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.^[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

Points system used are as follows:^[5]

April 1, 1995 – 29 January 2003 system

1. The points system chart:^[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*	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	540	459	378	—	337.5	297

30 January, 2003 – 31 December, 2006 system

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

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.

2018–16 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
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.

After 23 April 2024

Starting from 2024 (Week 17), BWF will using 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.

Player rankings

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

Men's singles

BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) as of 30 January 2024^[update]^[9]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
#		Country	Players	Points	Rank	Date
1		Denmark	Viktor Axelsen	97,605	1	September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)
2		China	Shi Yuqi	90,184	2	August 24, 2017 (2017-08-24)
3		China	Li Shifeng	83,948	3	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
4	3	Denmark	Anders Antonsen	82,430	2	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
5	1	Indonesia	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	81,501	2	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
6	1	Japan	Kodai Naraoka	81,015	2	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
7	1	India	Prannoy H. S.	76,587	6	August 29, 2023 (2023-08-29)
8	1	Thailand	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	73,398	3	June 6, 2023 (2023-06-06)
9	3	Indonesia	Jonatan Christie	73,131	2	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
10		Malaysia	Lee Zii Jia	70,096	2	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)
11		Japan	Kenta Nishimoto	65,657	9	September 6, 2018 (2018-09-06)
12		Singapore	Loh Kean Yew	65,072	3	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
13		Hong Kong, China	Lee Cheuk Yiu	62,594	13	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
14		Chinese Taipei	Chou Tien-chen	60,007	2	August 6, 2019 (2019-08-06)
15		Malaysia	Ng Tze Yong	59,360	14	November 21, 2023 (2023-11-21)
16	1	China	Weng Hongyang	58,840	16	January 16, 2024 (2024-01-16)
17	1	China	Lu Guangzu	57,130	10	January 17, 2023 (2023-01-17)
18	2	Japan	Kanta Tsuneyama	56,981	10	November 26, 2019 (2019-11-26)
19	2	Chinese Taipei	Lin Chun-yi	56,078	19	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
20	1	India	Lakshya Sen	55,691	6	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

Women's singles

BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) as of 30 January 2024^[update]^[10]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak
#		Country	Players	Points	Rank	Date
1		South Korea	An Se-young	113,314	1	August 1, 2023 (2023-08-01)
2		China	Chen Yufei	102,596	1	December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17)
3		Chinese Taipei	Tai Tzu-ying	97,036	1	December 1, 2016 (2016-12-01)
4		Japan	Akane Yamaguchi	91,167	1	April 19, 2018 (2018-04-19)
5		Spain	Carolina Marín	84,957	1	June 11, 2015 (2015-06-11)
6		China	He Bingjiao	74,474	5	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)
7		Indonesia	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	72,800	7	July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)
8		China	Han Yue	71,538	8	October 17, 2023 (2023-10-17)
9	1	China	Wang Zhiyi	68,930	6	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
10	1	United States	Beiwen Zhang	66,540	9	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
11		India	P. V. Sindhu	62,640	2	April 1, 2017 (2017-04-01)
12		South Korea	Kim Ga-eun	61,176	12	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
13		Thailand	Ratchanok Intanon	60,393	1	April 21, 2016 (2016-04-21)
14		China	Zhang Yiman	59,784	13	September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19)
15	1	Japan	Aya Ohori	56,030	13	September 14, 2017 (2017-09-14)
16	1	Thailand	Pornpawee Chochuwong	55,859	8	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
17		Thailand	Supanida Katethong	52,919	14	November 7, 2023 (2023-11-07)
18		Singapore	Yeo Jia Min	52,560	16	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
19		Thailand	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	52,164	10	November 1, 2022 (2022-11-01)
20	3	Japan	Nozomi Okuhara	51,380	1	October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29)

