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]
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:
| 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
|
Year-end number one players
| 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: 19 June 2025
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
|
Men's doubles
| # |
|
Player |
Date started |
Date ended |
Consecutive
weeks |
Total
weeks
|
| 1 |
|
Nelson Heg |
5 January 2012 |
7 March 2012 |
9 |
9
|
| 2 |
|
Teo Ee Yi |
5 January 2012 |
7 March 2012 |
9 |
9
|
| 3 |
|
Lin Chia-yu |
8 March 2012 |
4 July 2012 |
17 |
17
|
| 4 |
|
Ronald Alexander |
5 July 2012 |
11 July 2012 |
1 |
1
|
| 5 |
|
Lee Chun Hei |
12 July 2012 |
15 August 2012 |
5 |
5
|
| 6 |
|
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo |
16 August 2012 |
19 September 2012 |
5 |
5
|
| 7 |
|
Arya Maulana Aldiartama |
20 September 2012 |
17 July 2013 |
43 |
43
|
| 8 |
|
Edi Subaktiar |
20 September 2012 |
12 June 2013 |
38 |
38
|
| 9 |
|
Liu Yuchen |
18 July 2013 |
1 January 2014 |
24 |
24
|
| 10 |
|
Li Junhui |
7 November 2013 |
1 January 2014 |
8 |
8
|
| 11 |
|
Huang Kaixiang |
2 January 2014 |
23 April 2014 |
16 |
(16)
|
| 12 |
|
Zheng Siwei |
2 January 2014 |
23 April 2014 |
16 |
(16)
|
| 13 |
|
Kim Jung-ho |
24 April 2014 |
19 November 2014 |
30 |
30
|
|
|
Huang Kaixiang |
20 November 2014 |
1 January 2015 |
6 |
22
|
|
|
Zheng Siwei |
20 November 2014 |
8 January 2015 |
10 |
(26)
|
| 14 |
|
Dechapol Puavaranukroh |
29 January 2015 |
22 April 2015 |
12 |
12
|
| 15 |
|
Toma Junior Popov |
23 April 2015 |
8 July 2015 |
11 |
11
|
|
|
Zheng Siwei |
9 July 2015 |
6 January 2016 |
26 |
52
|
| 16 |
|
He Jiting |
7 January 2016 |
16 November 2016 |
45 |
45
|
| 17 |
|
Zhou Haodong |
17 November 2016 |
4 January 2017 |
7 |
7
|
| 18 |
|
Han Chengkai |
17 November 2016 |
4 January 2017 |
7 |
7
|
| 19 |
|
Natthapat Trinkajee |
5 January 2017 |
5 April 2017 |
13 |
(13)
|
| 20 |
|
Rinov Rivaldy |
6 April 2017 |
19 April 2017 |
2 |
2
|
|
|
Natthapat Trinkajee |
20 April 2017 |
19 July 2017 |
13 |
26
|
| 21 |
|
Kim Won-ho |
20 July 2017 |
3 January 2018 |
24 |
24
|
| 22 |
|
Di Zijian |
4 January 2018 |
14 October 2019 |
93 |
(93)
|
| 23 |
|
Wang Chang |
5 March 2019 |
14 October 2019 |
32 |
(32)
|
| 24 |
|
Leo Rolly Carnando |
15 October 2019 |
4 November 2019 |
3 |
3
|
| 25 |
|
Daniel Marthin |
15 October 2019 |
4 November 2019 |
3 |
3
|
|
|
Di Zijian |
5 November 2019 |
6 January 2020 |
9 |
102
|
|
|
Wang Chang |
5 November 2019 |
6 January 2020 |
9 |
41
|
| 26 |
|
Zheng Xunjin |
7 January 2020 |
24 February 2020 |
7 |
7
|
| 27 |
|
Tanadon Punpanich |
24 February 2020 |
9 March 2020 |
2 |
2
|
| 28 |
|
