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]

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 116,000.[1][5][6]

Points system

Points system used are as follows:[5]

2007–2017 system

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.

2018–2021 system

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

Tournament	Winner	Runner-up	3/4	5/8	9/16	17/32	33/64	65/128	129/256	257/512	513/1024
Grade 1 – BWF tournaments
World Championships	13,000	11,000	9,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260	130	65
Olympic Games¹	13,000	11,000	¹9,200	7,200	5,200	3,200	1,300	650	260	130	65
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour
Level 1 (Finals)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240	120	60
Level 2 (Super 1000)	12,000	10,200	8,400	6,600	4,800	3,000	1,200	600	240	120	60
Level 3 (Super 750)	11,000	9,350	7,700	6,050	4,320	2,660	1,060	520	210	100	50
Level 4 (Super 500)	9,200	7,800	6,420	5,040	3,600	2,220	880	430	170	80	40
Level 5 (Super 300)	7,000	5,950	4,900	3,850	2,750	1,670	660	320	130	60	30
Level 6 (Super 100)	5,500	4,680	3,850	3,030	2,110	1,290	510	240	100	45	30
Grade 3
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 3rd place will receive 10,100 points. Fourth place will receive 9,200 points.

Current rankings

Men's Singles

BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) as of 2 February 2021[7]
#		Country/Territory	Players	Points
1		Japan	Kento Momota	109,118
2	2	Denmark	Viktor Axelsen	94,278
3		Denmark	Anders Antonsen	92,662
4	2	Chinese Taipei	Chou Tien-chen	89,828
5	1	Indonesia	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	82,182
6	1	China	Chen Long	78,440
7		Indonesia	Jonatan Christie	74,770
8		Hong Kong, China	Ng Ka Long	69,270
9	4	Chinese Taipei	Wang Tzu-wei	63,393
10	1	China	Shi Yuqi	62,061
11	1	Malaysia	Lee Zii Jia	61,609
12	1	Denmark	Rasmus Gemke	60,270
13	1	India	Srikanth Kidambi	56,399
14	2	Japan	Kanta Tsuneyama	56,125
15		Japan	Kenta Nishimoto	54,233
16	5	Hong Kong, China	Lee Cheuk Yiu	53,961
17	1	India	B. Sai Praneeth	53,817
18	1	Thailand	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	52,721
19	1	Indonesia	Shesar Hiren Rhustavito	50,400
20	1	China	Lin Dan	47,670

Women's singles

BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) as of 2 February 2021[8]
#		Country/Territory	Player	Points
1		Chinese Taipei	Tai Tzu-ying	106,075
2		China	Chen Yufei	96,465
3	2	Spain	Carolina Marín	95,800
4	1	Japan	Nozomi Okuhara	91,586
5	1	Japan	Akane Yamaguchi	87,220
6		Thailand	Ratchanok Intanon	80,285
7		India	P. V. Sindhu	76,034
8	2	South Korea	An Se-young	74,478
9	1	China	He Bingjiao	69,590
10	1	Canada	Michelle Li	67,550
11	3	Thailand	Pornpawee Chochuwong	62,476
12	4	Denmark	Mia Blichfeldt	56,821
13		Thailand	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	54,954
14	3	Japan	Sayaka Takahashi	54,734
15		South Korea	Sung Ji-hyun	54,010
16	4	United States	Zhang Beiwen	53,370
17		China	Wang Zhiyi	50,640
18		South Korea	Kim Ga-eun	50,413
19	1	India	Saina Nehwal	48,407
20	1	Japan	Aya Ohori	47,499

Men's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) as of 2 February 2021[9]
#		Country/Territory	Player	Points
1		Indonesia	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	106,853
1		Indonesia	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	106,853
2		Indonesia	Mohammad Ahsan	100,557
2		Indonesia	Hendra Setiawan	100,557
3	4	Chinese Taipei	Lee Yang	87,923
3	4	Chinese Taipei	Wang Chi-lin	87,923
4	1	China	Li Junhui	82,930
4	1	China	Liu Yuchen	82,930
5	1	Japan	Takeshi Kamura	80,123
5	1	Japan	Keigo Sonoda	80,123
6	1	Japan	Hiroyuki Endo	78,133
6	1	Japan	Yuta Watanabe	78,133
7	1	Indonesia	Fajar Alfian	72,894
7	1	Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	72,894
8		South Korea	Choi Sol-gyu	66,960
8		South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	66,960
9		Malaysia	Aaron Chia	65,228
9		Malaysia	Soh Wooi Yik	65,228
10		India	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	63,900
10		India	Chirag Shetty	63,900
11	4	Malaysia	Goh V Shem	61,430
11	4	Malaysia	Tan Wee Kiong	61,430
12	1	England	Marcus Ellis	59,054
12	1	England	Chris Langridge	59,054
13	4	Malaysia	Ong Yew Sin	58,209
13	4	Malaysia	Teo Ee Yi	58,209
14	3	Japan	Takuro Hoki	57,188
14	3	Japan	Yugo Kobayashi	57,188
15	3	Denmark	Kim Astrup	56,369
15	3	Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	56,369
16		Russia	Vladimir Ivanov	54,454
16		Russia	Ivan Sozonov	54,454
17	3	China	Han Chengkai	54,107
17	3	China	Zhou Haodong	54,107
18	8	England	Ben Lane	52,336
18	8	England	Sean Vendy	52,336
19	1	Chinese Taipei	Liao Min-chun	49,026
19	1	Chinese Taipei	Su Ching-heng	49,026
20	1	China	He Jiting	48,860
20	1	China	Tan Qiang	48,860

Women's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) as of 2 February 2021[10]
#		Country/Territory	Player	Points
1		Japan	Yuki Fukushima	99,108
1		Japan	Sayaka Hirota	99,108
2		China	Chen Qingchen	95,310
2		China	Jia Yifan	95,310
3		Japan	Mayu Matsumoto	92,383
3		Japan	Wakana Nagahara	92,383
4		South Korea	Lee So-hee	92,162
4		South Korea	Shin Seung-chan	92,162
5	1	South Korea	Kim So-yeong	88,236
5	1	South Korea	Kong Hee-yong	88,236
6	1	Indonesia	Greysia Polii	83,115
6	1	Indonesia	Apriyani Rahayu	83,115
7	2	China	Du Yue	78,129
7	2	China	Li Yinhui	78,129
8	2	Thailand	Jongkolphan Kititharakul	69,197
8	2	Thailand	Rawinda Prajongjai	69,197
9	1	South Korea	Chang Ye-na	62,940
9	1	South Korea	Kim Hye-rin	62,940
10	4	Malaysia	Chow Mei Kuan	59,964
10	4	Malaysia	Lee Meng Yean	59,964
11	2	South Korea	Baek Ha-na	59,110
11	2	South Korea	Jung Kyung-eun	59,110
12	1	Japan	Nami Matsuyama	57,771
12	1	Japan	Chiharu Shida	57,771
13	1	China	Li Wenmei	56,340
13	1	China	Zheng Yu	56,340
14	1	Bulgaria	Gabriela Stoeva	54,750
14	1	Bulgaria	Stefani Stoeva	54,750
15		England	Chloe Birch	53,873
15		England	Lauren Smith	53,873
16		Denmark	Maiken Fruergaard	50,012
16		Denmark	Sara Thygesen	50,012
17	7	Malaysia	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun	48,502
17	7	Malaysia	Yap Cheng Wen	48,502
18	1	China	Liu Xuanxuan	46,060
18	1	China	Xia Yuting	46,060
19	1	Japan	Ayako Sakuramoto	45,304
19	1	Japan	Yukiko Takahata	45,304
20	1	Indonesia	Della Destiara Haris	44,963
20	1	Indonesia	Rizki Amelia Pradipta	44,963

