BWF World Junior Ranking

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The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation, introduced since January 2011. Players must be under 19 years of age to be eligible in the World Junior Rankings. Players will be removed from the World Junior Ranking once they have reached 19 years of age on 1 January. In doubles, players will be ranked as individuals and not as pairs. [1]

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Points system

Badminton Asia Confederation may select up to two tournaments to upgrade to European Junior Championships level and up to three tournaments to the upgraded Asian and European Tournaments level as stated in World Junior ranking table below. Badminton Europe can select up to three tournaments to upgrade to the upgraded Asian and European International Tournaments level. Points are awarded according to the following table:

ChampionshipsWinnerRunner-up3/45/89/1617/3233/6465/128129/256257/512513/1024
World Junior 6,0005,1004,2003,3002,4001,5006003001206030
Asian Junior 4,6003,9003,2102,5201,8001,100440215
European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments3,5002,9752,4501,9251,375835330160653015
Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments2,5002,1251,7501,375960585230110452013
Asian and European International Tournaments2,0001,7001,4001,10076046018085351510
African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior1,2501,0658756854602751055020105
African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments85071058546030017565301053

Year-end number one players

YearMen's SinglesWomen's SinglesMen's DoublesWomen's DoublesMixed Doubles
2011 Flag of Denmark.svg Viktor Axelsen Flag of Thailand.svg Ratchanok Intanon Flag of Malaysia.svg Teo Ee Yi Flag of South Korea.svg Shin Seung-chan Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jim Middelburg
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
2012 Flag of Japan.svg Kento Momota Flag of Japan.svg Nozomi Okuhara Flag of Indonesia.svg Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Flag of Indonesia.svg Edi Subaktiar
Flag of Indonesia.svg Edi Subaktiar
Flag of Indonesia.svg Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2013 Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Wang Tzu-wei Flag of Japan.svg Aya Ohori Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Yuchen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Li Junhui
Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Yoo-jung
Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Ji-won
Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Sol-gyu
2014 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shi Yuqi Flag of Japan.svg Akane Yamaguchi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Kaixiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Jia Yifan
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
2015 Flag of Indonesia.svg Firman Abdul Kholik Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Bingjiao Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei
2016 Flag of Thailand.svg Kantaphon Wangcharoen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Yufei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Haodong
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Han Chengkai
Flag of Japan.svg Nami Matsuyama Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jiting
2017 Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn Flag of Indonesia.svg Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Won-ho Flag of South Korea.svg Baek Ha-na Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Won-ho
2018 Flag of Thailand.svg Kunlavut Vitidsarn Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Zhiyi Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Di Zijian Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Xuanxuan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Xuanxuan
2019 Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Di Zijian
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Wang Chang
Flag of Indonesia.svg Nita Violina Marwah
Flag of Indonesia.svg Putri Syaikah
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yanzhe
2020 Flag of France.svg Christo Popov Flag of South Korea.svg An Se-young Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Vestergaard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhou Xinru Flag of Indonesia.svg Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2021 Flag of India.svg Varun Kapur Flag of India.svg Tasnim Mir Flag of Denmark.svg William Kryger Boe Flag of Spain.svg Ania Setien
Flag of Spain.svg Lucía Rodríguez
Flag of Russia.svg Lev Barinov
Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Boiarun
2022 Flag of France.svg Alex Lanier Flag of India.svg Anupama Upadhyaya Flag of Singapore.svg Nge Joo Jie
Flag of Singapore.svg Johann Prajogo
Flag of Indonesia.svg Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Flag of Indonesia.svg Rachel Allessya Rose
Flag of Serbia.svg Andjela Vitman
2023 Flag of Indonesia.svg Alwi Farhan Flag of Japan.svg Tomoka Miyazaki Flag of Malaysia.svg Aaron Tai Flag of Japan.svg Nao Yamashita
Flag of Japan.svg Mei Sudo
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Kexin
No. 1 during every week of the year

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 29 December 2011 (current number one players are marked in bold):

Last update: 20 August 2024

NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until 11 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rankings updated occasionally, not every weeks.

Mixed doubles

#PlayerDate startedDate endedConsecutive
weeks
Total
weeks
1 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jim Middelburg 29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
2 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Soraya de Visch Eijbergen 29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Line Kjaersfeldt 8 March 201214 March 201211
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Jim Middelburg 15 March 20129 May 2012818
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Soraya de Visch Eijbergen 15 March 20129 May 2012818
4 Flag of Indonesia.svg Alfian Eko Prasetya 10 May 20124 July 201288
5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Chow Mei Kuan 5 July 201211 July 201211
6 Flag of South Korea.svg Chae Yoo-jung 12 July 20127 November 20121717
7 Flag of Indonesia.svg Edi Subaktiar 8 November 20123 July 20133434
8 Flag of Indonesia.svg Melati Daeva Oktavianti 8 November 20128 May 20132626
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Choi Sol-gyu 4 July 20131 January 20142626
10 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Kaixiang 2 January 20145 November 20144444
11 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Chen Qingchen 2 January 20146 January 2016105105
12 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zheng Siwei 23 April 20156 January 20163737
13 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Yue 7 January 201627 January 20163(3)
14 Flag of Indonesia.svg Apriyani Rahayu 28 January 20163 February 201611
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Du Yue 27 January 201614 December 20164548
15 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg He Jiting 8 December 20164 January 201744
16 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rinov Rivaldy 5 January 2017April 20171515
17 Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Yu-rim 20 April 201719 July 20171313
18 Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Won-ho 20 July 20173 January 20182424
19 Flag of Indonesia.svg Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti 4 January 20187 March 201899
20 Flag of Indonesia.svg Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto 4 January 20187 March 201899
21 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liu Xuanxuan 8 March 20181 January 20194343
22 Flag of Indonesia.svg Leo Rolly Carnando 2 January 201912 August 20193232
23 Flag of Indonesia.svg Indah Cahya Sari Jamil 13 August 201916 December 201918(18)
24 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Feng Yanzhe 17 December 20196 January 202033
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indah Cahya Sari Jamil 7 January 202031 December 20205270
25 Flag of Russia.svg Lev Barinov 1 January 202131 December 20215353
26 Flag of Russia.svg Anastasiia Boiarun 1 January 202131 December 20215353
27 Flag of Russia.svg Egor Borisov 1 January 20223 January 202211
28 Flag of Thailand.svg Sirada Roongpiboonsopit 4 January 20221 August 20223030
29 Flag of Serbia.svg Andjela Vitman 2 August 202213 March 20233232
30 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Kexin 14 March 202325 September 202328(28)
31 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Yijun 26 September 20239 October 202322
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Huang Kexin 10 October 20231 January 20241240
32 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Jiahan 2 January 20248 July 20242727
33 Flag of Indonesia.svg Bernadine Anindya Wardana 9 July 202412 August 202455
34 Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Lin Xiangyi 13 August 202411

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References

  1. "Section 5.3.3.2 - World Junior Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation.