BWF World Ranking

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]

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.^[1][5][6] Though the highest points ever achieved are 122,606 by Viktor Axelsen as ranking points were frozen from 2020–2022.^{[citation needed]}

Points system used are as follows:^[5]

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
World Championships	14,500	12,500	10,500	8,200	6,000	3,700	1,450	750	300
Olympic Games1	14,500	12,500	110,500	8,200	6,000	3,700	1,450	750	300
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour
Level 1 (Finals)2	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

^1 – At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 11,500 points. Fourth place will receive 10,500 points.

^2 – Starting 2024, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 8,900 points. Fourth place will receive 7,800 points.

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
World Championships	13,000	11,000	9,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260
Olympic Games1	13,000	11,000	19,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour
Level 1 (Finals)2	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

^1 – At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 10,100 points. Fourth place will receive 9,200 points.

^2 – From 2022, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 7,500 points. Fourth place will receive 6,600 points.

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
BWF tournaments (World Championships and Olympic Games)1	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

^1 – At the Olympic Games, third place receives 9,200 points while fourth place receives 8,400 points.

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

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

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

BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) as of 26 November 2024[update][9]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
					Rank	Date
1		China	Shi Yuqi	99,215	1	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)
2	1	Denmark	Anders Antonsen	93,821	2	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
3	1	Denmark	Viktor Axelsen	92,290	1	September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)
4	2	Indonesia	Jonatan Christie	85,947	2	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
5		Thailand	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	81,408	3	June 6, 2023 (2023-06-06)
6	2	China	Li Shifeng	76,896	3	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
7	3	Japan	Kodai Naraoka	76,847	2	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
8	1	Malaysia	Lee Zii Jia	76,256	2	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)
9		Chinese Taipei	Chou Tien-chen	71,497	2	August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06)
10		Indonesia	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	68,305	2	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
11		Japan	Koki Watanabe	64,374	11	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
12	2	Singapore	Loh Kean Yew	61,333	3	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
13		Chinese Taipei	Lin Chun-yi	61,071	12	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
14	3	India	Lakshya Sen	59,668	6	December 6, 2022 (2022-12-06)
15	3	Japan	Kenta Nishimoto	59,362	9	September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06)
16	1	China	Lu Guangzu	57,841	10	January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)
17	1	France	Alex Lanier	57,650	15	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
18	1	Hong Kong, China	Ng Ka Long	56,706	8	January 26, 2017 (2017-01-26)
19	1	France	Toma Junior Popov	56,145	18	October 8, 2024 (2024-10-08)
20	1	China	Weng Hongyang	54,769	15	February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)

BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) as of 26 November 2024[update][10]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
					Rank	Date
1		South Korea	An Se-young	107,667	1	August 1, 2023 (2023-08-01)
2		China	Wang Zhiyi	92,815	2	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
3		China	Chen Yufei	88,982	1	December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)
4		Japan	Akane Yamaguchi	86,157	1	April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
5		Chinese Taipei	Tai Tzu-ying	79,021	1	December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)
6	2	Indonesia	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	76,762	6	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
7		Spain	Carolina Marín	74,996	1	June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11)
8	2	China	Han Yue	74,249	6	May 21, 2024 (2024-05-21)
9		Japan	Aya Ohori	69,497	9	August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13)
10		Thailand	Supanida Katethong	64,764	10	November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
11	3	Japan	Tomoka Miyazaki	62,637	11	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
12	1	Thailand	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	61,630	10	November 1, 2022 (2022-11-01)
13		Singapore	Yeo Jia Min	60,550	13	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
14	2	Thailand	Pornpawee Chochuwong	60,304	8	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
15		United States	Beiwen Zhang	60,476	9	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
16	4	Japan	Nozomi Okuhara	57,831	1	October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29)
17	1	Thailand	Ratchanok Intanon	55,383	1	April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21)
18	1	India	P. V. Sindhu	54,242	2	April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
19	1	Indonesia	Putri Kusuma Wardani	53,800	19	November 12, 2024 (2024-11-12)
20	3	South Korea	Kim Ga-eun	53,690	12	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)

BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) as of 26 November 2024[update][11]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1		China	Liang Weikeng	98,418	1	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	1	Wang Chang	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
		China	Wang Chang				1	Liang Weikeng	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
2		South Korea	Kang Min-hyuk	90,415	2	February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)	2	Seo Seung-jae	February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)
		South Korea	Seo Seung-jae				2	Kang Min-hyuk	February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)
3		Denmark	Kim Astrup	88,703	2	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)	2	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)
		Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen				2	Kim Astrup	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)
4		Indonesia	Fajar Alfian	84,157	1	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	1	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
		Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto				1	Fajar Alfian	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
5		Malaysia	Aaron Chia	80,315	2	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)	2	Soh Wooi Yik	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
		Malaysia	Soh Wooi Yik				2	Aaron Chia	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
6		China	He Jiting	79,431	4	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)	4	Ren Xiangyu	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
		China	Ren Xiangyu				4	He Jiting	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
7	1	Malaysia	Goh Sze Fei	78,716	7	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	7	Nur Izzuddin	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Malaysia	Nur Izzuddin				7	Goh Sze Fei	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
8	1	Japan	Takuro Hoki	77,209	1	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	1	Yugo Kobayashi	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)
		Japan	Yugo Kobayashi				1	Takuro Hoki	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)
9		India	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	73,280	1	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)	1	Chirag Shetty	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
		India	Chirag Shetty				1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
10		Chinese Taipei	Lee Jhe-huei	68,124	10	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)	7	Lee Yang	July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)
		Chinese Taipei	Yang Po-hsuan				10	Lee Jhe-huei	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
11	2	Indonesia	Sabar Karyaman Gutama	63,030	11	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	11	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Indonesia	Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani				11	Sabar Karyaman Gutama	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
12		England	Ben Lane	60,962	12	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)	12	Sean Vendy	October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29)
		England	Sean Vendy				12	Ben Lane	October 29, 2022 (2022-10-29)
13	2	Chinese Taipei	Lee Yang	59,618	2	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	2	Wang Chi-lin	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
		Chinese Taipei	Wang Chi-lin				2	Lee Yang	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
14		Malaysia	Man Wei Chong	56,530	13	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)	13	Tee Kai Wun	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
		Malaysia	Tee Kai Wun				13	Man Wei Chong	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
15		Denmark	Rasmus Kjær	56,304	13	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)	13	Frederik Søgaard	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
		Denmark	Frederik Søgaard				13	Rasmus Kjær	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
16	1	Indonesia	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	54,791	8	April 9, 2024 (2024-04-09)	8	Bagas Maulana	April 9, 2024 (2024-04-09)
		Indonesia	Bagas Maulana				8	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	April 9, 2024 (2024-04-09)
17	1	Thailand	Supak Jomkoh	52,640	16	September 3, 2024 (2024-09-03)	16	Kittinupong Kedren	September 3, 2024 (2024-09-03)
		Thailand	Kittinupong Kedren				16	Supak Jomkoh	September 3, 2024 (2024-09-03)
18	2	China	Chen Boyang	50,674	16	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)	16	Liu Yi	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
		China	Liu Yi				16	Chen Boyang	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
19		Malaysia	Choong Hon Jian	50,581	18	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)	18	Muhammad Haikal	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
		Malaysia	Muhammad Haikal				18	Choong Hon Jian	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
20		Japan	Kenya Mitsuhashi	47,442	18	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)	18	Hiroki Okamura	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
		Japan	Hiroki Okamura				18	Kenya Mitsuhashi	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)

BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) as of 26 November 2024[update][12]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1		China	Liu Shengshu	101,146	1	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)	1	Tan Ning	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
		China	Tan Ning				1	Liu Shengshu	October 22, 2024 (2024-10-22)
2		South Korea	Baek Ha-na	98,416	1	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)	1	Lee So-hee	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)
		South Korea	Lee So-hee				1	Baek Ha-na	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)
3		China	Chen Qingchen	90,506	1	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)	1	Jia Yifan	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
		China	Jia Yifan				1	Chen Qingchen	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
4		Japan	Nami Matsuyama	86,595	2	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	2	Chiharu Shida	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
		Japan	Chiharu Shida				2	Nami Matsuyama	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
5		Japan	Rin Iwanaga	79,340	5	November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)	5	Kie Nakanishi	November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
		Japan	Kie Nakanishi				5	Rin Iwanaga	November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
6		Malaysia	Pearly Tan	73,193	5	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)	5	Thinaah Muralitharan	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
		Malaysia	Thinaah Muralitharan				5	Pearly Tan	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
7	1	China	Li Yijing	72,280	7	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	7	Luo Xumin	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		China	Luo Xumin				7	Li Yijing	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
8	1	China	Zhang Shuxian	66,221	2	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	2	Zheng Yu	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
		China	Zheng Yu				2	Zhang Shuxian	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
9		South Korea	Kim So-yeong	64,870	1	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	1	Kong Hee-yong	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
		South Korea	Kong Hee-yong				1	Kim So-yeong	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
10	1	Indonesia	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	60,214	10	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)	10	Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
		Indonesia	Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi				10	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
11	1	South Korea	Lee Yu-lim	55,440	11	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)	11	Shin Seung-chan	October 29, 2024 (2024-10-29)
		South Korea	Shin Seung-chan				2	Lee So-hee	December 21, 2021 (2021-12-21)
12	1	Bulgaria	Gabriela Stoeva	55,154	8	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	8	Stefani Stoeva	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
		Bulgaria	Stefani Stoeva				8	Stefani Stoeva	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
13	1	India	Tanisha Crasto	52,730	13	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	13	Ashwini Ponnappa	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		India	Ashwini Ponnappa				10	Jwala Gutta	September 10, 2015 (2015-09-10)
14	4	South Korea	Jeong Na-eun	52,690	3	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	3	Kim Hye-jeong	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
		South Korea	Kim Hye-jeong				3	Jeong Na-eun	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
15	1	Hong Kong	Yeung Nga Ting	51,704	12	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)	12	Yeung Pui Lam	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
		Hong Kong	Yeung Pui Lam				12	Yeung Nga Ting	August 27, 2024 (2024-08-27)
16	2	India	Treesa Jolly	49,484	14	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	14	Gayatri Gopichand	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
		India	Gayatri Gopichand				14	Treesa Jolly	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
17	2	Australia	Setyana Mapasa	49,420	17	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	17	Angela Yu	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Australia	Angela Yu				17	Setyana Mapasa	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
18	2	Thailand	Laksika Kanlaha	48,867	18	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	18	Phataimas Muenwong	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Thailand	Phataimas Muenwong				18	Laksika Kanlaha	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
19	3	Chinese Taipei	Sung Shuo-yun	48,550	19	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	19	Yu Chien-hui	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Chinese Taipei	Yu Chien-hui				19	Sung Shuo-yun	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
20	4	France	Margot Lambert	47,672	14	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)	14	Anne Tran	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)
		France	Anne Tran				14	Margot Lambert	June 11, 2024 (2024-06-11)

