The BWF World Junior Ranking is the official ranking of the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
, 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.
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:
Year-end number one players
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: 10 January 2023''
NOTE: BWF has frozen the World Rankings from 17 March until 11 August 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. The rankings updated occasionally, not every weeks.
Men's singles
Women's singles
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
Mixed doubles
References
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Badminton records and statistics
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