BWF Awards

BWF Awards
SportBadminton
Awarded forExcellence in Badminton
Sponsored byBadminton World Federation
History
First award1998
Editions26
First winnerDenmark Peter Gade
Most winsMalaysia Lee Chong Wei
China Huang Yaqiong
Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila
Most recentChina Shi Yuqi
South Korea An Se-young

BWF Awards are awards given by the Badminton World Federation to the top badminton players during a given season.

Players of the Year

From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
1998 Denmark Peter Gade — [1]
1999 — Denmark Camilla Martin
2000 Indonesia Candra Wijaya —
2001 — China Gao Ling
2002 South Korea Kim Dong-moon —
2003 South Korea Kim Dong-moon South Korea Ra Kyung-min
2004 Indonesia Taufik Hidayat —
2005 Indonesia Taufik Hidayat —
2006 China Lin Dan —
2007 China Lin Dan —
2008 China Lin Dan Hong Kong Zhou Mi
2009 Malaysia Lee Chong Wei China Wang Yihan
2010 Malaysia Lee Chong Wei China Wang Xin
2011 Malaysia Lee Chong Wei China Wang Xiaoli
Yu Yang 		[2]
2012 China Cai Yun
Fu Haifeng 		China Wang Yihan
2013 Malaysia Lee Chong Wei China Li Xuerui [3]
2014 China Chen Long China Zhao Yunlei [4]
2015 China Chen Long Spain Carolina Marín
2016 Malaysia Lee Chong Wei Japan Misaki Matsutomo
Ayaka Takahashi
2017 Indonesia Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo 		China Chen Qingchen
2018 Indonesia Marcus Gideon
Kevin Sukamuljo 		China Huang Yaqiong
2019 Japan Kento Momota China Huang Yaqiong [5]
2020–2021 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying [6]
2022 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Japan Akane Yamaguchi [7]
2023 South Korea Seo Seung-jae South Korea An Se-young [8]
2024 China Shi Yuqi South Korea An Se-young

Pairs of the Year

Year Men's Doubles Women's Doubles Mixed Doubles Ref
2020–2021 — Indonesia Greysia Polii
Apriyani Rahayu 		—
2022 — — China Zheng Siwei
Huang Yaqiong 		[7]
2023 — China Chen Qingchen
Jia Yifan 		— [8]
2024 China Liang Weikeng
Wang Chang 		China Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning 		China Feng Yanzhe
Huang Dongping

Players' Player of the Year

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2024 Denmark Viktor Axelsen South Korea An Se-young

Rising Star of the Year

This was awarded from 2008 to 2023 as the Most Promising Player of the Year. In 2024, it was renamed Rising Star of the Year.

Year Player Ref
2008 India Saina Nehwal [9]
2009 Thailand Ratchanok Intanon [1]
2010 Denmark Viktor Axelsen
2011 Malaysia Zulfadli Zulkiffli
2012 Japan Kento Momota
2013 Japan Akane Yamaguchi
2014 Japan Akane Yamaguchi
2015 China Zheng Siwei
2016 China Chen Qingchen
2017 China Chen Yufei
2018 China Han Chengkai
Zhou Haodong
2019 South Korea An Se-young
2020–2021 Thailand Kunlavut Vitidsarn
2022 Japan Kodai Naraoka [7]
2023 China Liu Shengshu
Tan Ning 		[8]
2024 France Alex Lanier

Para-players of the Year

This award was first presented in 2015.[10]

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2015 South Korea Lee Sam-seop Norway Helle Sofie Sagøy [5]
2016 France Lucas Mazur Switzerland Karin Suter-Erath
2017 South Korea Kim Jung-jun Thailand Amnouy Wetwithan
2018 England Jack Shephard Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila
2019 China Qu Zimo Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila
2020–2021 China Qu Zimo Indonesia Leani Ratri Oktila
2022 Japan Daiki Kajiwara India Manisha Ramadass [7]
2023 Japan Daiki Kajiwara Indonesia Rina Marlina
2024 China Qu Zimo China Liu Yutong
China Li Fengmei

Para-pair of the Year

Year Pair Ref
2020–2021 France Lucas Mazur
Faustine Noël
2022 Germany Thomas Wandschneider
Rick Hellmann
2023 Indonesia Hikmat Ramdani
Leani Ratri Oktila
2024 Indonesia Hikmat Ramdani
Leani Ratri Oktila

Best-dressed of the Year

This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.

Year Male Player Female Player Ref
2013 South Korea Ko Sung-hyun Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying [11]
2015 Chinese Taipei Chou Tien-chen Thailand Ratchanok Intanon [10]
2016 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Malaysia Woon Khe Wei [12]
2017 India Srikanth Kidambi Chinese Taipei Tai Tzu-ying [13]
2018 China Shi Yuqi India P. V. Sindhu [14]
2019 Denmark Viktor Axelsen Thailand Ratchanok Intanon [15]
2022 India Prannoy H. S. Thailand Busanan Ongbamrungphan [7]
2023 Malaysia Chen Tang Jie Thailand Jongkolphan Kititharakul [8]
2024 China He Jiting India Gayatri Gopichand

Defunct category

In 2024, BWF announced a brand-new structure for the awards. This led to a category becoming defunct.[16]

Most Improved Player of the Year

Year Player(s) Ref
2016 India P. V. Sindhu
2017 Japan Yuki Fukushima
Sayaka Hirota
2018 Japan Mayu Matsumoto
Wakana Nagahara
2019 South Korea Kim So-yeong
Kong Hee-yong
2020–2021 Chinese Taipei Lee Yang
Wang Chi-lin
2022 Indonesia Fajar Alfian
Muhammad Rian Ardianto
2023 China Jiang Zhenbang
Wei Yaxin

References

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