BWF Awards

BWF Awards
SportBadminton
Awarded forExcellence in Badminton
Sponsored byBadminton World Federation
History
First award1998
Editions26
First winner Peter Gade
Most wins Lee Chong Wei
Huang Yaqiong
Leani Ratri Oktila
Most recent Shi Yuqi
An Se-young

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

Players of the Year

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

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
1998 Peter Gade — [1]
1999 — Camilla Martin
2000 Candra Wijaya —
2001 — Gao Ling
2002 Kim Dong-moon —
2003 Kim Dong-moon Ra Kyung-min
2004 Taufik Hidayat —
2005 Taufik Hidayat —
2006 Lin Dan —
2007 Lin Dan —
2008 Lin Dan Zhou Mi
2009 Lee Chong Wei Wang Yihan
2010 Lee Chong Wei Wang Xin
2011 Lee Chong Wei Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang 		[2]
2012 Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng 		Wang Yihan
2013 Lee Chong Wei Li Xuerui [3]
2014 Chen Long Zhao Yunlei [4]
2015 Chen Long Carolina Marín
2016 Lee Chong Wei Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
2017 Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo 		Chen Qingchen
2018 Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo 		Huang Yaqiong
2019 Kento Momota Huang Yaqiong [5]
2020–2021 Viktor Axelsen Tai Tzu-ying [6]
2022 Viktor Axelsen Akane Yamaguchi [7]
2023 Seo Seung-jae An Se-young [8]
2024 Shi Yuqi An Se-young

Pairs of the Year

Year Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles Ref
2020–2021 — Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu 		—
2022 — — Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong 		[7]
2023 — Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan 		— [8]
2024 Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang 		Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning 		Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping

Players' Player of the Year

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2024 Viktor Axelsen 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.

Year Player Ref
2008 Saina Nehwal [9]
2009 Ratchanok Intanon [1]
2010 Viktor Axelsen
2011 Zulfadli Zulkiffli
2012 Kento Momota
2013 Akane Yamaguchi
2014 Akane Yamaguchi
2015 Zheng Siwei
2016 Chen Qingchen
2017 Chen Yufei
2018 Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
2019 An Se-young
2020–2021 Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2022 Kodai Naraoka [7]
2023 Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning 		[8]
2024 Alex Lanier

Para-players of the Year

This award was first presented in 2015.[10]

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2015 Lee Sam-seop Helle Sofie Sagøy [5]
2016 Lucas Mazur Karin Suter-Erath
2017 Kim Jung-jun Amnouy Wetwithan
2018 Jack Shephard Leani Ratri Oktila
2019 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila
2020–2021 Qu Zimo Leani Ratri Oktila
2022 Daiki Kajiwara Manisha Ramadass [7]
2023 Daiki Kajiwara Rina Marlina
2024 Qu Zimo Liu Yutong
Li Fengmei

Para-pair of the Year

Year Pair Ref
2020–2021 Lucas Mazur
Faustine Noël
2022 Thomas Wandschneider
Rick Hellmann
2023 Hikmat Ramdani
Leani Ratri Oktila
2024 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.

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2013 Ko Sung-hyun Tai Tzu-ying [11]
2015 Chou Tien-chen Ratchanok Intanon [10]
2016 Viktor Axelsen Woon Khe Wei [12]
2017 Srikanth Kidambi Tai Tzu-ying [13]
2018 Shi Yuqi P. V. Sindhu [14]
2019 Viktor Axelsen Ratchanok Intanon [15]
2022 Prannoy H. S. Busanan Ongbamrungphan [7]
2023 Chen Tang Jie Jongkolphan Kititharakul [8]
2024 He Jiting 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

Year Player(s) Ref
2016 P. V. Sindhu
2017 Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
2018 Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
2019 Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
2020–2021 Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
2022 Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
2023 Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin

References

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  2. ^ "(Badminton) Chong Wei bags fifth BWF best male player of the year award". New Straits Times. Bernama. 13 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  3. ^ "WINNERS SAVOUR BWF AWARDS". bwfbadminton.com. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Badminton: Chen, Zhao, Yamaguchi honoured with BWF awards". sport-asia.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Awards". corporate.bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  6. ^ "BWF Player of the Year Award Winners 2020/2021". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 2021-12-03.
  7. ^ a b c d e "AXELSEN, ZHENG AND HUANG REWARDED FOR STELLAR SEASONS". bwfbadminton.com. 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d "YEAR-END HONOURS FOR SEO SEUNG JAE, AN SE YOUNG". bwfbadminton.com. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Saina named 'The most promising player of the year'". The Times of India. 8 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  10. ^ a b Sukumar, Dev (8 December 2015). "CHEN, MARIN CROWNED BWF PLAYERS OF THE YEAR". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  11. ^ Leung, Edwin (19 May 2013). "CHINESE PLAYERS IN SPOTLIGHT ON BWF AWARDS NIGHT". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  12. ^ "CHONG WEI CREATES HISTORY AS ASIAN SHUTTLERS SWEEP BWF AWARDS". badmintonasia.org. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  13. ^ Banerjee, Sudeshna (12 December 2017). "Srikanth Kidambi wins 'Best Dressed Player' award at BWF Gala". Sportskeeda. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  14. ^ Sukumar, Dev (11 December 2018). "YEAR-END HONOURS FOR MINIONS, HUANG YAQIONG". bwfbadminton.com. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  15. ^ "'It's not easy,' says Thai ace on Finals eve". Bangkok Post. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
  16. ^ "New structure for BWF Awards from 2024". BWF.
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