These Badminton Rankings are issued by: Badminton World Federation (BWF)
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Badminton Rankings as of 27th December 2018

Badminton Rankings – Men’s Singles

Badminton Rankings

Kento Momota retained his top rank, with Shi Yuqi and Chou Tien Chen placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively. Huang Yuxiang upgraded its rank to the 24th position.

Some of the other significant upgrades were of Sergery Sirant, Kalle Koljonen and Lucas Claerbout who are now placed at 74th, 75th and 77th position respectively.

Rank Name Country Points/Events
1 Kento Momota Japan 104,650 / 17
2 Shi Yuqi China 91,582 / 17
3 Chou Tien Chen Chinese Taipei 82,024 / 21
4 Chen Long China 72,378 / 15
5 Son Wan Ho South Korea 72,142 / 19
6 Viktor Axelsen Denmark 68,574 / 11
7 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia 65,285 / 19
8 Kidambi Srikanth India 63,365 / 14
9 Tommy Sugiarto Indonesia 60,790 / 19
10 Kenta Nishimoto Japan 60,387 / 18
11 Jonatan Christie Indonesia 57,403 / 19
12 Sameer Verma India 56,901 / 21
13 Lin Dan China 53,343 / 19
14 Ng Ka Long Angus Hong Kong 52,468 / 18
15 Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand 49,110 / 22
16 Khosit Phetpradab Thailand 48,792 / 20
17 Kanta Tsuneyama Japan 47,067 / 17
18 Anders Antonsen Denmark 45,987 / 16
19 Suppanyu Avihingsanon Thailand 45,985 / 21
20 Prannoy H. S. India 45,610 / 13
21 Rasmus Gemke Denmark 45,254 / 14
22 Sai Praneeth B. India 44,477 / 17
23 Liew Daren Malaysia 44,080 / 17
24 Huang Yuxiang China 44,060 / 16
25 Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus Denmark 43,949 / 15
26 Jan O Jorgensen Denmark 43,635 / 17
27 Lee Dong Keun South Korea 43,499 / 15
28 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia 42,883 / 7
29 Wang Tzu Wei Chinese Taipei 42,182 / 16
30 Brice Leverdez France 41,134 / 19
31 Lu Guangzu China 40,799 / 12
32 Kazumasa Sakai Japan 40,596 / 15
33 Lee Hyun Il South Korea 38,810 / 10
34 Rajiv Ouseph England 38,789 / 15
35 Mark Caljouw Netherlands 38,250 / 17
36 Lee Cheuk Yiu Hong Kong 37,191 / 16
37 Wong Wing Ki Vincent Hong Kong 36,778 / 19
38 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Indonesia 36,355 / 15
39 Hsu Jen Hao Chinese Taipei 35,990 / 21
40 Sitthikom Thammasin Thailand 34,550 / 13
41 Yu Igarashi Japan 34,200 / 12
42 Lee Zii Jia Malaysia 33,747 / 11
43 Chong Wei Feng Malaysia 32,540 / 13
44 Parupalli Kashyap India 32,240 / 14
45 Ygor Coelho Brazil 31,840 / 16
46 Lucas Corvee France 31,464 / 21
47 Zhao Junpeng China 31,280 / 12
48 Misha Zilberman Israel 30,930 / 21
49 Subhankar Dey India 30,450 / 19
50 Heo Kwang Hee South Korea 30,399 / 13

Women’s Singles Badminton Rankings

Badminton Rankings

Tai Tzu Ying retained her rank at the top with Nozomi Okuhara and Pusarla V. Sindhu placed at the 2nd and 3rd position respectively.

Other significant upgrades were of Gayle Mahulette, Crystal Pan and Selvaduray Kisona who are now placed at 89th, 90th and 100th positon respectively.

Rank Name Country Points/Events
1 Tai Tzu Ying Chinese Taipei 100,267 / 16
2 Nozomi Okuhara Japan 85,907 / 19
3 Pusarla V. Sindhu India 84,264 / 17
4 Chen Yufei China 83,529 / 18
5 Akane Yamaguchi Japan 82,813 / 18
6 Carolina Marin Spain 82,426 / 14
7 He Bingjiao China 74,679 / 15
8 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand 72,787 / 18
9 Saina Nehwal India 64,914 / 15
10 Beiwen Zhang USA 60,190 / 16
11 Sung Ji Hyun South Korea 58,563 / 19
12 Sayaka Takahashi Japan 58,056 / 16
13 Michelle Li Canada 52,521 / 25
14 Nitchaon Jindapol Thailand 52,072 / 20
15 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia 51,440 / 17
16 Gao Fangjie China 50,676 / 17
17 Han Yue China 49,700 / 14
18 Mia Blichfeldt Denmark 48,032 / 20
19 Aya Ohori Japan 47,366 / 18
20 Cai Yanyan China 47,130 / 16
21 Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt Denmark 46,539 / 20
22 Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand 46,112 / 19
23 Minatsu Mitani Japan 44,300 / 12
24 Li Xuerui China 44,002 / 9
25 Chen Xiaoxin China 43,605 / 15
26 Cheung Ngan Yi Hong Kong 43,021 / 17
27 Goh Jin Wei Malaysia 42,985 / 14
28 Kirsty Gilmour Scotland 42,595 / 16
29 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand 42,009 / 18
30 Sayaka Sato Japan 41,686 / 19
31 Soniia Cheah Malaysia 37,039 / 14
32 Evgeniya Kosetskaya Russia 36,391 / 21
33 Fitriani Fitriani Indonesia 36,099 / 17
34 Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong 35,484 / 15
35 Beatriz Corrales Spain 34,613 / 23
36 Saena Kawakami Japan 34,520 / 13
37 Rachel Honderich Canada 32,624 / 14
38 Ayumi Mine Japan 32,420 / 11
39 Lee Ying Ying Malaysia 32,361 / 14
40 Pai Yu Po Chinese Taipei 32,302 / 18
41 Lee Chia Hsin Chinese Taipei 31,283 / 18
42 Zhang Yiman China 31,250 / 11
43 Deng Joy Xuan Hong Kong 30,840 / 13
44 Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky Indonesia 30,120 / 19
45 Yvonne Li Germany 29,806 / 18
46 Ga Eun Kim South Korea 29,650 / 14
47 Chloe Birch England 29,405 / 15
48 Neslihan Yigit Turkey 29,064 / 14
49 Dinar Dyah Ayustine Indonesia 28,823 / 14
50 Linda Zetchiri Bulgaria 28,703 / 16

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