Mixed doubles

BWF World Rankings (Mixed doubles) as of 2 February 2021[11]
#		Country/Territory	Player	Points
1		China	Zheng Siwei	109,002
1		China	Huang Yaqiong	109,002
2	1	Thailand	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	100,563
2	1	Thailand	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	100,563
3	1	China	Wang Yilü	99,312
3	1	China	Huang Dongping	99,312
4		Indonesia	Praveen Jordan	85,900
4		Indonesia	Melati Daeva Oktavianti	85,900
5	1	South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	79,570
5	1	South Korea	Chae Yoo-jung	79,570
6	1	Japan	Yuta Watanabe	75,883
6	1	Japan	Arisa Higashino	75,883
7	1	Malaysia	Chan Peng Soon	68,070
7	1	Malaysia	Goh Liu Ying	68,070
8	1	Indonesia	Hafiz Faizal	65,941
8	1	Indonesia	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	65,941
9	2	England	Marcus Ellis	65,140
9	2	England	Lauren Smith	65,140
10	3	Malaysia	Goh Soon Huat	61,822
10	3	Malaysia	Shevon Jemie Lai	61,822
11	1	Hong Kong, China	Tang Chun Man	60,566
11	1	Hong Kong, China	Tse Ying Suet	60,566
12	1	Malaysia	Tan Kian Meng	60,463
12	1	Malaysia	Lai Pei Jing	60,463
13	3	France	Thom Gicquel	60,020
13	3	France	Delphine Delrue	60,020
14	2	England	Chris Adcock	59,002
14	2	England	Gabby Adcock	59,002
15	1	Germany	Mark Lamsfuß	57,230
15	1	Germany	Isabel Herttrich	57,230
16	1	China	He Jiting	52,901
16	1	China	Du Yue	52,901
17		Netherlands	Robin Tabeling	51,014
17		Netherlands	Selena Piek	51,014
18	3	Denmark	Mathias Christiansen	46,090
18	3	Denmark	Alexandra Bøje	46,090
19	16	India	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	45,177
19	16	India	Ashwini Ponnappa	45,177
20	6	South Korea	Ko Sung-hyun	44,740
20	6	South Korea	Eom Hye-won	44,740

World team rankings

BWF World Team Rankings as of 7 January 2020[12]
#		Country/Territory	Confederation	Points
1		China	BAC	12,200
2		Japan	BAC	11,500
3		Indonesia	BAC	8,850
4		Thailand	BAC	8,100
5	1	Chinese Taipei	BAC	7,700
6	1	South Korea	BAC	7,550
7		Malaysia	BAC	7,150
8		Denmark	BE	6,200
9	1	India	BAC	5,700
10	1	Hong Kong, China	BAC	5,400
11	1	Netherlands	BE	4,950
12	2	Germany	BE	4,925
13	3	England	BE	4,500
14	2	Canada	BPA	4,450
15		Russia	BE	4,250
16		France	BE	3,975
17		Singapore	BAC	3,650
18		United States	BPA	3,350
19	2	Vietnam	BAC	2,800
20	1	Australia	BOC	2,725

Year-end number one players

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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	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
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	Kento Momota	Tai Tzu-ying		Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong

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 light yellow, and current number 1 players are marked in bold):

Last updated: 2 February 2021

NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March 2020 to 1 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Men's singles

#	Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1	Lee Chong Wei	1 October 2009	20 June 2012	142	(142)
2	Lin Dan	21 June 2012	26 September 2012	14	14
	Lee Chong Wei	27 September 2012	24 December 2014	117	(259)
3	Chen Long	25 December 2014	8 June 2016	76	76
	Lee Chong Wei	9 June 2016	24 May 2017	50	(309)
4	Son Wan-ho	25 May 2017	30 May 2017	1	(1)
	Lee Chong Wei	1 June 2017	7 June 2017	1	310
	Son Wan-ho	8 June 2017	27 September 2017	16	17
5	Viktor Axelsen	28 September 2017	11 April 2018	28	(28)
6	Srikanth Kidambi	12 April 2018	18 April 2018	1	1
	Viktor Axelsen	19 April 2018	26 September 2018	23	51
7	Kento Momota	27 September 2018		79	79

Weeks spent as top-ranked men's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009.)

Weeks ranked world no. 1 men's singles shuttler by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.

