Lin Dan career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of a former professional badminton player, Lin Dan. Lin has won sixty-six singles titles, including five BWF Super Series Premier titles, fifteen BWF Super Series titles, and one BWF Super Series Finals title. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time world champion and six-time all england champion as well.

Significant medal matches[]

Olympic Games[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2008	Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium, Beijing, China	Lee Chong Wei	21–12, 21–8	Gold
2012	Wembley Arena, London, United Kingdom	Lee Chong Wei	15–21, 21–10, 21–19	Gold

World Championships[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Arrowhead Pond, Anaheim, United States	Taufik Hidayat	3–15, 7–15	Silver
2006	Palacio de Deportes de la Comunidad, Madrid, Spain	Bao Chunlai	18–21, 21–17, 21–12	Gold
2007	Putra Indoor Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	21–11, 22–20	Gold
2009	Gachibowli Indoor Stadium, Hyderabad, India	Chen Jin	21–18, 21–16	Gold
2011	Wembley Arena, London, England	Lee Chong Wei	20–22, 21–14, 23–21	Gold
2013	Tianhe Sports Center, Guangzhou, China	Lee Chong Wei	16–21, 21–13, 20–17r	Gold
2017	Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland	Viktor Axelsen	20–22, 16–21	Silver

World Cup[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2005	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Boonsak Ponsana	21–14, 21–11	Gold
2006	Olympic Park, Yiyang, China	Chen Yu	21–19, 19–21, 21–17	Gold

Asian Games[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2006	Aspire Hall 3, Doha, Qatar	Taufik Hidayat	15–21, 20–22	Silver
2010	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Lee Chong Wei	21–13, 15–21, 21–10	Gold
2014	Gyeyang Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea	Chen Long	12–21, 21–16, 21–16	Gold

Asian Championships[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	PhilSports Arena, Manila, Philippines	Xia Xuanze	10–15, 9–15	Silver
2010	Siri Fort Indoor Stadium, New Delhi, India	Wang Zhengming	21–17, 21–15	Gold
2011	Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China	Bao Chunlai	21–19, 21–13	Gold
2014	Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea	Sho Sasaki	14–21, 21–9, 21–15	Gold
2015	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Tian Houwei	21–19, 21–8	Gold
2016	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Lee Chong Wei	20–22, 21–15, 4–21	Bronze
2017	Wuhan Sports Center Gymnasium, Wuhan, China	Chen Long	23–21, 11–21, 10–21	Silver

East Asian Games[]

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2009	Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong		19–21, 18–21	Silver

World Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Tianhe Gymnasium, Guangzhou, China	Bao Chunlai	4–7, 2–7, 7–0, 7–0, 1–7	Bronze

Asian Junior Championships[]

Boys' singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2000	Nishiyama Park Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan	Sony Dwi Kuncoro	15–12, 15–5	Gold

Boys' doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
1999	National Indoor Stadium – 1, Yangon, Myanmar	Zheng Bo	Chen Yu Sang Yang	15–10, 3–15, 10–15	Bronze

Other finals[]

BWF World Tour (2 titles, 3 runners-up)[]

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[1] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tours are divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[2]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	All England Open	Super 1000	Shi Yuqi	19–21, 21–16, 9–21	Runner-up
2018	New Zealand Open	Super 300	Jonatan Christie	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2019	Thailand Masters	Super 300	Loh Kean Yew	19–21, 18–21	Runner-up
2019	Malaysia Open	Super 750	Chen Long	9–21, 21–17, 21–11	Winner
2019	Korea Masters	Super 300	Kanta Tsuneyama	22–24, 12–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries (21 titles, 10 runners-up)[]

