Last updated on March 18th, 2020 at 11:13 pm
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Japan’s Kento Momota is still flying high in the men’s singles game with Chou Tien Chen close behind at number 2. England’s highest ranked men’s player is Toby Penty at number 52.
In the women’s singles Tai Tzu Ying is at number one. In fact the there are several top players all vying for the coveted number one position. Those players include Chen Yu Fei, Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi. Carolina Marin rise continues as she takes the number six spot. Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 34, whilst England’s highest ranked player is Chloe Birch at 67.
England’s top men’s doubles pair Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge are ranked at 22 with their fellow countryman Ben Lane / Sean Vendy are at 32.
Meanwhile in the women’s doubles England’s highest pairing of Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith are at 18. The Netherlands pairing of Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen are at number 24. Meanwhile Australia’s Gronya Somerville / Setyana Mapasa move to number 26.
The mixed doubles is England’s strongest event with three pairs within the top 30. Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (9), Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (13) & Ben Lane/Jessica Pugh (29).
Badminton World Rankings (17 March 2020)
Men’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN | Kento Momota |
| 2 | TPE | Chou Tien Chen |
| 3 | DEN | Anders Antonsen |
| 4 | DEN | Viktor Axelsen |
| 5 | CHN | Chen Long |
| 6 | INA | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
| 7 | INA | Jonatan Christie |
| 8 | HKG | NG Ka Long Angus |
| 9 | CHN | Shi Yuqi |
| 10 | MAS | Lee Zii Jia |
| Others | ||
| 11 | JPN | Kanta Tsuneyama |
| 13 | IND | Sai Praneeth B. |
| 14 | IND | Kidambi Srikanth |
| 16 | JPN | Kenta Nishimoto |
| 19 | CHN | Lin Dan |
| 22 | DEN | Jan O Jorgensen |
| 24 | IND | Parupalli Kashyap |
| 52 | ENG | Toby Penty |
Women’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TPE | Tai Tzu Ying |
| 2 | CHN | Chen Yu Fei |
| 3 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 4 | JPN | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 5 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 6 | ESP | Carolina Marin |
| 7 | IND | Pusarla V. Sindhu |
| 8 | CHN | HE Bing Jiao |
| 9 | KOR | An Se Young |
| 10 | CAN | Michelle Li |
| Others | ||
| 11 | JPN | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 14 | KOR | Sung Ji Hyun |
| 15 | USA | Beiwen Zhang |
| 18 | DEN | Mia Blichfeldt |
| 20 | IND | Saina Nehwal |
| 23 | CHN | Han Yue |
| 27 | SCO | Kirsty Gilmour |
| 34 | DEN | Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt |
| 67 | ENG | Chloe Birch |
Men’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | INA INA | Marcus Fernaldi Gideon Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo |
| 2 | INA INA | Hendra Setiawan Mohammad Ahsan |
| 3 | CHN CHN | Li Jun Hui Liu Yu Chen |
| 4 | JPN JPN | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda |
| 5 | JPN JPN | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe |
| 6 | INA INA | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| 7 | TPE TPE | Lee Yang Wang Chi-Lin |
| 8 | KOR KOR | Choi SolGyu Seo Seung Jae |
| 9 | MAS MAS | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
| 10 | IND IND | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty |
| Others | ||
| 12 | DEN DEN | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| 13 | CHN CHN | Han Cheng Kai Zhou Hao Dong |
| 14 | MAS MAS | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
| 20 | DEN DEN | Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen |
| 22 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
| 23 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Marvin Emil Seidel |
| 24 | RUS RUS | Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov |
| 32 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Sean Vendy |
Women’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN CHN | Chen Qing Chen Jia Yi Fan |
| 2 | JPN JPN | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota |
| 3 | JPN JPN | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| 4 | KOR KOR | Lee So Hee Shin Seung Chan |
| 5 | CHN CHN | Du Yue Li Yin Hui |
| 6 | KOR KOR | Kim So Yeong Kong Hee Yong |
| 7 | JPN JPN | Misaki Matsutomo Ayaka Takahashi |
| 8 | INA INA | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu |
| 9 | KOR KOR | Chang Ye Na Kim Hye Rin |
| 10 | KOR KOR | Baek Ha Na Jung Kyung Eun |
| Others | ||
| 11 | THA THA | Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai |
| 13 | CHN CHN | Li Wen Mei Zheng Yu |
| 15 | BUL BUL | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva |
| 18 | ENG ENG | Chloe Birch Lauren Smith |
| 21 | DEN DEN | Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen |
| 23 | CAN CAN | Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai |
| 24 | NED NED | Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen |
| 26 | AUS AUS | Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville |
| 28 | IND IND | Ashwini Ponnappa Reddy N. Sikki |
| 29 | RUS RUS | Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova |
| 30 | FRA FRA | Emilie Lefel Anne Tran |
Mixed Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN CHN | Zheng Si Wei Huang Ya Qiong |
| 2 | CHN CHN | Wang Yi Lyu Huang Dong Ping |
| 3 | THA THA | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 4 | INA INA | Praveen Jordan Melati Daeva Oktavianti |
| 5 | JPN JPN | Yuta Watanabe Arisa Higashino |
| 6 | KOR KOR | Seo Seung Jae Chae YuJung |
| 7 | MAS MAS | Chan Peng Soon Goh Liu Ying |
| 8 | INA INA | Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja |
| 9 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith |
| 10 | HKG HKG | Tang Chun Man TSE Ying Suet |
| Others | ||
| 12 | MAS MAS | Goh Soon Huat Lai Shevon Jemie |
| 13 | ENG ENG | Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock |
| 14 | CHN CHN | HE Ji Ting DU Yue |
| 15 | FRA FRA | Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue |
| 16 | NED NED | Robin Tabeling Selena Piek |
| 17 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Isabel Herttrich |
| 27 | IND IND | Pranaav Jerry Chopra Reddy N. Sikki |
| 29 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Jessica Pugh |
| 32 | IRL IRL | Sam Magee Chloe Magee |
These are the top 10 Badminton Players in the BWF World Rankings.
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