Last updated on July 28th, 2021 at 01:38 am
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 55.
In the women’s singles Tai Tzu Ying remains at number one. Chen Yu Fei holds on at number 2. Carolina Marin is at number four and Scotland’s Kirsty Gilmour is at number 26. Meanwhile England’s highest ranked player is Chloe Birch at 75.
England’s top men’s doubles pair Marcus Ellis / Chris Langridge are ranked at number 11 whilst their fellow countryman Ben Lane / Sean Vendy remain at 18.
Meanwhile in the women’s doubles England’s highest pairing of Chloe Birch / Lauren Smith are at 14. Meanwhile Australia’s Gronya Somerville / Setyana Mapasa slip to number 28. The Netherlands pairing of Selena Piek / Cheryl Seinen having regain form are at number 17.
The mixed doubles is England’s strongest event with three pairs within the top 35. Marcus Ellis/Lauren Smith (8), Chris Adcock/Gabrielle Adcock (14) & Ben Lane/Jessica Pugh (36). However that’s set to change with the recent announcement of the Adcock’s retirement from the sport.
Badminton World Rankings (27 July 2021)
Men’s Singles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN | Kento Momota |
| 2 | DEN | Viktor Axelsen |
| 3 | DEN | Anders Antonsen |
| 4 | TPE | Chou Tien Chen |
| 5 | INA | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting |
| 6 | CHN | Chen Long |
| 7 | INA | Jonatan Christie |
| 8 | MAS | Lee Zii Jia |
| 9 | HKG | NG Ka Long Angus |
| 10 | TPE | Wang Tzu Wei |
| Others | ||
| 11 | CHN | Shi Yu Qi |
| 13 | JPN | Kanta Tsuneyama |
| 14 | IND | Kidambi Srikanth |
| 15 | IND | Sai Praneeth B. |
| 16 | JPN | Kenta Nishimoto |
| 21 | CHN | Lin Dan |
| 22 | DEN | Jan O Jorgensen |
| 56 | 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 | Nozomi Okuhara |
| 4 | ESP | Carolina Marin |
| 5 | JPN | Akane Yamaguchi |
| 6 | THA | Ratchanok Intanon |
| 7 | IND | Pusarla V. Sindhu |
| 8 | KOR | An Se Young |
| 9 | CHN | HE Bing Jiao |
| 10 | THA | Pornpawee Chochuwong |
| Others | ||
| 11 | CAN | Michelle Li |
| 12 | DEN | Mia Blichfeldt |
| 14 | USA | Beiwen Zhang |
| 15 | JPN | Sayaka Takahashi |
| 16 | KOR | Sung Ji Hyun |
| 19 | IND | Saina Nehwal |
| 25 | CHN | Han Yue |
| 26 | SCO | Kirsty Gilmour |
| 33 | DEN | Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt |
| 75 | ENG | Chloe Birch |
| 76 | AUS | Hsuan-Yu Wendy Chen |
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 | TPE TPE | Lee Yang Wang Chi-Lin |
| 4 | JPN JPN | Hiroyuki Endo Yuta Watanabe |
| 5 | JPN JPN | Takeshi Kamura Keigo Sonoda |
| 6 | CHN CHN | Li Jun Hui Liu Yu Chen |
| 7 | INA INA | Fajar Alfian Muhammad Rian Ardianto |
| 8 | KOR KOR | Choi SolGyu Seo Seung Jae |
| 9 | MAS MAS | Aaron Chia Soh Wooi Yik |
| 10 | IND IND | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty |
| Others | ||
| 11 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Chris Langridge |
| 12 | DEN DEN | Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen |
| 13 | MAS MAS | Goh V Shem Tan Wee Kiong |
| 14 | RUS RUS | Vladimir Ivanov Ivan Sozonov |
| 17 | CHN CHN | Han Cheng Kai Zhou Hao Dong |
| 18 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Sean Vendy |
| 19 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Marvin Emil Seidel |
| 24 | DEN DEN | Mathias Boe Mads Conrad-Petersen |
Women’s Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | JPN JPN | Yuki Fukushima Sayaka Hirota |
| 2 | JPN JPN | Mayu Matsumoto Wakana Nagahara |
| 3 | CHN CHN | Chen Qing Chen Jia Yi Fan |
| 4 | KOR KOR | Lee So Hee Shin Seung Chan |
| 5 | KOR KOR | Kim So Yeong Kong Hee Yong |
| 6 | INA INA | Greysia Polii Apriyani Rahayu |
| 7 | CHN CHN | Du Yue Li Yin Hui |
| 8 | THA THA | Jongkolphan Kititharakul Rawinda Prajongjai |
| 9 | KOR KOR | Chang Ye Na Kim Hye Rin |
| 10 | JPN JPN | Nami Matsuyama Chiharu Shida |
| Others | ||
| 11 | MAS MAS | Chow Mei Kuan Lee Meng Yean |
| 12 | BUL BUL | Gabriela Stoeva Stefani Stoeva |
| 13 | KOR KOR | Baek Ha Na Jung Kyung Eun |
| 14 | ENG ENG | Chloe Birch Lauren Smith |
| 15 | CHN CHN | Li Wen Mei Zheng Yu |
| 16 | DEN DEN | Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen |
| 17 | NED NED | Selena Piek Cheryl Seinen |
| 24 | CAN CAN | Rachel Honderich Kristen Tsai |
| 25 | FRA FRA | Emilie Lefel Anne Tran |
| 27 | IND IND | Ashwini Ponnappa Reddy N. Sikki |
| 28 | AUS AUS | Setyana Mapasa Gronya Somerville |
| 33 | RUS RUS | Ekaterina Bolotova Alina Davletova |
| 49 | SCO SCO | Julie Macpherson Ciara Torrance |
Mixed Doubles BWF Ranking – Top 10
| Rank | Country | Player Name |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CHN CHN | Zheng Si Wei Huang Ya Qiong |
| 2 | THA THA | Dechapol Puavaranukroh Sapsiree Taerattanachai |
| 3 | CHN CHN | Wang Yi Lyu Huang Dong Ping |
| 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 | ENG ENG | Marcus Ellis Lauren Smith |
| 9 | INA INA | Hafiz Faizal Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja |
| 10 | FRA FRA | Thom Gicquel Delphine Delrue |
| Others | ||
| 12 | MAS MAS | Goh Soon Huat Lai Shevon Jemie |
| 13 | HKG HKG | Tang Chun Man TSE Ying Suet |
| 14 | ENG ENG | Chris Adcock Gabrielle Adcock |
| 15 | GER GER | Mark Lamsfuss Isabel Herttrich |
| 16 | CHN CHN | HE Ji Ting DU Yue |
| 18 | NED NED | Robin Tabeling Selena Piek |
| 22 | IND IND | Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Ashwini Ponnappa |
| 31 | IRL IRL | Sam Magee Chloe Magee |
| 36 | ENG ENG | Ben Lane Jessica Pugh |
These are the top 10 Badminton Players in the BWF World Rankings plus a few selected players lower down the rankings.
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