Men's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) as of 30 January 2024^[update]^[11]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
#		Country	Players	Points	Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1	1	India	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	95,861	1	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)	1	Chirag Shetty	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
1	1	India	Chirag Shetty	95,861	1	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)	1	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	October 12, 2023 (2023-10-12)
2	1	China	Liang Weikeng	95,391	1	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	1	Wang Chang	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
2	1	China	Wang Chang	95,391	1	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	1	Liang Weikeng	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
3		South Korea	Kang Min-hyuk	92,505	3	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	3	Seo Seung-jae	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
3		South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	92,505	3	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	3	Kang Min-hyuk	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
4		Denmark	Kim Astrup	88,559	3	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	3	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
4		Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	88,559	3	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	3	Kim Astrup	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)
5		Malaysia	Aaron Chia	87,064	2	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)	2	Soh Wooi Yik	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
5		Malaysia	Soh Wooi Yik	87,064	2	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)	2	Aaron Chia	January 24, 2023 (2023-01-24)
6		Japan	Takuro Hoki	83,581	1	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	1	Yugo Kobayashi	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)
6		Japan	Yugo Kobayashi	83,581	1	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)	1	Takuro Hoki	September 20, 2022 (2022-09-20)
7		Indonesia	Fajar Alfian	80,329	1	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	1	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
7		Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	80,329	1	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	1	Fajar Alfian	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
8		China	Liu Yuchen	74,638	2	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	1	Li Junhui	April 6, 2017 (2017-04-06)
8		China	Ou Xuanyi	74,638	2	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	2	Liu Yuchen	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
9		Indonesia	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	71,090	9	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	9	Bagas Maulana	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
9		Indonesia	Bagas Maulana	71,090	9	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)	9	Muhammad Shohibul Fikri	December 19, 2023 (2023-12-19)
10		Chinese Taipei	Lee Yang	70,998	2	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	2	Wang Chi-lin	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
10		Chinese Taipei	Wang Chi-lin	70,998	2	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)	2	Lee Yang	September 27, 2022 (2022-09-27)
11		Indonesia	Leo Rolly Carnando	67,039	9	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	9	Daniel Marthin	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
11		Indonesia	Daniel Marthin	67,039	9	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	9	Leo Rolly Carnando	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
12		Malaysia	Ong Yew Sin	65,300	6	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)	6	Teo Ee Yi	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)
12		Malaysia	Teo Ee Yi	65,300	6	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)	6	Ong Yew Sin	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)
13		Indonesia	Mohammad Ahsan	63,820	1	November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)	1	Hendra Setiawan	November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
13		Indonesia	Hendra Setiawan	63,820	1	November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)	1	Markis Kido Mohammad Ahsan	September 27, 2007 (2007-09-27) November 21, 2013 (2013-11-21)
14		Japan	Akira Koga	55,794	15	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	14	Taichi Saito	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
14		Japan	Taichi Saito	55,794	15	October 31, 2023 (2023-10-31)	14	Akira Koga	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
15	2	Chinese Taipei	Lee Jhe-huei	51,930	15	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	7	Lee Yang	July 6, 2017 (2017-07-06)
15	2	Chinese Taipei	Yang Po-hsuan	51,930	15	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	15	Lee Jhe-huei	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
16	9	China	He Jiting	50,690	12	April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11)	10	Tan Qiang	July 23, 2019 (2019-07-23)
16	9	China	Ren Xiangyu	50,690	12	April 11, 2023 (2023-04-11)	16	He Jiting	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
17	2	Malaysia	Man Wei Chong	50,840	17	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	17	Tee Kai Wun	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
17	2	Malaysia	Tee Kai Wun	50,840	17	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	17	Man Wei Chong	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
18	2	South Korea	Choi Sol-gyu	50,520	9	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	7	Seo Seung-jae	November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19)
18	2	South Korea	Kim Won-ho	50,520	9	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	9	Choi Sol-gyu	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
19	1	Denmark	Rasmus Kjær	49,930	18	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	18	Frederik Søgaard	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
19	1	Denmark	Frederik Søgaard	49,930	18	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	18	Rasmus Kjær	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
20		Indonesia	Pramudya Kusumawardana	49,763	11	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	11	Yeremia Rambitan	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
20		Indonesia	Yeremia Rambitan	49,763	11	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	11	Pramudya Kusumawardana	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)

Women's doubles

BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) as of 30 January 2024^[update]^[12]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
#		Country	Players	Points	Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1		China	Chen Qingchen	108,654	1	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)	1	Jia Yifan	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
1		China	Jia Yifan	108,654	1	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)	1	Chen Qingchen	October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
2		South Korea	Baek Ha-na	98,550	2	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	2	Lee So-hee	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
2		South Korea	Lee So-hee	98,550	2	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	2	Chang Ye-na Shin Seung-chan Baek Ha-na	November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09) December 21, 2021 (2021-12-21) May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
3		South Korea	Kim So-yeong	88,475	1	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	1	Kong Hee-yong	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
3		South Korea	Kong Hee-yong	88,475	1	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)	1	Kim So-yeong	October 4, 2022 (2022-10-04)
4	1	China	Liu Shengshu	86,000	4	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	4	Tan Ning	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
4	1	China	Tan Ning	86,000	4	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	4	Liu Shengshu	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
5	1	China	Zhang Shuxian	83,193	2	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	2	Zheng Yu	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
5	1	China	Zheng Yu	83,193	2	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)	2	Zhang Shuxian	May 23, 2023 (2023-05-23)
6	1	Japan	Nami Matsuyama	81,745	2	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	2	Chiharu Shida	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
6	1	Japan	Chiharu Shida	81,745	2	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	2	Nami Matsuyama	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
7	3	Japan	Yuki Fukushima	81,725	1	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	1	Sayaka Hirota	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
7	3	Japan	Sayaka Hirota	81,725	1	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	1	Yuki Fukushima	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
8		Japan	Mayu Matsumoto	79,883	1	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	1	Wakana Nagahara	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)
8		Japan	Wakana Nagahara	79,883	1	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)	1	Mayu Matsumoto	April 30, 2019 (2019-04-30)
9		Indonesia	Apriyani Rahayu	74,993	4	March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)	3	Greysia Polii	September 20, 2018 (2018-09-20)
9		Indonesia	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	74,993	4	March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)	4	Apriyani Rahayu	March 18, 2023 (2023-03-18)
10		Thailand	Jongkolphan Kititharakul	72,273	5	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	5	Rawinda Prajongjai	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)
10		Thailand	Rawinda Prajongjai	72,273	5	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	5	Jongkolphan Kititharakul	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)
11		Japan	Rena Miyaura	64,570	11	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	11	Ayako Sakuramoto	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
11		Japan	Ayako Sakuramoto	64,570	11	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	9	Yukiko Takahata	February 5, 2019 (2019-02-05)
12		South Korea	Jeong Na-eun	63,610	3	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	3	Kim Hye-jeong	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
12		South Korea	Kim Hye-jeong	63,610	3	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	3	Jeong Na-eun	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
13	1	Thailand	Benyapa Aimsaard	61,085	9	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	9	Nuntakarn Aimsaard	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
13	1	Thailand	Nuntakarn Aimsaard	61,085	9	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	9	Benyapa Aimsaard	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
14	1	Malaysia	Pearly Tan	61,061	5	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)	5	Thinaah Muralitharan	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
14	1	Malaysia	Thinaah Muralitharan	61,061	5	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)	5	Pearly Tan	January 31, 2023 (2023-01-31)
15		Japan	Rin Iwanaga	60,960	15	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)	15	Kie Nakanishi	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)
15		Japan	Kie Nakanishi	60,960	15	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)	15	Rin Iwanaga	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)
16		China	Li Wenmei	58,979	14	July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)	9	Zheng Yu	January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14)
16		China	Liu Xuanxuan	58,979	14	July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)	14	Li Wenmei	July 25, 2023 (2023-07-25)
17		Hong Kong, China	Yeung Nga Ting	52,220	17	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	17	Yeung Pui Lam	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
17		Hong Kong, China	Yeung Pui Lam	52,220	17	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)	17	Yeung Nga Ting	January 23, 2024 (2024-01-23)
18		Indonesia	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	51,220	13	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)	13	Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)
18		Indonesia	Amalia Cahaya Pratiwi	51,220	13	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)	13	Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma	May 16, 2023 (2023-05-16)
19		Denmark	Maiken Fruergaard	51,014	14	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	14	Sara Thygesen	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)
19		Denmark	Sara Thygesen	51,014	14	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)	14	Maiken Fruergaard	January 15, 2019 (2019-01-15)
20	1	France	Margot Lambert	48,917	20	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	20	Anne Tran	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
20	1	France	Anne Tran	48,917	20	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	18	Émilie Lefel	March 19, 2019 (2019-03-19)

