The BWF Player of the Year Awards 2025 is set to fete players who had been exceptional in this season. World champions Shi Yu Qi, Akane Yamaguchi, Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning and Kim Won Ho/Seo Seung Jae are among the leading contenders.
Five marquee awards will recognise the best player or pair in men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.
The BWF Player of the Year Awards 2025 winners to be announced at the BWF World Tour Finals 2025 Gala Dinner on Monday 15 December.
The BWF Player of the Year Awards celebrate outstanding talent, consistent performance throughout the season, fair play, personality and profile across a 12-month eligibility period from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025.
The 2025 marquee award winners are determined by a combined score based on two factors:
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- Total world ranking points accumulated during the 52-week eligibility period, and
- Voting points from a five-member expert panel after the following tournaments: BWF World Tour Finals 2024, all BWF World Tour Super 1000 and Super 750 events and the BWF World Championships 2025.
The BWF World Tour Finals 2024 and BWF World Championships 2025 carry double points.
The Players’ Player of the Year (Men) and Players’ Player of the Year (Women) awards return for a second year. The top 32 ranked singles players and top 16 ranked doubles pairs as of 14 October 2025 were eligible to vote and receive votes from their peers. Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young claimed the inaugural honours last year.
The Eddy Choong Rising Star Award recognises the best emerging talent aged 21 or under, selected by the BWF Awards Commission.
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BWF Player of the Year Awards 2025: List of Nominees
Here are the shortlisted contenders in each category at BWF Player of the Year Awards 2025:
Men’s Singles
- Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
- Chou Tien Chen (Taiwan)
- Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
- Shi Yu Qi (China)
Women’s Singles
- Akane Yamaguchi (Japan)
- An Se Young (South Korea)
- Chen Yu Fei (China)
- Wang Zhi Yi (China)
Men’s Doubles
- Aaron Chia / Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
- Goh Sze Fe / Nur Izzuddin Rumsani (Malaysia)
- Seo Seung‑Jae / Kim Won‑Ho (South Korea)
- Kim Astrup / Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (Denmark)
Women’s Doubles
- Pearly Tan / M. Thinaah (Malaysia)
- Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning (China)
- Baek Ha‑na / Lee So‑hee (South Korea)
- Kim Hye‑jeong / Kong Hee‑yong (South Korea)
Mixed Doubles
- Chen Tang Jie / Toh Ee Wei (Malaysia)
- Feng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping (China)
- Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin (China)
- Dechapol Puavaranukroh / Supissara Paewsampran (Thailand)
Men’s Para Badminton
- Cheah Liek Hou (Malaysia)
- Daiki Kajiwara (Japan)
- Nitesh Kumar (India)
- Park Hae‑seong (South Korea)
Women’s Para Badminton
- Ilaria Olgiati (Switzerland)
- Manisha Ramadass (India)
- Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (India)
- Pilar Jáuregui (Peru)
Para Badminton Pair of the Year 2025
- Jagdish Dilli / Naveen Sivakumar (India)
- Nagar Krishna /Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan (India)
- Muhammad Fareez Anuar / Cheah Liek Hou (Malaysia)
- Sudarsan Saravana Kumar Muthusamy / Sivarajan Solaimalai (India)