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2007	Korea Open	Chen Jin	21–14, 21–19	Winner
2007	All England Open	Chen Yu	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2007	China Masters	Wong Choong Hann	21–19, 21–9	Winner
2007	Denmark Open	Bao Chunlai	21–15, 21–12	Winner
2007	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	9–21, 21–15, 21–15	Winner
2008	Korea Open	Lee Hyun-il	21–4, 21–23, 23–25	Runner-up
2008	All England Open	Chen Jin	20–22, 23–25	Runner-up
2008	Swiss Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–13, 21–18	Winner
2008	China Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–18, 21–9	Winner
2008	Hong Kong Open	Chen Jin	9–21, 21–9, 17–21	Runner-up
2009	All England Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 21–12	Winner
2009	Swiss Open	Lee Chong Wei	16–21, 16–21	Runner-up
2009	French Open	Taufik Hidayat	21–6, 21–15	Winner
2009	China Masters	Boonsak Ponsana	21–17, 21–17	Winner
2009	China Open	Jan Ø. Jørgensen	21–12, 21–12	Winner
2010	China Masters	Chen Long	21–15, 13–21, 21–14	Winner
2010	Japan Open	Lee Chong Wei	20–22, 21–16, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Korea Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 14–21, 21–16	Winner
2011	All England Open	Lee Chong Wei	17–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2011	Singapore Open	Chen Jin	Walkover	Runner-up
2011	China Open	Chen Long	21–17, 26–24	Winner
2011	Hong Kong Open	Chen Jin	21–12, 21–19	Winner
2011	BWF Super Series Finals	Chen Long	21–12, 21–16	Winner
2012	Korea Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–12, 18–21, 14–21	Runner-up
2012	All England Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 6–2r	Winner
2014	Australian Open	Simon Santoso	22–24, 21–16, 21–7	Winner
2014	China Open	Srikanth Kidambi	19–21, 17–21	Runner-up
2015	Malaysia Open	Chen Long	22–20, 13–21, 11–21	Runner-up
2015	Japan Open	Viktor Axelsen	21–19, 16–21, 21–19	Winner
2016	All England Open	Tian Houwei	21–9, 21–10	Winner
2017	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 21–14	Winner

  BWF Superseries Finals tournament

  BWF Superseries Premier tournament

  BWF Superseries tournament

IBF/BWF Grand Prix (28 titles, 6 runners-up)[]

The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation (IBF) from 1983 to 2006.

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2001	Denmark Open	Bao Chunlai	5–7, 1–7, 0–7	Runner-up
2002	Korea Open	Shon Seung-mo	1–7, 7–3, 7–3, 7–5	Winner
2003	German Open	Lee Hyun-il	4–15, 4–15	Runner-up
2003	Japan Open	Xia Xuanze	12–15, 10–15	Runner-up
2003	China Open	Wong Choong Hann	17–16, 15–12	Winner
2003	Denmark Open	Chen Yu	15–4, 15–6	Winner
2003	Hong Kong Open	Boonsak Ponsana	15–4, 9–15, 15–8	Winner
2004	German Open	Xia Xuanze	17–16, 15–9	Winner
2004	All England Open	Peter Gade	9–15, 15–5, 15–8	Winner
2004	Swiss Open	Bao Chunlai	15–12, 15–6	Winner
2004	Denmark Open	Xia Xuanze	15–12, 15–11	Winner
2004	China Open	Bao Chunlai	15–11, 15–10	Winner
2005	German Open	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	15–8, 15–8	Winner
2005	All England Open	Chen Hong	15–8, 5–15, 2–15	Runner-up
2005	China Masters	Bao Chunlai	15–6, 15–13	Winner
2005	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	15–17, 15–9, 9–15	Runner-up
2005	Japan Open	Chen Hong	15–4, 2–0r	Winner
2005	Hong Kong Open	Bao Chunlai	15–4, 15–6	Winner
2006	All England Open	Lee Hyun-il	15–7, 15–7	Winner
2006	Malaysia Open	Lee Chong Wei	18–21, 21–18, 21–23	Runner-up
2006	Japan Open	Taufik Hidayat	16–21, 21–16, 21–3	Winner
2006	Chinese Taipei Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–18, 12–21, 21–11	Winner
2006	Macau Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–18, 18–21, 21–18	Winner
2006	Hong Kong Open	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 8–21, 21–16	Winner
2007	German Open	Chen Yu	Walkover	Winner
2008	Thailand Open	Boonsak Ponsana	17–21, 21–15, 21–13	Winner
2011	German Open	Chen Jin	21–19, 21–11	Winner
2012	German Open	Simon Santoso	21–11, 21–11	Winner
2014	China Masters	Tian Houwei	21–14, 21–9	Winner
2014	Chinese Taipei Open	Wang Zhengming	21–19, 21–14	Winner
2015	Brasil Open	Pablo Abián	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2016	German Open	Chou Tien-chen	15–21, 21–17, 21–17	Winner
2016	China Masters	Chen Long	21–17, 23–21	Winner
2017	Swiss Open	Shi Yuqi	21–12, 21–11	Winner

  BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

  BWF & IBF Grand Prix tournament

Invitational tournament[]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2012	Copenhagen Masters	Peter Gade	22–20, 16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2014	China International Challenge	Lee Chong Wei	Fu Haifeng Cai Yun	18–21, 19–21	Runner-up

Performance timeline[]

Key

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

This table is current through 2020 All England Open.

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	SR	W–L	Win %
National representation – Individual
Summer Olympic Games	N/A	A	N/A			1R 0–1	N/A			G 5–0	N/A			G 5–0	N/A			4th 4–2	N/A				2 / 4	14–3	82%
Asian Games	N/A			A	N/A			S 3–1	N/A			G 4–0	N/A			G 5–0	N/A			A	N/A		2 / 3	12–1	92%
East Asian Games	N/A		NH	N/A			NH	N/A			S 2–1	N/A			A	N/A							0 / 1	2–1	67%
National representation – Team
Thomas Cup	N/A	A	N/A	SF-B 3–0	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	G 4–1	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	SF-B 2–0	N/A	QF 3–0	N/A	G 2–0	N/A		6 / 9	34–1	97%
Sudirman Cup	A	N/A	A	N/A	A	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	G 3–1	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	G 5–0	N/A	A	N/A	G 3–0	N/A	S 2–0	N/A	A	N/A	5 / 6	23–1	96%
Asian Games	N/A			SF-B 0–1	N/A			G 3–1	N/A			G 3–0	N/A			S 3–0	N/A			G 0–0	N/A		3 / 5	9–2	82%
East Asian Games	N/A										G 2–0	N/A			A	N/A							1 / 1	2–0	100%
Continental championships
World Championships	A	N/A	A	N/A	3R 2–1	N/A	S 4–1	G 5–0	G 5–0	N/A	G 6–0	QF 3–1	G 6–0	N/A	G 6–0	A	QF 3–1	N/A	S 5–1	3R 2–1	2R 1–1	N/A	5 / 12	48–7	87%
World Cup	Not Held						G 4–0	G 4–0	Not Held														2 / 2	8–0	100%
Asia Championships	Absent		S 5–1	Absent						SF-B 4–1	A	G 6–0	G 6–0	SF-B* 4–0	QF* 3–0	G 5–0	G 5–0	SF-B 3–1	S 4–1	1R 0–1	2R 1–1	N/A	4 / 12	46–6	88%
Year-end championships
BWF Super Series Finals[1]	Not Held									Absent			W 5–0	Absent									1 / 1	5–0	100%
BWF tournaments
All England Open	Absent			SF 4–1	2R 1–1	W 6–0	F 5–1	W 6–0	W 5–0	F 4–1	W 5–0	QF 2–1	F 4–1	W 5–0	Absent		SF 3–1	W 5–0	SF 3–1	F 4–1	1R 0–1	2R 1–1	6 / 17	63–11	85%
Indonesia Open	Absent			1R 0–1	3R 2–1	SF 4–1	Absent				QF 2–1	A	2R 1–1	Absent			1R 0–1	2R 1–1	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	2R 1–1	N/A	0 / 10	11–10	52%
		–
China Open	3R 2–1	NH	QF 2–1	2R 1–1	W 5–0	W 5–0	2R 2–1	A	1R 0–1	W 5–0	W 5–0	QF* 2–0	W 5–0	Absent		F 4–1	SF 3–1	A	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	N/A	5 / 16	41–10	80%
Malaysia Open	Absent		QF 5–1	QF 3–1	2R 1–1	QF 3–1	F 4–1	F 5–1	2R 1–1	Absent			QF* 2–0	2R 1–1	Absent		F 4–1	QF 2–1	W 5–0	2R 1–1	W 5–0	N/A	2 / 14	42–11	79%
Japan Open	Absent			3R 1–1	F 5–1	SF 3–1	W 5–0	W 5–0	SF 3–1	Absent		F 4–1	SF* 3–0	Absent		QF 4–1	W 5–0	A	QF 2–1	QF 2–1	1R 0–1	N/A	3 / 13	42–9	82%
Denmark Open	Absent		F 5–1	2R 1–1	W 6–0	W 6–0	Absent		W 5–0	Absent			2R 1–1	Absent		2R* 1–0	QF 2–1	Absent		2R 1–1	1R 0–1	Absent	3 / 10	28–6	82%
								–
