Viktor Axelsen of Denmark is currently the number 1 men’s singles player in the BWF World Rankings, with Anthony Sinisuka Ginting of Indonesia in second, and Kodai Naraoka of Japan in third.
Other players in the top 10 include Kunlavut Vitidsarn (4), Jonatan Christie (5), Shi Yu Qi (6), Prannoy H. S. (7), Li Shi Feng (8), Loh Kean Yew (9), and Anders Antonsen (10).
NB: You may also be interested in the top 100 badminton players in the Women’s Singles Ranking.
The below rankings were last updated on the 20th of September 2023, for the latest rankings, check out the official BWF website.
BWF Men’s Singles Rankings 2023
| # | Player | Country | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Axelsen | Denmark | 107455 |
| 2 | Anthony Sinisuka Ginting | Indonesia | 86431 |
| 3 | Kodai Naraoka | Japan | 81315 |
| 4 | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Thailand | 79778 |
| 5 | Jonatan Christie | Indonesia | 78171 |
| 6 | Shi Yu Qi | China | 76024 |
| 7 | Prannoy H. S. | India | 72437 |
| 8 | Li Shi Feng | China | 71748 |
| 9 | Loh Kean Yew | Singapore | 71062 |
| 10 | Anders Antonsen | Denmark | 64510 |
| 11 | Lu Guang Zu | China | 61860 |
| 12 | Kenta Nishimoto | Japan | 60507 |
| 13 | Chou Tien Chen | Chinese Taipei | 60317 |
| 14 | Lakshya Sen | India | 59581 |
| 15 | Kanta Tsuneyama | Japan | 58341 |
| 16 | Lee Zii Jia | Malaysia | 57176 |
| 17 | Lee Cheuk Yiu | Hong Kong China | 55934 |
| 18 | Ng Ka Long Angus | Hong Kong China | 54522 |
| 19 | Ng Tze Yong | Malaysia | 51280 |
| 20 | Weng Hong Yang | China | 48870 |
| 21 | Kidambi Srikanth | India | 48753 |
| 22 | Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo | Indonesia | 48464 |
| 23 | Rasmus Gemke | Denmark | 48409 |
| 24 | Lin Chun-Yi | Chinese Taipei | 45588 |
| 25 | Wang Tzu Wei | Chinese Taipei | 45460 |
| 26 | Toma Junior Popov | France | 44947 |
| 27 | Brian Yang | Canada | 44436 |
| 28 | Priyanshu Rajawat | India | 41950 |
| 29 | Christo Popov | France | 41211 |
| 30 | Koki Watanabe | Japan | 40877 |
| 31 | Magnus Johannesen | Denmark | 39630 |
| 32 | Zhao Jun Peng | China | 37668 |
| 33 | Su Li Yang | Chinese Taipei | 36900 |
| 34 | Chia Hao Lee | Chinese Taipei | 35118 |
| 35 | Misha Zilberman | Israel | 35004 |
| 36 | Kantaphon Wangcharoen | Thailand | 34704 |
| 37 | Shesar Hiren Rhustavito | Indonesia | 33860 |
| 38 | Takuma Obayashi | Japan | 33840 |
| 39 | Nhat Nguyen | Ireland | 32389 |
| 40 | Leong Jun Hao | Malaysia | 31808 |
| 41 | Kiran George | India | 30800 |
| 42 | Ygor Coelho | Brazil | 30740 |
| 43 | Arnaud Merkle | France | 30350 |
| 44 | Julien Carraggi | Belgium | 29968 |
| 45 | Chi Yu Jen | Chinese Taipei | 29920 |
| 46 | Jan Louda | Czech Republic | 29160 |
| 47 | Lei Lan Xi | China | 29087 |
| 48 | Jeon Hyeok Jin | Korea | 28949 |
| 49 | Yushi Tanaka | Japan | 28910 |
| 50 | Kento Momota | Japan | 28700 |
| 51 | Alex Lanier | France | 28600 |
| 52 | Kevin Cordon | Guatemala | 27702 |
| 53 | Mithun Manjunath | India | 27470 |
| 54 | Cheam June Wei | Malaysia | 27130 |
| 55 | Kalle Koljonen | Finland | 27071 |
| 56 | Uriel Francisco Canjura Artiga | El Salvador | 26530 |
| 57 | Mads Christophersen | Denmark | 26260 |
| 58 | Sitthikom Thammasin | Thailand | 26224 |
| 59 | Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus | Denmark | 26170 |
| 60 | Jonathan Matias | Brazil | 25931 |
| 61 | Mark Caljouw | Netherlands | 25795 |
| 62 | Huang Yu Kai | Chinese Taipei | 25620 |
| 63 | Christian Adinata | Indonesia | 24960 |
| 64 | Luís Enrique Peñalver | Spain | 23783 |
| 65 | Victor Svendsen | Denmark | 23720 |
| 66 | Koo Takahashi | Japan | 23190 |
| 67 | Justin Hoh | Malaysia | 22320 |
| 68 | Liew Daren | Malaysia | 21870 |
| 69 | Kai Schaefer | Germany | 21828 |
| 70 | Azerbaijanade Resky Dwicahyo | Azerbaijan | 21720 |
| 71 | Sai Praneeth B. | India | 21220 |
| 72 | Sameer Verma | India | 21100 |
| 73 | Liao Jhuo-Fu | Chinese Taipei | 21003 |
| 74 | Pablo Abian | Spain | 20940 |
| 75 | Soong Joo Ven | Malaysia | 20270 |
| 76 | Chan Yin Chak | Hong Kong China | 20220 |
| 77 | S.Sankar Muthusamy Subramanian | India | 19790 |
| 78 | Riku Hatano | Japan | 19410 |
| 79 | Fabian Roth | Germany | 19150 |
| 80 | Felix Burestedt | Sweden | 18425 |
| 81 | Jia Heng Jason Teh | Singapore | 18126 |
| 82 | Tommy Sugiarto | Indonesia | 18030 |
| 83 | Viren Nettasinghe | Sri Lanka | 17970 |
| 84 | Le Duc Phat | Vietnam | 17890 |
| 85 | Wang Po-Wei | Chinese Taipei | 17770 |
| 86 | Dmitriy Panarin | Kazakhstan | 17646 |
| 87 | Anuoluwapo Juwon Opeyori | Nigeria | 17402 |
| 88 | Alwi Farhan | Indonesia | 17340 |
| 89 | Fabio Caponio | Italy | 17175 |
| 90 | Lucas Claerbout | France | 17120 |
| 91 | Giovanni Toti | Italy | 16972 |
| 92 | Howard Shu | U.S.A. | 16889 |
| 93 | Minoru Koga | Japan | 16840 |
| 94 | Joran Kweekel | Netherlands | 16803 |
| 95 | Danylo Bosniuk | Ukraine | 16588 |
| 96 | Sathish Kumar Karunakaran | India | 16080 |
| 97 | Bahaedeen Ahmad Alshannik | Jordan | 15920 |
| 98 | Sholeh Aidil | Malaysia | 15880 |
| 99 | Matthias Kicklitz | Germany | 15780 |
| 100 | Joakim Oldorff | Finland | 15646 |
Ranking Data last updated: 20/9/2023