Mixed doubles

BWF World Rankings (Mixed doubles) as of 30 January 2024^[update]^[13]
#		Country	Players	Points	Highest peak (pair)		Highest peak (individual)
#		Country	Players	Points	Rank	Date	Rank	Partner	Date
1		China	Zheng Siwei	111,456	1	August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)	1	Chen Qingchen Huang Yaqiong	December 22, 2016 (2016-12-22) August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)
1		China	Huang Yaqiong	111,456	1	August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)	1	Zheng Siwei	August 9, 2018 (2018-08-09)
2		Japan	Yuta Watanabe	93,995	1	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	1	Arisa Higashino	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
2		Japan	Arisa Higashino	93,995	1	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)	1	Yuta Watanabe	November 8, 2022 (2022-11-08)
3		South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	90,406	3	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)	3	Chae Yoo-jung	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)
3		South Korea	Chae Yoo-jung	90,406	3	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)	3	Seo Seung-jae	November 28, 2023 (2023-11-28)
4		China	Feng Yanzhe	88,900	3	August 1, 2023 (2023-08-01)	3	Huang Dongping	August 1, 2023 (2023-08-01)
4		China	Huang Dongping	88,900	3	August 1, 2023 (2023-08-01)	1	Wang Yilyu	April 12, 2018 (2018-04-12)
5		China	Jiang Zhenbang	84,550	5	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	5	Wei Yaxin	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
5		China	Wei Yaxin	84,550	5	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	5	Jiang Zhenbang	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
6		Thailand	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	80,534	1	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)	1	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
6		Thailand	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	80,534	1	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)	1	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)
7		South Korea	Kim Won-ho	78,437	5	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)	5	Jeong Na-eun	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)
7		South Korea	Jeong Na-eun	78,437	5	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)	5	Kim Won-ho	June 20, 2023 (2023-06-20)
8		Hong Kong, China	Tang Chun Man	69,230	2	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	2	Tse Ying Suet	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
8		Hong Kong, China	Tse Ying Suet	69,230	2	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)	2	Tang Chun Man	June 28, 2018 (2018-06-28)
9		Malaysia	Chen Tang Jie	67,578	8	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	8	Toh Ee Wei	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
9		Malaysia	Toh Ee Wei	67,578	8	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)	8	Chen Tang Jie	December 12, 2023 (2023-12-12)
10		Denmark	Mathias Christiansen	66,228	8	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)	4	Christinna Pedersen	October 25, 2018 (2018-10-25)
10		Denmark	Alexandra Bøje	66,228	8	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)	8	Mathias Christiansen	October 25, 2022 (2022-10-25)
11	2	Japan	Hiroki Midorikawa	64,120	11	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	11	Natsu Saito	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
11	2	Japan	Natsu Saito	64,120	11	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)	11	Hiroki Midorikawa	January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)
12	1	Chinese Taipei	Ye Hong-wei	63,094	11	October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)	11	Lee Chia-hsin	October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)
12	1	Chinese Taipei	Lee Chia-hsin	63,094	11	October 24, 2023 (2023-10-24)	10	Wang Chi-lin	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
13	1	France	Thom Gicquel	58,271	5	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	5	Delphine Delrue	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
13	1	France	Delphine Delrue	58,271	5	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)	5	Thom Gicquel	January 3, 2023 (2023-01-03)
14		Malaysia	Goh Soon Huat	57,394	6	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	6	Shevon Jemie Lai	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
14		Malaysia	Shevon Jemie Lai	57,394	6	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)	6	Goh Soon Huat	June 21, 2018 (2018-06-21)
15		Netherlands	Robin Tabeling	56,313	8	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)	8	Selena Piek	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)
15		Netherlands	Selena Piek	56,313	8	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)	8	Robin Tabeling	July 18, 2023 (2023-07-18)
16		Thailand	Supak Jomkoh	54,608	10	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	10	Supissara Paewsampran	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)
16		Thailand	Supissara Paewsampran	54,608	10	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)	10	Supak Jomkoh	December 20, 2022 (2022-12-20)
17	3	Indonesia	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto	54,520	10	May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)	10	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)
17	3	Indonesia	Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	54,520	10	May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)	10	Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto	May 2, 2023 (2023-05-02)
18		Indonesia	Rinov Rivaldy	53,464	9	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	9	Pitha Haningtyas Mentari	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
18		Indonesia	Pitha Haningtyas Mentari	53,464	9	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	9	Rinov Rivaldy	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
19		Japan	Kyohei Yamashita	53,349	13	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	13	Naru Shinoya	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
19		Japan	Naru Shinoya	53,349	13	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)	13	Kyohei Yamashita	December 27, 2022 (2022-12-27)
20	3	Indonesia	Dejan Ferdinansyah	53,066	14	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	14	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)
20	3	Indonesia	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	53,066	14	May 30, 2023 (2023-05-30)	6	Hafiz Faizal	May 7, 2019 (2019-05-07)