Women's singles

#	Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1	Wang Lin	1 October 2009	28 October 2009	4	4
2	Wang Yihan	29 October 2009	22 September 2010	47	(47)
3	Wang Xin	23 September 2010	1 December 2010	10	(10)
4	Tine Baun	2 December 2010	8 December 2010	1	1
	Wang Yihan	9 December 2010	15 December 2010	1	(48)
	Wang Xin	16 December 2010	12 January 2011	4	14
5	Wang Shixian	13 January 2011	19 January 2011	1	(1)
	Wang Yihan	20 January 2011	26 January 2011	1	(49)
	Wang Shixian	27 January 2011	17 August 2011	29	(30)
	Wang Yihan	18 August 2011	2 November 2011	11	(60)
	Wang Shixian	3 November 2011	23 November 2011	3	33
	Wang Yihan	24 November 2011	19 December 2012	56	116
6	Li Xuerui	20 December 2012	1 April 2015	119	(119)
7	Saina Nehwal	2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	(1)
	Li Xuerui	9 April 2015	15 April 2015	1	(120)
	Saina Nehwal	16 April 2015	29 April 2015	2	(3)
	Li Xuerui	30 April 2015	20 May 2015	3	(123)
	Saina Nehwal	21 May 2015	3 June 2015	2	(5)
	Li Xuerui	4 June 2015	10 June 2015	1	124
8	Carolina Marín	11 June 2015	19 August 2015	10	(10)
	Saina Nehwal	20 August 2015	20 October 2015	9	14
	Carolina Marín	21 October 2015	20 April 2016	26	(36)
9	Ratchanok Intanon	21 April 2016	4 May 2016	2	2
	Carolina Marín	5 May 2016	30 November 2016	30	66
10	Tai Tzu-ying	1 December 2016	18 April 2018	72	(72)
11	Akane Yamaguchi	19 April 2018	2 May 2018	2	(2)
	Tai Tzu-ying	3 May 2018	29 July 2019	65	(137)
	Akane Yamaguchi	30 July 2019	23 September 2019	8	10
	Tai Tzu-ying	24 September 2019	28 October 2019	5	(142)
12	Nozomi Okuhara	29 October 2019	11 November 2019	2	2
	Tai Tzu-ying	12 November 2019	16 December 2019	5	(147)
13	Chen Yufei	17 December 2019	16 March 2020	13	13
	Tai Tzu-ying	17 March 2020		2	149

Weeks spent as top-ranked women's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009, hence the non-display of Ratchanok INTANON above.)

Weeks ranked world no. 1 women's singles shuttler by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.

Men's doubles

#	Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1	Markis Kido	1 October 2009	28 October 2009	4	4
1	Hendra Setiawan	1 October 2009	28 October 2009	4	4
2	Koo Kien Keat	29 October 2009	10 November 2010	54	54
2	Tan Boon Heong	29 October 2009	10 November 2010	54	54
3	Mathias Boe	11 November 2010	22 June 2011	32	(32)
3	Carsten Mogensen	11 November 2010	22 June 2011	32	(32)
4	Cai Yun	23 June 2011	20 June 2012	52	(52)
4	Fu Haifeng	23 June 2011	20 June 2012	52	(52)
5	Jung Jae-sung	21 June 2012	8 August 2012	7	(7)
5	Lee Yong-dae	21 June 2012	8 August 2012	7	(7)
	Cai Yun	9 August 2012	15 August 2012	1	(53)
	Fu Haifeng	9 August 2012	15 August 2012	1	(53)
	Jung Jae-sung	16 August 2012	19 September 2012	5	(12)
	Lee Yong-dae	16 August 2012	19 September 2012	5	(12)
	Cai Yun	20 September 2012	26 September 2012	1	54
	Fu Haifeng	20 September 2012	26 September 2012	1	54
	Jung Jae-sung	27 September 2012	31 October 2012	5	17
	Lee Yong-dae	27 September 2012	31 October 2012	5	17
	Mathias Boe	1 November 2012	29 May 2013	30	(62)
	Carsten Mogensen	1 November 2012	29 May 2013	30	(62)
6	Ko Sung-hyun	30 May 2013	20 November 2013	25	25
6	Lee Yong-dae	30 May 2013	20 November 2013	25	25
7	Hendra Setiawan	21 November 2013	13 August 2014	38	38
7	Mohammad Ahsan	21 November 2013	13 August 2014	38	38
8	Lee Yong-dae	14 August 2014	9 November 2016	117	117
8	Yoo Yeon-seong	14 August 2014	9 November 2016	117	117
9	Goh V Shem	10 November 2016	15 March 2017	18	18
9	Tan Wee Kiong	10 November 2016	15 March 2017	18	18
10	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	16 March 2017	5 April 2017	3	(3)
10	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	16 March 2017	5 April 2017	3	(3)
11	Li Junhui	6 April 2017	12 April 2017	1	(1)
11	Liu Yuchen	6 April 2017	12 April 2017	1	(1)
	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	13 April 2017	14 June 2017	9	(12)
	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	13 April 2017	14 June 2017	9	(12)
	Mathias Boe	15 June 2017	21 June 2017	1	(63)
	Carsten Mogensen	15 June 2017	21 June 2017	1	(63)
	Li Junhui	22 June 2017	5 July 2017	2	(3)
	Liu Yuchen	22 June 2017	5 July 2017	2	(3)
	Mathias Boe	6 July 2017	12 July 2017	1	(64)
	Carsten Mogensen	6 July 2017	12 July 2017	1	(64)
	Li Junhui	13 July 2017	30 August 2017	7	10
	Liu Yuchen	13 July 2017	30 August 2017	7	10
	Mathias Boe	31 August 2017	27 September 2017	4	68
	Carsten Mogensen	31 August 2017	27 September 2017	4	68
	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	28 September 2017		131	143
	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	28 September 2017		131	143

