These Badminton Rankings are issued by: Badminton World Federation (BWF)
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Badminton Rankings as of 25th January 2019

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 dropped down to the 26th position.

Some of the other significant upgrades were of Tommy Sugiarto, Viktor Axelsen and Rasmus Gemke who are now placed at 9th, 11th and 19th position respectively.

Rank Name Country Points/Events
1 Kento Momota Japan 104,650 / 18
2 Shi Yuqi China 91,582 / 18
3 Chou Tien Chen Chinese Taipei 82,024 / 20
4 Son Wan Ho South Korea 75,292 / 19
5 Chen Long China 75,138 / 15
6 Viktor Axelsen Denmark 65,794 / 11
7 Anthony Sinisuka Ginting Indonesia 65,285 / 19
8 Kidambi Srikanth India 63,365 / 15
9 Tommy Sugiarto Indonesia 57,640 / 18
10 Kenta Nishimoto Japan 56,907 / 18
11 Viktor Axelsen India 56,901 / 21
12 Jonatan Christie Indonesia 56,683 / 19
13 Lin Dan China 56,293 / 19
14 Ng Ka Long Angus Hong Kong 51,748 / 18
15 Khosit Phetpradab Thailand 48,792 / 21
16 Kantaphon Wangcharoen Thailand 47,903 / 22
17 Kanta Tsuneyama Japan 47,067 / 18
18 Prannoy H. S. India 45,610 / 13
19 Rasmus Gemke Denmark 45,254 / 14
20 Anders Antonsen Denmark 45,047 / 16
21 Lu Guangzu China 44,029 / 13
22 Sai Praneeth B. India 43,877 / 16
23 Jan O Jorgensen Denmark 43,635 / 18
24 Lee Dong Keun South Korea 43,499 / 15
25 Suppanyu Avihingsanon Thailand 43,445 / 21
26 Huang Yuxiang China 43,120 / 15
27 Brice Leverdez France 42,434 / 20
28 Wang Tzu Wei Chinese Taipei 42,432 / 17
29 Liew Daren Malaysia 41,840 / 16
30 Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus Denmark 41,129 / 15
31 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia 40,663 / 6
32 Kazumasa Sakai Japan 40,596 / 15
33 Lee Hyun Il South Korea 38,810 / 10
34 Rajiv Ouseph England 38,789 / 16
35 Lee Zii Jia Malaysia 38,527 / 12
36 Mark Caljouw Netherlands 38,250 / 18
37 Wong Wing Ki Vincent Hong Kong 37,808 / 20
38 Lee Cheuk Yiu Hong Kong 37,721 / 17
39 Hsu Jen Hao Chinese Taipei 36,570 / 22
40 Sitthikom Thammasin Thailand 35,630 / 14
41 Yu Igarashi Japan 35,250 / 14
42 Parupalli Kashyap India 33,620 / 14
43 Ihsan Maulana Mustofa Indonesia 33,345 / 14
44 Chong Wei Feng Malaysia 32,430 / 13
45 Zhao Junpeng China 32,360 / 14
46 Lucas Corvee France 31,994 / 21
47 Victor Svendsen Denmark 31,490 / 13
48 Ygor Coelho Brazil 31,290 / 15
49 Subhankar Dey India 31,000 / 20
50 Misha Zilberman Israel 30,930 / 21

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 Carolina Marin, Goh Jin Wei and Yip Pui Yin who are now placed at 4th, 25th and 33rd positon respectively.

Rank Name Country Points/Events
1 Tai Tzu Ying Chinese Taipei 99,667 / 16
2 Nozomi Okuhara Japan 85,907 / 20
3 Pusarla V. Sindhu India 84,264 / 17
4 Carolina Marin Spain 83,806 / 14
5 Chen Yufei China 83,529 / 17
6 Akane Yamaguchi Japan 82,813 / 18
7 He Bingjiao China 74,679 / 15
8 Ratchanok Intanon Thailand 72,787 / 18
9 Saina Nehwal India 66,294 / 16
10 Beiwen Zhang USA 60,190 / 16
11 Sung Ji Hyun South Korea 59,283 / 19
12 Sayaka Takahashi Japan 58,056 / 17
13 Michelle Li Canada 52,521 / 26
14 Gregoria Mariska Tunjung Indonesia 51,190 / 17
15 Gao Fangjie China 50,676 / 18
16 Han Yue China 49,700 / 14
17 Aya Ohori Japan 48,706 / 19
18 Nitchaon Jindapol Thailand 48,672 / 20
19 Mia Blichfeldt Denmark 48,032 / 19
20 Cai Yanyan China 47,130 / 17
21 Line Højmark Kjaersfeldt Denmark 46,539 / 20
22 Pornpawee Chochuwong Thailand 45,062 / 18
23 Busanan Ongbamrungphan Thailand 44,359 / 19
24 Minatsu Mitani Japan 44,300 / 12
25 Goh Jin Wei Malaysia 44,275 / 13
26 Li Xuerui China 44,002 / 9
27 Chen Xiaoxin China 43,605 / 14
28 Cheung Ngan Yi Hong Kong 43,021 / 19
29 Kirsty Gilmour Scotland 41,655 / 15
30 Sayaka Sato Japan 40,836 / 18
31 Fitriani Fitriani Indonesia 40,669 / 18
32 Evgeniya Kosetskaya Russia 37,331 / 21
33 Yip Pui Yin Hong Kong 36,334 / 16
34 Saena Kawakami Japan 35,710 / 14
35 Beatriz Corrales Spain 34,613 / 24
36 Soniia Cheah Malaysia 34,359 / 13
37 Deng Joy Xuan Hong Kong 34,040 / 15
38 Ayumi Mine Japan 33,880 / 12
39 Zhang Yiman China 33,180 / 12
40 Rachel Honderich Canada 32,484 / 13
41 Yeo Jia Min Singapore 31,620 / 12
42 Pai Yu Po Chinese Taipei 31,362 / 18
43 Lee Chia Hsin Chinese Taipei 31,283 / 17
44 Chloe Birch England 30,895 / 16
45 Yvonne Li Germany 30,886 / 19
46 Ga Eun Kim South Korea 30,200 / 15
47 Lyanny Alessandra Mainaky Indonesia 30,120 / 19
48 Ruselli Hartawan Indonesia 29,641 / 14
49 Neslihan Yigit Turkey 29,064 / 14
50 Dinar Dyah Ayustine Indonesia 28,823 / 13

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