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World rankings

The world rankings, list by list.

The world ranking of all five events as each list is published, with every move since the list before. Each name opens that player's record.

Number oneKunlavut Vitidsarn92,865 points
Biggest climbViren NettasingheUp 29 to 94
New on this listNoneThe same entries as the list before
This list5 Oct 2026493 entries, moves since 28 Sep 2026
1 – Kunlavut VitidsarnTHA 92,865 +5,950
2 – Christo PopovFRA 86,632
3 ▲ 2 Chou Tien-chenTPE 85,380 +1,700
4 ▼ 1 Jonatan ChristieINA 85,031 +600
5 ▼ 1 Shi YuqiCHN 84,555 +480
6 – Anders AntonsenDEN 83,655
7 – Kodai NaraokaJPN 78,740 +1,200
8 – Alex LanierFRA 76,985
9 – Victor LaiCAN 76,465
10 – Alwi FarhanINA 73,599 +3,500
11 ▲ 2 Loh Kean YewSIN 69,020 +5,880
12 ▼ 1 Lin Chun-yiTPE 64,924
13 ▼ 1 Li ShifengCHN 64,533
14 – Lakshya SenIND 62,813
15 – Toma Junior PopovFRA 62,697
16 – Koki WatanabeJPN 59,570
17 – Panitchaphon TeeraratsakulTHA 56,695 −30
18 – Yushi TanakaJPN 55,105
19 – Lee Cheuk YiuHKG 53,423
20 – Ayush ShettyIND 52,899 +2,140
21 – Rasmus GemkeDEN 50,334
22 – Chi Yu-jenTPE 49,687
23 – Jason GunawanHKG 49,560
24 – Yudai OkimotoJPN 49,194
25 – Nhat NguyenIRL 48,121
26 – Weng HongyangCHN 47,901
27 ▲ 3 Ng Ka Long Angus 46,979 +3,600
28 ▼ 1 Kenta NishimotoJPN 45,769
29 ▼ 1 Zaki UbaidillahINA 44,661
30 ▲ 3 Leong Jun HaoMAS 43,029 +2,140
31 ▼ 2 Srikanth KidambiIND 42,875 −1,100
32 ▼ 1 Teh J HMAS 42,808
33 ▼ 1 Lu GuangzuCHN 42,540
34 – Brian YangCAN 40,025
35 ▲ 12 Yoo Tae-binKOR 39,829 +6,730
36 ▼ 1 Lee Chia-haoTPE 39,502
37 ▼ 1 Hu Zhe'anCHN 38,266
38 – Prannoy H. S.IND 37,304
39 ▲ 3 Su Li-yangTPE 37,000 +1,890
40 ▼ 1 Dong TianyaoCHN 36,820
41 ▼ 1 Magnus JohannesenDEN 36,452
42 ▼ 1 Wang Tzu-weiTPE 36,299
43 ▼ 6 Arnaud MerkléFRA 35,374 −2,330
44 – Zhu XuanchenCHN 34,725
45 ▲ 3 Justin HohMAS 34,602 +2,140
46 ▼ 3 Wang Po-weiTPE 34,270 −600
47 ▼ 2 Muhamad YusufINA 34,210
48 ▼ 2 Julien CarraggiBEL 34,089 +580
49 ▲ 2 Dubovenko Daniil 32,523 +600
50 ▼ 1 Minoru KogaJPN 32,220

Full lists as the BWF publishes them are kept from 21 Sep 2026 on, weekly top lists from 9 Oct 2012, and the number ones below go back to October 2009.

World number ones

Every number one in men's singles since 2009

10 players have led the men's singles ranking since the computer ranking began on 1 October 2009, over 20 spells at the top.

Most weeks at number one

  1. 1Lee Chong WeiMAS 310
  2. 2Viktor AxelsenDEN 183
  3. 3Kento MomotaJPN 121
  4. 4Shi YuqiCHN 102
  5. 5Chen LongCHN 76
  6. 6Son Wan-hoKOR 17
  7. 7Kunlavut VitidsarnTHANow 16
  8. 8Lin DanCHN 14
  9. 9Jonatan ChristieINA 5
  10. 10Srikanth KidambiIND 1

Weeks in all, across every spell; a doubles player counts the weeks of each pair they led with.

Every spell, newest first

  1. 29 Sep 2026 to nowKunlavut Vitidsarn3 wk
  2. 25 Aug 2026 to 28 Sep 2026Jonatan Christie5 wk
  3. 14 Apr 2026 to 24 Aug 2026Shi Yuqi19 wk
  4. 10 Mar 2026 to 13 Apr 2026Kunlavut Vitidsarn5 wk
  5. 29 Jul 2025 to 9 Mar 2026Shi Yuqi32 wk
  6. 3 Jun 2025 to 28 Jul 2025Kunlavut Vitidsarn8 wk
  7. 11 Jun 2024 to 2 Jun 2025Shi Yuqi51 wk
  8. 30 Nov 2021 to 10 Jun 2024Viktor Axelsen132 wk
  9. 27 Sep 2018 to 29 Nov 2021Kento Momota121 wk
  10. 19 Apr 2018 to 26 Sep 2018Viktor Axelsen23 wk
  11. 12 Apr 2018 to 18 Apr 2018Srikanth Kidambi1 wk
  12. 28 Sep 2017 to 11 Apr 2018Viktor Axelsen28 wk