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, as well as BWF World Tour tournaments. Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking. 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:
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. Thursday, September 21, 2017 Though the highest points ever achieved are 123,905 by the korean men’s double pair of Kim Won-ho and Seo Seung-jae on 14 April 2026.
Points system Points system used are as follows:
After 23 April 2024 Since 2024 (Week 17), BWF has used 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 Games 14,500 12,500 10,500 8,200 6,000 3,700 1,450 750 300 Grade 2 – BWF World Tour Level 1 (Finals) 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 $250,000 - $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
– At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 11,500 points. Fourth place will receive 10,500 points. – Starting 2024, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 8,900 points. Fourth place will receive 7,800 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 Games 13,000 11,000 9,200 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 – 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
– At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 10,100 points. Fourth place will receive 9,200 points. – From 2022, at the World Tour Finals' group stage 3rd place will receive 7,500 points. Fourth place will receive 6,600 points.
2007–2017 system TournamentWinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024BWF tournaments(World Championships and Olympic Games)12,00010,2008,4006,6004,8003,0001,20060024012060Super Series Masters FinalsSuper Series Premier11,0009,3507,7006,0504,3202,6601,060520 Super Series9,2007,8006,4205,0403,6002,2208804301708040Grand Prix Gold7,0005,9504,9003,8502,7501,6706603201306030Grand Prix5,5004,6803,850 3,0302,1101,290510240100 4530International Challenge4,0003,4002,8002,2001,520920360170703020International Series2,5002,1301,7501,370920 550210100402010Future Series1,7001,4201,1709206003501306020105
– At the Olympic Games, third place receives 9,200 points while fourth place receives 8,400 points.
30 January, 2003 – 31 December, 2006 system The points in the new system are multiplied by 10 from the previous one: 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
April 1, 1995 – 29 January 2003 system 1. The points system chart: 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: Discipline Winner Runner-up 3/4 2nd in Group 3rd in Group 4th in Group Singles 540 459 378 297 256.5 216 Doubles 337.5 297
Player rankings Players in their highest peak are marked in , retired players are marked in italic. Men's singles
BWF World Rankings (Men's singles) # Country Players Points Highest peak Rank Date 1 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 92,865 1 2 Christo Popov 86,632 2 3 2 Chou Tien-chen 85,380 2 4 1 Jonatan Christie 85,031 1 5 1 Shi Yuqi 84,555 1 6 Anders Antonsen 83,655 2 7 Kodai Naraoka 78,740 2 8 Alex Lanier 76,985 7 9 Victor Lai 76,645 7 10 Alwi Farhan 73,599 10 11 2 Loh Kean Yew 69,020 3 12 1 Lin Chun-yi 64,924 8 13 1 Li Shifeng 64,533 3 14 Lakshya Sen 62,813 6 15 Toma Junior Popov 62,697 13 16 Koki Watanabe 59,570 11 17 Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul 56,695 16 18 Yushi Tanaka 55,105 18 19 Lee Cheuk Yiu 53,423 13 20 Ayush Shetty 52,899 18
Women's singles BWF World Rankings (Women's singles) # Country Players Points Highest peak Rank Date 1 An Se-young 122,287 1 2 Wang Zhiyi 103,989 2 3 Akane Yamaguchi 103,576 1 4 Chen Yufei 87,531 1 5 Ratchanok Intanon 76,166 1 6 Putri Kusuma Wardani 71,603 6 7 Tomoka Miyazaki 71,456 6 8 Han Yue 69,008 3 9 Pornpawee Chochuwong 66,927 6 10 1 P. V. Sindhu 65,951 2 11 1 Nozomi Okuhara 64,160 1 12 Kim Ga-eun 59,041 12 13 Line Christophersen 57,940 13 14 Michelle Li 55,327 8 15 Mia Blichfeldt 54,483 11 16 Sim Yu-jin 52,884 10 17 2 Lin Hsiang-ti 51,629 15 18 1 Chiu Pin-chian 50,798 11 19 5 Unnati Hooda 50,480 19 20 2 Pitchamon Opatniputh 50,018 18
