BWF Awards are awards given by the Badminton World Federation to the top badminton players during a given season.
Players of the Year From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.
Year Male Player Female Player Ref 1998 Peter Gade 1999 Camilla Martin 2000 Candra Wijaya 2001 Gao Ling 2002 Kim Dong-moon 2003 Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min 2004 Taufik Hidayat 2005 Taufik Hidayat 2006 Lin Dan 2007 Lin Dan 2008 Lin Dan Zhou Mi 2009 Lee Chong Wei Wang Yihan 2010 Lee Chong Wei Wang Xin 2011 Lee Chong Wei Wang XiaoliYu Yang 2012 Cai YunFu Haifeng Wang Yihan 2013 Lee Chong Wei Li Xuerui 2014 Chen Long Zhao Yunlei 2015 Chen Long Carolina Marín 2016 Lee Chong Wei Misaki MatsutomoAyaka Takahashi 2017 Marcus GideonKevin Sukamuljo Chen Qingchen 2018 Marcus GideonKevin Sukamuljo Huang Yaqiong 2019 Kento Momota Huang Yaqiong 2020–2021 Viktor Axelsen Tai Tzu-ying 2022 Viktor Axelsen Akane Yamaguchi 2023 Seo Seung-jae An Se-young 2024 Shi Yuqi An Se-young 2025 Shi Yuqi An Se-young
Pairs of the Year Year Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles Ref 2020–2021 Greysia PoliiApriyani Rahayu 2022 Zheng SiweiHuang Yaqiong 2023 Chen QingchenJia Yifan 2024 Liang WeikengWang Chang Liu ShengshuTan Ning Feng YanzheHuang Dongping 2025 Kim Won-hoSeo Seung-jae Liu ShengshuTan Ning Dechapol PuavaranukrohSupissara Paewsampran
Players' Player of the Year Year Male Player Female Player Ref 2024 Viktor Axelsen An Se-young 2025 Shi Yuqi An Se-young
Rising Star of the Year This was awarded from 2008 to 2023 as the Most Promising Player of the Year. In 2024, it was renamed Rising Star of the Year.
Year Player Ref 2008 Saina Nehwal 2009 Ratchanok Intanon 2010 Viktor Axelsen 2011 Zulfadli Zulkiffli 2012 Kento Momota 2013 Akane Yamaguchi 2014 Akane Yamaguchi 2015 Zheng Siwei 2016 Chen Qingchen 2017 Chen Yufei 2018 Han ChengkaiZhou Haodong 2019 An Se-young 2020–2021 Kunlavut Vitidsarn 2022 Kodai Naraoka 2023 Liu ShengshuTan Ning 2024 Alex Lanier 2025 Victor Lai
Para-players of the Year This award was first presented in 2015.
Year Male Player Female Player Ref 2015 Lee Sam-seop Helle Sofie Sagøy 2016 Lucas Mazur Karin Suter-Erath 2017 Kim Jung-jun Amnouy Wetwithan 2018 Jack Shephard Leani Ratri Oktila 2019 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila 2020–2021 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila 2022 Daiki Kajiwara Manisha Ramadass 2023 Daiki Kajiwara Rina Marlina 2024 Qu Zimo Liu Yutong Li Fengmei 2025 Cheah Liek Hou Ilaria Olgiati
Para-pair of the Year Year Pair Ref 2020–2021 Lucas MazurFaustine Noël 2022 Thomas WandschneiderRick Hellmann 2023 Hikmat RamdaniLeani Ratri Oktila 2024 Hikmat RamdaniLeani Ratri Oktila 2025 Cheah Liek HouMuhammad Fareez Anuar
Best-dressed of the Year This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.
Year Male Player Female Player Ref 2013 Ko Sung-hyun Tai Tzu-ying 2015 Chou Tien-chen Ratchanok Intanon 2016 Viktor Axelsen Woon Khe Wei 2017 Srikanth Kidambi Tai Tzu-ying 2018 Shi Yuqi P. V. Sindhu 2019 Viktor Axelsen Ratchanok Intanon 2022 Prannoy H. S. Busanan Ongbamrungphan 2023 Chen Tang Jie Jongkolphan Kititharakul 2024 He Jiting Gayatri Gopichand 2025 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Putri Kusuma Wardani
Defunct category In 2024, BWF announced a brand-new structure for the awards. This led to a category becoming defunct.
Most Improved Player of the Year Year Player(s) Ref 2016 P. V. Sindhu 2017 Yuki FukushimaSayaka Hirota 2018 Mayu MatsumotoWakana Nagahara 2019 Kim So-yeongKong Hee-yong 2020–2021 Lee YangWang Chi-lin 2022 Fajar AlfianMuhammad Rian Ardianto 2023 Jiang ZhenbangWei Yaxin
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