo Seung-jae	66,600	2		2	Chae Yoo-jung
			Chae Yoo-jung				2	Seo Seung-jae
10			Goh Soon Huat	66,270	6		6	Shevon Jemie Lai
			Shevon Jemie Lai				6	Goh Soon Huat
11	1		Cheng Xing	61,570	11		11	Zhang Chi
			Zhang Chi				11	Cheng Xing
12	1		Guo Xinwa	61,170	12		12	Chen Fanghui
			Chen Fanghui				12	Guo Xinwa
13	2		Dejan Ferdinansyah	60,330	11		11	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
			Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja				6	Hafiz Faizal
14			Yang Po-hsuan	58,740	13		13	Hu Ling-fang
			Hu Ling-fang				13	Yang Po-hsuan
15			Thom Gicquel	55,820	5		5	Delphine Delrue
			Delphine Delrue				5	Thom Gicquel
16			Jesper Toft	55,500	16		16	Amalie Magelund
			Amalie Magelund				16	Jesper Toft
17			Robin Tabeling	54,680	8		8	Selena Piek
			Selena Piek				8	Robin Tabeling
18	1		Rinov Rivaldy	53,960	9		9	Pitha Haningtyas Mentari
			Pitha Haningtyas Mentari				9	Rinov Rivaldy
19	1		Tan Kian Meng	53,640	5		5	Lai Pei Jing
			Lai Pei Jing				5	Tan Kian Meng
20	2		Hoo Pang Ron	53,190	18		18	Cheng Su Yin
			Cheng Su Yin				18	Hoo Pang Ron

World team rankings

BWF World Team Rankings ^[14]
		Country	Conf.	Men's singles			Women's singles			Men's doubles			Women's doubles			Mixed doubles			Sudirman Cup		Thomas Cup		Uber Cup		Points	Highest peak
				Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point		Rank	Date
1			BA		1	1,500		2	1,500		1	1,500		1	1,500		1	1,500	1	5,000	1	2,500	1	2,500	17,500	1
2			BA		39	750		1	1,500		3	1,500		2	1,500		4	1,200	2	4,000	=5	1,000	=3	1,500	12,950	1
3			BA		7	1,200		8	1,200		7	1,200	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	11	1,000		11	2,000	=5	2,000	2	2,000	2	1,000	11,600	3
4			BA		4	1,200		6	1,200		9	1,200		4	1,200		5	1,200	=3	3,000	=5	1,000	=3	1,500	11,500	1
5			BA		5	1,200		38	750		5	1,200		7	1,200		9	1,200	=3	3,000	=3	1,500	=9	750	10,800	5
6			BA		9	1,200		5	1,200		10	1,200		27	500		12	1,000	=5	2,000	=3	1,500	=5	1,000	9,600	5
7			BE		2	1,500		19	1,000		2	1,500		23	500		13	1,000	=5	2,000	=5	1,000	=5	1,000	9,500	2
8			BA		8	1,200		11	1,000		17	1,000		19	1,000		7	1,200	=5	2,000	=9	750	=5	1,000	9,150	4
9			BA		18	1,000		14	1,000	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	4	1,200		18	1,000		32	500	=9	1,500	=5	1,000	=5	1,000	8,200	5
10			BA		16	1,000		46	750		80	250		14	1,000		8	1,200	17	1,250	=9	750	=9	750	6,950	9
11			BE		19	1,000		59	500		33	500		16	1,000		25	500	=9	1,500	=17	650	=17	650	6,300	10
12	1		BPA		26	750		32	750		31	500		36	500		35	500	=9	1,500	=9	750	=9	750	6,000	11
13	1		BA		11	1,000		18	1,000		140	125		286	50		17	1,000	=9	1,500	18	625	=13	675	5,975	9
14			BE		89	500		40	750		34	500		41	500		48	500	=13	1,350	=9	750	=21	568	5,418	7
15			BPA		84	500		10	1,200		44	500		28	500		36	500	29	800	=30	313	=9	750	5,063	14
16	3		BE		104	250		130	250		16	1,000		70	250		41	500	=13	1,350	=13	675	=28	288	4,563	10
17	1		BE		52	500		218	100		84	250		35	500		16	1,000	=18	1,135	=19	568	=21	438	4,491	11
18	1		BO		147	250		88	500		119	125		22	500		56	250	=13	1,350	=13	675	=13	675	4,325	16
19	1		BE		68	500		4	1,200		90	250		55	250		71	250	=24	875	=34	288	=17	650	4,075	14
20	1		BE		275	100		22	750		36	500		48	500		70	250	=18	1,135	=50	138	=17	650	4,023	15

Year-end number one players

^[15]