Men's doubles BWF World Rankings (Men's doubles) # Country Players Points Highest peak(pair) Highest peak(individual) Rank Date Rank Partner Date 1 Kim Won-ho 114,099 1 1 Seo Seung-jae Seo Seung-jae 1 Kim Won-ho 2 1 Liang Weikeng 95,089 1 1 Wang Chang Wang Chang 1 Liang Weikeng 3 1 Fajar Alfian 93,053 2 1 Muhammad Rian Ardianto Muhammad Shohibul Fikri 2 Fajar Alfian 4 Aaron Chia 87,604 2 2 Soh Wooi Yik Soh Wooi Yik 2 Aaron Chia 5 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 79,531 1 1 Chirag Shetty Chirag Shetty 1 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy 6 Goh Sze Fei 77,617 1 1 Nur Izzuddin Nur Izzuddin 1 Goh Sze Fei 7 Sabar Karyaman Gutama 72,396 7 7 Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani Muhammad Reza Pahlevi Isfahani 7 Sabar Karyaman Gutama 8 Ben Lane 70,651 8 8 Sean Vendy Sean Vendy 8 Ben Lane 9 Takuro Hoki 66,660 1 1 Yugo Kobayashi Yugo Kobayashi 1 Takuro Hoki 10 Chen Boyang 65,165 7 7 Liu Yi Liu Yi 7 Chen Boyang 11 3 Kang Min-hyuk 63,153 11 2 Seo Seung-jae Ki Dong-ju 11 Kang Min-hyuk 12 1 Man Wei Chong 62,313 4 4 Tee Kai Wun Tee Kai Wun 4 Man Wei Chong 13 1 Daniel Lundgaard 60,975 12 12 Mads Vestergaard Mads Vestergaard 12 Daniel Lundgaard 14 1 Raymond Indra 59,286 10 10 Nikolaus Joaquin Nikolaus Joaquin 10 Raymond Indra 15 Chiu Hsiang-chieh 58,355 11 11 Wang Chi-lin Wang Chi-lin 2 Lee Yang 16 Lee Jhe-huei 57,076 7 7 Yang Po-hsuan Yang Po-hsuan 7 Lee Jhe-huei 17 Kim Astrup 55,049 1 1 1 Kim Astrup 18 Kang Khai Xing 51,830 18 18 Aaron Tai Aaron Tai 18 Kang Khai Xing 19 3 Kakeru Kumagai 50,588 19 19 Hiroki Nishi Hiroki Nishi 19 Kakeru Kumagai 20 1 Junaidi Arif 49,914 16 16 Yap Roy King Yap Roy King 16 Junaidi Arif
Women's doubles BWF World Rankings (Women's doubles) # Country Players Points Highest peak(pair) Highest peak(individual) Rank Date Rank Partner Date 1 Liu Shengshu 114,167 1 1 Tan Ning Tan Ning 1 Liu Shengshu 2 Baek Ha-na 106,634 1 1 Lee So-hee Lee So-hee 1 Baek Ha-na 3 Yuki Fukushima 97,006 2 1 Sayaka Hirota Mayu Matsumoto 1 Wakana Nagahara 4 Jia Yifan 82,760 2 1 Chen Qingchen Zhang Shuxian 2 Zheng Yu Jia Yifan 5 Pearly Tan 82,700 2 2 Thinaah Muralitharan Thinaah Muralitharan 2 Pearly Tan 6 Rin Uesaka 74,514 4 4 Kie Nakanishi Kie Nakanishi 4 Rin Iwanaga 7 Kim Hye-jeong 64,987 3 3 Jeong Na-eun Kong Hee-yong Kong Hee-yong 1 Kim So-yeong 8 3 Hsu Yin-hui 62,944 8 8 Lin Jhih-yun Lin Jhih-yun 8 Hsu Yin-hui 9 4 Hsieh Pei-shan 62,635 8 8 Hung En-tzu Hung En-tzu 8 Hsieh Pei-shan 10 2 Li Yijing 62,617 5 5 Luo Xumin Luo Xumin 5 Li Yijing 11 2 Rachel Allessya Rose 62,206 9 9 Febi Setianingrum Febi Setianingrum 9 Rachel Allessya Rose 12 2 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma 61,254 10 8 Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari 10 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma 13 1 Gabriela Stoeva 59,476 8 8 Stefani Stoeva Stefani Stoeva 8 Gabriela Stoeva 14 Rui Hirokami 53,800 11 11 Sayaka Hobara Sayaka Hobara 11 Rui Hirokami 15 Amallia Cahaya Pratiwi 53,363 15 8 Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 4 Apriyani Rahayu 16 Hsu Ya-ching 51,749 13 13 Sung Yu-hsuan Sung Yu-hsuan 13 Hsu Ya-ching 17 Lauren Lam 50,819 17 17 Allison lee Allison Lee 17 Lauren Lam 18 4 Yeung Nga Ting 50,754 12 12 Yeung Pui Lam Yeung Pui Lam 12 Yeung Nga Ting 19 1 Arisa Igarashi 50,459 12 12 Chiharu Shida Chiharu Shida 2 Nami Matsuyama 20 6 Treesa Jolly 49,122 9 9 Gayatri Gopichand Gayatri Gopichand 9 Treesa Jolly
Mixed doubles