French Open	Absent							NH	SF 3–1	A	W 5–0	A	SF 3–1	Absent			1R 0–1	Absent		1R 0–1	2R 1–1	N/A	1 / 6	12–5	71%
	–
Fuzhou China Open	Not Held						W 5–0	SF 2–1	W 5–0	1R* 0–0	W 5–0	W 5–0	SF 3–1	Absent		W 5–0	A	W 6–0	SF 3–1	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	N/A	6 / 12	39–5	89%
	–
Malaysia Masters	Not Held										Absent									1R 0–1	A	1R 0–1	0 / 2	0–2	0%
	–																		–
Indonesia Masters	Not Held											Absent							NH	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	1R 0–1	0 / 3	0–3	0%
	–
India Open	Not Held									Absent							QF 2–1	2R 1–1	Absent			N/A	0 / 2	3–2	60%
		–
Singapore Open	A	NH	2R 1–1	1R 0–1	SF 4–1	A	SF 4–1	A	QF 2–1	Absent			F* 4–0	Absent				SF 3–1	Absent		1R 0–1	N/A	0 / 8	18–7	72%
	–			–								–				–
Thailand Open	Absent			NH	Absent					W 6–0	A	NH	A	SF 4–1	A	NH	Absent				2R 1–1	N/A	1 / 3	11–2	85%
	–
Korea Open	Absent			W 5–0	Absent				W 5–0	F 4–1	Absent		W 5–0	F 4–1	Absent		2R 1–1	Absent		2R 1–1	1R 0–1	N/A	3 / 8	25–5	83%
		–		–		–
Hong Kong Open	A	NH	A	NH	W 6–0	NH	W 5–0	W 6–0	W 5–0	F 4–1	A	QF* 2–0	W 5–0	Absent			2R 1–1	A	QF 2–1	1R 0–1	2R 1–1	N/A	5 / 10	36–4	90%
	–
Thailand Masters	Not Held																	Absent			F 4–1	1R 0–1	0 / 2	4–2	67%
	–
Spain Masters	Not Held																			Absent		W/D	0 / 0	0–0	0%
German Open	Absent				F 5–1	W 5–0	W 6–0	SF 4–1	W 5–0	Absent			W 6–0	W 6–0	Absent			W 6–0	3R 2–1	QF 2–1	2R 1–1	N/A	6 / 11	48–5	91%
Swiss Open	Absent					W 5–0	Absent		SF 3–1	W 5–0	F 4–1	QF 2–1	Absent						W 6–0	A	QF 2–1	N/A	3 / 7	27–4	87%
												–		–
New Zealand Open	Absent											NH	A	NH	Absent					W 5–0	SF 3–1	N/A	1 / 2	8–1	89%
		–
Australian Open	A	NH	Absent													W 5–0	1R 0–1	A	QF 2–1	A	QF 2–1	N/A	1 / 4	9–3	75%
US Open	Absent																			1R 0–1	A	N/A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
	–																			–
Brazil Open	Not Held															A	W 6–0	A	Not Held				1 / 1	6–0	100%
			–
Chinese Taipei Open	Absent		NH	Absent				W 5–0	Absent							W 6–0	SF 4–1	Absent				N/A	2 / 3	15–1	94%
	–
Macau Open	Not Held							W 6–0	Absent													N/A	1 / 1	6–0	100%
	–
Korea Masters	Not Held								Absent												F 4–1	N/A	0 / 1	4–1	80%
Dutch Open	Absent		QF 2–1	Absent																		N/A	0 / 1	2–1	67%
SaarLorLux Open	Absent																			3R 1–1	A	A	0 / 1	1–1	50%
										–
Asia Satellite	Absent		2R 1–1	Absent						Not Held													0 / 1	1–1	50%
Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	R	W–L	Win %
Career Statistics
	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	Total
Tournaments Played	1	0	7	10	10	10	11	13	14	10	10	11	16	8	2	10	16	10	13	20	21	4	226
Titles	0	0	0	1	3	6	6	9	8	5	7	5	8	4	1	5	4	3	2	3	1	0	81
Finals Reached	0	0	2	1	5	6	9	11	8	8	9	6	10	5	1	7	5	3	5	4	3	0	108
Overall Win–Loss	2–1	0–0	21–7	18–8	37–7	42–4	49–5	59–5	50–7	41–5	41–3	38–4	64–5	34–3	9–0	40–2	42–12	34–7	35–10	21–17	27—20	1—4	705–136
Win Percentage	67%	0%	75%	69%	84%	91%	91%	92%	88%	89%	93%	90%	93%	92%	100%	95%	78%	83%	88%	55%	57%	20%	83.83%
Year End Ranking[3]										2	2	6	2	4	101	6	4	6	6	13	17	19

