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BWF World Rankings 2022 | Latest Badminton World Rankings

BWF World Rankings 2022

The Badminton World Federation has issued the latest BWF World Rankings 2022. The rankings have been issued for the ranking week 06-12-2022. Updated rankings have been issued for the Men&Women Singles, Men&Women Doubles, and Mixed Doubles.

BWF World Rankings 2022 Men’s Singles

Denmarks Viktor AXELSEN has retained the no. 1 position in BWF World Rankings 2022 in Men’s Singles. There was a huge difference of 29678 points between AXELSEN and his nearest rival LEE Zii Jia from Malaysia, the world no. 2. LOH Kean Yew of Singapore is in third place.

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS	NO. OF TOURNAMENTS
1	DEN	Viktor AXELSEN	116806	20
2	MAS	LEE Zii Jia	87128	23
3	SGP	LOH Kean Yew	82874	23
4	TPE	CHOU Tien Chen	81526	22
5	INA	Jonatan CHRISTIE	76362	21
6	IND	Lakshya SEN	75024	22
7	INA	Anthony Sinisuka GINTING	70589	20
8	THA	Kunlavut VITIDSARN	69799	21
9	JPN	Kento MOMOTA	68704	16
10	DEN	Anders ANTONSEN	67110	14
11	IND	KIDAMBI Srikanth	65561	24
12	IND	PRANNOY H. S.	64330	22
13	DEN	Rasmus GEMKE	61231	17
14	JPN	Kodai NARAOKA	60231	16
15	HKG	LEE Cheuk Yiu	58781	21
16	JPN	Kanta TSUNEYAMA	57308	16
17	CHN	LU Guang Zu	56410	20
18	CHN	ZHAO Jun Peng	55901	16
19	HKG	NG Ka Long Angus	54787	19
20	JPN	Kenta NISHIMOTO	54669	20
21	INA	Shesar Hiren RHUSTAVITO	49153	19
22	TPE	WANG Tzu Wei	48146	19
23	FRA	Toma Junior POPOV	47033	21
24	INA	Chico Aura DWI WARDOYO	46698	17
25	CAN	Brian YANG	44960	20

BWF World Rankings 2022 Women’s Singles

Akane YAMAGUCHI of Japan is the World no. 1 Women’s Singles player. She was followed by AN Se Young of South Korea, and TAI Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei.

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS	NO. OF TOURNAMENTS

1	JPN	Akane YAMAGUCHI	112013	20
2	KOR	AN Se Young	103553	22
3	TPE	TAI Tzu Ying	91145	14
4	CHN	CHEN Yu Fei	90256	16
5	CHN	HE Bing Jiao	84064	19
6	IND	PUSARLA V. Sindhu	82718	20
7	THA	Ratchanok INTANON	78019	20
8	CHN	WANG Zhi Yi	70438	19
9	THA	Pornpawee CHOCHUWONG	70265	24
10	THA	Busanan ONGBAMRUNGPHAN	67674	27
11	ESP	Carolina MARIN	63020	10
12	CHN	HAN Yue	62360	20
13	JPN	Sayaka TAKAHASHI	60263	15
14	CAN	Michelle LI	56320	21
15	JPN	Nozomi OKUHARA	55190	11
16	THA	LALINRAT CHAIWAN	52798	22
17	SCO	Kirsty GILMOUR	52130	18
18	INA	Gregoria Mariska TUNJUNG	51831	21
19	SGP	YEO Jia Min	50390	20
20	CHN	ZHANG Yi Man	49376	16
21	DEN	Line Højmark KJAERSFELDT	47814	23
22	KOR	KIM Ga Eun	46561	21
23	DEN	Line CHRISTOPHERSEN	45159	23
24	USA	Iris WANG	44190	19
25	GER	Yvonne LI	43942	25

BWF World Rankings 2022 Men’s Doubles

Takuro HOKI and Yugo KOBAYASHI of Japan are the World’s No.1 men’s Doubles badminton players as per the latest BWF World Rankings 2022. The world’s no. 2 team from Indonesia, Marcus Fernaldi GIDEON, Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO are nearly 10000 points behind the world’s no. 1 team. They were closely followed by fellow countrymen Fajar ALFIAN, Muhammad Rian ARDIANTO.