BWF World Rankings (Mixed doubles) as of 26 November 2024[update][13]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
					Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1	1	China	Feng Yanzhe	102,300	1	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	1	Huang Dongping	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		China	Huang Dongping				1	Wang Yilyu Feng Yanzhe	April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12) November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
2	1	China	Jiang Zhenbang	92,400	2	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)	2	Wei Yaxin	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
		China	Wei Yaxin				2	Jiang Zhenbang	September 17, 2024 (2024-09-17)
3	2	China	Zheng Siwei	89,950	1	August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)	1	Chen Qingchen Huang Yaqiong	December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22) August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)
		China	Huang Yaqiong				1	Zheng Siwei	August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)
4		South Korea	Kim Won-ho	77,340	4	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)	4	Jeong Na-eun	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
		South Korea	Jeong Na-eun				4	Kim Won-ho	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
5		Thailand	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	74,650	1	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)	1	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
		Thailand	Sapsiree Taerattanachai				1	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
6	1	Hong Kong, China	Tang Chun Man	73,670	2	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	2	Tse Ying Suet	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
		Hong Kong, China	Tse Ying Suet				2	Tang Chun Man	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
7	1	Japan	Yuta Watanabe	72,510	1	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	1	Arisa Igarashi	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
		Japan	Arisa Igarashi				1	Yuta Watanabe	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
8	2	Malaysia	Chen Tang Jie	68,540	8	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	8	Toh Ee Wei	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
		Malaysia	Toh Ee Wei				8	Chen Tang Jie	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
9	3	South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	66,600	2	March 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)	2	Chae Yoo-jung	March 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)
		South Korea	Chae Yoo-jung				2	Seo Seung-jae	March 12, 2024 (2024-03-12)
10	1	Malaysia	Goh Soon Huat	66,270	6	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	6	Shevon Jemie Lai	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
		Malaysia	Shevon Jemie Lai				6	Goh Soon Huat	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
11		Indonesia	Dejan Ferdinansyah	62,530	11	September 24, 2024 (2024-09-24)	11	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	September 24, 2024 (2024-09-24)
		Indonesia	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja				6	Hafiz Faizal	May 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)
12		China	Cheng Xing	61,570	11	October 15, 2024 (2024-10-15)	11	Zhang Chi	October 15, 2024 (2024-10-15)
		China	Zhang Chi				11	Cheng Xing	October 15, 2024 (2024-10-15)
13		China	Guo Xinwa	61,170	13	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)	13	Chen Fanghui	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
		China	Chen Fanghui				13	Guo Xinwa	November 19, 2024 (2024-11-19)
14		Chinese Taipei	Yang Po-hsuan	58,740	13	September 10, 2024 (2024-09-10)	13	Hu Ling-fang	September 10, 2024 (2024-09-10)
		Chinese Taipei	Hu Ling-fang				13	Yang Po-hsuan	September 10, 2024 (2024-09-10)
15	2	France	Thom Gicquel	55,820	5	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	5	Delphine Delrue	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
		France	Delphine Delrue				5	Thom Gicquel	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
16	3	Denmark	Jesper Toft	55,500	16	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	16	Amalie Magelund	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Denmark	Amalie Magelund				16	Jesper Toft	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
17	1	Netherlands	Robin Tabeling	54,680	8	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)	8	Selena Piek	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)
		Netherlands	Selena Piek				8	Robin Tabeling	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)
18	5	Malaysia	Hoo Pang Ron	54,490	18	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)	18	Cheng Su Yin	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
		Malaysia	Cheng Su Yin				18	Hoo Pang Ron	November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)
19	4	Indonesia	Rinov Rivaldy	53,960	9	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	9	Pitha Haningtyas Mentari	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
		Indonesia	Pitha Haningtyas Mentari				9	Rinov Rivaldy	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
20	2	Malaysia	Tan Kian Meng	53,640	5	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	5	Lai Pei Jing	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)
		Malaysia	Lai Pei Jing				5	Tan Kian Meng	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)