* : Means Lin Dan gave a walkover at his last round of this tournament (Lost the match and didn't count into the number of loss)

Notes

• ¹ BWF Super Series Finals was held from 2008 to 2017, when BWF World Tour Finals replaced it.

Longest winning streak[]

34 match winning streak (2006)^[4][5][6][]

#	Tournament	Category	Start date	Rd	Opponent	Score
–		International Series	18 June 2006	F	Lee Chong Wei	18–21, 21–18, 21–23
1		International Series	21 June 2006	1R	Poompat Sapkulchananart	21–12, 21–11
2			22 June 2006	2R	Muhammad Roslin Hashim	21–16, 21–11
3			23 June 2006	QF	Rajiv Ouseph	21–14, 21–13
4			24 June 2006	SF	Chen Jin	21–13, 21–17
5			25 June 2006	F	Lee Chong Wei	21–18, 12–21, 21–11
6	Macau Open	International Series	19 July 2006	1R		21–5, 21–15
7			19 July 2006	2R	Shon Seung-mo	21–14, 20–22, 21–10
8			20 July 2006	3R	Shōji Satō	22–20, 21–9
9			21 July 2006	QF	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	19–21, 21–18, 21–15
10			22 July 2006	SF	Lee Hyun-il	21–10, 21–17
11			23 July 2006	F	Lee Chong Wei	21–18, 18–21, 21–18
12	Hong Kong Open	International Series	29 August 2006	1R		21–19, 19–21, 21–12
13			30 August 2006	2R	Poompat Sapkulchananart	21–11, 21–15
14			31 August 2006	3R	Yeoh Kay Bin	21–18, 22–20
15			1 September 2006	QF	Taufik Hidayat	4–1r
16			2 September 2006	SF	Kenneth Jonassen	16–21, 23–21, 21–16
17			3 September 2006	F	Lee Chong Wei	21–19, 8–21, 21–16
18	World Championships		20 September 2006	1R	Bobby Milroy	21–16, 21–17
19			21 September 2006	2R	Park Sung-hwan	21–16, 21–12
20			22 September 2006	QF	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21–10, 21–9
21			23 September 2006	SF	Chen Hong	15–21, 21–19, 21–14
22			24 September 2006	F	Bao Chunlai	18–21, 21–17, 21–12
23		International Series	10 October 2006	1R		21–11, 21–17
24			11 October 2006	2R	Joachim Persson	21–12, 21–10
25			12 October 2006	QF	Muhammad Hafiz Hashim	21–19, 21–14
26			13 October 2006	SF	Peter Gade	21–12, 21–14
27			14 October 2006	F	Taufik Hidayat	16–21, 21–16, 21–3
28	World Cup		24 October 2006	RR	John Moody	21–9, 21–14
29			27 October 2006	RR	Kuan Beng Hong	21–12, 21–8
30			28 October 2006	SF	Taufik Hidayat	Walkover
31			29 October 2006	F	Chen Yu	21–19, 19–21, 21–17
32	Asian Games	Team Event	30 November 2006	RR	Anup Sridhar	21–19, 21–11
33			2 December 2006	RR	Taufik Hidayat	17–21, 21–17, 16–21
34			4 December 2006	SF	Taufik Hidayat	22–20, 13–21, 21–12
–			5 December 2006	F	Lee Hyun-il	20–22, 21-11, 13–21

