[2] Seedings of draws at all BWF-sanctioned tournaments are conducted using the BWF World Ranking.
Ranking points calculated are based on the tournaments each players/pairs participate in from the last 52 weeks.
World Badminton Grand Prix Finals are ranked as 6* event, the points system is as follows: Players in their highest peak are marked in light yellow, retired players are marked in italic.
[15] The following is a list of players who have achieved the number one position since 1 October 2009 (active players in light yellow, and current number 1 players are marked in bold): Last updated: February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04) NOTE: BWF froze the World Rankings from 18 March 2020 to 2 February 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
1 in the period since the introduction of the BWF computer rankings (active players in light green):
Weeks spent as top-ranked men's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009.)
Weeks ranked world no. 1 men's singles shuttler by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.
Weeks spent as top-ranked women's singles shuttler from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009, hence the non-display of Ratchanok INTANON above.)
Weeks ranked world no. 1 women's singles shuttler by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.
Weeks spent as top-ranked men's doubles shuttlers from 1990 to week 12 of 2020 (Note: There is a slight difference in total counts due to the nonsynchronous nature of unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009.)
Weeks ranked world no. 1 men's doubles shuttlers by their nationality from 1990 to week 12 of 2020.