BWF World Team Rankings as of 1 October 2024[update][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		China	BA	Shi Yuqi	1	1,500	Chen Yufei	2	1,500	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	1	1,500	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	1	1,500	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong	1	1,500	1	5,000	1	2,500.0	1	2,500.0	17,500.0	1	January 2011 (2011-01)
2		South Korea	BA	Jeon Hyeok-jin	39	750	An Se-young	1	1,500	Kang Min-hyuk Seo Seung-jae	3	1,500	Baek Ha-na Lee So-hee	2	1,500	Seo Seung-jae Chae Yoo-jung	4	1,200	2	4,000	=5	1,000.0	=3	1,500.0	12,950.0	1	July 2017 (2017-07)
3		Indonesia	BA	Jonatan Christie	7	1,200	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	8	1,200	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	7	1,200	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi	11	1,000	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	11	2,000	=5	2,000	2	2,000.0	2	1,000.0	11,600.0	3	October 2011 (2011-10)
4		Japan	BA	Kodai Naraoka	4	1,200	Akane Yamaguchi	6	1,200	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	9	1,200	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	4	1,200	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Igarashi	5	1,200	=3	3,000	=5	1,000.0	=3	1,500.0	11,500.0	1	October 2018 (2018-10)
5		Malaysia	BA	Lee Zii Jia	5	1,200	Goh Jin Wei	38	750	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	5	1,200	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	7	1,200	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei	9	1,200	=3	3,000	=3	1,500.0	=9	750.0	10,800.0	5	January 2023 (2023-01)
6		Chinese Taipei	BA	Chou Tien-chen	9	1,200	Tai Tzu-ying	5	1,200	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	10	1,200	Chang Ching-hui Yang Ching-tun	27	500	Ye Hong-wei Lee Chia-hsin	12	1,000	=5	2,000	=3	1,500.0	=5	1,000.0	9,600.0	5	July 2018 (2018-07)
7		Denmark	BE	Viktor Axelsen	2	1,500	Line Kjærsfeldt	19	1,000	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	2	1,500	Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	23	500	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	13	1,000	=5	2,000	=5	1,000.0	=5	1,000.0	9,500.0	2	January 2012 (2012-01)
8		Thailand	BA	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	8	1,200	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	11	1,000	Supak Jomkoh Kittinupong Kedren	17	1,000	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard	19	1,000	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	7	1,200	=5	2,000	=9	750.0	=5	1,000.0	9,150.0	4	October 2013 (2013-10)
9		India	BA	Prannoy H. S.	18	1,000	P. V. Sindhu	14	1,000	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	4	1,200	Tanisha Crasto Ashwini Ponnappa	18	1,000	B. Sumeeth Reddy N. Sikki Reddy	32	500	=9	1,500	=5	1,000.0	=5	1,000.0	8,200.0	5	July 2023 (2023-07)
10		Hong Kong	BA	Lee Cheuk Yiu	16	1,000	Lo Sin Yan	46	750	Law Cheuk Him Yeung Shing Choi	80	250	Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam	14	1,000	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	8	1,200	17	1,250	=9	750.0	=9	750.0	6,950.0	9	July 2014 (2014-07)
11		France	BE	Toma Junior Popov	19	1,000	Qi Xuefei	59	500	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov	33	500	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	16	1,000	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	25	500	=9	1,500	=17	650.0	=17	650.0	6,300.0	10	July 2023 (2023-07)
12	1	Canada	BPA	Brian Yang	26	750	Michelle Li	32	750	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	31	500	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	36	500	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	35	500	=9	1,500	=9	750.0	=9	750.0	6,000.0	11	July 2023 (2023-07)
13	1	Singapore	BA	Loh Kean Yew	11	1,000	Yeo Jia Min	18	1,000	Nge Joo Jie Johann Prajogo	140	125	Heng Xiao En Jin Yujia	286	50	Terry Hee Jessica Tan	17	1,000	=9	1,500	18	625.0	=13	675.0	5,975.0	9	October 2014 (2014-10)
14		Germany	BE	Fabian Roth	89	500	Yvonne Li	40	750	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	34	500	Linda Efler Isabel Lohau	41	500	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau	48	500	=13	1,350	=9	750.0	=21	568.0	5,418.0	7	October 2011 (2011-10)
15		United States	BPA	Howard Shu	84	500	Beiwen Zhang	10	1,200	Chen Zhi Yi Presley Smith	44	500	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	28	500	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	36	500	29	800	=30	313.0	=9	750.0	5,063.0	14	October 2011 (2011-10)
16	3	England	BE	Harry Huang	104	250	Freya Redfearn	130	250	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	16	1,000	Chloe Birch Estelle van Leeuwen	70	250	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	41	500	=13	1,350	=13	675.0	=28	288.0	4,563.0	10	July 2019 (2019-07)
17	1	Netherlands	BE	Mark Caljouw	52	500	Jaymie Laurens	218	100	Ties van der Lecq Brian Wassink	84	250	Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	35	500	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	16	1,000	=18	1,135	=19	568	=21	438	4,491.0	11	January 2020 (2020-01)
18	1	Australia	BO	Jack Yu	147	250	Tiffany Ho	88	500	Rizky Hidayat Frengky Wijaya Putra	119	125	Setyana Mapasa Angela Yu	22	500	Kenneth Choo Gronya Somerville	56	250	=13	1,350	=13	675.0	=13	675.0	4,325.0	16	October 2017 (2017-10)
19	1	Spain	BE	Pablo Abián	68	500	Carolina Marín	4	1,200	Ruben García Carlos Piris	90	250	Paula López Lucía Rodríguez	55	250	Ruben García Lucía Rodríguez	71	250	=24	875	=34	288.0	=17	650.0	4,075.0	14	April 2023 (2023-04)
20	1	Scotland	BE	Callum Smith	275	100	Kirsty Gilmour	22	750	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	36	500	Julie MacPherson Ciara Torrance	48	500	Adam Hall Julie MacPherson	70	250	=18	1,135	=50	138.0	=17	650.0	4,023.0	15	January 2018 (2018-01)