Record against other players[]

Record against top 10 players[]

Lin's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10 (exact as of current version):^[7][8]

Player	Record	W%	Last Match
No. 1 ranked players
Muhammad Roslin Hashim	8–0	100%	Won (21–11, 18–21, 21–11) at 2007 Japan Open
Wong Choong Hann	8–0	100%	Won (21–14, 21–17) at 2011 All England Open
Lee Hyun-il	15–3	83%	Won (21–12, 21–10) at 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Peter Gade	17–4	81%	Lost (22–20, 16–21, 14–21) at 2012 Copenhagen Masters
Son Wan-ho	13–3	81%	Lost (15–21, 15–21) at 2017 Japan Open
Taufik Hidayat	13–4	76%	Won (21–9, 21–12) at 2012 Summer Olympic Games
Lee Chong Wei	28–12	70%	Won (21–16, 21–17) at 2018 All England Open
Srikanth Kidambi	3–2	60%	Lost (21–18, 17–21, 16–21) at 2018 Denmark Open
Xia Xuanze	5–4	56%	Won (15–8, 15–8) at 2006 German Open
Chen Hong	5–5	50%	Won (15–21, 21–19, 21–14) at 2006 IBF World Championships
Chen Long	9–10	47%	Lost (17–21, 8–21) at 2020 All England Open
Viktor Axelsen	3–6	33%	Lost 12–21, 14–21) at 2020 Indonesia Masters
Kento Momota	1–4	20%	Lost (14–21, 14–21) at 2019 China Open
No. 2 ranked players
Kenneth Jonassen	8–0	100%	Won (21–17, 21–11) at 2008 All England Open
Bao Chunlai	20–5	80%	Won (21–19, 21–13) at 2011 Asia Championships
Chen Jin	14–8	64%	Lost (Walkover) at 2012 Asia Championships
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	9–7	56%	Lost (19–21, 18–21) at 2020 Malaysia Masters
Ong Ewe Hock	2–2	50%	Lost (11–15, 9–15) at
Shi Yuqi	2–5	29%	Won (21–19, 16–21, 21–12) at 2019 Malaysia Open
No. 3 ranked players
Du Pengyu	3–0	100%	Won (21–13, 21–16) at 2011 Asia Championships
Simon Santoso	11–1	92%	Won (22–24, 21–16, 21–7) at 2014 Australian Open
Sony Dwi Kuncoro	9–3	75%	Lost (10–21, 21–17, 20–22) at 2016 Singapore Open
Tommy Sugiarto	6–2	75%	Won (21–18, 21–14) at 2016 Singapore Open
Kenichi Tago	3–1	75%	Won (21–14, 21–18) at 2014 Asian Games
Chou Tien-chen	7–3	70%	Lost (22–24, 21–17, 13–21) at 2019 Indonesia Open
Anders Antonsen	0–1	0%	Lost (14–21, 11–21) at 2019 Hong Kong Open
No. 4 ranked players
Hu Yun	13–0	100%	Won (21–14, 21–13) at 2017 Sudirman Cup
Indra Wijaya	1–0	100%	Won (17–14, 11–15, 15–9) at
Boonsak Ponsana	11–1	92%	Won (21–15, 21–9) at 2016 Malaysia Open
Jonatan Christie	4–3	57%	Lost (9–21, 22–24) at 2019 Australian Open
No. 5 ranked players
Anders Boesen	2–0	100%	Won (9–3r) at
Nguyễn Tiến Minh	8–1	89%	Won (16–21, 21–12, 21–12) at 2019 BWF World Championships
No. 6 ranked players
Tian Houwei	7–0	100%	Won (21–9, 21–10) at 2016 All England Open
Joachim Persson	5–0	100%	Won (21–9, 21–11) at 2011 French Open
Parupalli Kashyap	3–0	100%	Won (21–17, 20–22, 21–14) at 2019 Australian Open
Sho Sasaki	15–1	94%	Won (20–22, 21–6, 21–8) at 2016 All England Open
Wang Zhengming	6–1	86%	Won (21–14, 21–17) at 2015 Asia Championships
Park Sung-hwan	14–4	78%	Won (21–16, 21–10) at 2011 Sudirman Cup
Ronald Susilo	6–3	67%	Won (21–14, 23–25, 21–16) at 2008 Asia Championships
Ng Ka Long Angus	1–4	20%	Lost (18–21, 9–21) at 2020 Thailand Masters
No. 7 ranked players
Yong Hock Kin	1–0	100%	Won (5–15, 15–8, 15–10) at
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting	3–2	60%	Won (25–23, 6–21, 21–12) at 2019 New Zealand Open
No. 8 ranked players
Hans-Kristian Vittinghus	6–1	86%	Won (22–24, 21–17, 21–16) at 2019 Hong Kong Open
Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar	2–3	40%	Lost (11–21, 21–13, 7–21) at 2019 BWF World Championships
No. 9 ranked players
Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk	4–0	100%	Won (21–18, 21–11) at 2019 Korea Masters
Chan Yan Kit	3–0	100%	Won (21–10, 21–18) at 2011 China Open
Kenta Nishimoto	1–1	50%	Lost (21–10, 16–21, 11–21) at 2018 Korea Open
No. 10 ranked players
Marc Zwiebler	5–0	100%	Won (21–11, 21–11) at 2015 Sudirman Cup
Rajiv Ouseph	4–0	100%	Won (14–21, 21–17, 21–16) at 2017 BWF World Championships
Wong Wing Ki Vincent	5–1	83%	Won (21–17, 21–8) at 2018 Malaysia Open
Liew Daren	2–1	67%	Lost (19–21, 14–21) at 2019 Korea Open
Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth	2–1	67%	Lost (14–21, 17–21) at 2019 Denmark Open
Wang Tzu-wei	2–2	50%	Lost (21–15, 9–21, 16–21) at 2018 Badminton Asia Team Championships
Total	410–112	79%