Sirawit Sothon |
24 February 2020 |
9 March 2020 |
2 |
2
|
| 29 |
|
Junaidi Arif |
10 March 2020 |
9 November 2020 |
35 |
35
|
| 30 |
|
Mads Vestergaard |
10 November 2020 |
31 December 2020 |
8 |
8
|
| 31 |
|
William Kryger Boe |
1 January 2021 |
31 December 2021 |
53 |
53
|
| 32 |
|
Egor Borisov |
1 January 2022 |
3 January 2022 |
1 |
1
|
| 33 |
|
Justin Hoh |
4 January 2022 |
1 August 2022 |
30 |
30
|
| 34 |
|
Rayhan Fadillah |
2 August 2022 |
29 August 2022 |
4 |
4
|
| 35 |
|
Christian Faust Kjær |
30 August 2022 |
31 October 2022 |
9 |
(9)
|
| 36 |
|
Apiluk Gaterahong |
1 November 2022 |
7 November 2022 |
1 |
1
|
|
|
Christian Faust Kjær |
8 November 2022 |
19 December 2022 |
6 |
15
|
| 37 |
|
Putra Erwiansyah |
20 December 2022 |
26 December 2022 |
1 |
1
|
| 38 |
|
Patra Harapan Rindorindo |
20 December 2022 |
26 December 2022 |
1 |
1
|
| 39 |
|
Nge Joo Jie |
27 December 2022 |
2 January 2023 |
1 |
1
|
| 40 |
|
Johann Prajogo |
27 December 2022 |
2 January 2023 |
1 |
1
|
| 41 |
|
Daniel Franco |
3 January 2023 |
6 February 2023 |
5 |
(5)
|
| 42 |
|
Bryan Goonting |
7 February 2023 |
27 February 2023 |
3 |
3
|
|
|
Daniel Franco |
28 February 2023 |
13 March 2023 |
2 |
7
|
| 43 |
|
Xu Huayu |
14 March 2023 |
17 July 2023 |
18 |
18
|
| 44 |
|
Zhu Yijun |
18 July 2023 |
16 October 2023 |
13 |
13
|
| 45 |
|
Aaron Tai |
17 October 2023 |
22 October 2023 |
1 |
(1)
|
| 46 |
|
Dhiren Ayyapan |
23 October 2023 |
6 November 2023 |
2 |
2
|
|
|
Aaron Tai |
7 November 2023 |
6 January 2025 |
61 |
62
|
| 47 |
|
Kang Khai Xing |
8 October 2024 |
6 January 2025 |
13 |
13
|
| 48 |
|
Bhargav Ram Arigela |
7 January 2025 |
3 March 2025 |
8 |
(8)
|
| 49 |
|
Vishwa Tej Gobburu |
7 January 2025 |
3 March 2025 |
8 |
(8)
|
| 50 |
|
Mehmet Can Töremiş |
4 March 2025 |
14 April 2025 |
6 |
6
|
|
|
Bhargav Ram Arigela |
15 April 2025 |
|
9 |
17
|
|
|
Vishwa Tej Gobburu |
15 April 2025 |
|
9 |
17
|
|
Women's doubles
| # |
|
Player |
Date started |
Date ended |
Consecutive
weeks |
Total
weeks
|
| 1 |
|
Shin Seung-chan |
29 December 2011 |
4 January 2012 |
1 |
(1)
|
| 2 |
|
Suci Rizky Andini |
5 January 2012 |
20 June 2012 |
24 |
24
|
| 3 |
|
Tiara Rosalia Nuraidah |
21 June 2012 |
4 July 2012 |
2 |
2
|
| 4 |
|
Chow Mei Kuan |
5 July 2012 |
11 July 2012 |
1 |
1
|
| 5 |
|
Lee Meng Yean |
5 July 2012 |
11 July 2012 |
1 |
1
|
|
|
Shin Seung-chan |
12 July 2012 |
3 July 2013 |
51 |
52
|
| 6 |
|
Stefani Stoeva |
4 July 2013 |
17 July 2013 |
2 |
2
|
| 7 |
|
Narissapat Lam |
18 July 2013 |
20 November 2013 |
18 |
(18)
|
| 8 |
|
Chae Yoo-jung |
21 November 2013 |
1 January 2014 |
6 |
6
|
| 9 |
|
Kim Ji-won |
21 November 2013 |
1 January 2014 |
6 |
6
|
|
|
Narissapat Lam |
