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 Super Series tournaments.^[2] Seeding of the draw at all BWF sanctioned tournaments is done using 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 list followed 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 tournament participated by each players/pairs for the last 52 weeks. If a player or pair has participated in 10 or fewer World Ranking tournaments, then the ranking is worked out by adding the points won at the tournaments. If a player or pair has participated in 11 or more World Ranking tournaments, only 10 highest points scored in the tournaments during the 52 week period count towards their ranking. The highest possible ranking points are 111,000.^[1]^[5]

Points system

Points are awarded according to the following table:^[5]

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.

Current rankings

Men's singles

BWF World Rankings (Men's Singles) as of 24 November 2016^[6]
#		Player	Points
1		Lee Chong Wei	86,103
2		Chen Long	76,864
3	3	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	73,522
4		Viktor Axelsen	70,494
5	2	Lin Dan	68,208
6	1	Tian Houwei	67,070
7	1	Son Wan-ho	65,884
8		Chou Tien-chen	56,175
9		Shi Yuqi	52,800
10		Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	52,602

Women's singles

BWF World Rankings (Women's Singles) as of 24 November 2016^[7]
#		Player	Points
1		Carolina Marín	80,530
2		Ratchanok Intanon	75,524
3	2	Tai Tzu-ying	74,491
4	1	Nozomi Okuhara	73,927
5	2	Sung Ji-hyun	69,076
6	3	Sun Yu	68,992
7	3	Li Xuerui	67,654
8		Akane Yamaguchi	66,999
9	2	P.V. Sindhu	64,749
10		He Bingjiao	64,331

Men's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Men's Doubles) as of 24 November 2016^[8]
#		Player	Points
1		Goh V Shem	71,297
1		Tan Wee Kiong	71,297
3	1	Mathias Boe	70,834
3	1	Carsten Mogensen	70,834
3	1	Chai Biao	68,570
3	1	Hong Wei	68,570
4	3	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	68,041
4	3	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	68,041
5	1	Hendra Setiawan	64,800
5	1	Mohammad Ahsan	64,800
6		Fu Haifeng	63,105
6		Zhang Nan	63,105
7	2	Li Junhui	61,619
7	2	Liu Yuchen	61,619
8		Angga Pratama	61,339
8		Ricky Karanda Suwardi	61,339
9		Vladimir Ivanov	59,443
9		Ivan Sozonov	59,443
10	1	Takeshi Kamura	59,432
10	1	Keigo Sonoda	59,432

Women's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Women's Doubles) as of 24 November 2016^[9]
#		Player	Points
1		Misaki Matsutomo	95,693
1		Ayaka Takahashi	95,693
2		Jung Kyung-eun	77,654
2		Shin Seung-chan	77,654
3		Kamilla Rytter Juhl	77,654
3		Christinna Pedersen	77,654
4		Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	73,219
4		Greysia Polii	73,219
5		Luo Ying	72,163
5		Luo Yu	72,163
6		Chang Ye-na	69,463
6		Lee So-hee	69,463
7		Naoko Fukuman	63,934
7		Kurumi Yonao	63,934
9	1	Shizuka Matsuo	56,176
9	1	Mami Naito	56,176
8	1	Chen Qingchen	55,350
8	1	Jia Yifan	55,350
10	1	Puttita Supajirakul	53,415
10	1	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	53,415

Mixed doubles

BWF World Rankings (Mixed Doubles) as of 17 November 2016^[10]
#	Player	Points
1	Ko Sung-hyun	79,140
1	Kim Ha-na	79,140
2	Zheng Siwei	72,960
2	Chen Qingchen	72,960
3	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	71,270
3	Christinna Pedersen	71,270
4	Chan Peng Soon	67,060
4	Goh Liu Ying	67,060
5	Praveen Jordan	65,940
5	Debby Susanto	65,940
6	Xu Chen	63,630
6	Ma Jin	63,630
7	Tontowi Ahmad	62,840
7	Lilyana Natsir	62,840
8	Lu Kai	62,790
8	Huang Yaqiong	62,790
9	Chris Adcock	61,740
9	Gabrielle Adcock	61,740
10	Liu Cheng	52,930
10	Bao Yixin	52,930

