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 |
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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 | 257/512 | 513/1024 |
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Grade 1 – BWF tournaments | |||||||||||
World Championships | 13,000 | 11,000 | 9,200 | 7,200 | 5,200 | 3,200 | 1,300 | 650 | 260 | 130 | 65 |
Olympic Games1 | 13,000 | 11,000 | 19,200 | 7,200 | 5,200 | 3,200 | 1,300 | 650 | 260 | 130 | 65 |
Grade 2 – BWF World Tour | |||||||||||
Level 1 (Finals) | 12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 6,600 | 4,800 | 3,000 | 1,200 | 600 | 240 | 120 | 60 |
Level 2 (Super 1000) | 12,000 | 10,200 | 8,400 | 6,600 | 4,800 | 3,000 | 1,200 | 600 | 240 | 120 | 60 |
Level 3 (Super 750) | 11,000 | 9,350 | 7,700 | 6,050 | 4,320 | 2,660 | 1,060 | 520 | 210 | 100 | 50 |
Level 4 (Super 500) | 9,200 | 7,800 | 6,420 | 5,040 | 3,600 | 2,220 | 880 | 430 | 170 | 80 | 40 |
Level 5 (Super 300) | 7,000 | 5,950 | 4,900 | 3,850 | 2,750 | 1,670 | 660 | 320 | 130 | 60 | 30 |
Level 6 (Super 100) | 5,500 | 4,680 | 3,850 | 3,030 | 2,110 | 1,290 | 510 | 240 | 100 | 45 | 30 |
Grade 3 | |||||||||||
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 3rd place will receive 10,100 points. Fourth place will receive 9,200 points.
Current rankings
Men's singles
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Women's singles
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Mixed doubles
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World team rankings
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Year-end number one players
Year | Men's Singles | Women's Singles | Men's Doubles | Women's Doubles | Mixed Doubles |
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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: 17 March 2020
NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation. The backdated rankings will come into play from 31 March 2020 until the freeze ends.
Men's singles
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Women's singles
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Men's doubles
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Women's doubles
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Mixed doubles
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Players with highest career rank 2–5
Last update: 17 March 2020
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):
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References
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- "BWF World Tour". BWF Corporate.
- "General Competition Regulations". Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 2014-02-14. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
- "World Junior ranking". Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- "Overview Ranking". Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-08-14. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
- "Best Badminton Players". Thursday, September 21, 2017
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- "BWF World Rankings – Women's singles". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation.
- "BWF World Rankings – Men's doubles". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation.
- "BWF World Rankings – Women's doubles". bwf.tournamentsoftwate.com. Badminton World Federation.
- "BWF World Rankings – Mixed doubles". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation.
- "BWF World Team Rankings". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Badminton World Federation.
- "Historical Ranking". Bwfbadminton.org. Badminton World Federation.