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Badminton World Rankings – Top 10 Players

Last updated on February 6th, 2021 at 08:50 pm

Badminton World Rankings - Top 10 Players

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

There’s not been a whole lot of badminton of late but 2021 has started off with a couple of tournaments. Let’s check in on the latest BWF Badminton World Rankings!

Japan’s Kento Momota remains on top in the men’s singles game with the Danes Viktor Axelsen and Anders Antonsen close behind at ranking 2 & 3. Meanwhile England’s highest ranked men’s player is Toby Penty at number 53.

In the women’s singles Tai Tzu Ying remains at number one. Chen Yu Fei holds on at number 2. However it’s Carolina Marin that’s on the move climbing to number three following her recent impressive form in Thailand. Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 28, whilst England’s highest ranked player is Chloe Birch at 69.

England’s top men’s doubles pair Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge are ranked at number 12 whilst their fellow countryman Ben Lane / Sean Vendy are in good form climbing to 18.

Meanwhile in the women’s doubles England’s highest pairing of Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith are at 15. Meanwhile Australia’s Gronya Somerville / Setyana Mapasa move up to number 23. The Netherlands pairing of Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen drop down to number 26.

The mixed doubles is England’s strongest event with three pairs within the top 34. Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (9), Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (14) & Ben Lane/Jessica Pugh (34).


Badminton World Rankings (2 February 2021)

Men’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10

RankCountryPlayer Name
1JPNKento Momota
2DENViktor Axelsen
3DENAnders Antonsen
4TPEChou Tien Chen
5INAAnthony Sinisuka Ginting
6CHNChen Long
7INAJonatan Christie
8HKGNG Ka Long Angus
9TPEWang Tzu Wei
10CHNShi Yu Qi
Others
11MASLee Zii Jia
13INDKidambi Srikanth
14JPNKanta Tsuneyama
15JPNKenta Nishimoto
17INDSai Praneeth B.
20CHNLin Dan
21DENJan O Jorgensen
26INDParupalli Kashyap
53ENGToby Penty

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Women’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10

RankCountryPlayer Name
1TPETai Tzu Ying
2CHNChen Yu Fei
3ESPCarolina Marin
4JPNNozomi Okuhara
5JPNAkane Yamaguchi
6THARatchanok Intanon
7INDPusarla V. Sindhu
8KORAn Se Young
9CHNHE Bing Jiao
10CANMichelle Li
Others
12DENMia Blichfeldt
14JPNSayaka Takahashi
15KORSung Ji Hyun
16USABeiwen Zhang
19INDSaina Nehwal
24CHNHan Yue
28SCOKirsty Gilmour
34DENLine Højmark Kjaersfeldt
69ENGChloe Birch
70AUSHsuan-Yu Wendy Chen


Men’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

RankCountryPlayer Name
1INA
INA
Marcus Fernaldi Gideon
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
2INA
INA
Hendra Setiawan
Mohammad Ahsan
3TPE
TPE
Lee Yang
Wang Chi-Lin
4CHN
CHN
Li Jun Hui
Liu Yu Chen
5JPN
JPN
Takeshi Kamura
Keigo Sonoda
6JPN
JPN
Hiroyuki Endo
Yuta Watanabe
7INA
INA
Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
8KOR
KOR
Choi SolGyu
Seo Seung Jae
9MAS
MAS
Aaron Chia
Soh Wooi Yik
10IND
IND
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty
Others
11MAS
MAS
Goh V Shem
Tan Wee Kiong
12ENG
ENG
Marcus Ellis
Chris Langridge
15DEN
DEN
Kim Astrup
Anders Skaarup Rasmussen
16RUS
RUS
Vladimir Ivanov
Ivan Sozonov
17CHN
CHN
Han Cheng Kai
Zhou Hao Dong
18ENG
ENG
Ben Lane
Sean Vendy
21GER
GER
Mark Lamsfuss
Marvin Emil Seidel
24DEN
DEN
Mathias Boe
Mads Conrad-Petersen

Women’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

RankCountryPlayer Name
1JPN
JPN
Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
2CHN
CHN
Chen Qing Chen
Jia Yi Fan
3JPN
JPN
Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
4KOR
KOR
Lee So Hee
Shin Seung Chan
5KOR
KOR
Kim So Yeong
Kong Hee Yong
6INA
INA
Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu
7CHN
CHN
Du Yue
Li Yin Hui
8THA
THA
Jongkolphan Kititharakul
Rawinda Prajongjai
9KOR
KOR
Chang Ye Na
Kim Hye Rin
10MAS
MAS
Chow Mei Kuan
Lee Meng Yean
Others
11KOR
KOR
Baek Ha Na
Jung Kyung Eun
13CHN
CHN
Li Wen Mei
Zheng Yu
14BUL
BUL
Gabriela Stoeva
Stefani Stoeva
15ENG
ENG
Chloe Birch
Lauren Smith
16DEN
DEN
Maiken Fruergaard
Sara Thygesen
22FRA
FRA
Emilie Lefel
Anne Tran
23AUS
AUS
Setyana Mapasa
Gronya Somerville
25CAN
CAN
Rachel Honderich
Kristen Tsai
26NED
NED
Selena Piek
Cheryl Seinen
29IND
IND
Ashwini Ponnappa
Reddy N. Sikki
32RUS
RUS
Ekaterina Bolotova
Alina Davletova

Mixed Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10

RankCountryPlayer Name
1CHN
CHN
Zheng Si Wei
Huang Ya Qiong
2THA
THA
Dechapol Puavaranukroh
Sapsiree Taerattanachai
3CHN
CHN
Wang Yi Lyu
Huang Dong Ping
4INA
INA
Praveen Jordan
Melati Daeva Oktavianti
5KOR
KOR
Seo Seung Jae
Chae YuJung
6JPN
JPN
Yuta Watanabe
Arisa Higashino
7MAS
MAS
Chan Peng Soon
Goh Liu Ying
8INA
INA
Hafiz Faizal
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
9ENG
ENG
Marcus Ellis
Lauren Smith
10MAS
MAS
Goh Soon Huat
Lai Shevon Jemie
Others
11HKG
HKG
Tang Chun Man
TSE Ying Suet
13FRA
FRA
Thom Gicquel
Delphine Delrue
14ENG
ENG
Chris Adcock
Gabrielle Adcock
15GER
GER
Mark Lamsfuss
Isabel Herttrich
16CHN
CHN
HE Ji Ting
DU Yue
17NED
NED
Robin Tabeling
Selena Piek
31IND
IND
Pranaav Jerry Chopra
Reddy N. Sikki
33IRL
IRL
Sam Magee
Chloe Magee
34ENG
ENG
Ben Lane
Jessica Pugh

These are the top 10 Badminton Players in the BWF World Rankings.

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