BWF Awards

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BWF Awards
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Sport Badminton
Awarded forExcellence in Badminton
Sponsored by Badminton World Federation
History
First award1998
Editions26
First winner Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade
Most wins Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
Most recent Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi
Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young

BWF Awards are awards given by the Badminton World Federation to the top badminton players during a given season.

Contents

Players of the Year

From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.

YearMale PlayerFemale PlayerRef
1998 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Gade [1]
1999 Flag of Denmark.svg Camilla Martin
2000 Flag of Indonesia.svg Candra Wijaya
2001 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Ling
2002 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-moon
2003 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Dong-moon Flag of South Korea.svg Ra Kyung-min
2004 Flag of Indonesia.svg Taufik Hidayat
2005 Flag of Indonesia.svg Taufik Hidayat
2006 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan
2007 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan
2008 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Dan Flag of Hong Kong.svg Zhou Mi
2009 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan
2010 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xin
2011 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang
[2]
2012 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Yihan
2013 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Xuerui [3]
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Long Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Yunlei [4]
2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Long Flag of Spain.svg Carolina Marín
2016 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Chong Wei Flag of Japan.svg Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
2017 Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
2018 Flag of Indonesia.svg Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong
2019 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Yaqiong [5]
2020–2021 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying [6]
2022 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi [7]
2023 Flag of South Korea.svg Seo Seung-jae Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young [8]
2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young

Pairs of the Year

YearMen's DoublesWomen's DoublesMixed DoublesRef
2020–2021 Flag of Indonesia.svg Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
2022 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong
[7]
2023 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan
[8]
2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping

Players' Player of the Year

YearMale PlayerFemale PlayerRef
2024 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of South Korea.svg 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.

YearPlayerRef
2008 Flag of India.svg Saina Nehwal [9]
2009 Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon [1]
2010 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen
2011 Flag of Malaysia.svg Zulfadli Zulkiffli
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota
2013 Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi
2014 Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi
2015 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei
2016 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
2017 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yufei
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young
2020–2021 Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Kodai Naraoka [7]
2023 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning
[8]
2024 Flag of France.svg Alex Lanier

Para-players of the Year

This award was first presented in 2015. [10]

YearMale PlayerFemale PlayerRef
2015 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Sam-seop Flag of Norway.svg Helle Sofie Sagøy [5]
2016 Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Karin Suter-Erath
2017 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Jung-jun Flag of Thailand.svg Amnouy Wetwithan
2018 Flag of England.svg Jack Shephard Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
2019 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Zimo Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
2020–2021 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Zimo Flag of Indonesia.svg Leani Ratri Oktila
2022 Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Kajiwara Flag of India.svg Manisha Ramadass [7]
2023 Flag of Japan.svg Daiki Kajiwara Flag of Indonesia.svg Rina Marlina
2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Qu Zimo Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yutong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Fengmei

Para-pair of the Year

YearPairRef
2020–2021 Flag of France.svg Lucas Mazur
Faustine Noël
2022 Flag of Germany.svg Thomas Wandschneider
Rick Hellmann
2023 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hikmat Ramdani
Leani Ratri Oktila
2024 Flag of Indonesia.svg Hikmat Ramdani
Leani Ratri Oktila

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.

YearMale PlayerFemale PlayerRef
2013 Flag of South Korea.svg Ko Sung-hyun Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying [11]
2015 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chou Tien-chen Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon [10]
2016 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of Malaysia.svg Woon Khe Wei [12]
2017 Flag of India.svg Srikanth Kidambi Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Tai Tzu-ying [13]
2018 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu [14]
2019 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon [15]
2022 Flag of India.svg Prannoy H. S. Flag of Thailand.svg Busanan Ongbamrungphan [7]
2023 Flag of Malaysia.svg Chen Tang Jie Flag of Thailand.svg Jongkolphan Kititharakul [8]
2024 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jiting Flag of India.svg Gayatri Gopichand

Defunct category

In 2024, BWF announced a brand-new structure for the awards. This led to a category becoming defunct. [16]

Most Improved Player of the Year

YearPlayer(s)Ref
2016 Flag of India.svg P. V. Sindhu
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
2018 Flag of Japan.svg Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
2020–2021 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
2022 Flag of Indonesia.svg Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
2023 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin

References

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