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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

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

Last updated: November 26, 2024 (2024-11-26)

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

#		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1		Zhao Tingting	1 October 2009	4 November 2009	5	5
		Zhang Yawen
2		Cheng Shu	5 November 2009	18 November 2009	2	2
		Zhao Yunlei
3		Du Jing	19 November 2009	25 November 2009	1	(1)
		Yu Yang
4		Ma Jin	26 November 2009	27 January 2010	9	(9)
		Wang Xiaoli
		Du Jing	28 January 2010	24 March 2010	8	9
		Yu Yang
		Ma Jin	25 March 2010	29 September 2010	27	36
		Wang Xiaoli
5		Cheng Wen-hsing	30 September 2010	27 April 2011	30	30
		Chien Yu-chin
6		Wang Xiaoli	28 April 2011	19 September 2012	73	(73)
		Yu Yang
7		Tian Qing	20 September 2012	13 March 2013	25	(25)
		Zhao Yunlei
		Wang Xiaoli	14 March 2013	28 May 2014	63	136
		Yu Yang
8		Bao Yixin	29 May 2014	29 October 2014	22	22
		Tang Jinhua
9		Misaki Matsutomo	30 October 2014	26 November 2014	4	(4)
		Ayaka Takahashi
		Tian Qing	27 November 2014	1 April 2015	18	43
		Zhao Yunlei
		Misaki Matsutomo	2 April 2015	16 December 2015	37	(41)
		Ayaka Takahashi
10		Luo Ying	17 December 2015	16 March 2016	13	13
		Luo Yu
		Misaki Matsutomo	17 March 2016	25 October 2017	84	(125)
		Ayaka Takahashi
11		Chen Qingchen	26 October 2017	8 November 2017	2	(2)
		Jia Yifan
		Misaki Matsutomo	9 November 2017	22 November 2017	2	127
		Ayaka Takahashi
		Chen Qingchen	23 November 2017	20 June 2018	30	(32)
		Jia Yifan
12		Yuki Fukushima	21 June 2018	4 July 2018	2	(2)
		Sayaka Hirota
		Chen Qingchen	5 July 2018	8 August 2018	5	(37)
		Jia Yifan
		Yuki Fukushima	9 August 2018	29 April 2019	38	(40)
		Sayaka Hirota
13		Mayu Matsumoto	30 April 2019	22 July 2019	12	(12)
		Wakana Nagahara
		Yuki Fukushima	23 July 2019	29 July 2019	1	(41)
		Sayaka Hirota
		Mayu Matsumoto	30 July 2019	11 November 2019	15	27
		Wakana Nagahara
		Yuki Fukushima	12 November 2019	18 November 2019	1	(42)
		Sayaka Hirota
		Chen Qingchen	19 November 2019	1 February 2021	18	(55)
		Jia Yifan
		Yuki Fukushima	2 February 2021	20 December 2021	46	88
		Sayaka Hirota
		Chen Qingchen	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
		Chen Qingchen	25 October 2022	21 October 2024	104	200
		Jia Yifan
15		Liu Shengshu	22 October 2024	28 October 2024	1	(1)
		Tan Ning
16		Baek Ha-na	29 October 2024	18 November 2024	3	3
		Lee So-hee
		Liu Shengshu	19 November 2024		2	3
		Tan Ning