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS	NO. OF TOURNAMENTS
1	JPN	Takuro HOKI	102050	21
	JPN	Yugo KOBAYASHI
2	INA	Marcus Fernaldi GIDEON	90897	15
	INA	Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO
3	INA	Fajar ALFIAN	88055	23
	INA	Muhammad Rian ARDIANTO
4	MAS	Aaron CHIA	83968	20
	MAS	SOH Wooi Yik
5	DEN	Kim ASTRUP	77439	20
	DEN	Anders Skaarup RASMUSSEN
6	INA	Hendra SETIAWAN	77275	22
	INA	Mohammad AHSAN
7	IND	Satwiksairaj RANKIREDDY	76816	18
	IND	Chirag SHETTY
8	MAS	ONG Yew Sin	71910	23
	MAS	TEO Ee Yi
9	MAS	GOH Sze Fei	67975	22
	MAS	Nur IZZUDDIN
10	TPE	LEE Yang	63548	16
	TPE	WANG Chi-Lin
11	CHN	LIU Yu Chen	62462	14
	CHN	OU Xuan Yi
12	INA	Pramudya KUSUMAWARDANA	61197	14
	INA	Yeremia Erich Yoche Yacob RAMBITAN
13	INA	Muhammad Shohibul FIKRI	59462	23
	INA	Bagas MAULANA
14	GER	Mark LAMSFUSS	58758	22
	GER	Marvin SEIDEL
15	KOR	CHOI Sol Gyu	57831	13
	KOR	KIM Won Ho
16	ENG	Ben LANE	55328	21
	ENG	Sean VENDY
17	INA	Leo Rolly CARNANDO	55027	18
	INA	Daniel MARTHIN
18	TPE	LU Ching Yao	54879	22
	TPE	YANG Po Han
19	JPN	Akira KOGA	52497	20
	JPN	Taichi SAITO
20	CHN	LIANG Wei Keng	48830	9
	CHN	WANG Chang
21	KOR	KANG Min Hyuk	46766	13
	KOR	SEO Seung Jae
22	MAS	MAN Wei Chong	46520	18
	MAS	Kai Wun TEE
23	IND	M.R. ARJUN	46448	23
	IND	DHRUV KAPILA
24	CHN	HE Ji Ting	43966	14
	CHN	ZHOU Hao Dong
25	SGP	HEE Yong Kai Terry	42657	15
	SGP	LOH Kean Hean

BWF World Rankings 2022 Women’s Doubles

Chinas CHEN Qing Chen, JIA Yi Fan are the World No.1 team in the Women’s Doubles. They were closely followed by Nami MATSUYAMA Chiharu SHIDA of Japan.

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS	NO. OF TOURNAMENTS
1	CHN	CHEN Qing Chen	100416	17
	CHN	JIA Yi Fan
2	JPN	Nami MATSUYAMA	98643	20
	JPN	Chiharu SHIDA
3	KOR	KIM So Yeong	89675	18
	KOR	KONG Hee Yong
4	KOR	LEE So Hee	82410	16
	KOR	SHIN Seung Chan
5	KOR	JEONG Na Eun	76340	17
	KOR	KIM Hye Jeong
6	THA	Jongkolphan KITITHARAKUL	74747	24
	THA	Rawinda PRAJONGJAI
7	CHN	ZHANG Shu Xian	69758	17
	CHN	ZHENG Yu
8	JPN	Mayu MATSUMOTO	69568	11
	JPN	Wakana NAGAHARA
9	MAS	Pearly TAN	68305	20
	MAS	THINAAH Muralitharan
10	BUL	Gabriela STOEVA	65900	22
	BUL	Stefani STOEVA
11	CHN	DU Yue	59585	14
	CHN	LI Wen Mei
12	JPN	Yuki FUKUSHIMA	58331	9
	JPN	Sayaka HIROTA
13	THA	Benyapa AIMSAARD	57185	24
	THA	Nuntakarn AIMSAARD
14	INA	Apriyani RAHAYU	54400	8
	INA	Siti Fadia Silva RAMADHANTI
15	JPN	Rin IWANAGA	53820	14
	JPN	Kie NAKANISHI
16	KOR	BAEK Ha Na	50529	11
	KOR	LEE Yu Lim
17	DEN	Maiken FRUERGAARD	47123	16
	DEN	Sara THYGESEN
18	CHN	LIU Xuan Xuan	46726	16
	CHN	XIA Yu Ting
19	IND	Treesa JOLLY	46670	18
	IND	GAYATRI GOPICHAND PULLELA
20	THA	Puttita SUPAJIRAKUL	45874	9
	THA	Sapsiree TAERATTANACHAI
21	INA	Greysia POLII	45825	7
	INA	Apriyani RAHAYU
22	INA	Febriana Dwipuji KUSUMA	45288	18
	INA	Amalia Cahaya PRATIWI
23	CAN	Rachel HONDERICH	44965	14
	CAN	Kristen TSAI
24	MAS	Vivian HOO	43960	24
	MAS	LIM Chiew Sien
25	MAS	Anna Ching Yik CHEONG	43465	17
	MAS	TEOH Mei Xing

