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Over the last few decades, the sport of Badminton has been mainly dominated by the Chinese players.
However, in the last few years, the scenario has slowly but surely changed. Other countries have also started producing champion players across disciplines, thus stalling the Chinese monopoly, in the sport.
At present Individual Players/ Doubles Teams from 5 different countries hold the five Number 1 spots available, across the various Badminton disciplines.
In this article, we look at the present Number 1 ranked players in the different disciplines of Badminton, viz. Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles and Mixed Doubles.
# Men's Singles : Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
Viktor Axelsen has been the number 1 men's badminton player for almost a year now. He lost his number 1 position to K Srikant of India, that too, just for one week.
He is the reigning European Champion and the winner of the Dubai Superseries Final.
He has been one of the most consistent players in the circuit, for the last one year.
With 83754 points, he is at the number 1 spot, slightly ahead of his nearest rival Shi Yuqi of China, who is the new World and All England Champion.
# Women's Singles: Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
In the last two years, in women's singles, Tai Tzu Ying has been the player to beat.
She has won almost all the major tournaments. With more than 15 major titles and 2 All England Championships in her kitty, Tai is already an all-time great.
Her enormous achievements are coming at a time, when the other greats of the game, like Marin, Sindhu, Intanon, Saina, and Okuhara are also in the fray.
With 96817 points, Tai is way ahead of her nearest rivals, Yamaguchi and Sindhu, and if she continues her current form, it will be very difficult to displace her, from the number 1 position in near future.
# Men's Doubles : Marcus K Gideon & Kevin S Sukamuljo (Indonesia)
This explosive pair from Indonesia has been in red-hot form in the last season, winning major tournaments like the Dubai Superseries Finals, China Open, Japan Open, Hongkong Open and the Indonesia Open.
They are also the current All England Champions in Men's Doubles.
Although they could not win the recently concluded BWF World Championships, they are still, way ahead of the 2nd ranked doubles team, which is the World Championship winning team from China.
# Women's Doubles : Yuki Fukushima & Sayaka Hirota (Japan)
This world number 1 Doubles pair from Japan, is the present silver medallist of the BWF World Championships. This pair is also the winner of the Asian Badminton Championships, They are one of the most consistent doubles pairs in the circuit.
Based on their consistent performances, in the major tournaments, they have climbed up to the world number 1 spot, with 85798 points.
# Mixed Doubles : Zheng Siwei & Huang Yaqiong (China)
This Chinese mixed doubles pair has been in top form in the 2017-18 season. They are the current World Champions and the runners-up,of the 2018 All England Championships.
This Pair has also won the 2017 China Open and the 2018 Malaysian Open.
With 93220 points, they are comfortably ahead of the 2nd ranked mixed doubles team, which is also from China.
