BWF Awards

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

Player of the Year

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

YearPlayerNationality
↓ Eddy Choong Player of the Year ↓
1998[1]Peter Gade Denmark
1999[1]Camilla Martin Denmark
2000[1]Candra Wijaya Indonesia
2001[1]Gao Ling China
2002[1]Kim Dong-moon South Korea
2003[1]Kim Dong-moon (2) / Ra Kyung-min South Korea
2004[1]Taufik Hidayat Indonesia
2005[1]Taufik Hidayat (2) Indonesia
2006[2]Lin Dan China
2007[2]Lin Dan (2) China
YearPlayerNationalityPlayerNationality
↓ Male Player of the Year ↓↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2008[3]Lin Dan (3) ChinaZhou Mi Hong Kong
2009[4]Lee Chong Wei MalaysiaWang Yihan China
2010[4]Lee Chong Wei (2) MalaysiaWang Xin China
2011[4]Lee Chong Wei (3) MalaysiaWang Xiaoli / Yu Yang China
2012[5]Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng ChinaWang Yihan (2) China
2013[6]Lee Chong Wei (4) MalaysiaLi Xuerui China
2014[7]Chen Long ChinaZhao Yunlei China
2015[8]Chen Long (2) ChinaCarolina Marín Spain
2016[8]Lee Chong Wei (5) MalaysiaMisaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi Japan
2017[8]Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo IndonesiaChen Qingchen China
2018[8]Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (2) / Kevin Sanjaya Sulkamuljo (2) IndonesiaHuang Yaqiong China
2019[8]Kento Momota JapanHuang Yaqiong (2) China

Para-player of the Year

This award was first presented in 2015.[9]

YearMale PlayerNationalityFemale PlayerNationality
↓ Male Player of the Year ↓↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2015[8]Lee Sam-seop South KoreaHelle Sofie Sagoy Norway
2016[8]Lucas Mazur FranceKarin Suter-Erath  Switzerland
2017[8]Kim Jung-jun South KoreaAmnuay Wetwithan Thailand
2018[8]Jack Shephard EnglandLeani Ratri Oktila Indonesia
2019[8]Qu Zimo ChinaLeani Ratri Oktila (2) Indonesia

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year

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

YearPlayerNationality
2008[10]Saina Nehwal India
2009[1]Ratchanok Intanon Thailand
2010[1]Viktor Axelsen Denmark
2011[1]Zulfadli Zulkiffli Malaysia
2012[1]Kento Momota Japan
2013[6]Akane Yamaguchi Japan
2014[7]Akane Yamaguchi (2) Japan
2015[8]Zheng Siwei China
2016[8]Chen Qingchen China
2017[8]Chen Yufei China
2018[8]Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong China
2019[8]An Se-young South Korea

Most Improved Player
YearPlayerNationality
2016[8]Pusarla Venkata Sindhu India
2017[8]Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota Japan
2018[8]Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara Japan
2019[8]Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong South Korea

Best-Dressed

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

YearMale PlayerNationalityFemale PlayerNationality
2013[5]Ko Sung-hyun South KoreaTai Tzu-ying Chinese Taipei
2014
2015[9]Chou Tien-chen Chinese TaipeiRatchanok Intanon Thailand
2016[11]Viktor Axelsen DenmarkWoon Khe Wei Malaysia
2017[12]Srikanth Kidambi IndiaTai Tzu-ying (2) Chinese Taipei
2018[13]Shi Yuqi ChinaPusarla Venkata Sindhu India
2019[14]Viktor Axelsen (2) DenmarkRatchanok Intanon (2) Thailand

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