BWF World Rankings 2022 Mixed Doubles

The mixed doubles BWF World Rankings 2022 showed intense competition, as there is a very narrow margin in points for the top positions. Dechapol PUAVARANUKROH, Sapsiree TAERATTANACHAI of Thailand are the world’s no.1 mixed doubles pair. The difference between the first and second positions is just 659 points.

Yuta WATANABE, Arisa HIGASHINO from Japan are the World’s No. 2 Mixed Doubles Pair, followed by ZHENG Si Wei, HUANG Ya Qiong of China in the third position. There is only a narrow margin of 347 points between the world no. 2 and 3 positions.

RANK	COUNTRY	PLAYER	POINTS	NO. OF TOURNAMENTS
1	THA	Dechapol PUAVARANUKROH	107006	20
	THA	Sapsiree TAERATTANACHAI
2	JPN	Yuta WATANABE	106347	17
	JPN	Arisa HIGASHINO
3	CHN	ZHENG Si Wei	106000	12
	CHN	HUANG Ya Qiong
4	CHN	WANG Yi Lyu	87917	14
	CHN	HUANG Dong Ping
5	HKG	TANG Chun Man	72190	14
	HKG	TSE Ying Suet
6	INA	Praveen JORDAN	66249	12
	INA	Melati Daeva OKTAVIANTI
7	GER	Mark LAMSFUSS	65903	20
	GER	Isabel LOHAU
8	MAS	TAN Kian Meng	65370	22
	MAS	LAI Pei Jing
9	DEN	Mathias CHRISTIANSEN	62403	21
	DEN	Alexandra BØJE
10	FRA	Thom GICQUEL	62250	16
	FRA	Delphine DELRUE
11	MAS	GOH Soon Huat	60300	23
	MAS	LAI Shevon Jemie
12	THA	Supak JOMKOH	58900	19
	THA	Supissara PAEWSAMPRAN
13	INA	Rinov RIVALDY	55623	22
	INA	Pitha Haningtyas MENTARI
14	NED	Robin TABELING	53900	19
	NED	Selena PIEK
15	JPN	Yuki KANEKO	51946	18
	JPN	Misaki MATSUTOMO
16	KOR	KO Sung Hyun	51140	10
	KOR	EOM Hye Won
17	JPN	Kyohei YAMASHITA	51060	16
	JPN	Naru SHINOYA
18	ENG	Marcus ELLIS	48984	14
	ENG	Lauren SMITH
19	INA	Rehan Naufal KUSHARJANTO	48080	17
	INA	Lisa Ayu KUSUMAWATI
20	SGP	HEE Yong Kai Terry	47310	18
	SGP	TAN Wei Han Jessica
21	MAS	CHEN Tang Jie	42560	14
	MAS	PECK Yen Wei
22	KOR	SEO Seung Jae	41120	6
	KOR	CHAE Yu Jung
23	HKG	CHANG Tak Ching	40300	13
	HKG	NG Wing Yung
24	IND	Ishaan BHATNAGAR	40200	21
	IND	Tanisha CRASTO
25	MAS	HOO Pang Ron	39673	10
	MAS	CHEAH Yee See

.@Viktor Axelsen 🇩🇰 ended the year in style 💪
✅ World No.1
✅ Olympic Champion
✅ World Champion
✅ HSBC BWF World Tour Finals Champion
✅ European Champion
✅ All England Open Champion
✅ Only lost 3 matches all year#BWFWorldTourFinals #Bangkok2022 pic.twitter.com/eyJq9PE5TA
— BWF (@bwfmedia) December 12, 2022

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