Talk:BWF World Ranking

I do notice the naming convention problem. But it can't be help...
Believe me. I do notice such problems when I made the edit. But it can’t be help since no original research is allowed in Wikipedia.Thljcl (talk) 12:37, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

It's strange but... source is more important than fact
Other than the common-sense fact such as the sun rises in the east, you cannot edit Wikipedia article even though you personally witness the truth or fact; even if you know the athlete personally. Unless it's being published publicly as a verifiable source, you cannot edit Wikipedia article based on Original ResearchThljcl (talk) 12:52, 20 March 2014 (UTC)

World Ranking Before 2009
World Ranking does exist since 1980s. The only problem is that BWF only kept the record from the date of January 1, 2009 from the official web site. In contrast, ATP published the ranking list since its inception back in 1973. Lee Chong Wei actually first became World NO. 1 back in 2006. His World Ranking only stabilized since August 21, 2008 Thljcl (talk) 04:17, 17 June 2014 (UTC)

World No. 1 badminton players before 1 January 2009
22 December 2005 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

19 January 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Lee Jae-jin & Lee Hyo-jung

2 February 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms

9 February 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms

16 February 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms

23 February 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms

2 March 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms

16 March 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

30 March 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

6 April 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

13 April 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

20 April 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

27 April 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

4 May 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

11 May 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

8 June 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Xie Zhongbo & Zhang Yawen

15 June 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Xie Zhongbo & Zhang Yawen

29 June 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

6 July 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

13 July 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

20 July 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

17 August 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling

31 August 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhang Ning MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

28 September 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

19 October 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

2 November 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

9 November 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

23 November 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

30 November 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

7 December 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

14 December 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

21 December 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

28 December 2006 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

4 January 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

11 January 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

18 January 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

25 January 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

1 February 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

8 February 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

15 February 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

22 February 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

19 April 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

2 August 2007 MS: Lin Dan WS: Zhang Ning MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Zhang Yawen & Wei Yili XD: Zheng Bo & Gao Ling

3 April 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan

10 April 2008 MS: Lin Dan

17 April 2008 MS: Lin Dan

24 April 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan

15 May 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Lu Lan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen

22 May 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan

29 May 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan

5 June 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

12 June 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen

19 June 2008 MS: Lin Dan WS: Xie Xingfang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

26 June 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

3 July 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

10 July 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

17 July 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

24 July 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

31 July 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

7 August 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

14 August 2008 MS: Lin Dan MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

21 August 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

28 August 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

11 September 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

9 October 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

4 December 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhou Mi MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

11 December 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhou Mi MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

18 December 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei WS: Zhou Mi MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir

World number 1
MS: Lin Dan - 22 December 2005 WS: Xie Xingfang - 22 December 2005 MD: Candra Wijaya & Sigit Budiarto - 22 December 2005 WD: Yang Wei & Zhang Jiewen - 22 December 2005 XD: Nova Widianto & Liliyana Natsir - 22 December 2005 WS: Zhang Ning - 19 January 2006 XD: Lee Jae-jin & Lee Hyo-jung - 19 January 2006 XD: Nathan Robertson & Gail Emms - 16 February 2006 MD: Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen - 6 April 2006 WD: Gao Ling & Huang Sui - 6 April 2006 XD: Zhang Jun & Gao Ling - 6 April 2006 XD: Xie Zhongbo & Zhang Yawen - 8 June 2006 MS: Lee Chong Wei - 29 June 2006 MD: Fu Haifeng & Cai Yun - 7 December 2006 WD: Zhang Yawen & Wei Yili - 2 August 2007 XD: Zheng Bo & Gao Ling - 2 August 2007 MD: Markis Kido & Hendra Setiawan - 3 April 2008 MS: Lee Chong Wei - 21 August 2008 WS: Zhou Mi - 4 December 2008 WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang - 4 December 2008


 * MS: Lee Hyun-il - 19 February 2004 Donaldinyongin (talk) 07:31, 5 November 2017 (UTC)
 * MS: Peter Gade - 24 June 2006 Donaldinyongin (talk) 07:42, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

