Overview Ranking

 

The World Ranking and World Junior Ranking   is a list of players/pairs in order of strength.  There is one list for each of the five Badminton disciplines – men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

Key facts about the World Ranking System are below. For full details of the World Ranking System are describe in the BWF Statutes.  

Players/pairs

• win ranking points by playing in tournaments that are graded
• are ranked if they have played in two or more graded tournaments in the last 12 months
• win ranking points by playing in and winning matches in tournaments
• the higher the level of tournament, the more points are won 
• the further reached in a competition, the more points are won
• can be seeded based on their World Ranking
• can qualify for the Olympic Games and the World Championships based on their World Ranking

 

       Events Included in the World Ranking

The Rankings are compiled from the results of events that are sanctioned by the BWF (except Junior and Invitational events) held over the last 52 week period. The Current World Rankings are published on a Thursday every week on the BWF website.

                                         

 

 

                                                    World Ranking Points Table

 

Rounds	BWF Events(BWF World WCH & OG)	BWF Superseries Finals & Premier	Super series	Grand Prix Gold	Grand Prix	Intl Challenge	Intl Series	Future Series
Winner	12000	11000	9200	7000	5000	4000	2500	1700
Runner up	10200	9350	7800	5950	4250	3400	2130	1420
*3/4	8400	7700	6420	4900	3500	2800	1750	1170
5/8	6600	6050	5040	3850	2750	2200	1370	920
9/16	4800	4320	3600	2720	1920	1520	920	600
17/32	3000	2660	2220	1670	1170	920	550	350
33/64	1200	1060	880	660	460	360	210	130
65/128	600	520	430	320	220	170	100	60
129/256	240		170	130	90	70	40	20
257/512	120		80	60	40	30	20	10
513/1024	60		40	30	25	20	10	5

 

           *At the Olympic Games 3rd place will receive 9200 points. Fourth place will receive 8400 points.