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2008	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009		Wang Yihan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2010	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Xin	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011		Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2013	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014	Chen Long		Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2016	Lee Chong Wei	Tai Tzu-ying	Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong	Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2017	Viktor Axelsen	Tai Tzu-ying	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Chen Qingchen
2018	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2019	Kento Momota	Chen Yufei		Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2020		Tai Tzu-ying		Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan
2021	Viktor Axelsen	Tai Tzu-ying		Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2022	Viktor Axelsen	Akane Yamaguchi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto		Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2023		An Se-young	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2024

No. 1 during every week of the year

Number one ranked players timeline

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 1 October 2009 (active players in, and current number 1 players are marked in bold):

Last updated:

NOTE: BWF froze the World Rankings from 18 March 2020 to 2 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men's singles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			1 October 2009	20 June 2012	142	(142)
2			21 June 2012	26 September 2012	14	14
			27 September 2012	24 December 2014	117	(259)
3			25 December 2014	8 June 2016	76	76
			9 June 2016	24 May 2017	50	(309)
4			25 May 2017	30 May 2017	1	(1)
			1 June 2017	7 June 2017	1	310
			8 June 2017	27 September 2017	16	17
5			28 September 2017	11 April 2018	28	(28)
6			12 April 2018	18 April 2018	1	1
			19 April 2018	26 September 2018	23	(51)
7			27 September 2018	29 November 2021	121	121
			30 November 2021	10 June 2024	132	183
8		Shi Yuqi	11 June 2024		26	26

Women's singles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			1 October 2009	28 October 2009	4	4
2			29 October 2009	22 September 2010	47	(47)
3			23 September 2010	1 December 2010	10	(10)
4			2 December 2010	8 December 2010	1	1
			9 December 2010	15 December 2010	1	(48)
			16 December 2010	12 January 2011	4	14
5			13 January 2011	19 January 2011	1	(1)
			20 January 2011	26 January 2011	1	(49)
			27 January 2011	17 August 2011	29	(30)
			18 August 2011	2 November 2011	11	(60)
			3 November 2011	23 November 2011	3	33
			24 November 2011	19 December 2012	56	116
6			20 December 2012	1 April 2015	119	(119)
7			2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	(1)
			9 April 2015	15 April 2015	1	(120)
			16 April 2015	29 April 2015	2	(3)
			30 April 2015	20 May 2015	3	(123)
			21 May 2015	3 June 2015	2	(5)
			4 June 2015	10 June 2015	1	124
8			11 June 2015	20 August 2015	10	(10)
			21 August 2015	20 October 2015	9	14
			21 October 2015	20 April 2016	26	(36)
9			21 April 2016	4 May 2016	2	2
			5 May 2016	30 November 2016	30	66
10			1 December 2016	18 April 2018	72	(72)
11			19 April 2018	2 May 2018	2	(2)
			3 May 2018	29 July 2019	65	(137)
			30 July 2019	23 September 2019	8	(10)
			24 September 2019	28 October 2019	5	(142)
12			29 October 2019	11 November 2019	2	2
			12 November 2019	16 December 2019	5	(147)
13			17 December 2019	16 March 2020	13	(13)
			17 March 2020	2 May 2022	66	(213)
			3 May 2022	29 August 2022	17	(27)
			30 August 2022	5 September 2022	1	214
			6 September 2022	31 July 2023	47	74
14			1 August 2023	7 October 2024	62	(62)
			8 October 2024	21 October 2024	2	15
		An Se-young	22 October 2024		7	69

Men's doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			1 October 2009	28 October 2009	4	4
2			29 October 2009	10 November 2010	54	54
3			11 November 2010	22 June 2011	32	(32)
4			23 June 2011	20 June 2012	52	(52)
5			21 June 2012	8 August 2012	7	(7)
			9 August 2012	15 August 2012	1	(53)
			16 August 2012	19 September 2012	5	(12)
			20 September 2012	26 September 2012	1	54
			27 September 2012	31 October 2012	5	17
			1 November 2012	29 May 2013	30	(62)
6			30 May 2013	20 November 2013	25	25
7			21 November 2013	13 August 2014	38	38
		Hendra Setiawan
8			14 August 2014	9 November 2016	117	117
9			10 November 2016	15 March 2017	18	18
10			16 March 2017	5 April 2017	3	(3)
11			6 April 2017	12 April 2017	1	(1)
			13 April 2017	14 June 2017	9	(12)
			15 June 2017	21 June 2017	1	(63)
			22 June 2017	5 July 2017	2	(3)
			6 July 2017	12 July 2017	1	(64)
			13 July 2017	30 August 2017	7	10
			31 August 2017	27 September 2017	4	68
			28 September 2017	19 September 2022	215	227
		Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
12			20 September 2022	26 December 2022	14	14
		Yugo Kobayashi
13			27 December 2022	10 October 2023	41	41
		Muhammad Rian Ardianto
14			10 October 2023	31 October 2023	3	(3)
		Chirag Shetty
15			31 October 2023	22 January 2024	12	(12)
		Wang Chang
			23 January 2024	15 April 2024	12	(15)
		Chirag Shetty
			16 April 2024	20 May 2024	5	(17)
		Wang Chang
			21 May 2024	10 June 2024	3	18
		Chirag Shetty
		Liang Weikeng	11 June 2024		26	43
		Wang Chang