#		Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1		Lee Yong-dae	1 October 2009	20 January 2010	16	(16)
		Lee Hyo-jung
2		Zheng Bo	21 January 2010	10 March 2010	7	7
		Ma Jin
3		Nova Widianto	11 March 2010	24 March 2010	2	(2)
		Liliyana Natsir
		Lee Yong-dae	25 March 2010	21 April 2010	4	(20)
		Lee Hyo-jung
		Nova Widianto	22 April 2010	26 May 2010	5	(7)
		Liliyana Natsir
		Lee Yong-dae	27 May 2010	23 June 2010	4	24
		Lee Hyo-jung
4		Thomas Laybourn	24 June 2010	30 June 2010	1	(1)
		Kamilla Rytter Juhl
		Nova Widianto	1 July 2010	25 August 2010	8	(15)
		Liliyana Natsir
5		Robert Mateusiak	26 August 2010	1 September 2010	1	1
		Nadieżda Zięba
		Nova Widianto	2 September 2010	3 November 2010	9	24
		Liliyana Natsir
		Thomas Laybourn	4 November 2010	2 February 2011	13	14
		Kamilla Rytter Juhl
6		Zhang Nan	3 February 2011	15 August 2012	80	(80)
		Zhao Yunlei
7		Xu Chen	16 August 2012	18 September 2013	57	57
		Ma Jin
		Zhang Nan	19 September 2013	1 April 2015	80	(160)
		Zhao Yunlei
8		Joachim Fischer Nielsen	2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	1
		Christinna Pedersen
		Zhang Nan	9 April 2015	21 September 2016	76	236
		Zhao Yunlei
9		Ko Sung-hyun	22 September 2016	21 December 2016	13	13
		Kim Ha-na
10		Zheng Siwei	22 December 2016	11 April 2018	68	(68)
		Chen Qingchen
11		Wang Yilyu	12 April 2018	25 April 2018	2	(2)
		Huang Dongping
		Zheng Siwei	26 April 2018	2 May 2018	1	69
		Chen Qingchen
12		Tontowi Ahmad	3 May 2018	20 June 2018	7	(7)
		Liliyana Natsir
		Wang Yilyu	21 June 2018	11 July 2018	3	5
		Huang Dongping
		Tontowi Ahmad	12 July 2018	8 August 2018	4	11
		Liliyana Natsir
13		Zheng Siwei	9 August 2018	6 December 2021	129	(129)
		Huang Yaqiong
14		Dechapol Puavaranukroh	7 December 2021	20 June 2022	28	(28)
		Sapsiree Taerattanachai
		Zheng Siwei	21 June 2022	15 August 2022	8	(137)
		Huang Yaqiong
		Dechapol Puavaranukroh	16 August 2022	7 November 2022	12	(40)
		Sapsiree Taerattanachai
15		Yuta Watanabe	8 November 2022	14 November 2022	1	1
		Arisa Igarashi
		Zheng Siwei	15 November 2022	28 November 2022	2	(139)
		Huang Yaqiong
		Dechapol Puavaranukroh	29 November 2022	12 December 2022	2	42
		Sapsiree Taerattanachai
		Zheng Siwei	13 December 2022	25 November 2024	102	241
		Huang Yaqiong
16		Feng Yanzhe	26 November 2024		1	1
		Huang Dongping

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 light green):