World team rankings

BWF World Team Rankings as of 6 October 2016^[11]^[12]
#	Country	Confederation	Points
1	China	BAC	11,100
2	Korea	BAC	10,400
3	Denmark	BE	9,300
4	Indonesia	BAC	8,650
5	Japan	BAC	7,950
6	Malaysia	BAC	7,900
7	Thailand	BAC	6,500
8	Chinese Taipei	BAC	6,400
9	India	BAC	5,650
10	Hong Kong	BAC	5,500
11	England	BE	5,388
12	Germany	BE	4,500
13	Russia	BE	4,386
14	United States	BPA	3,850
15	France	BE	3,688
16	Spain	BE	3,338
17	Bulgaria	BE	3,113
18	Australia	BO	3,050
18	Canada	BPA	3,050
20	Singapore	BAC	2,901

Year-end number one players

^[13]

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	Lee Chong Wei	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	Lee Chong Wei	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	Li Xuerui	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

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 1 January 2009 (active players in purple):

Country	Player	Event	Date reached	Total weeks
MAS	Lee Chong Wei	MS	1 January 2009	324
HKG	Zhou Mi	WS	1 January 2009	17
INA	Markis Kido	MD	1 January 2009	35
INA	Hendra Setiawan	MD	1 January 2009	35
CHN	Du Jing	WD	1 January 2009	11
CHN	Yu Yang	WD	1 January 2009	11
INA	Nova Widianto	XD	1 January 2009	47
INA	Liliyana Natsir	XD	1 January 2009	47
MAS	Wong Pei Tty	WD	15 January 2009	25
MAS	Chin Eei Hui	WD	15 January 2009	25
DEN	Tine Baun	WS	22 January 2009	22
KOR	Jung Jae-sung	MD	22 January 2009	24
KOR	Lee Yong-dae	MD	22 January 2009	24
TPE	Chien Yu-chin	WD	22 January 2009	37
TPE	Cheng Wen-hsing	WD	22 January 2009	37
KOR	Lee Yong-dae	XD	18 June 2009	39
KOR	Lee Hyo-jung	XD	18 June 2009	39
CHN	Zhao Yunlei	WD	20 August 2009	6
CHN	Cheng Shu	WD	20 August 2009	6
CHN	Wang Lin	WS	24 September 2009	5
MAS	Koo Kien Keat	MD	24 September 2009	55
MAS	Tan Boon Heong	MD	24 September 2009	55
CHN	Zhang Yawen	WD	24 September 2009	6
CHN	Zhao Tingting	WD	24 September 2009	6
CHN	Wang Yihan	WS	29 October 2009	116
CHN	Ma Jin	WD	26 November 2009	36
CHN	Wang Xiaoli	WD	26 November 2009	36
CHN	Zheng Bo	XD	21 January 2010	8
CHN	Ma Jin	XD	21 January 2010	8
DEN	Thomas Laybourn	XD	24 June 2010	14
DEN	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	XD	24 June 2010	14
POL	Robert Mateusiak	XD	26 August 2010	1
POL	Nadieżda Zięba	XD	26 August 2010	1
CHN	Wang Xin	WS	23 September 2010	14
DEN	Mathias Boe	MD	11 November 2010	62
DEN	Carsten Mogensen	MD	11 November 2010	62
CHN	Wang Shixian	WS	13 January 2011	33
CHN	Zhang Nan	XD	2 February 2011	237
CHN	Zhao Yunlei	XD	2 February 2011	237
CHN	Wang Xiaoli	WD	28 April 2011	136
CHN	Yu Yang	WD	28 April 2011	136
CHN	Cai Yun	MD	23 June 2011	54
CHN	Fu Haifeng	MD	23 June 2011	54
CHN	Lin Dan	MS	21 June 2012	14
CHN	Xu Chen	XD	16 August 2012	57
CHN	Ma Jin	XD	16 August 2012	57
CHN	Tian Qing	WD	20 September 2012	43
CHN	Zhao Yunlei	WD	20 September 2012	43
CHN	Li Xuerui	WS	20 December 2012	124
KOR	Ko Sung-hyun	MD	30 May 2013	25
KOR	Lee Yong-dae	MD	30 May 2013	25
INA	Hendra Setiawan	MD	21 November 2013	38
INA	Mohammad Ahsan	MD	21 November 2013	38
CHN	Bao Yixin	WD	29 May 2014	22
CHN	Tang Jinhua	WD	29 May 2014	22
KOR	Lee Yong-dae	MD	14 August 2014	117
KOR	Yoo Yeon-seong	MD	14 August 2014	117
JPN	Misaki Matsutomo	WD	30 October 2014	78
JPN	Ayaka Takahashi	WD	30 October 2014	78
CHN	Chen Long	MS	24 December 2014	76
IND	Saina Nehwal	WS	2 April 2015	14
DEN	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	XD	2 April 2015	1
DEN	Christinna Pedersen	XD	2 April 2015	1
ESP	Carolina Marín	WS	11 June 2015	66
CHN	Luo Ying	WD	17 December 2015	13
CHN	Luo Yu	WD	17 December 2015	13
THA	Ratchanok Intanon	WS	21 April 2016	2
KOR	Ko Sung Hyun	XD	29 September 2016	9
KOR	Kim Ha Na	XD	29 September 2016	9
MAS	Goh V Shem	MD	10 November 2016	3
MAS	Tan Wee Kiong	MD	10 November 2016	3

