Latest BWF Rankings In Men’s And Women’s Singles: A Glance At Top 25
The BWF Rankings is the official ranking of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by the world governing body of the sport.

The BWF Rankings are the official rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF) for badminton players who participate in tournaments sanctioned by the world governing body of the sport. It is used to determine the qualification for the World Championships and Summer Olympic Games,as well as BWF World Tour tournaments.
The 2025 BWF World Tour is the eighth season of the BWF World Tour of badminton, a circuit of 29 tournaments that lead up to the World Tour Finals tournament.
Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking.
As of now, Shi Yuqi of the People’s Republic of China remains firm at No. 1 in the men’s ranking in the latest update on 1 April, 2025 (Tuesday), which he has held onto since June 2024.
Olympic champion An Seyoung tops the women’s rankings. She is South Korea’’s first female singles No.1 since Atlanta 1996 Olympic champion Bang Soohyun.
Here’s the latest BWF rankings in men’s and women’s singles:
Men’s BWF Singles World Rankings – Top 25 complete list
Rank | Player | Points |
1. | Shi Yuqi (PR China) | 101,235 |
2. | Anders Antonsen (Denmark) | 91,853 |
3. | Viktor Axelsen (Denmark) | 89,710 |
4. | Jonatan Christie (Indonesia) | 86,727 |
5. | Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand) | 83,738 |
6. | Li Shifeng (PR China) | 83,456 |
7. | Naraoka Kodai (Japan) | 77,187 |
8. | Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia) | 76,415 |
9. | Chou Tien-chen (Chinese Taipei) | 76,157 |
10. | Alex Lanier (France) | 66,511 |
11. | Weng Hongyang (PR China) | 61,767 |
12. | Nishimoto Kenta (Japan) | 60,043 |
13. | Lin Chun-yi (Chinese Taipei) | 59,460 |
14. | Lee Chia-hao (Chinese Taipei) | 58,458 |
15. | Watanabe Koki (Japan) | 58,324 |
16. | Lakshya Sen (India) | 57,168 |
17. | Loh Kean Yew (Singapore) | 56,899 |
18. | Ng Ka Long Angus (Hong Kong, China) | 56,556 |
19. | Toma Junior Popov (France) | 56,291 |
20. | Lu Guangzu (PR China) | 54,305 |
21. | Lee Cheuk Yiu (Hong Kong, China) | 54,110 |
22. | Jia Heng Jason Teh (Singapore) | 50,545 |
23. | Wang Tzu-wei (Chinese Taipei) | 50,373 |
24. | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia) | 50,155 |
25. | Tanaka Yushi (Japan) | 49,112 |

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Women’s BWF Singles World Rankings – Top 25 complete list
Rank | Player | Points |
1. | An Seyoung (Republic of Korea) | 112,867 |
2. | Wang Zhiyi (PR China) | 103,895 |
3. | Han Yue (PR China) | 82,109 |
4. | Yamaguchi Akane (Japan) | 79,967 |
5. | Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Indonesia) | 79,262 |
6. | Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand) | 70,778 |
7. | Miyazaki Tomoka (Japan) | 68,271 |
8. | Chen Yufei (PR China) | 68,082 |
9. | Supanida Katethong (Thailand) | 65,464 |
10. | Busanan Ongbamrungphan (Thailand) | 62,460 |
11. | Putri Kusuma Wardani (Indonesia) | 61,627 |
12. | Yeo Jia Min (Singapore) | 61,583 |
13. | Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) | 60,213 |
14. | Beiwen Zhang (United States) | 58,176 |
15. | Gao Fangjie (PR China) | 55,650 |
16. | Sim Yujin (Republic of Korea) | 54,180 |
17. | PV Sindhu (India) | 52,940 |
18. | Sung Shuo-yun (Chinese Taipei) | 51,012 |
19. | Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt (Denmark) | 50,286 |
20. | Michelle Li (Canada) | 49,549 |
21. | Nidaira Natsuki (Japan) | 46,950 |
22. | Malvika Bansod (India) | 46,802 |
23. | Wen Chi-hsu (Chinese Taipei) | 46,681 |
24. | Mia Blichfeldt (Denmark) | 45,300 |
25. | Chiu Pin-chian | 44,970 |