World number 2
MS: Kenneth Jonassen - 22 December 2005 XD: Chen Qiqiu & Zhao Tingting - 22 December 2005 MD: Chan Choong Ming & Koo Kien Keat - 13 July 2006 WS: Xu Huaiwen - 31 August 2006 MS: Bao Chunlai - 25 January 2007 MS: Chen Jin - 1 February 2007 XD: Sudket Prapakamol & Saralee Thoungthongkam - 1 February 2007 MS: Chen Hong - 2 August 2007 MD: Koo Kien Keat & Tan Boon Heong - 2 August 2007 WS: Lu Lan - 15 May 2008 MD: Jung Jae-sung & Lee Yong-dae - 29 May 2008 WD: Du Jing & Yu Yang - 3 July 2008 WS: Tine Rasmussen - 4 December 2008 WD: Wong Pei Tty & Chin Eei Hui - 4 December 2008 XD: He Hanbin & Yu Yang - 4 September 2008

World number 3
MS: Peter Gade - 22 December 2005 WS: Pi Hongyan - 22 December 2005 MD: Luluk Hadiyanto & Alven Yulianto - 22 December 2005 WD: Zhang Dan & Zhang Yawen - 22 December 2005 WS: Wang Chen - 19 January 2006 WD: Lee Kyung-won & Lee Hyo-jung - 19 January 2006 MD: Choong Tan Fook & Lee Wan Wah - 28 September 2006 WD: Zhang Yawen & Wei Yili - 7 December 2006 WS: Zhu Lin - 19 April 2007 XD: Flandy Limpele & Vita Marissa - 3 July 2008 MD: Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen - 4 December 2008 WD: Chien Yu-chin & Cheng Wen-hsing - 4 December 2008 XD: Lee Yong-dae & Lee Hyo-jung - 4 December 2008

World number 4
MS: Bao Chunlai - 19 January 2006 MD: Mathias Boe & Carsten Mogensen - 13 April 2006 MS: Lee Hyun-il - 13 April 2006 MD: Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari & Lin Woon Fui - 29 June 2006 WD: Gail Emms & Donna Kellogg - 16 March 2006 XD: Jens Eriksen & Mette Schjoldager - 31 August 2006 XD: Thomas Laybourn & Kamilla Rytter Juhl - 1 February 2007 MS: Sony Dwi Kuncoro - 4 December 2008 MD: Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari & Mohd Zakry Abdul Latif - 4 December 2008 WD: Vita Marissa & Liliyana Natsir - 4 December 2008 XD: Anthony Clark & Donna Kellogg - 4 December 2008

World number 5
WS: Yao Jie - 22 December 2005 WD: Wei Yili & Zhao Tingting - 22 December 2005 WS: Mia Audina - 20 April 2006 MD: Anthony Clark & Robert Blair - 16 March 2006 WD: Saralee Thoungthongkam & Sathinee Chankrachangwong - 1 February 2007 MD: Candra Wijaya & Tony Gunawan - 19 April 2007

World Team Ranking
The World Team Ranking has been updated. Someone please update it. Thank you! Timothytyy (talk) 00:33, 14 December 2022 (UTC)

Prediction in ranking updates
@Malaysia Dragon please don't add your prediction in the BWF World rankings. Even if you said your prediction is always correct, but you violates the Wikipedia rules WP:VERIFY that said: ''In the English Wikipedia, verifiability means other people using the encyclopedia can check that the information comes from a reliable source. Its content is determined by previously published information rather than editors' beliefs, opinions, experiences, or unpublished original research. Even if you are sure something is true, it must have been previously published in a reliable source before you can add it.''

So, please waiting until the ranking release by the official BWF site, then you can edit the ranking.. Thanks Stvbastian (talk) 09:53, 17 December 2023 (UTC)


 * OK Malaysia Dragon (talk) 10:00, 17 December 2023 (UTC)

Ranking for Women's Doubles
@180.252.164.55 Decrease and increase use by this week is wrong, see BWF website if you want to do ranking Malaysia Dragon (talk) 05:52, 19 December 2023 (UTC)

Liang/Wang
Can someone edit Liang/Wang in the world ranking timelines?

So far they've had 22 weeks total as world number 1s, but only 18 weeks is stated.

12th of September 2023 -> 3rd of October 2023 (4 Weeks) 31st of October 2023 -> 16th of January 2024 (12 Weeks) 23rd of April 2024 -> 14th of May 2023 (5 weeks) 11th of June 2024 -> present (1 week)

22 weeks in total

Source: https://bwf.tournamentsoftware.com/ranking/player.aspx?id=40635&player=2866472 ThomasCup2024 (talk) 09:52, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Just want to say that these timelines for Mens Doubles are wildly inaccurate, Alfian/Ardiantos WR 1 spell was not that long lol, they just didnt bother to put in Liang/Wang in the middle of that spell.