Year-end number one players
| No. 1 during every week of the year |
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]
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:
| Championships | Winner | Runner-up | 3/4 | 5/8 | 9/16 | 17/32 | 33/64 | 65/128 | 129/256 | 257/512 | 513/1024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior | 6,000 | 5,100 | 4,200 | 3,300 | 2,400 | 1,500 | 600 | 300 | 120 | 60 | 30 |
| Asian Junior | 4,600 | 3,900 | 3,210 | 2,520 | 1,800 | 1,100 | 440 | 215 | |||
| European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments | 3,500 | 2,975 | 2,450 | 1,925 | 1,375 | 835 | 330 | 160 | 65 | 30 | 15 |
| Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments | 2,500 | 2,125 | 1,750 | 1,375 | 960 | 585 | 230 | 110 | 45 | 20 | 13 |
| Asian and European International Tournaments | 2,000 | 1,700 | 1,400 | 1,100 | 760 | 460 | 180 | 85 | 35 | 15 | 10 |
| African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior | 1,250 | 1,065 | 875 | 685 | 460 | 275 | 105 | 50 | 20 | 10 | 5 |
| African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments | 850 | 710 | 585 | 460 | 300 | 175 | 65 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
| No. 1 during every week of the year |
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: 16 April 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.
Men's singles
| Women's singles
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Men's doubles
| Women's doubles
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| # | Player | Date started | Date ended | Consecutive weeks | Total weeks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Jim Middelburg | 29 December 2011 | 7 March 2012 | 10 | (10) |
| 2 | | Soraya de Visch Eijbergen | 29 December 2011 | 7 March 2012 | 10 | (10) |
| 3 |  | Line Kjaersfeldt | 8 March 2012 | 14 March 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| | Jim Middelburg | 15 March 2012 | 9 May 2012 | 8 | 18 | |
| | Soraya de Visch Eijbergen | 15 March 2012 | 9 May 2012 | 8 | 18 | |
| 4 |  | Alfian Eko Prasetya | 10 May 2012 | 4 July 2012 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 |  | Chow Mei Kuan | 5 July 2012 | 11 July 2012 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 |  | Chae Yoo-jung | 12 July 2012 | 7 November 2012 | 17 | 17 |
| 7 | | Edi Subaktiar | 8 November 2012 | 3 July 2013 | 34 | 34 |
| 8 | | Melati Daeva Oktavianti | 8 November 2012 | 8 May 2013 | 26 | 26 |
| 9 | | Choi Sol-gyu | 4 July 2013 | 1 January 2014 | 26 | 26 |
| 10 |  | Huang Kaixiang | 2 January 2014 | 5 November 2014 | 44 | 44 |
| 11 | | Chen Qingchen | 2 January 2014 | 6 January 2016 | 105 | 105 |
| 12 | | Zheng Siwei | 23 April 2015 | 6 January 2016 | 37 | 37 |
| 13 | | Du Yue | 7 January 2016 | 27 January 2016 | 3 | (3) |
| 14 | | Apriyani Rahayu | 28 January 2016 | 3 February 2016 | 1 | 1 |
| | Du Yue | 27 January 2016 | 14 December 2016 | 45 | 48 | |
| 15 | | He Jiting | 8 December 2016 | 4 January 2017 | 4 | 4 |
| 16 | | Rinov Rivaldy | 5 January 2017 | April 2017 | 15 | 15 |
| 17 | | Lee Yu-rim | 20 April 2017 | 19 July 2017 | 13 | 13 |
| 18 | | Kim Won-ho | 20 July 2017 | 3 January 2018 | 24 | 24 |
| 19 | | Siti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti | 4 January 2018 | 7 March 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 20 | | Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto | 4 January 2018 | 7 March 2018 | 9 | 9 |
| 21 | | Liu Xuanxuan | 8 March 2018 | 1 January 2019 | 43 | 43 |
| 22 | | Leo Rolly Carnando | 2 January 2019 | 12 August 2019 | 32 | 32 |
| 23 | | Indah Cahya Sari Jamil | 13 August 2019 | 16 December 2019 | 18 | (18) |
| 24 | | Feng Yanzhe | 17 December 2019 | 6 January 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| | Indah Cahya Sari Jamil | 7 January 2020 | 31 December 2020 | 52 | 70 | |
| 25 |  | Lev Barinov | 1 January 2021 | 31 December 2021 | 53 | 53 |
| 26 | | Anastasiia Boiarun | 1 January 2021 | 31 December 2021 | 53 | 53 |
| 27 | | Egor Borisov | 1 January 2022 | 3 January 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 |  | Sirada Roongpiboonsopit | 4 January 2022 | 1 August 2022 | 30 | 30 |
| 29 |  | Andjela Vitman | 2 August 2022 | 13 March 2023 | 32 | 32 |
| 30 | | Huang Kexin | 14 March 2023 | 25 September 2023 | 28 | (28) |
| 31 | | Zhu Yijun | 26 September 2023 | 9 October 2023 | 2 | 2 |
| | Huang Kexin | 10 October 2023 | 1 January 2024 | 12 | 40 | |
| 32 | | Zhang Jiahan | 2 January 2024 | 16 | 16 |
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