2 January 2014 |
29 January 2014 |
4 |
22
|
| 10 |
|
Jia Yifan |
30 January 2014 |
26 February 2014 |
4 |
(4)
|
| 11 |
|
Chen Qingchen |
27 February 2014 |
9 April 2014 |
6 |
(6)
|
|
|
Jia Yifan |
10 April 2014 |
28 January 2015 |
42 |
(46)
|
|
|
Chen Qingchen |
18 September 2014 |
28 January 2015 |
19 |
(25)
|
| 12 |
|
Apriyani Rahayu |
29 January 2015 |
4 February 2015 |
1 |
(1)
|
|
|
Jia Yifan |
5 February 2015 |
25 February 2015 |
3 |
(49)
|
|
|
Chen Qingchen |
5 February 2015 |
25 February 2015 |
3 |
(28)
|
|
|
Apriyani Rahayu |
26 February 2015 |
22 April 2015 |
8 |
9
|
| 13 |
|
Kader İnal |
23 April 2015 |
19 August 2015 |
17 |
17
|
|
|
Jia Yifan |
20 August 2015 |
30 September 2015 |
6 |
(55)
|
|
|
Chen Qingchen |
20 August 2015 |
30 September 2015 |
6 |
(34)
|
| 14 |
|
Ditte Søby Hansen |
1 October 2015 |
7 October 2015 |
1 |
1
|
|
|
Jia Yifan |
8 October 2015 |
6 January 2016 |
13 |
68
|
|
|
Chen Qingchen |
8 October 2015 |
6 January 2016 |
13 |
47
|
| 15 |
|
Julie Dawall Jakobsen |
7 January 2016 |
27 January 2016 |
3 |
(3)
|
| 16 |
|
Du Yue |
28 January 2016 |
13 July 2016 |
24 |
(24)
|
|
|
Julie Dawall Jakobsen |
14 July 2016 |
20 July 2016 |
1 |
4
|
|
|
Du Yue |
21 July 2016 |
16 November 2016 |
17 |
41
|
| 17 |
|
Nami Matsuyama |
17 November 2016 |
4 January 2017 |
7 |
7
|
| 18 |
|
Jauza Fadhila Sugiarto |
5 January 2017 |
19 April 2017 |
15 |
15
|
| 19 |
|
Seong Ah-yeong |
20 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
11 |
(11)
|
| 20 |
|
Lee Yu-rim |
6 July 2017 |
19 July 2017 |
2 |
(2)
|
|
|
Seong Ah-yeong |
20 July 2017 |
2 August 2017 |
2 |
(13)
|
|
|
Lee Yu-rim |
3 August 2017 |
6 September 2017 |
5 |
(7)
|
|
|
Seong Ah-yeong |
7 September 2017 |
25 October 2017 |
7 |
20
|
|
|
Lee Yu-rim |
26 October 2017 |
22 November 2017 |
4 |
11
|
| 21 |
|
Baek Ha-na |
26 October 2017 |
11 April 2018 |
24 |
(24)
|
| 22 |
|
Liu Xuanxuan |
12 April 2018 |
16 May 2018 |
5 |
(5)
|
|
|
Baek Ha-na |
17 May 2018 |
1 August 2018 |
11 |
35
|
|
|
Liu Xuanxuan |
2 August 2018 |
26 September 2018 |
8 |
(13)
|
| 23 |
|
Ribka Sugiarto |
27 September 2018 |
24 October 2018 |
4 |
4
|
|
|
Liu Xuanxuan |
25 October 2018 |
1 January 2019 |
10 |
23
|
| 24 |
|
Febriana Dwipuji Kusuma |
2 January 2019 |
22 July 2019 |
29 |
29
|
| 25 |
|
Nita Violina Marwah |
23 July 2019 |
6 January 2020 |
24 |
24
|
| 26 |
|
Putri Syaikah |
23 July 2019 |
6 January 2020 |
24 |
24
|
| 27 |
|
Zhou Xinru |
7 January 2020 |
31 December 2020 |
53 |
53
|
| 28 |
|
Alena Iakovleva |
1 January 2021 |
10 November 2021 |
45 |
45
|
| 29 |
|
Anastasiia Boiarun |
1 January 2021 |
10 November 2021 |
45 |
45
|
| 30 |
|
Ania Setien |
11 November 2021 |
3 January 2022 |
8 |
8