Last update: 24 November 2016

Players with highest career rank 2–5

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 purple):


Player	Event	Date reached
He Hanbin	XD	1 January 2009
Yu Yang	XD	1 January 2009
Lars Paaske	MD	19 March 2009
Jonas Rasmussen	MD	19 March 2009
Peter Gade	MS	16 April 2009
Chen Jin	MS	2 July 2009
Ha Jung-eun	WD	5 November 2009
Kim Min-jung	WD	5 November 2009
Hendra Aprida Gunawan	XD	26 August 2010
Vita Marissa	XD	26 August 2010
Miyuki Maeda	WD	11 November 2010
Satoko Suetsuna	WD	11 November 2010
Sudket Prapakamol	XD	9 December 2010
Saralee Thoungthongkam	XD	9 December 2010
Taufik Hidayat	MS	16 December 2010
Ko Sung-hyun	MD	2 February 2011
Yoo Yeon-seong	MD	2 February 2011
Tontowi Ahmad	XD	23 June 2011
Liliyana Natsir	XD	23 June 2011
Tao Jiaming	XD	18 August 2011
Tian Qing	XD	18 August 2011
Bao Yixin	WD	1 November 2012
Zhong Qianxin	WD	1 November 2012
Juliane Schenk	WS	20 June 2013
Ma Jin	WD	11 July 2013
Tang Jinhua	WD	11 July 2013
Kamilla Rytter Juhl	WD	24 October 2013
Christinna Pedersen	WD	24 October 2013
Hiroyuki Endo	MD	6 March 2014
Kenichi Hayakawa	MD	6 March 2014
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	MS	22 January 2015
Liu Cheng	XD	26 November 2015
Bao Yixin	XD	26 November 2015
Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	WD	28 January 2016
Greysia Polii	WD	28 January 2016
Kento Momota	MS	7 April 2016
Tang Yuanting	WD	14 April 2016
Yu Yang	WD	14 April 2016


Player	Event	Date reached
Lu Lan	WS	1 January 2009
Lee Kyung-won	WD	22 January 2009
Lee Hyo-jung	WD	22 January 2009
Yang Wei	WD	5 March 2009
Zhang Jiewen	WD	5 March 2009
Pi Hongyan	WS	2 April 2009
Xie Xingfang	WS	25 June 2009
Jiang Yanjiao	WS	21 January 2010
Guo Zhendong	MD	1 July 2010
Xu Chen	MD	1 July 2010
Simon Santoso	MS	26 August 2010
Petya Nedelcheva	WD	25 November 2010
Anastasia Russkikh	WD	25 November 2010
Fang Chieh-min	MD	9 December 2010
Lee Sheng-mu	MD	9 December 2010
Mizuki Fujii	WD	18 August 2011
Reika Kakiiwa	WD	18 August 2011
Chan Peng Soon	XD	22 November 2012
Goh Liu Ying	XD	22 November 2012
Du Pengyu	MS	17 January 2013
Shizuka Matsuo	WD	25 April 2013
Mami Naito	WD	25 April 2013
Kenichi Tago	MS	31 October 2013
Tommy Sugiarto	MS	19 December 2013
Ko Sung-hyun	MD	22 January 2015
Shin Baek-cheol	MD	22 January 2015
Lee Sheng-mu	MD	12 March 2015
Tsai Chia-hsin	MD	12 March 2015
Srikanth Kidambi	MS	4 June 2015
Chai Biao	MD	18 June 2015
Hong Wei	MD	18 June 2015
Tai Tzu-ying	WS	20 August 2015
Fu Haifeng	MD	17 September 2015
Zhang Nan	MD	17 September 2015
Sung Ji-hyun	WS	8 October 2015
Nozomi Okuhara	WS	17 March 2016
Ko Sung-hyun	XD	7 April 2016
Kim Ha-na	XD	7 April 2016
Kim Ki-jung	MD	14 April 2016
Kim Sa-rang	MD	14 April 2016


