Badminton World Rankings – Top 10 Players

Last updated on March 28th, 2023 at 11:09 pm

Find out which players are currently in the top 10 badminton world rankings. This page will be updated every month so don’t forget to check back.

Badminton tournaments have been coming frequently of late so lets find out which players have benefited the most. It is time to check in on the latest BWF Badminton World Rankings!

Viktor Axelsen is on top spot whilst Jonatan Christie is at number two. Anders Antonsen is at number 17 while Japan’s Kento Momota is at number 22.

In the women’s singles Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi has the number one spot with An Se Young at number two. Chen Yu Fei is at number 3, whilst Tai Tzu Ying is at number 4. Carolina Marin stays at number 7 while Pusarla V. Sindhu is at 11. Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 23 and Wales’s Jordan Hart is a number 100. England currently don’t have any players in the top 100.

The men’s doubles has Fajar Alfian / M Rian Ardianto currently ranked at number 1 in the world and Japan’s Takuro Hoki / Yugo Kobayashi are at four. England’s top men’s doubles pair Ben Lane / Sean Vendy are at 17 while Scotland’s Alexander Dunn / Adam Hall are at number 22.

In the women’s doubles England’s highest pairing are Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith at 44. Looking at some of the other well know pairs see’s Scotland’s Julie Macpherson / Ciara Torrance are at 34, Ireland’s Kate Frost / Moya Ryan at 56 while Australia’s new pairing of Gronya Somerville / Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen are at number 110.

The mixed doubles is England’s strongest event, with Gregory Mairs / Jenny Moore at number 30 meanwhile Callum Hemming / Jessica Pugh are at 48. Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith slip to 70 having just returned after injury.

Zheng Si Wei / Huang Ya Qiong are in top spot. German pair Mark Lamsfuss / Isabel Lohau are at number 14 while Scottish pair Adam Hall / Julie MacPherson are at 32.

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Badminton World Rankings (28th March 2023)

Men’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10

Rank	Country	Player Name
1	DEN	Viktor Axelsen
2	INA	Jonatan Christie
3	INA	Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
4	MAS	Lee Zii Jia
5	JPN	Kodai Naraoka
6	TPE	Chou Tien Chen
7	THA	Kunlavut Vitidsarn
8	SGP	Loh Kean Yew
9	IND	Prannoy H.S
10	CHN	Shi Yu Qi
Others
12	CHN	Lu Guang Zu
14	HKG	NG Ka Long Angus
15	JPN	Kenta Nishimoto
17	DEN	Anders Antonsen
20	DEN	Rasmus Gemke
21	IND	Kidambi Srikanth
22	JPN	Kento Momota
25	IND	Lakshya Sen
28	FRA	Toma Junior Popov

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Women’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10

Rank	Country	Player Name
1	JPN	Akane Yamaguchi
2	KOR	An Se Young
3	CHN	Chen Yu Fei
4	TPE	Tai Tzu Ying
5	CHN	HE Bing Jiao
6	CHN	Wang Zhi Yi
7	ESP	Carolina Marin
8	THA	Ratchanok Intanon
9	THA	Pornpawee Chochuwong
10	CHN	Han Yue
Others
11	IND	Pusarla V. Sindhu
13	THA	B. Ongbamrungphan
14	JPN	Nozomi Okuhara
15	CAN	Michelle Li
16	USA	Beiwen Zhang
19	DEN	Mia Blichfeldt
21	DEN	Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt
23	SCO	Kirsty Gilmour
31	IND	Saina Nehwal
32	USA	Iris Wang
44	JPN	Sayaka Takahashi
100	WAL	Jordan Hart
104	AUS	Tiffany Ho

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Men’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

Rank	Country	Player Name
1	INA INA	Fajar Alfian M Rian Ardianto
2	MAS MAS	Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik
3	INA INA	Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan
4	JPN JPN	Takuro Hoki Yugo Kobayashi
5	CHN CHN	Liu Yu Chen Ou Xuan Yi
6	IND IND	S Rankireddy Chirag Shetty
7	CHN CHN	Liang Wei Keng Wang Chang
8	MAS MAS	Ong Yew Sin Teo Ee Yi
9	DEN DEN	Kim Astrup Anders S Rasmussen
10	KOR KOR	Choi Sol Gyu Kim Won Ho
Others
11	INA INA	Leo Rolly Carnando Daniel Marthin
19	MAS MAS	Goh Sze Fei Nur Izzuddin
16	GER GER	Mark Lamsfuss Marvin Emil Seidel
17	ENG ENG	Ben Lane Sean Vendy
22	SCO SCO	Alexander Dunn Adam Hall
26	INA INA	Marcus F Gideon Kevin S Sukamuljo
32	FRA FRA	Christo Popov Toma Junior Popov

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Women’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

Rank	Country	Player Name
1	CHN CHN	Chen Qing Chen Jia Yi Fan
2	JPN JPN	Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida
3	KOR KOR	Kim So Yeong Kong Hee Yong
4	CHN CHN	Zhang Shu Xian Zheng Yu
5	IDN IDN	Apriyani Rahayu S Ramadhanti
6	KOR KOR	Jeong Na Eun Kim Hye Jeong
7	JPN JPN	Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota
8	MAS MAS	Tan Pearly Thinaah Muralitharan
9	JPN JPN	Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara
10	THA THA	J Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai
Others
11	THA THA	Benyapa Aimsaard Nuntakarn Aimsaard
12	KOR KOR	Lee So Hee Shin Seung Chan
14	KOR KOR	Baek Ha Na Lee So Hee
15	BUL BUL	Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva
22	DEN DEN	Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen
27	GER GER	Linda Efler Isabel Lohau
34	SCO SCO	Julie Macpherson Ciara Torrance
36	CAN CAN	Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai
44	ENG ENG	Chloe Birch Lauren Smith
56	IRE IRE	Kate Frost Moya Ryan
69	IND IND	Ashwini Ponnappa Reddy N. Sikki
110	AUS AUS	H Wendy Chen Gronya Somerville

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Mixed Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

Rank	Country	Player Name
1	CHN CHN	Zheng Si Wei Huang Ya Qiong
2	JPN JPN	Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino
3	CHN CHN	Wang Yi Lyu Huang Dong Ping
4	THA THA	D Puavaranukroh S Taerattanachai
5	KOR KOR	Seo Seung Jae Chae Yu Jung
6	FRA FRA	Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue
7	MAS MAS	Tan Kian Meng Lai Pei Jing
8	CHN CHN	Feng Yan Zhe Huang Dong Ping
9	KOR KOR	Kim Won Ho Jeong Na Eun
10	MAS MAS	Goh Soon Huat Lai Shevon Jemie
Others
11	NED NED	Robin Tabeling Selena Piek
12	IND IND	Rinov Rivaldy P H Mentari
14	GER GER	Mark Lamsfuss Isabel Lohau
15	THA THA	S.Jomkoh S.Paewsampran
19	DEN DEN	M Christiansen Alexandra BØje
20	HKG HKG	Tang Chun Man TSE Ying Suet
30	ENG ENG	Gregory Mairs Jenny Moore
32	SCO SCO	Adam Hall Julie MacPherson
48	ENG ENG	Callum Hemming Jessica Pugh
70	ENG ENG	Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith

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