Negative records against other players[]

Active players are in boldface.

Player	Record	W%	Last Match
Chen Long	9–10	47%	Lost (17–21, 8–21) at 2020 All England Open
Prannoy Haseena Sunil Kumar	2–3	40%	Lost (11–21, 21–13, 7–21) at 2019 BWF World Championships
Viktor Axelsen	3–6	33%	Lost (12–21, 14–21) at 2020 Indonesia Masters
Pullela Gopichand	1–2	33%	Lost (4–15, 2–15) at 2002 Singapore Open
Shi Yuqi	2–5	29%	Won (21–19, 16–21, 21–12) at 2019 Malaysia Open
Ng Ka Long Angus	1–4	20%	Lost (18–21, 9–21) at 2020 Thailand Masters
Kento Momota	1–4	20%	Lost (14–21, 14–21) at 2019 China Open
Anders Antonsen	0–1	0%	Lost (14–21, 11–21) at 2019 Hong Kong Open
Shesar Hiren Rhustavito	0–1	0%	Lost (21–12, 15–21, 10–21) at 2019 Thailand Open
Loh Kean Yew	0–1	0%	Lost (19–21, 18–21) at 2019 Thailand Masters
Subhankar Dey	0–1	0%	Lost (20–22, 19–21) at 2018 SaarLorLux Open
	0–1	0%	Lost (19–21, 18–21) at 2009 East Asian Games
	0–1	0%	Lost (2–15, 5–15) at
Peter Rasmussen	0–1	0%	Lost (15–6, 8–15, 4–15) at

Records[]

See also[]

• Lee–Lin rivalry

References[]