World team rankings

BWF World Team Rankings as of 2 January 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
#		Country	Conf.	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Player	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Rank	Point	Points	Rank	Date
1		China	BA	Li Shifeng	3	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	7	1,000.0	2	2,000.0	15,500.0	1	January 2011 (2011-01)
2		South Korea	BA	Jeon Hyeok-jin	57	500	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	3	1,500	2	4,000	8	1,000.0	1	2,500.0	14,000.0	1	July 2017 (2017-07)
3		Japan	BA	Kodai Naraoka	2	1,500	Akane Yamaguchi	3	1,500	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi	7	1,200	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida	4	1,200	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino	2	1,500	3	3,000	3	1,500.0	3	1,500.0	12,900.0	1	October 2018 (2018-10)
4		Indonesia	BA	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	4	1,200	Gregoria Mariska Tunjung	7	1,200	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	6	1,200	Apriyani Rahayu Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	6	1,200	Dejan Ferdinansyah Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	14	1,000	5	2,000	2	2,000.0	5	1,000.0	10,800.0	3	October 2011 (2011-10)
5		Denmark	BE	Viktor Axelsen	1	1,500	Mia Blichfeldt	18	1,000	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	5	1,200	Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	20	1,000	Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	10	1,200	8	2,000	3	1,500.0	7	1,000.0	10,400.0	2	January 2012 (2012-01)
6		India	BA	Prannoy H. S.	8	1,200	P. V. Sindhu	11	1,000	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty	2	1,500	Treesa Jolly Gayatri Gopichand	19	1,000	Rohan Kapoor Sikki Reddy	40	500	11	1,500	1	2,500.0	8	1,000.0	10,200.0	5	July 2023 (2023-07)
7		Malaysia	BA	Lee Zii Jia	11	1,000	Goh Jin Wei	31	750	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik	4	1,200	Pearly Tan Thinaah Muralitharan	12	1,000	Chen Tang Jie Toh Ee Wei	9	1,200	3	3,000	5	1,000.0	9	750.0	9,900.0	5	October 2022 (2022-10)
8		Thailand	BA	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	7	1,200	Ratchanok Intanon	13	1,000	Supak Jomkoh Kittinupong Kedren	33	500	Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai	10	1,200	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai	6	1,200	5	2,000	9	750.0	3	1,500.0	9,350.0	4	October 2013 (2013-10)
9		Chinese Taipei	BA	Chou Tien-chen	14	1,000	Tai Tzu-ying	4	1,200	Lee Yang Wang Chi-lin	10	1,200	Lee Chia-hsin Teng Chun-hsun	23	500	Ye Hong-wei Lee Chia-hsin	12	1,000	7	2,000	6	1,000.0	6	1,000.0	8,900.0	5	July 2018 (2018-07)
10		France	BE	Toma Junior Popov	25	750	Qi Xuefei	58	500	Lucas Corvée Ronan Labar	36	500	Margot Lambert Anne Tran	22	500	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue	11	1,000	9	1,500	10	750.0	14	675.0	6,175.0	10	July 2023 (2023-07)
11		Canada	BPA	Brian Yang	26	750	Michelle Li	24	750	Adam Dong Nyl Yakura	34	500	Catherine Choi Josephine Wu	28	500	Ty Alexander Lindeman Josephine Wu	29	500	13	1,500	14	675.0	10	750.0	5,925.0	11	July 2023 (2023-07)
12	2	Hong Kong	BA	Lee Cheuk Yiu	17	1,000	Lo Sin Yan	84	500	Law Cheuk Him Yeung Shing Choi	109	125	Yeung Nga Ting Yeung Pui Lam	21	500	Tang Chun Man Tse Ying Suet	8	1,200	5	1,250	7	467.5	6	600.0	5,642.5	9	July 2014 (2014-07)
13	1	Germany	BE	Kai Schäfer	77	500	Yvonne Li	27	750	Mark Lamsfuß Marvin Seidel	24	500	Linda Efler Isabel Lohau	32	500	Mark Lamsfuß Isabel Lohau	30	500	13	1,350	12	750.0	12	750.0	5,600.0	7	October 2011 (2011-10)
14	1	Singapore	BA	Loh Kean Yew	10	1,200	Yeo Jia Min	22	750	Andy Kwek Loh Kean Hean	86	250	Jin Yujia Crystal Wong	35	500	Terry Hee Jessica Tan	22	500	10	1,500	13	675.0	—		5,375.0	9	October 2014 (2014-10)
15		United States	BPA	Howard Shu	76	500	Beiwen Zhang	9	1,200	Vinson Chiu Joshua Yuan	50	500	Annie Xu Kerry Xu	31	500	Vinson Chiu Jennie Gai	31	500	2	800	15	675.0	13	675.0	5,350.0	14	October 2011 (2011-10)
16		England	BE	Harry Huang	112	250	Freya Redfearn	132	250	Ben Lane Sean Vendy	20	1,000	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith	38	500	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith	28	500	14	1,350	11	750.0	—		4,600.0	10	July 2019 (2019-07)
17	3	Brazil	BPA	Ygor Coelho	47	750	Juliana Viana Vieira	53	500	Fabrício Farias Davi Silva	62	250	Sânia Lima Juliana Viana Vieira	50	500	Davi Silva Sânia Lima	46	500	3	750	2	400.0	3	375.0	4,025.0	17	January 2024 (2024-01)
18	1	Australia	BO	Nathan Tang	155	250	Tiffany Ho	96	500	Rizky Hidayat Frengky Wijaya Putra	127	125	Setyana Mapasa Angela Yu	41	500	Kenneth Choo Gronya Somerville	44	500	15	1,350	—		15	675.0	3,900.0	16	October 2017 (2017-10)
19	1	Spain	BE	Pablo Abián	68	500	Carolina Marín	5	1,200	Ruben García Carlos Piris	102	125	Clara Azurmendi Beatriz Corrales	81	250	Ruben García Lucía Rodríguez	141	125	7	875	—		11	750.0	3,825.0	14	April 2023 (2023-04)
20	2	Netherlands	BE	Mark Caljouw	52	500	Jaymie Laurens	157	250	Ruben Jille Ties van der Lecq	58	250	Debora Jille Cheryl Seinen	33	500	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek	16	1,000	6	1,135	—		—		3,635.0	11	January 2020 (2020-01)
21		Scotland	BE	Joshua Apiliga	460	100	Kirsty Gilmour	25	750	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall	31	500	Julie MacPherson Ciara Torrance	45	500	Adam Hall Julie MacPherson	43	500	5	1,135	—		—		3,485.0	19	January 2023 (2023-01)
22	1	Egypt	BCA	Adham Hatem Elgamal	137	250	Nour Ahmed Youssri	129	250	Adham Hatem Elgamal Ahmed Salah	214	50	Nour Ahmed Youssri Doha Hany	228	50	Adham Hatem Elgamal Doha Hany	74	250	16	1,350	2	300.0	16	675.0	3,175.0	18	October 2022 (2022-10)
23	2	Mexico	BPA	Luis Ramón Garrido	120	500	Vanessa Garcia	91	500	Job Castillo Luis Montoya	56	250	Haramara Gaitán Sabrina Solís	67	250	Luis Montoya Miriam Rodríguez	55	250	4	700	3	375.0	5	312.5	3137.5	21	October 2016 (2016-10)
24	2	Bulgaria	BE	Dimitar Yanakiev	216	100	Kaloyana Nalbantova	76	500	Ivan Rusev Iliyan Stoynov	106	125	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva	18	1,000	Iliyan Stoynov Hristomira Popovska	81	250	5	1,135	—		—		3,110.0	16	July 2018 (2018-07)
25	1	Guatemala	BPA	Kevin Cordón	42	750	Nikté Sotomayor	101	250	Aníbal Marroquín Jonathan Solís	91	250	Diana Corleto Soto Nikté Sotomayor	99	250	Jonathan Solís Diana Corleto Soto	111	125	5	625	5	312.5	4	350.0	2,912.5	22	January 2023 (2023-01)

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		Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2021	Viktor Axelsen	Tai Tzu-ying		Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai
2022	Viktor Axelsen	Akane Yamaguchi	Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	Zheng Siwei Huang Yaqiong
2023	Viktor Axelsen	An Se-young	Liang Weikeng Wang Chang	Chen Qingchen Jia Yifan	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: January 30, 2024 (2024-01-30)

