BWF Awards
This is a list of all the awards given by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Tour to players and others of particular distinction during a given season.
Player of the Year[edit]
From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.
Para-player of the Year[edit]
This award was first presented in 2015.[12]
| Year | Male Player | Nationality | Female Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Male Player of the Year ↓ | ↓ Female Player of the Year ↓ | |||
| 2015[8] | Lee Sam-seop |  South Korea |
Helle Sofie Sagøy |  Norway
|
| 2016[8] | Lucas Mazur |  France |
Karin Suter-Erath |  Switzerland
|
| 2017[8] | Kim Jung-jun | South Korea |
Amnouy Wetwithan |  Thailand
|
| 2018[8] | Jack Shephard |  England |
Leani Ratri Oktila |  Indonesia
|
| 2019[8] | Qu Zimo |  China |
Leani Ratri Oktila (2) | Indonesia
|
| 2020–2021[9] | Qu Zimo (2) | China |
Leani Ratri Oktila (3) | Indonesia
|
| 2022[10] | Daiki Kajiwara |  Japan |
Manisha Ramadass |  India
|
| 2023 | Daiki Kajiwara (2) | Japan |
Rina Marlina | Indonesia
|
Pair of the Year[edit]
| Year | Player | Nationality | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ↓ Pair of the Year ↓ | ↓ Para-badminton Pair of the Year ↓ | |||
| 2020–2021[9] | Greysia Polii / Apriyani Rahayu | Indonesia
|
Lucas Mazur / Faustine Noël | France
|
| 2022[10] | Zheng Siwei / Huang Yaqiong | China
|
Thomas Wandschneider / Rick Cornell Hellman |  Germany
|
| 2023[11] | Chen Qingchen / Jia Yifan | China
|
Hikmat Ramdani / Leani Ratri Oktila | Indonesia
|
Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year[edit]
This award was created in 2008 following the decision by the BWF to split the "Eddy Choong Player of the Year" award into two different awards for male and female players respectively.
| Year | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2008[13] | Saina Nehwal | India
|
| 2009[1] | Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand
|
| 2010[1] | Viktor Axelsen |  Denmark
|
| 2011[1] | Zulfadli Zulkiffli |  Malaysia
|
| 2012[1] | Kento Momota | Japan
|
| 2013[6] | Akane Yamaguchi | Japan
|
| 2014[7] | Akane Yamaguchi (2) | Japan
|
| 2015[8] | Zheng Siwei | China
|
| 2016[8] | Chen Qingchen | China
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| 2017[8] | Chen Yufei | China
|
| 2018[8] | Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong | China
|
| 2019[8] | An Se-young | South Korea
|
| 2020–2021[9] | Kunlavut Vitidsarn | Thailand
|
| 2022[10] | Kodai Naraoka | Japan
|
| 2023[11] | Liu Shengshu / Tan Ning | China
|
Most Improved Player of the Year[edit]
| Year | Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|
| 2016[8] | P. V. Sindhu | India
|
| 2017[8] | Yuki Fukushima / Sayaka Hirota | Japan
|
| 2018[8] | Mayu Matsumoto / Wakana Nagahara | Japan
|
| 2019[8] | Kim So-yeong / Kong Hee-yong | South Korea
|
| 2020–2021[9] | Lee Yang / Wang Chi-lin |  Chinese Taipei
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| 2022[10] | Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto | Indonesia
|
| 2023[11] | Jiang Zhenbang / Wei Yaxin | China
|
Best-Dressed[edit]
This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Players' Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.
| Year | Male Player | Nationality | Female Player | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013[5] | Ko Sung-hyun | South Korea |
Tai Tzu-ying | Chinese Taipei
|
| 2015[12] | Chou Tien-chen | Chinese Taipei |
Ratchanok Intanon | Thailand
|
| 2016[14] | Viktor Axelsen | Denmark |
Woon Khe Wei | Malaysia
|
| 2017[15] | Srikanth Kidambi | India |
Tai Tzu-ying (2) | Chinese Taipei
|
| 2018[16] | Shi Yuqi | China |
P. V. Sindhu | India
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| 2019[17] | Viktor Axelsen (2) | Denmark |
Ratchanok Intanon (2) | Thailand
|
| 2022[10] | Prannoy H. S. | India |
Busanan Ongbamrungphan | Thailand
|
| 2023[11] | Chen Tang Jie | Malaysia |
Jongkolphan Kititharakul | Thailand
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