Player	Event	Date reached
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	MS	1 January 2009
Zhu Lin	WS	1 January 2009
Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif	MD	1 January 2009
Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari	MD	1 January 2009
Liliyana Natsir	WD	1 January 2009
Vita Marissa	WD	1 January 2009
Anthony Clark	XD	1 January 2009
Donna Kellogg	XD	1 January 2009
Wang Chen	WS	15 January 2009
Boonsak Ponsana	MS	2 December 2010
Valeria Sorokina	WD	16 December 2010
Nina Vislova	WD	16 December 2010
Duanganong Aroonkesorn	WD	13 January 2011
Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	WD	13 January 2011
Ko Sung-hyun	XD	2 June 2011
Ha Jung-eun	XD	2 June 2011
Hong Wei	MD	17 January 2013
Shen Ye	MD	17 January 2013
Hu Yun	MS	30 May 2013
Jang Ye-na	WD	14 August 2014
Kim So-young	WD	14 August 2014
Shon Wan-ho	MS	27 November 2014
Liu Xiaolong	MD	12 March 2015
Qiu Zihan	MD	12 March 2015
Viktor Axelsen	MS	28 April 2016


Player	Event	Date reached
Alvent Yulianto Chandra	MD	26 November 2009
Hendra Aprida Gunawan	MD	26 November 2009
Tao Jiaming	XD	26 August 2010
Zhang Yawen	XD	26 August 2010
Nathan Robertson	XD	25 November 2010
Jenny Wallwork	XD	25 November 2010
Nguyễn Tiến Minh	MS	2 December 2010
Pan Pan	WD	16 December 2010
Tian Qing	WD	16 December 2010
Liu Xin	WS	14 April 2011
Greysia Polii	WD	12 May 2011
Meiliana Jauhari	WD	12 May 2011
Bae Youn-joo	WS	2 June 2011
Chen Hung-ling	XD	3 November 2011
Cheng Wen-hsing	XD	3 November 2011
Chai Biao	MD	22 December 2011
Guo Zhendong	MD	22 December 2011
Mohammad Ahsan	MD	9 August 2012
Bona Septano	MD	9 August 2012
Eom Hye-won	WD	25 April 2013
Jang Ye-na	WD	25 April 2013
Jung Kyung-eun	WD	26 September 2013
Kim Ha-na	WD	26 September 2013
Chris Adcock	XD	28 November 2013
Gabrielle Adcock	XD	28 November 2013
Reika Kakiiwa	WD	17 April 2014
Miyuki Maeda	WD	17 April 2014
Lu Kai	XD	27 November 2014
Huang Yaqiong	XD	27 November 2014
Chou Tien-chen	MS	22 October 2015
Chang Ye-na	WD	17 December 2015
Lee So-hee	WD	17 December 2015
Jung Kyung-eun	WD	4 February 2016
Shin Seung-chan	WD	4 February 2016
Praveen Jordan	XD	16 June 2016
Debby Susanto	XD	16 June 2016

Last update: 28 July 2016

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International badminton

BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships Olympics World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams

Africa	BCA – African Championships

Asia	BAC – Asia Championships Junior Championships

Europe	BE – European Championships Junior Championships

Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships

Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships

Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games Island Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade World Games (defunct)

Sports world rankings

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World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of November 17, 2016

Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles

Lee C W Chen L Lin D V Axelsen Son W-h J Ø Jørgensen Tian HW Chou T-c Shi Y T Saensomboonsuk	C Marín R Intanon N Okuhara Li XR Tai T-y S Nehwal Sung J-h A Yamaguchi Sun Y He BJ	Goh V S / Tan W K Chai B / Hong W M Boe / C Mogensen M Ahsan / H Setiawan Li JH / Liu YC Fu HF / Zhang N M F Gideon / K S Sukamuljo A Pratama / R K Suwardi V Ivanov / I Sozonov H Endo / K Hayakawa	M Matsutomo / A Takahashi Jung K-e / Shin S-c K Rytter Juhl / C Pedersen N K Maheswari / G Polii Luo Ying / Luo Yu Chang Y-n / Lee S-h N Fukuman / K Yonao Chen QC / Jia YF S Matsuo / M Naito E Muskens / S Piek	Ko S-h / Kim H-n Zeng SW / Chen QC J Fischer Nielsen / C Pedersen Chan P S / Goh L Y P Jordan / D Susanto Xu C / Ma J T Ahmad / L Natsir Lu K / Huang YQ C Adcock / G Adcock Liu C / Bao YX

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