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	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	29 November 2021	121	121
	Viktor Axelsen	30 November 2021		113	164

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	20 August 2015	10	(10)
	Saina Nehwal	21 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 May 2022	66	(213)
	Akane Yamaguchi	3 May 2022	29 August 2022	17	(27)
	Tai Tzu-ying	30 August 2022	5 September 2022	1	214
	Akane Yamaguchi	6 September 2022	31 July 2023	47	74
14	An Se-young	1 August 2023		26	26

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	Mohammad Ahsan	21 November 2013	13 August 2014	38	38
7	Hendra Setiawan	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	19 September 2022	215	227
	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	28 September 2017	19 September 2022	215	227
12	Takuro Hoki	20 September 2022	26 December 2022	14	14
12	Yugo Kobayashi	20 September 2022	26 December 2022	14	14
13	Fajar Alfian	27 December 2022	10 October 2023	41	41
13	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	27 December 2022	10 October 2023	41	41
14	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	10 October 2023	31 October 2023	3	(3)
14	Chirag Shetty	10 October 2023	31 October 2023	3	(3)
15	Liang Weikeng	31 October 2023	22 January 2024	11	11
15	Wang Chang	31 October 2023	22 January 2024	11	11
	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	23 January 2024		2	5
	Chirag Shetty	23 January 2024		2	5

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	1 February 2021	18	(55)
	Jia Yifan	19 November 2019	1 February 2021	18	(55)
	Yuki Fukushima	2 February 2021	20 December 2021	46	88
	Sayaka Hirota	2 February 2021	20 December 2021	46	88
	Chen Qingchen	21 December 2021	3 October 2022	41	(96)
	Jia Yifan	21 December 2021	3 October 2022	41	(96)
14	Kim So-yeong	4 October 2022	18 October 2022	3	3
14	Kong Hee-yong	4 October 2022	18 October 2022	3	3
	Chen Qingchen	25 October 2022		66	162
	Jia Yifan	25 October 2022		66	162

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 Yilyu	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 Yilyu	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	6 December 2021	129	(129)
13	Huang Yaqiong	9 August 2018	6 December 2021	129	(129)
14	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	7 December 2021	20 June 2022	28	(28)
14	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	7 December 2021	20 June 2022	28	(28)
	Zheng Siwei	21 June 2022	15 August 2022	8	(137)
	Huang Yaqiong	21 June 2022	15 August 2022	8	(137)
	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	16 August 2022	7 November 2022	12	(40)
	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	16 August 2022	7 November 2022	12	(40)
15	Yuta Watanabe	8 November 2022	14 November 2022	1	1
15	Arisa Higashino	8 November 2022	14 November 2022	1	1
	Zheng Siwei	15 November 2022	28 November 2022	2	(139)
	Huang Yaqiong	15 November 2022	28 November 2022	2	(139)
	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	29 November 2022	12 December 2022	2	42
	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	29 November 2022	12 December 2022	2	42
	Zheng Siwei	13 December 2022		58	197
	Huang Yaqiong	13 December 2022		58	197

Players with highest career rank 2–5

Last update: 30 January 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):

Men's singles[edit]

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Peter Gade	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)
	Shi Yuqi	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)
	Chou Tien-chen	6 August 2019 (2019-08-06)
	Anders Antonsen	27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
	Lee Zii Jia	25 October 2022 (2022-10-25)
	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
	Jonatan Christie	31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
	Kodai Naraoka	12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
World number 3
	Simon Santoso	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Du Pengyu	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
	Kenichi Tago	31 October 2013 (2013-10-31)
	Tommy Sugiarto	19 December 2013 (2013-12-19)
	Loh Kean Yew	8 November 2022 (2022-11-08)
	Kunlavut Vitidsarn	6 June 2023 (2023-06-06)
	Li Shifeng	31 October 2023 (2023-10-31)
World number 4
	Boonsak Ponsana	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)
	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	24 January 2013 (2013-01-24)
	Hu Yun	30 May 2013 (2013-05-30)
World number 5
	Nguyễn Tiến Minh	2 December 2010 (2010-12-02)

Women's singles[edit]

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Zhou Mi	1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
	Juliane Schenk	20 June 2013 (2013-06-20)
	Sung Ji-hyun	16 March 2017 (2017-03-16)
	P. V. Sindhu	6 April 2017 (2017-04-06)
World number 3
	Jiang Yanjiao	21 January 2010 (2010-01-21)
World number 4
	Pi Hongyan	19 November 2009 (2009-11-19)
	Sun Yu	22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)
World number 5
	Lu Lan	21 January 2010 (2010-01-21)
	Liu Xin	14 April 2011 (2011-04-14)
	Bae Yeon-ju	2 June 2011 (2011-06-02)
	He Bingjiao	15 November 2022 (2022-11-15)

Men's doubles[edit]

