Who is world No. 1 in badminton right now? This page shows the current BWF world No. 1 in every discipline, the winners of the latest HSBC BWF World Tour event and the tournaments coming up next. It updates automatically every day.
World No. 1s
Men's singlesChristo Popov
France · 89,932 pts
Women's singlesAn Se-young
South Korea · 122,287 pts
Men's doublesKim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae
South Korea · 111,499 pts
Women's doublesLiu Shengshu / Tan Ning
China · 114,167 pts
Mixed doublesFeng Yanzhe / Huang Dongping
China · 109,950 pts
Latest results
Korea Open · Super 500 · 3–8 November
Men's singlesVictor Lai
Women's singlesAn Se-young
Men's doublesKim Won-ho / Seo Seung-jae
Women's doublesRui Hirokami / Sayaka Hobara
Mixed doublesJiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin
Coming up
Japan MastersKumamoto, Japan · 10–15 November · Super 500
Kaohsiung MastersKaohsiung, Taiwan · 10–15 November · Super 100
Hong Kong OpenHong Kong · 17–22 November · Super 500
Rankings, results and calendar compiled from official BWF results via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Official source: BWF. Last checked 8 Nov 2026.
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