|
| 31 |
|
Lucia Rodríguez |
11 November 2021 |
3 January 2022 |
8 |
(8)
|
| 32 |
|
Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari |
4 January 2022 |
1 August 2022 |
30 |
(30)
|
| 33 |
|
Rachel Allessya Rose |
4 January 2022 |
1 August 2022 |
30 |
(30)
|
| 34 |
|
Mariia Stoliarenko |
2 August 2022 |
10 October 2022 |
10 |
10
|
|
|
Lucia Rodríguez |
11 October 2022 |
31 October 2022 |
3 |
11
|
|
|
Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari |
1 November 2022 |
2 January 2023 |
9 |
39
|
|
|
Rachel Allessya Rose |
1 November 2022 |
2 January 2023 |
9 |
39
|
| 35 |
|
Anisanaya Kamila |
3 January 2023 |
30 January 2023 |
4 |
4
|
| 36 |
|
Az Zahra Ditya Ramadhani |
3 January 2023 |
30 January 2023 |
4 |
4
|
| 37 |
|
Camille Pognante |
31 January 2023 |
13 March 2023 |
6 |
6
|
| 38 |
|
Nao Yamakita |
14 March 2023 |
26 June 2023 |
15 |
(15)
|
| 39 |
|
Methika Puthawilai |
27 June 2023 |
3 July 2023 |
1 |
1
|
| 40 |
|
Patida Srisawat |
4 July 2023 |
17 July 2023 |
2 |
2
|
|
|
Nao Yamakita |
18 July 2023 |
1 January 2024 |
25 |
40
|
| 41 |
|
Mei Sudo |
10 October 2023 |
1 January 2024 |
12 |
12
|
| 42 |
|
Bernadine Anindya Wardana |
2 January 2024 |
5 February 2024 |
5 |
5
|
| 43 |
|
Taabia Khan |
6 February 2024 |
26 February 2024 |
3 |
3
|
| 44 |
|
Sabrina Sophita Wedler |
27 February 2024 |
11 March 2024 |
2 |
2
|
| 45 |
|
Aya Tamaki |
12 March 2024 |
8 July 2024 |
17 |
17
|
| 46 |
|
Chen Fanshutian |
9 July 2024 |
2 December 2024 |
21 |
21
|
| 47 |
|
Isyana Syahira Meida |
3 December 2024 |
16 December 2024 |
2 |
2
|
| 48 |
|
Rinjani Kwinara Nastine |
3 December 2024 |
16 December 2024 |
2 |
(2)
|
| 49 |
|
Camille Pognante |
17 December 2024 |
6 January 2025 |
3 |
3
|
|
|
Rinjani Kwinara Nastine |
7 January 2025 |
3 March 2025 |
8 |
10
|
| 50 |
|
Kodchaporn Chaichana |
4 March 2025 |
10 March 2025 |
1 |
(1)
|
| 51 |
|
Pannawee Polyiam |
4 March 2025 |
10 March 2025 |
1 |
(1)
|
| 52 |
|
Napapakorn Tungkasatan |
11 March 2025 |
7 April 2025 |
4 |
4
|
|
|
Kodchaporn Chaichana |
8 April 2025 |
|
10 |
11
|
|
|
Pannawee Polyiam |
8 April 2025 |
|
10 |
11
|
|
Mixed doubles
| # |
|
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 |
8 July 2024 |
27 |
27
|
| 33 |
|
Bernadine Anindya Wardana |
9 July 2024 |
12 August 2024 |
5 |
(5)
|
| 34 |
|
Lin Xiangyi |
13 August 2024 |
26 August 2024 |
2 |
(2)
|
|
|
Bernadine Anindya Wardana |
27 August 2024 |
14 October 2024 |
7 |
12
|
|
|
Lin Xiangyi |
15 October 2024 |
6 January 2025 |
12 |
14
|
| 35 |
|
Lee Hyeong-woo |
7 January 2025 |
3 February 2025 |
4 |
4
|
| 36 |
|
Li Hongyi |
4 February 2025 |
3 March 2025 |
4 |
4
|
| 37 |
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