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Ko Sung-hyun	3 February 2011 (2011-02-03)
	Yoo Yeon-seong	3 February 2011 (2011-02-03)
	Hiroyuki Endo	6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
	Kenichi Hayakawa	6 March 2014 (2014-03-06)
	Fu Haifeng	25 August 2016 (2016-08-25)
	Zhang Nan	25 August 2016 (2016-08-25)
	Kim Gi-jung	22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)
	Kim Sa-rang	22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)
	Chai Biao	6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)
	Hong Wei	6 October 2016 (2016-10-06)
	Takeshi Kamura	26 January 2017 (2017-01-26)
	Keigo Sonoda	26 January 2017 (2017-01-26)
	Liu Cheng	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
	Zhang Nan	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
	Lee Yang	27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
	Wang Chi-lin	27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
	Aaron Chia	24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
	Soh Wooi Yik	24 January 2023 (2023-01-24)
	Liu Yuchen	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
	Ou Xuanyi	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
World number 3
	Guo Zhendong	1 July 2010 (2010-07-01)
	Xu Chen	1 July 2010 (2010-07-01)
	Fang Chieh-min	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
	Lee Sheng-mu	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
	Ko Sung-hyun	22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)
	Shin Baek-cheol	22 January 2015 (2015-01-22)
	Lee Sheng-mu	19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
	Tsai Chia-hsin	19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
	Kang Min-hyuk	19 December 2023 (2023-12-19)
	Seo Seung-jae	19 December 2023 (2023-12-19)
World number 4
	Hong Wei	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
	Shen Ye	17 January 2013 (2013-01-17)
	Liu Xiaolong	19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
	Qiu Zihan	19 March 2015 (2015-03-19)
	Mads Conrad-Petersen	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
	Mads Pieler Kolding	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
	Chen Hung-ling	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
	Wang Chi-lin	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
	Hiroyuki Endo	5 March 2019 (2019-03-05)
	Yuta Watanabe	5 March 2019 (2019-03-05)
World number 5
	Alvent Yulianto	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
	Chai Biao	22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)
	Guo Zhendong	22 December 2011 (2011-12-22)
	Mohammad Ahsan	9 August 2012 (2012-08-09)
	Bona Septano	9 August 2012 (2012-08-09)
	Kim Astrup	27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)
	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	27 September 2018 (2018-09-27)
	Han Chengkai	9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)
	Zhou Haodong	9 April 2019 (2019-04-09)

Women's doubles[edit]

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Chin Eei Hui	1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
	Wong Pei Tty	1 October 2009 (2009-10-01)
	Ha Jung-eun	5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)
	Kim Min-jung	5 November 2009 (2009-11-05)
	Miyuki Maeda	11 November 2010 (2010-11-11)
	Satoko Suetsuna	11 November 2010 (2010-11-11)
	Bao Yixin	1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)
	Zhong Qianxin	1 November 2012 (2012-11-01)
	Ma Jin	11 July 2013 (2013-07-11)
	Tang Jinhua	11 July 2013 (2013-07-11)
	Kamilla Rytter Juhl	24 October 2013 (2013-10-24)
	Christinna Pedersen	24 October 2013 (2013-10-24)
	Nitya Krishinda Maheswari	28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)
	Greysia Polii	28 January 2016 (2016-01-28)
	Tang Yuanting	14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)
	Yu Yang	14 April 2016 (2016-04-14)
	Jung Kyung-eun	10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)
	Shin Seung-chan	10 November 2016 (2016-11-10)
	Chang Ye-na	9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)
	Lee So-hee	9 November 2017 (2017-11-09)
	Lee So-hee	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
	Shin Seung-chan	21 December 2021 (2021-12-21)
	Nami Matsuyama	8 November 2022 (2022-11-08)
	Chiharu Shida	8 November 2022 (2022-11-08)
	Zhang Shuxian	23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
	Zheng Yu	23 May 2023 (2023-05-23)
	Baek Ha-na	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
	Lee So-hee	30 May 2023 (2023-05-30)
World number 3
	Petya Nedelcheva	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)
	Anastasia Russkikh	25 November 2010 (2010-11-25)
	Mizuki Fujii	5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
	Reika Kakiiwa	5 January 2012 (2012-01-05)
	Shizuka Matsuo	25 April 2013 (2013-04-25)
	Mami Naito	25 April 2013 (2013-04-25)
	Greysia Polii	20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)
	Apriyani Rahayu	20 September 2018 (2018-09-20)
	Jeong Na-eun	27 December 2022 (2022-12-27)
	Kim Hye-jeong	27 December 2022 (2022-12-27)
World number 4
	Lee Hyo-jung	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
	Lee Kyung-won	26 November 2009 (2009-11-26)
	Valeria Sorokina	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)
	Nina Vislova	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)
	Duanganong Aroonkesorn	13 January 2011 (2011-01-13)
	Kunchala Voravichitchaikul	13 January 2011 (2011-01-13)
	Chang Ye-na	14 August 2014 (2014-08-14)
	Kim So-yeong	14 August 2014 (2014-08-14)
	Shiho Tanaka	31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)
	Koharu Yonemoto	31 May 2018 (2018-05-31)
	Apriyani Rahayu	18 April 2023 (2023-04-18)
	Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti	18 April 2023 (2023-04-18)
	Liu Shengshu	30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)
	Tan Ning	30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)
World number 5
	Pan Pan	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)
	Tian Qing	16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)
	Greysia Polii	12 May 2011 (2011-05-12)
	Meiliana Jauhari	12 May 2011 (2011-05-12)
	Eom Hye-won	25 April 2013 (2013-04-25)
	Chang Ye-na	25 April 2013 (2013-04-25)
	Jung Kyung-eun	26 September 2013 (2013-09-26)
	Kim Ha-na	26 September 2013 (2013-09-26)
	Reika Kakiiwa	17 April 2014 (2014-04-17)
	Miyuki Maeda	17 April 2014 (2014-04-17)
	Du Yue	17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)
	Li Yinhui	17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)
	Jongkolphan Kititharakul	20 December 2022 (2022-12-20)
	Rawinda Prajongjai	20 December 2022 (2022-12-20)
	Pearly Tan	31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)
	Thinaah Muralitharan	31 January 2023 (2023-01-31)

