The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation, introduced since January 2011. Players must be under 19 years of age to be eligible in the World Junior Rankings. Players will be removed from the World Junior Ranking once they have reached 19 years of age on 1 January. In doubles, players will be ranked as individuals and not as pairs.[1]

Points system

Badminton Asia Confederation may select up to two tournaments to upgrade to European Junior Championships level and up to three tournaments to the upgraded Asian and European Tournaments level as stated in World Junior ranking table below. Badminton Europe can select up to three tournaments to upgrade to the upgraded Asian and European International Tournaments level. Points are awarded according to the following table:

Championships Winner Runner-up 3/4 5/8 9/16 17/32 33/64 65/128 129/256 257/512 513/1024
World Junior 6,0005,1004,2003,3002,4001,5006003001206030
Asian Junior 4,6003,9003,2102,5201,8001,100440215
European Junior and Upgraded Asian International Tournaments 3,5002,9752,4501,9251,375835330160653015
Upgraded Asian and European Junior International Tournaments 2,5002,1251,7501,375960585230110452013
Asian and European International Tournaments 2,0001,7001,4001,10076046018085351510
African, Pan American and Oceania Continental Junior 1,2501,0658756854602751055020105
African, Pan American and Oceania Junior International Tournaments 85071058546030017565301053

Year-end number one players

Year Men's Singles Women's Singles Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles
2011 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Thailand Ratchanok Intanon Malaysia Teo Ee Yi South Korea Shin Seung-chan Netherlands Jim Middelburg
Netherlands Soraya de Visch Eijbergen
2012 Japan Kento Momota Japan Nozomi Okuhara Indonesia Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
Indonesia Melati Daeva Oktaviani
2013 Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei Japan Aya Ohori China Liu Yuchen
China Li Junhui
South Korea Chae Yoo-jung
South Korea Kim Ji-won
South Korea Choi Sol-gyu
2014 China Shi Yuqi Japan Akane Yamaguchi China Huang Kaixiang
China Zheng Siwei
China Chen Qingchen
China Jia Yifan
China Chen Qingchen
2015 Indonesia Firman Abdul Kholik China He Bingjiao China Zheng Siwei China Chen Qingchen
China Zheng Siwei
2016 Thailand Kantaphon Wangcharoen China Chen Yufei China Zhou Haodong
China Han Chengkai
Japan Nami Matsuyama China He Jiting
2017 Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn Indonesia Gregoria Mariska Tunjung South Korea Kim Won-ho South Korea Baek Ha-na South Korea Kim Won-ho
2018 Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn China Wang Zhiyi China Di Zijian China Liu Xuanxuan China Liu Xuanxuan
2019 South Korea An Se-young China Di Zijian
China Wang Chang
Indonesia Nita Violina Marwah
Indonesia Putri Syaikah
China Feng Yanzhe
2020 France Christo Popov South Korea An Se-young Denmark Mads Vestergaard China Zhou Xinru Indonesia Indah Cahya Sari Jamil
2021 India Varun Kapur India Tasnim Mir Denmark William Kryger Boe Spain Ania Setien
Spain Lucía Rodríguez
Russia Lev Barinov
Russia Anastasiia Boiarun
2022 France Alex Lanier India Anupama Upadhyaya Singapore Nge Joo Jie
Singapore Johann Prajogo
Indonesia Meilysa Trias Puspita Sari
Indonesia Rachel Allessya Rose
Serbia Andjela Vitman
2023 Indonesia Alwi Farhan Japan Tomoka Miyazaki Malaysia Aaron Tai Japan Nao Yamashita
Japan Mei Sudo
China Huang Kexin
No. 1 during every week of the year

Number one ranked players

The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 29 December 2011 (current number one players are marked in bold):

Last update: 9 January 2024

NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until 11 August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The rankings updated occasionally, not every weeks.

Mixed doubles

#PlayerDate startedDate endedConsecutive
weeks
Total
weeks
1NetherlandsJim Middelburg29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
2NetherlandsSoraya de Visch Eijbergen29 December 20117 March 201210(10)
3DenmarkLine Kjaersfeldt8 March 201214 March 201211
NetherlandsJim Middelburg15 March 20129 May 2012818
NetherlandsSoraya de Visch Eijbergen15 March 20129 May 2012818
4IndonesiaAlfian Eko Prasetya10 May 20124 July 201288
5MalaysiaChow Mei Kuan5 July 201211 July 201211
6South KoreaChae Yoo-jung12 July 20127 November 20121717
7IndonesiaEdi Subaktiar8 November 20123 July 20133434
8IndonesiaMelati Daeva Oktavianti8 November 20128 May 20132626
9South KoreaChoi Sol-gyu4 July 20131 January 20142626
10ChinaHuang Kaixiang2 January 20145 November 20144444
11ChinaChen Qingchen2 January 20146 January 2016105105
12ChinaZheng Siwei23 April 20156 January 20163737
13ChinaDu Yue7 January 201627 January 20163(3)
14IndonesiaApriyani Rahayu28 January 20163 February 201611
ChinaDu Yue27 January 201614 December 20164548
15ChinaHe Jiting8 December 20164 January 201744
16IndonesiaRinov Rivaldy5 January 2017April 20171515
17South KoreaLee Yu-rim20 April 201719 July 20171313
18South KoreaKim Won-ho20 July 20173 January 20182424
19IndonesiaSiti Fadia Silva Ramadhanti4 January 20187 March 201899
20IndonesiaRehan Naufal Kusharjanto4 January 20187 March 201899
21ChinaLiu Xuanxuan8 March 20181 January 20194343
22IndonesiaLeo Rolly Carnando2 January 201912 August 20193232
23IndonesiaIndah Cahya Sari Jamil13 August 201916 December 201918(18)
24ChinaFeng Yanzhe17 December 20196 January 202033
IndonesiaIndah Cahya Sari Jamil7 January 202031 December 20205270
25RussiaLev Barinov1 January 202131 December 20215353
26RussiaAnastasiia Boiarun1 January 202131 December 20215353
27RussiaEgor Borisov1 January 20223 January 202211
28ThailandSirada Roongpiboonsopit4 January 20221 August 20223030
29SerbiaAndjela Vitman2 August 202213 March 20233232
30ChinaHuang Kexin14 March 202325 September 202328(28)
31ChinaZhu Yijun26 September 20239 October 202322
ChinaHuang Kexin10 October 20231 January 20241240
32ChinaZhang Jiahan2 January 202422

References

  1. "Section 5.3.3.2 - World Junior Ranking System" (PDF). Badminton World Federation.
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