Weeks spent as top-ranked men's doubles shuttlers from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009.)

Weeks ranked world no. 1 men's doubles shuttlers by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.

Women's doubles

#	Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1	Zhao Tingting	1 October 2009	4 November 2009	5	5
1	Zhang Yawen	1 October 2009	4 November 2009	5	5
2	Cheng Shu	5 November 2009	18 November 2009	2	2
2	Zhao Yunlei	5 November 2009	18 November 2009	2	2
3	Du Jing	19 November 2009	25 November 2009	1	(1)
3	Yu Yang	19 November 2009	25 November 2009	1	(1)
4	Ma Jin	26 November 2009	27 January 2010	9	(9)
4	Wang Xiaoli	26 November 2009	27 January 2010	9	(9)
	Du Jing	28 January 2010	24 March 2010	8	9
	Yu Yang	28 January 2010	24 March 2010	8	9
	Ma Jin	25 March 2010	29 September 2010	27	36
	Wang Xiaoli	25 March 2010	29 September 2010	27	36
5	Cheng Wen-hsing	30 September 2010	27 April 2011	30	30
5	Chien Yu-chin	30 September 2010	27 April 2011	30	30
6	Wang Xiaoli	28 April 2011	19 September 2012	73	(73)
6	Yu Yang	28 April 2011	19 September 2012	73	(73)
7	Tian Qing	20 September 2012	13 March 2013	25	(25)
7	Zhao Yunlei	20 September 2012	13 March 2013	25	(25)
	Wang Xiaoli	14 March 2013	28 May 2014	63	136
	Yu Yang	14 March 2013	28 May 2014	63	136
8	Bao Yixin	29 May 2014	29 October 2014	22	22
8	Tang Jinhua	29 May 2014	29 October 2014	22	22
9	Misaki Matsutomo	30 October 2014	26 November 2014	4	(4)
9	Ayaka Takahashi	30 October 2014	26 November 2014	4	(4)
	Tian Qing	27 November 2014	1 April 2015	18	43
	Zhao Yunlei	27 November 2014	1 April 2015	18	43
	Misaki Matsutomo	2 April 2015	16 December 2015	37	(41)
	Ayaka Takahashi	2 April 2015	16 December 2015	37	(41)
10	Luo Ying	17 December 2015	16 March 2016	13	13
10	Luo Yu	17 December 2015	16 March 2016	13	13
	Misaki Matsutomo	17 March 2016	25 October 2017	84	(125)
	Ayaka Takahashi	17 March 2016	25 October 2017	84	(125)
11	Chen Qingchen	26 October 2017	8 November 2017	2	(2)
11	Jia Yifan	26 October 2017	8 November 2017	2	(2)
	Misaki Matsutomo	9 November 2017	22 November 2017	2	127
	Ayaka Takahashi	9 November 2017	22 November 2017	2	127
	Chen Qingchen	23 November 2017	20 June 2018	30	(32)
	Jia Yifan	23 November 2017	20 June 2018	30	(32)
12	Yuki Fukushima	21 June 2018	4 July 2018	2	(2)
12	Sayaka Hirota	21 June 2018	4 July 2018	2	(2)
	Chen Qingchen	5 July 2018	8 August 2018	5	(37)
	Jia Yifan	5 July 2018	8 August 2018	5	(37)
	Yuki Fukushima	9 August 2018	29 April 2019	38	(40)
	Sayaka Hirota	9 August 2018	29 April 2019	38	(40)
13	Mayu Matsumoto	30 April 2019	22 July 2019	12	(12)
13	Wakana Nagahara	30 April 2019	22 July 2019	12	(12)
	Yuki Fukushima	23 July 2019	29 July 2019	1	(41)
	Sayaka Hirota	23 July 2019	29 July 2019	1	(41)
	Mayu Matsumoto	30 July 2019	11 November 2019	15	27
	Wakana Nagahara	30 July 2019	11 November 2019	15	27
	Yuki Fukushima	12 November 2019	18 November 2019	1	(42)
	Sayaka Hirota	12 November 2019	18 November 2019	1	(42)
	Chen Qingchen	19 November 2019	27 March 2020	18	55
	Jia Yifan	19 November 2019	27 March 2020	18	55
	Yuki Fukushima	2 February 2021		1	43
	Sayaka Hirota	2 February 2021		1	43

