Badminton Legends
Shuttlecock legends from China, Indonesia, Denmark and beyond.
The All-Time Greatest Badminton Players
Ranked by career honours, records and our FSP GOAT Score.
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All Badminton Athletes
Browse 38 of the greatest badminton players of all time.
Malaysian
Aaron Chia
Doubles
Malaysian badminton doubles specialist whose exceptional partnership, multiple World Championship me…
Japanese
Akane Yamaguchi
Badminton Player (Singles)
The current world No.1 and Japan's most complete singles player — World Champion 2022 and 2023, Olym…
South Korean
An Se-young
Badminton Player (Singles)
South Korea's Olympic champion at Paris 2024 — ended China's dominance of women's singles with a com…
Danish
Anders Antonsen
Singles
Danish badminton champion whose powerful attacking style, multiple World Tour Finals victories and c…
Indonesian
Anthony Sinisuka Ginting
Singles / Doubles
Indonesian badminton champion whose powerful smash, explosive footwork and consistent performances h…
Spanish
Carolina Marín
Badminton Player
Olympic champion at Rio 2016 — the first non-Asian player to win the women's singles Olympic gold in…
Chinese
Chen Long
Badminton Player (Singles)
Olympic champion at Rio 2016 and two-time World Champion — the most physically imposing men's single…
Chinese
Chen Yufei
Singles
Chinese badminton world champion whose powerful smash, technical consistency and multiple World Cham…
Chinese Taipei
Chou Tien-chen
Badminton Player
The breakthrough player who established Chinese Taipei as a genuine force in men's singles badminton…
Chinese
Gao Ling
Badminton Player
Four Olympic medals including two gold — Gao Ling is the most decorated female badminton player in O…
Indonesian
Gregoria Mariska Tunjung
Singles
Indonesian badminton champion whose exciting style, multiple major championship appearances and risi…
Chinese
He Bing Jiao
Singles
Chinese badminton champion whose consistent world ranking, multiple major championship performances …
Indonesian
Hendra Setiawan
Doubles
Indonesian badminton legend and two-time World Champion in men's doubles whose exceptional partnersh…
Indonesian
Jonatan Christie
Singles / Doubles
Indonesian badminton champion whose powerful game, crowd-pleasing personality and multiple major cha…
Japanese
Kento Momota
Badminton Player
World number one and the most dominant men's badminton player since Lin Dan — Momota's career was de…
Indonesian
Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo
Badminton Player (Doubles)
The Minion — the most electrifying doubles player in badminton history alongside Marcus Gideon. Thei…
Indian
Kidambi Srikanth
Badminton Player (Singles)
India's former world number one and the first Indian man to reach the BWF World Championships final.…
Japanese
Kodai Naraoka
Singles
Japanese badminton champion whose consistent international performances and rising world ranking hav…
Thai
Kunlavut Vitidsarn
Singles
Thai badminton world champion whose spectacular attacking play, electrifying smash and 2023 World Ch…
Indian
Lakshya Sen
Singles
Indian badminton champion whose consistent world ranking, multiple major championship medals and exc…
Malaysian
Lee Chong Wei
Badminton Player
Malaysia's greatest athlete — three Olympic silver medals and the highest world ranking in Malaysian…
Chinese
Li Xuerui
Badminton Player (Singles)
China's dominant force in women's singles in the early 2010s — Olympic gold medallist at London 2012…
Chinese
Lin Dan
Badminton Player
Super Dan — two Olympic gold medals, five World Championship titles and the most complete badminton …
Singaporean
Loh Kean Yew
Singles
Singaporean badminton world champion whose 2021 World Championship gold medal made him the first Sin…
Japanese
Nozomi Okuhara
Badminton Player (Singles)
Japan's most technically complete badminton player — World Champion 2017, Olympic bronze medallist a…
Danish
Peter Gade
Badminton Player
World number one for 71 weeks and the finest European badminton player of his era — Peter Gade carri…
Thai
Pornpawee Chochuwong
Singles
Thai badminton champion whose consistent world ranking, multiple major championship performances and…
Indian
PV Sindhu
Badminton Player (Singles)
India's most successful badminton player and the country's most decorated female Olympian — the firs…
Thai
Ratchanok Intanon
Badminton Player (Singles)
Asia's most beloved badminton player outside China — became World Champion at just 18, Thailand's Ol…
Indonesian
Rudy Hartono
Badminton Player
Eight consecutive All England Open titles — Rudy Hartono's dominance from 1968 to 1976 is the most e…
Chinese
Shi Yuqi
Singles
Chinese badminton world champion whose powerful forehand, exceptional net game and multiple World Ch…
Thai
Supanida Katethong
Badminton Player (Singles)
Thailand's rising star and the successor to Ratchanok Intanon's legacy — a BWF World Tour winner and…
Indonesian
Susi Susanti
Badminton Player
Badminton combines explosive speed, exceptional touch and the tactical intelligence to win fast-pace…
Taiwanese
Tai Tzu-ying
Badminton Player (Singles)
The greatest deceptive player in badminton history — ranked World No.1 for a record 224 consecutive …
Indonesian
Taufik Hidayat
Badminton Player
Olympic champion at Athens 2004 and World Champion — Indonesia's greatest male badminton player befo…
Danish
Viktor Axelsen
Badminton Player (Singles)
The most dominant men's singles player of the 2020s — two-time Olympic gold medallist at Tokyo 2020 …
Chinese
Zhang Ning
Badminton Player (Singles)
The oldest Olympic badminton champion in history — won consecutive Olympic gold medals at Athens 200…
Chinese
Zheng Siwei
Badminton Player (Mixed Doubles)
The greatest mixed doubles player in modern badminton — Olympic gold medallist at Paris 2024 with Hu…
Badminton Nations
Chinese
9
athletes
Indonesian
8
athletes
Japanese
4
athletes
Thai
4
athletes
Danish
3
athletes
Indian
3
athletes
Malaysian
2
athletes
South Korean
1
athletes