Women's doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			1 October 2009	4 November 2009	5	5
2			5 November 2009	18 November 2009	2	2
3			19 November 2009	25 November 2009	1	(1)
4			26 November 2009	27 January 2010	9	(9)
			28 January 2010	24 March 2010	8	9
			25 March 2010	29 September 2010	27	36
5			30 September 2010	27 April 2011	30	30
6			28 April 2011	19 September 2012	73	(73)
7			20 September 2012	13 March 2013	25	(25)
			14 March 2013	28 May 2014	63	136
8			29 May 2014	29 October 2014	22	22
9			30 October 2014	26 November 2014	4	(4)
			27 November 2014	1 April 2015	18	43
			2 April 2015	16 December 2015	37	(41)
10			17 December 2015	16 March 2016	13	13
			17 March 2016	25 October 2017	84	(125)
11			26 October 2017	8 November 2017	2	(2)
			9 November 2017	22 November 2017	2	127
			23 November 2017	20 June 2018	30	(32)
12			21 June 2018	4 July 2018	2	(2)
			5 July 2018	8 August 2018	5	(37)
			9 August 2018	29 April 2019	38	(40)
13			30 April 2019	22 July 2019	12	(12)
		Wakana Nagahara
			23 July 2019	29 July 2019	1	(41)
		Sayaka Hirota
			30 July 2019	11 November 2019	15	27
		Wakana Nagahara
			12 November 2019	18 November 2019	1	(42)
		Sayaka Hirota
			19 November 2019	1 February 2021	18	(55)
		Jia Yifan
			2 February 2021	20 December 2021	46	88
		Sayaka Hirota
			21 December 2021	3 October 2022	41	(96)
		Jia Yifan
14		Kim So-yeong	4 October 2022	24 October 2022	3	3
		Kong Hee-yong
			25 October 2022	21 October 2024	104	200
		Jia Yifan
15			22 October 2024	28 October 2024	1	(1)
		Tan Ning
16			29 October 2024	18 November 2024	3	3
		Lee So-hee
		Liu Shengshu	19 November 2024		3	4
		Tan Ning

Mixed doubles

		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1			1 October 2009	20 January 2010	16	(16)
2			21 January 2010	10 March 2010	7	7
3			11 March 2010	24 March 2010	2	(2)
			25 March 2010	21 April 2010	4	(20)
			22 April 2010	26 May 2010	5	(7)
			27 May 2010	23 June 2010	4	24
4			24 June 2010	30 June 2010	1	(1)
			1 July 2010	25 August 2010	8	(15)
5			26 August 2010	1 September 2010	1	1
			2 September 2010	3 November 2010	9	24
			4 November 2010	2 February 2011	13	14
6			3 February 2011	15 August 2012	80	(80)
7			16 August 2012	18 September 2013	57	57
			19 September 2013	1 April 2015	80	(160)
8			2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	1
			9 April 2015	21 September 2016	76	236
9			22 September 2016	21 December 2016	13	13
10			22 December 2016	11 April 2018	68	(68)
11			12 April 2018	25 April 2018	2	(2)
			26 April 2018	2 May 2018	1	69
12			3 May 2018	20 June 2018	7	(7)
			21 June 2018	11 July 2018	3	5
			12 July 2018	8 August 2018	4	11
13			9 August 2018	6 December 2021	129	(129)
14			7 December 2021	20 June 2022	28	(28)
		Sapsiree Taerattanachai
			21 June 2022	15 August 2022	8	(137)
		Huang Yaqiong
			16 August 2022	7 November 2022	12	(40)
		Sapsiree Taerattanachai
15			8 November 2022	14 November 2022	1	1
		Arisa Igarashi
			15 November 2022	28 November 2022	2	(139)
		Huang Yaqiong
			29 November 2022	12 December 2022	2	42
			13 December 2022	25 November 2024	102	241
		Huang Yaqiong
16		Feng Yanzhe	26 November 2024		2	2
		Huang Dongping

Players with highest career rank 2–5

Last update: 26 November 2024

The following is a list of players who were ranked world no. 5 or higher but not no. 1 in the period since the introduction of the BWF computer rankings (active players in):

