Most Famous Badminton Players Right Now

Akane Yamaguchi is a Japanese badminton player. She was a two-time world champion who won gold medals in the women's singles at the 2021 and 2022 World Championships. 

Born: 1997, Katsuyama, Fukui, Japan

Height: 5′ 1″

Anders Antonsen is a Danish badminton player. He is a three-time World Championships medalist, two-time European Champion, and former World's No. 2 in BWF rankings for the men's singles discipline. 

Born: 1997, Aarhus, Denmark

Height: 6′ 2″

Anthony Sinisuka Ginting is an Indonesian badminton player. He first rose to senior prominence when he won the bronze medal at the 2018 Asian Games, having won a 2014 Youth Olympic bronze in 2014. 

Born: 1996, Cimahi, Indonesia

Height: 5′ 7″

Apriyani Rahayu is an Indonesian badminton player specializing in doubles. She and Greysia Polii won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics champions in the women's doubles. She won gold at the 2019 SEA Games, and two bronze medals at the World Championships in 2018 and 2019. 

Born: 1998, Konawe Regency, Indonesia

Height: 5′ 4″

Chen Qingchen is a Chinese badminton player who specializes in doubles. She is an Olympic champion, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time Asian Champion. 

Born: 1997, Xingning, Meizhou, China

Height: 5′ 5″

Chen Yufei is a Chinese badminton player. She is the reigning Olympic champion. In her junior career, she won the girls' singles titles at the 2016 Asian and the World Junior Championships. At the same year, Chen clinched her first senior title at the Macau Open.

Born: 1998, Hangzhou, China

Height: 5′ 7″

Chou Tien-chen is a Taiwanese badminton player. He became the first local shuttler in 17 years to win the men's singles title of the Chinese Taipei Open in 2016 since Indonesian-born Fung Permadi won it in 1999. 

Born: 1990, Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

Height: 5′ 11″

Greysia Polii is an Indonesian former badminton player specializing in doubles. She won gold medals in the women's doubles at the 2014 Asian Games, at the 2019 SEA Games and at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won three bronze medals at the World Championships in 2015, 2018, and 2019. 

Born: 1987, Jakarta, Indonesia

Height: 5′ 3″

Hendra Setiawan is an Indonesian badminton player. He is an Olympic Games gold medalist, four-time World Champion, two-time Asian Games gold medalist, and two-time All England champion. With these achievements, Setiawan has collected all major individual titles in badminton. 

Born: 1984, Pemalang Regency, Indonesia

Height: 6′ 0″

Jia Yifan is a Chinese badminton player and Olympic champion. With partner Chen Qingchen, Jia won silver in women's doubles at the 2020 Summer Olympics and gold in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Jia won four gold medals at the World Championships in 2017, 2021, 2022, and 2023. 

Born: 1997, Tianjin, China

Height: 1.70 m

Kento Momota is a former Japanese badminton player. He has won several major badminton tournaments including two World Championships titles, two Asian Championships titles, and one All England title.

Born: 1994, Mino, Kagawa

Height: 5′ 9″

Lee Yang is a Taiwanese badminton player and 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion. 

Born: 1995, Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

Height: 5′ 10″

Marcus Fernaldi Gideon is an Indonesian badminton player who was formerly ranked world No. 1 in the men's doubles by the Badminton World Federation alongside Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo. He plays for PB Jaya Raya, and has been a member of the club since June 2018. 

Born: 1991, Jakarta, Indonesia

Height: 5′ 6″

Nozomi Okuhara is a Japanese badminton player. A former World's number 1 in the BWF rankings for the women's singles, she is well known for her speed, agility and endurance. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and gold medal at the 2017 World Championships. 

Born: 1995 (age 29 years), Omachi, Nagano, Japan

Height: 5′ 1″

Pusarla Venkata Sindhu is an Indian badminton player. Considered one of India's most successful sportspersons, Sindhu has won medals at various tournaments such as the Olympics and on the BWF circuit, including a gold at the 2019 World Championships. 

Born: July 5, 1995, Hyderabad, India

Height: 5′ 10″

Sayaka Hirota is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Saishunkan team. She and her partner Yuki Fukushima won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. Hirota and Fukushima were ranked world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking on 21 June 2018.

Born: 1994, Kumamoto, Japan

Height: 5′ 7″

Tai Tzu-ying is a Taiwanese badminton player. At the age of 22, she achieved world no.1 in the BWF women's singles ranking in December 2016, and has held that title for 214 weeks, the longest in BWF history. Tai was the women's singles silver medalist in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the 2021 BWF World Championships. 

Born: 1994, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Height: 5′ 4″

Viktor Axelsen is a Danish badminton player who is currently the world number two in men's singles. He is a two-time World Champion, defeating Lin Dan in 2017 final and Kunlavut Vitidsarn in 2022 final.

Born: 1994, Odense, Denmark

Height: 6′ 4″

Wang Chi-lin is a Taiwanese badminton player who specializes in doubles. He is the 2020 and 2024 Olympics men's doubles champion. 

Born: 1995, Taipei City, Taipei, Taiwan

Height: 6′ 2″

Yuki Fukushima is a Japanese badminton player affiliated with Marusugi Bluvic. She and her partner Sayaka Hirota won the 2017 Most Improved Player of the Year award. The duo were ranked as world No. 1 at the BWF World Ranking in 21 June 2018.

Born: 1993, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto, Japan

Height: 5′ 5″