Mixed doubles[edit]

NOC	Player	Date reached
World number 2
	Hendra Aprida Gunawan	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Vita Marissa	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Sudket Prapakamol	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
	Saralee Thungthongkam	9 December 2010 (2010-12-09)
	Tao Jiaming	18 August 2011 (2011-08-18)
	Tian Qing	18 August 2011 (2011-08-18)
	Praveen Jordan	27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
	Debby Susanto	27 October 2016 (2016-10-27)
	Lu Kai	13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
	Huang Yaqiong	13 April 2017 (2017-04-13)
	Tang Chun Man	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
	Tse Ying Suet	21 June 2018 (2018-06-21)
World number 3
	Chan Peng Soon	22 November 2012 (2012-11-22)
	Goh Liu Ying	22 November 2012 (2012-11-22)
	Liu Cheng	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)
	Bao Yixin	2 April 2015 (2015-04-02)
	Feng Yanzhe	1 August 2023 (2023-08-01)
	Huang Dongping	1 August 2023 (2023-08-01)
	Seo Seung-jae	28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)
	Chae Yoo-jung	28 November 2023 (2023-11-28)
World number 4
	He Hanbin	29 October 2009 (2009-10-29)
	Yu Yang	29 October 2009 (2009-10-29)
	Ko Sung-hyun	2 June 2011 (2011-06-02)
	Ha Jung-eun	2 June 2011 (2011-06-02)
	Chris Adcock	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)
	Gabby Adcock	24 August 2017 (2017-08-24)
	Mathias Christiansen	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
	Christinna Pedersen	25 October 2018 (2018-10-25)
	Praveen Jordan	17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)
	Melati Daeva Oktavianti	17 March 2020 (2020-03-17)
World number 5
	Tao Jiaming	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Zhang Yawen	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Nathan Robertson	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Jenny Wallwork	26 August 2010 (2010-08-26)
	Chen Hung-ling	3 November 2011 (2011-11-03)
	Cheng Wen-hsing	3 November 2011 (2011-11-03)
	Seo Seung-jae	17 May 2018 (2018-05-17)
	Kim Ha-na	17 May 2018 (2018-05-17)
	Tan Kian Meng	20 December 2022 (2022-12-20)
	Lai Pei Jing	20 December 2022 (2022-12-20)
	Thom Gicquel	3 January 2023 (2023-01-03)
	Delphine Delrue	3 January 2023 (2023-01-03)
	Kim Won-ho	20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)
	Jeong Na-eun	20 June 2023 (2023-06-20)
	Jiang Zhenbang	12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
	Wei Yaxin	12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)

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World rankings: Top ten badminton players as of 12 December 2023

Men's singles	Women's singles	Men's doubles	Women's doubles	Mixed doubles
Axelsen Naraoka 1 Li 2 Ginting 2 Vitidsarn 1 Christie 2 Shi Prannoy Loh Lee	An Chen Yamaguchi Tai Marín He Tunjung Han Zhang Wang	Liang / Wang Rankireddy / Shetty Chia / Soh Astrup / Rasmussen Alfian / Ardianto Kang / Seo Hoki / Kobayashi Liu / Ou Lee / Wang Fikri / Maulana 2	Chen / Jia Baek / Lee Kim / Kong Matsuyama / Shida Fukushima / Hirota Zhang / Zheng Rahayu / Ramadhanti Matsumoto / Nagahara Liu / Tan 1 Kititharakul / Prajongjai 1	Zheng / Huang Watanabe / Higashino Seo / Chae Feng / Huang Jiang / Wei 1 Puavaranukroh / Taerattanachai 1 Kim / Jeong Chen / Toh 1 Christiansen / Bøje 1 Tang / Tse 1

Badminton World Federation (BWF) seasons and circuits

IBF World Grand Prix

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Super Series Premier / Super Series

Grand Prix Gold / Grand Prix

BWF World Tour

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circuits

International Challenge	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
International Series	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Future Series	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

BWF World Ranking

v t e International badminton
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Asia	BA – Asia Championships (Individual, Team, Mixed Team) Junior Championships Asian Para Championships
Europe	BE – European Championships Men's and Women's Team Championships Mixed Team Championships Junior Championships Senior Championships European Para Championships
Oceania	BO – Oceania Championships Oceania Para Championships
Americas	BPA – Pan Am Championships Junior Championships Pan Am Para Championships
Games	African Games Arab Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Deaflympics East Asian Games European Games Island Games Pan American Games SEA Games World University Games World Games (defunct)

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