BWF Awards

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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.

Year Player Nationality
↓ 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
Year Player Nationality Player Nationality
↓ Male Player of the Year ↓ ↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2008[3] Lin Dan (3)  China Zhou Mi  Hong Kong
2009[4] Lee Chong Wei  Malaysia Wang Yihan  China
2010[4] Lee Chong Wei (2)  Malaysia Wang Xin  China
2011[4] Lee Chong Wei (3)  Malaysia Wang Xiaoli / Yu Yang  China
2012[5] Cai Yun / Fu Haifeng  China Wang Yihan (2)  China
2013[6] Lee Chong Wei (4)  Malaysia Li Xuerui  China
2014[7] Chen Long  China Zhao Yunlei  China
2015[8] Chen Long (2)  China Carolina Marín  Spain
2016[8] Lee Chong Wei (5)  Malaysia Misaki Matsutomo / Ayaka Takahashi  Japan
2017[8] Marcus Fernaldi Gideon / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo  Indonesia Chen Qingchen  China
2018[8] Marcus Fernaldi Gideon (2) / Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (2)  Indonesia Huang Yaqiong  China
2019[8] Kento Momota  Japan Huang Yaqiong (2)  China
2020–2021[9] Viktor Axelsen  Denmark Tai Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei

Para-player of the Year[]

This award was first presented in 2015.[10]

Year Male Player Nationality Female Player Nationality
↓ Male Player of the Year ↓ ↓ Female Player of the Year ↓
2015[8]  South Korea Helle Sofie Sagøy  Norway
2016[8] Lucas Mazur  France Karin Suter-Erath   Switzerland
2017[8]  South Korea  Thailand
2018[8] Jack Shephard  England Leani Ratri Oktila  Indonesia
2019[8] Qu Zimo  China Leani Ratri Oktila (2)  Indonesia
2020–2021[9] Qu Zimo (2)  China Leani Ratri Oktila (3)  Indonesia

Pair of the Year[]

Year Player Nationality Player Nationality
↓ Pair of the Year ↓ ↓ Para-badminton Pair of the Year ↓
2020–2021[9] Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu  Indonesia Lucas Mazur / Faustine Noël  France

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.

Year Player Nationality
2008[11] 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
2020–2021[9] Kunlavut Vitidsarn  Thailand

Most Improved Player[]

Year Player Nationality
2016[8] P. V. 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
2020–2021[9] Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin  Chinese Taipei

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.

Year Male Player Nationality Female Player Nationality
2013[5] Ko Sung-hyun  South Korea Tai Tzu-ying  Chinese Taipei
2014
2015[10] Chou Tien-chen  Chinese Taipei Ratchanok Intanon  Thailand
2016[12] Viktor Axelsen  Denmark Woon Khe Wei  Malaysia
2017[13] Srikanth Kidambi  India Tai Tzu-ying (2)  Chinese Taipei
2018[14] Shi Yuqi  China P. V. Sindhu  India
2019[15] Viktor Axelsen (2)  Denmark Ratchanok Intanon (2)  Thailand

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