Mixed doubles

#	Player	Date started	Date ended	Consecutive weeks	Total weeks
1	Lee Yong-dae	1 October 2009	20 January 2010	16	(16)
1	Lee Hyo-jung	1 October 2009	20 January 2010	16	(16)
2	Zheng Bo	21 January 2010	10 March 2010	7	7
2	Ma Jin	21 January 2010	10 March 2010	7	7
3	Nova Widianto	11 March 2010	24 March 2010	2	(2)
3	Liliyana Natsir	11 March 2010	24 March 2010	2	(2)
	Lee Yong-dae	25 March 2010	21 April 2010	4	(20)
	Lee Hyo-jung	25 March 2010	21 April 2010	4	(20)
	Nova Widianto	22 April 2010	26 May 2010	5	(7)
	Liliyana Natsir	22 April 2010	26 May 2010	5	(7)
	Lee Yong-dae	27 May 2010	23 June 2010	4	24
	Lee Hyo-jung	27 May 2010	23 June 2010	4	24
4	Thomas Laybourn	24 June 2010	30 June 2010	1	(1)
4	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	24 June 2010	30 June 2010	1	(1)
	Nova Widianto	1 July 2010	25 August 2010	8	(15)
	Liliyana Natsir	1 July 2010	25 August 2010	8	(15)
5	Robert Mateusiak	26 August 2010	1 September 2010	1	1
5	Nadieżda Zięba	26 August 2010	1 September 2010	1	1
	Nova Widianto	2 September 2010	3 November 2010	9	24
	Liliyana Natsir	2 September 2010	3 November 2010	9	24
	Thomas Laybourn	4 November 2010	2 February 2011	13	14
	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	4 November 2010	2 February 2011	13	14
6	Zhang Nan	3 February 2011	15 August 2012	80	(80)
6	Zhao Yunlei	3 February 2011	15 August 2012	80	(80)
7	Xu Chen	16 August 2012	18 September 2013	57	57
7	Ma Jin	16 August 2012	18 September 2013	57	57
	Zhang Nan	19 September 2013	1 April 2015	80	(160)
	Zhao Yunlei	19 September 2013	1 April 2015	80	(160)
8	Joachim Fischer Nielsen	2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	1
8	Christinna Pedersen	2 April 2015	8 April 2015	1	1
	Zhang Nan	9 April 2015	21 September 2016	76	236
	Zhao Yunlei	9 April 2015	21 September 2016	76	236
9	Ko Sung-hyun	22 September 2016	21 December 2016	13	13
9	Kim Ha-na	22 September 2016	21 December 2016	13	13
10	Zheng Siwei	22 December 2016	11 April 2018	68	(68)
10	Chen Qingchen	22 December 2016	11 April 2018	68	(68)
11	Wang Yilü	12 April 2018	25 April 2018	2	(2)
11	Huang Dongping	12 April 2018	25 April 2018	2	(2)
	Zheng Siwei	26 April 2018	2 May 2018	1	69
	Chen Qingchen	26 April 2018	2 May 2018	1	69
12	Tontowi Ahmad	3 May 2018	20 June 2018	7	(7)
12	Liliyana Natsir	3 May 2018	20 June 2018	7	(7)
	Wang Yilü	21 June 2018	11 July 2018	3	5
	Huang Dongping	21 June 2018	11 July 2018	3	5
	Tontowi Ahmad	12 July 2018	8 August 2018	4	11
	Liliyana Natsir	12 July 2018	8 August 2018	4	11
13	Zheng Siwei	9 August 2018		86	86
13	Huang Yaqiong	9 August 2018		86	86

