Singaporean National Badminton Championships is an annual badminton tournament held in Singapore since 1961. [1]
In 1961, Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) started a local championships [1] to find talents to represent Singapore in regional and international competitions after the previous championships became an open invitation championships in 1957. [2]
Below is the list of the most successful players ever in the competition:
| Rank | Player | MS | WS | MD | WD | XD | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Lim Choo Eng | 10 | 5 | 4 | 19 | ||
| 2 | Hamid Khan | 7 | 10 | 1 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Irene Lee | 5 | 9 | 2 | 16 | ||
| 4 | Choy Leng Siong | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Leong Kay Sine | 3 | 8 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 6 | Patrick Lau Kim Pong | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Zarinah Abdullah | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |||
| 7 | Wong Shoon Keat | 4 | 6 | 10 | |||
| Tan Sian Peng | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | |||
| 10 | Lau Wing Cheok | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||
Below is the list of the most successful player(s) in each discipline (listed according to their last title):
| Category | Player | Total | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| MS | Hamid Khan | 7 | 1985, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995 |
| WS | Lim Choo Eng | 10 | 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973 |
| MD | Hamid Khan | 10 | 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (with Lau Wing Cheok), 1990, 1995 (with Wong Shoon Keat), 1991 (with Jimmy Wong), 1992, 1993, 1994 (with Lim Boon Leng) |
| WD | Choy Leng Siong | 10 | 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992 (with Irene Lee), 1986, 1988 (with Soo Chiew Ming) |
| XD | Lim Choo Eng | 4 | 1962 (with Lim Say Wan), 1967 (with Lindy Lin), 1968 (with Ismail Ibrahim), 1973 (with Yeo Ah Seng) |
| Patrick Lau Kim Pong | 1995, 1997 (with Chin Yen Peng), 1998 (with Irene Lee), 1999 (with Fatimah Kumin Lim) |
MS: Men's singles; WS: Women's singles; MD: Men's doubles; WD: Women's doubles; XD: Mixed doubles
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