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
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)	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 –
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.

Current rankings[]

Players in their highest peak are marked in light yellow.

Men's singles[]

BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) as of 3 August 2021^[7]
#		Country	Players	Points
1		Japan	Kento Momota	109,118
2		Denmark	Viktor Axelsen	103,876
3		Denmark	Anders Antonsen	94,875
4		Chinese Taipei	Chou Tien-chen	89,828
5		Indonesia	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	86,232
6		China	Chen Long	84,400
7		Indonesia	Jonatan Christie	74,770
8		Malaysia	Lee Zii Jia	69,689
9		Hong Kong	Ng Ka Long	69,270
10	1	China	Shi Yuqi	64,941
11	1	Chinese Taipei	Wang Tzu-wei	63,793
12		Denmark	Rasmus Gemke	61,070
13		Japan	Kanta Tsuneyama	59,285
14		India	Srikanth Kidambi	56,499
15		India	B. Sai Praneeth	56,467
16		Japan	Kenta Nishimoto	54,233
17		Hong Kong	Lee Cheuk Yiu	53,961
18		Thailand	Kantaphon Wangcharoen	53,571
19		Indonesia	Shesar Hiren Rhustavito	50,630
20		Denmark	Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	50,108

Women's singles[]

BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) as of 3 August 2021^[8]
#		Country	Player	Points
1		Chinese Taipei	Tai Tzu-ying	107,875
2		China	Chen Yufei	101,065
3		Japan	Nozomi Okuhara	95,886
4		Spain	Carolina Marín	95,800
5		Japan	Akane Yamaguchi	88,000
6		Thailand	Ratchanok Intanon	82,685
7		India	P. V. Sindhu	82,434
8		South Korea	An Se-young	76,178
9		China	He Bingjiao	72,740
10		Thailand	Pornpawee Chochuwong	68,456
11		Canada	Michelle Li	67,550
12		Denmark	Mia Blichfeldt	61,295
13		Thailand	Busanan Ongbamrungphan	57,754
14		United States	Beiwen Zhang	57,700
15		Japan	Sayaka Takahashi	54,734
16		South Korea	Sung Ji-hyun	54,010
17	1	South Korea	Kim Ga-eun	51293
18	1	China	Wang Zhiyi	50,640
19		India	Saina Nehwal	49,257
20		Japan	Aya Ohori	48,699

Men's doubles[]

BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) as of 3 August 2021^[9]
#		Country	Player	Points
1		Indonesia	Marcus Fernaldi Gideon	106,853
1		Indonesia	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	106,853
2		Indonesia	Mohammad Ahsan	101,957
2		Indonesia	Hendra Setiawan	101,957
3		Chinese Taipei	Lee Yang	94,973
3		Chinese Taipei	Wang Chi-lin	94,973
4	2	China	Li Junhui	87,330
4	2	China	Liu Yuchen	87,330
5	1	Japan	Hiroyuki Endo	84,863
5	1	Japan	Yuta Watanabe	84,863
6	1	Japan	Takeshi Kamura	84,503
6	1	Japan	Keigo Sonoda	84,503
7		Indonesia	Fajar Alfian	72,894
7		Indonesia	Muhammad Rian Ardianto	72,894
8	1	Malaysia	Aaron Chia	70,428
8	1	Malaysia	Soh Wooi Yik	70,428
9	1	South Korea	Choi Sol-gyu	67,260
9	1	South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	67,260
10		India	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy	65,200
10		India	Chirag Shetty	65,200
11	1	Denmark	Kim Astrup	64,809
11	1	Denmark	Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	64,809
12	1	England	Marcus Ellis	63,304
12	1	England	Chris Langridge	63,304
13		Malaysia	Goh V Shem	61,430
13		Malaysia	Tan Wee Kiong	61,430
14		Russia	Vladimir Ivanov	60,253
14		Russia	Ivan Sozonov	60,253
15		Malaysia	Ong Yew Sin	58,209
15		Malaysia	Teo Ee Yi	58,209
16		Japan	Takuro Hoki	57,188
16		Japan	Yugo Kobayashi	57,188
17	2	Germany	Mark Lamsfuß	54,191
17	2	Germany	Marvin Seidel	54,191
18	1	China	Han Chengkai	54,107
18	1	China	Zhou Haodong	54,107
19	1	England	Ben Lane	53,986
19	1	England	Sean Vendy	53,986
20		Chinese Taipei	Liao Min-chun	49,026
20		Chinese Taipei	Su Ching-heng	49,026

Women's doubles[]

BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) as of 3 August 2021^[10]
#		Country	Player	Points
1		Japan	Yuki Fukushima	101,608
1		Japan	Sayaka Hirota	101,608
2	1	China	Chen Qingchen	99,110
2	1	China	Jia Yifan	99,110
3	1	Japan	Mayu Matsumoto	96,683
3	1	Japan	Wakana Nagahara	96,683
4		South Korea	Lee So-hee	93,562
4		South Korea	Shin Seung-chan	93,562
5		South Korea	Kim So-yeong	91,736
5		South Korea	Kong Hee-yong	91,736
6		Indonesia	Greysia Polii	89,695
6		Indonesia	Apriyani Rahayu	89,695
7		China	Du Yue	78,729
7		China	Li Yinhui	78,729
8		Thailand	Jongkolphan Kititharakul	69,657
8		Thailand	Rawinda Prajongjai	69,657
9		South Korea	Chang Ye-na	62,940
9		South Korea	Kim Hye-rin	62,940
10		Japan	Nami Matsuyama	62,321
10		Japan	Chiharu Shida	62,321
11		Malaysia	Chow Mei Kuan	60,944
11		Malaysia	Lee Meng Yean	60,944
12		Bulgaria	Gabriela Stoeva	60,100
12		Bulgaria	Stefani Stoeva	60,100
13		South Korea	Baek Ha-na	59,110
13		South Korea	Jung Kyung-eun	59,110
14		England	Chloe Birch	57,743
14		England	Lauren Smith	57,743
15		China	Li Wenmei	56,340
15		China	Zheng Yu	56,340
16		Denmark	Maiken Fruergaard	53,812
16		Denmark	Sara Thygesen	53,812
17		Netherlands	Selena Piek	52,824
17		Netherlands	Cheryl Seinen	52,824
18		Malaysia	Vivian Hoo Kah Mun	48,502
18		Malaysia	Yap Cheng Wen	48,502
19		Malaysia	Pearly Tan Koong Le	47,015
19		Malaysia	Thinaah Muralitharan	47,015
20	4	Canada	Rachel Honderich	46,276
20	4	Canada	Kristen Tsai	46,276

Mixed doubles[]

BWF World Rankings (Mixed doubles) as of 30 March 2021^[11]
#		Country	Player	Points
1		China	Zheng Siwei	110,802
1		China	Huang Yaqiong	110,802
2	1	China	Wang Yilyu	103,112
2	1	China	Huang Dongping	103,112
3	1	Thailand	Dechapol Puavaranukroh	100,563
3	1	Thailand	Sapsiree Taerattanachai	100,563
4		Indonesia	Praveen Jordan	87,150
4		Indonesia	Melati Daeva Oktavianti	87,150
5		Japan	Yuta Watanabe	86,893
5		Japan	Arisa Higashino	86,893
6		South Korea	Seo Seung-jae	80,720
6		South Korea	Chae Yoo-jung	80,720
7	1	England	Marcus Ellis	70,740
7	1	England	Lauren Smith	70,740
8	1	Malaysia	Chan Peng Soon	70,420
8	1	Malaysia	Goh Liu Ying	70,420
9		Indonesia	Hafiz Faizal	65,941
9		Indonesia	Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja	65,941
10		France	Thom Gicquel	65,932
10		France	Delphine Delrue	65,932
11	2	Hong Kong	Tang Chun Man	64,966
11	2	Hong Kong	Tse Ying Suet	64,966
12	1	Malaysia	Tan Kian Meng	62,770
12	1	Malaysia	Lai Pei Jing	62,770
13	1	Malaysia	Goh Soon Huat	61,822
13	1	Malaysia	Shevon Jemie Lai	61,822
14	1	Germany	Mark Lamsfuß	59,234
14	1	Germany	Isabel Herttrich	59,234
15	1	England	Chris Adcock	59,002
15	1	England	Gabby Adcock	59,002
16	1	Denmark	Mathias Christiansen	50,149
16	1	Denmark	Alexandra Bøje	50,149
17	1	China	He Jiting	52,901
17	1	China	Du Yue	52,901
18		Netherlands	Robin Tabeling	52,429
18		Netherlands	Selena Piek	52,429
19		Japan	Yuki Kaneko	50,860
19		Japan	Misaki Matsutomo	50,860
20		Russia	Rodion Alimov	48,385
20		Russia	Alina Davletova	48,385

World team rankings[]

BWF World Team Rankings as of 7 January 2020^[12]
#		Country	Confederation	Points
1		China	BA	12,200
2		Japan	BA	11,500
3		Indonesia	BA	8,850
4		Thailand	BA	8,100
5	1	Chinese Taipei	BA	7,700
6	1	South Korea	BA	7,550
7		Malaysia	BA	7,150
8		Denmark	BE	6,200
9	1	India	BA	5,700
10	1	Hong Kong, China	BA	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	BA	3,650
18		United States	BPA	3,350
19	2	Vietnam	BA	2,800
20	1	Australia	BO	2,725

Year-end number one players[]

^[13]

Year	Men's Singles	Women's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles
2008	Lee Chong Wei	Zhou Mi	Markis Kido Hendra Setiawan	Du Jing Yu Yang	Nova Widianto Liliyana Natsir
2009	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Yihan	Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong	Ma Jin Wang Xiaoli	Lee Yong-dae Lee Hyo-jung
2010	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Xin	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl
2011	Lee Chong Wei	Wang Yihan	Cai Yun Fu Haifeng	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2012	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Xu Chen Ma Jin
2013	Lee Chong Wei	Li Xuerui	Mohammad Ahsan Hendra Setiawan	Wang Xiaoli Yu Yang	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2014	Chen Long	Li Xuerui	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Tian Qing Zhao Yunlei	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
2015	Chen Long	Carolina Marín	Lee Yong-dae Yoo Yeon-seong	Luo Ying Luo Yu	Zhang Nan Zhao Yunlei
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

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: 24 August 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		108	108

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	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		31	178

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		160	172
	Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo	28 September 2017		160	172

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	1 February 2021	18	55
	Jia Yifan	19 November 2019	1 February 2021	18	55
	Yuki Fukushima	2 February 2021		30	72
	Sayaka Hirota	2 February 2021		30	72

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		115	115
13	Huang Yaqiong	9 August 2018		115	115

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
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
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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