Players with highest career rank 2–5

Last update: 2 February 2021

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
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
Tang Yuanting	WD	14 April 2016
Yu Yang	WD	14 April 2016
Fu Haifeng	MD	25 August 2016
Zhang Nan	MD	25 August 2016
Kim Gi-jung	MD	22 September 2016
Kim Sa-rang	MD	22 September 2016
Chai Biao	MD	6 October 2016
Hong Wei	MD	6 October 2016
Praveen Jordan	XD	27 October 2016
Debby Susanto	XD	27 October 2016
Jung Kyung-eun	WD	10 November 2016
Shin Seung-chan	WD	10 November 2016
Takeshi Kamura	MD	26 January 2017
Keigo Sonoda	MD	26 January 2017
Sung Ji-hyun	WS	16 March 2017
P. V. Sindhu	WS	7 April 2017
Lu Kai	XD	13 April 2017
Huang Yaqiong	XD	13 April 2017
Shi Yuqi	MS	24 August 2017
Chang Ye-na	WD	9 November 2017
Lee So-hee	WD	9 November 2017
Liu Cheng	MD	21 June 2018
Zhang Nan	MD	21 June 2018
Tang Chun Man	XD	21 June 2018
Tse Ying Suet	XD	21 June 2018
Chou Tien-chen	MS	6 August 2019
Dechapol Puavaranukroh	XD	2 February 2021
Sapsiree Taerattanachai	XD	2 February 2021


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
Zhang Nan	XD	8 June 2017
Li Yinhui	XD	8 June 2017
Greysia Polii	WD	20 September 2018
Apriyani Rahayu	WD	20 September 2018
Yuta Watanabe	XD	22 November 2018
Arisa Higashino	XD	22 November 2018
Anders Antonsen	MS	12 November 2019
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	MS	18 February 2020
Lee Yang	MD	2 February 2021
Wang Chi-lin	MD	2 February 2021


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
Liu Xiaolong	MD	12 March 2015
Qiu Zihan	MD	12 March 2015
Sun Yu	WS	22 December 2016
Chris Adcock	XD	24 August 2017
Gabby Adcock	XD	24 August 2017
Shiho Tanaka	WD	31 May 2018
Koharu Yonemoto	WD	31 May 2018
Mads Conrad-Petersen	MD	21 June 2018
Mads Pieler Kolding	MD	21 June 2018
Chen Hung-ling	MD	25 October 2018
Wang Chi-lin	MD	25 October 2018
Mathias Christiansen	XD	25 October 2018
Christinna Pedersen	XD	25 October 2018
Hiroyuki Endo	MD	5 March 2019
Yuta Watanabe	MD	5 March 2019
Jonatan Christie	MS	6 August 2019
Kim So-yeong	WD	14 January 2020
Kong Hee-yong	WD	14 January 2020
Lee So-hee	WD	21 January 2020
Shin Seung-chan	WD	21 January 2020
Praveen Jordan	XD	17 March 2020
Melati Daeva Oktavianti	XD	17 March 2020


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 Yeon-ju	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
Reika Kakiiwa	WD	17 April 2014
Miyuki Maeda	WD	17 April 2014
Seo Seung-jae	XD	17 May 2018
Kim Ha-na	XD	17 May 2018
Kim Astrup	MD	27 September 2018
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	MD	27 September 2018
Han Chengkai	MD	9 April 2019
Zhou Haodong	MD	9 April 2019
Fajar Alfian	MD	16 April 2019
Muhammad Rian Ardianto	MD	16 April 2019
Seo Seung-jae	XD	24 September 2019
Chae Yoo-jung	XD	24 September 2019
Du Yue	WD	17 March 2020
Li Yinhui	WD	17 March 2020

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International badminton
BWF Thomas Cup Uber Cup Sudirman Cup World Championships Para World Championships World Junior Championships World Senior Championships Olympics Youth Olympic World Cup (defunct) World Grand Prix Finals (defunct) World Ranking World Junior Ranking Hall of Fame Teams
Africa	BCA – African Championships Team Championships
Asia	BA – Asia Championships Junior Championships
Europe	BE – European Championships Men's and Women's Team Championships Mixed Team Championships Junior Championships Senior Championships
Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships
Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships
Games	African Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games Island Games Pan American Games Pan Arab Games Southeast Asian Games Universiade World Games (defunct)