Men's singles

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
World number 3
World number 4
World number 5

Women's singles

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
World number 3
World number 4
World number 5

Men's doubles

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Yoo Yeon-seong
	Kenichi Hayakawa
	Zhang Nan
	Kim Sa-rang
	Hong Wei
	Keigo Sonoda
	Zhang Nan
	Wang Chi-lin
	Soh Wooi Yik
	Ou Xuanyi
	Seo Seung-jae
	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
World number 3
	Xu Chen
	Lee Sheng-mu
	Shin Baek-cheol
	Tsai Chia-hsin
World number 4
	Shen Ye
	Qiu Zihan
	Mads Pieler Kolding
	Wang Chi-lin
	Yuta Watanabe
	Ren Xiangyu
World number 5
	Hendra Aprida Gunawan
	Guo Zhendong
	Bona Septano
	Zhou Haodong

Women's doubles

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Wong Pei Tty
	Kim Min-jung
	Satoko Suetsuna
	Zhong Qianxin
	Tang Jinhua
	Christinna Pedersen
	Greysia Polii
	Yu Yang
	Shin Seung-chan
	Lee So-hee
	Shin Seung-chan
	Chiharu Shida
	Zheng Yu
World number 3
	Anastasia Russkikh
	Reika Kakiiwa
	Mami Naito
	Apriyani Rahayu
	Kim Hye-jeong
World number 4
	Lee Kyung-won
	Nina Vislova
	Kunchala Voravichitchaikul
	Kim So-yeong
	Koharu Yonemoto
	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti
World number 5
	Tian Qing
	Meiliana Jauhari
	Chang Ye-na
	Kim Ha-na
	Miyuki Maeda
	Li Yinhui
	Rawinda Prajongjai
	Thinaah Muralitharan
	Kie Nakanishi

Mixed doubles

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Vita Marissa
	Saralee Thungthongkam
	Tian Qing
	Debby Susanto
	Huang Yaqiong
	Tse Ying Suet
	Chae Yoo-jung
	Wei Yaxin
World number 3
	Goh Liu Ying
	Bao Yixin
World number 4
	Yu Yang
	Ha Jung-eun
	Gabby Adcock
	Christinna Pedersen
	Melati Daeva Oktavianti
	Jeong Na-eun
World number 5
	Zhang Yawen
	Jenny Wallwork
	Cheng Wen-hsing
	Kim Ha-na
	Lai Pei Jing
	Delphine Delrue

Notes and References

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2. Web site: BWF World Tour . BWF Corporate . 2018-07-11 . 2018-08-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180810045219/http://bwfcorporate.com/events/bwf-world-tour/ . live .
3. Web site: General Competition Regulations. Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. 2014-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140214034243/http://bwfbadminton.org/file.aspx?id=524457&dl=1. 2014-02-14. dead.
4. Web site: World Junior ranking. Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. 2013-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20101130125839/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=16443. 2010-11-30. dead.
5. Web site: Overview Ranking. Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. 2013-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20100814200157/http://www.bwfbadminton.org/page.aspx?id=15370. 2010-08-14. dead.
6. Web site: Best Badminton Players . 7 March 2018 . 21 September 2017 . 22 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170922002230/https://www.badmintonmonthly.com/best-badminton-players/ . live . Thursday, September 21, 2017
7. Web site: IBF Statues . International Badminton Federation . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060222155515/http://www.worldbadminton.net:80/book2.PDF . 22 February 2006 . live .
8. Web site: GUIDE TO THE OPERATION OF THE WORLD RANKING SYSTEM FROM 1 APRIL, 1995 . International Badminton Federation . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/19990202032125/http://www.intbadfed.org/rsystem.html . 2 February 1999 . live .
9. Web site: BWF World Rankings – Men's singles . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718140742/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=35520&category=472 . 18 July 2023 . 18 July 2023 . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . Badminton World Federation.
10. Web site: BWF World Rankings – Women's singles . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . . 2023-07-18 . 2023-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718141640/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=35520&category=473 . live .
11. Web site: BWF World Rankings – Men's doubles . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . . 2024-08-27 .
12. Web site: BWF World Rankings – Women's doubles . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . . 2023-07-18 . 2023-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718143912/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=35520&category=475 . live .
13. Web site: BWF World Rankings – Mixed doubles . bwf.tournamentsoftware.com . . 2023-07-18 . 2023-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230718145023/https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/category.aspx?id=35520&category=476 . live .
14. Web site: BWF World Team Rankings . bwfbadminton.com . . 2024-01-07.
15. Web site: Historical Ranking. Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. 2017-12-16. 2017-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20171210100532/http://bwfcorporate.com/players/historical-rankings/?. live.