Know the BWF Top 10 latest updated Men’s doubles Badminton Rankings and Points system for 2022
The top 10 rankings’ by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) list has been dominated by the players from Japan and Indonesia. Let’s have a look at them.
BWF Men’s Doubles Badminton Rankings And Points Top 10 Latest Updated 2022 List
Men’s Doubles Ranking
| 1 (–) | Marcus Fernaldi GIDEON Kevin Sanjaya SUKAMULJO | INA INA |
|---|---|---|
| 2 (–) | Hendra SETIAWAN Mohammad AHSAN | INA INA |
| 3 (–) | LEE Yang WANG Chi-Lin | TPE TPE |
| 4 (–) | Takuro HOKI Yugo KOBAYASHI | JPN JPN |
| 5 (–) | Hiroyuki ENDO Yuta WATANABE | JPN JPN |
1- Marcus Fernaldi Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuljo (111,827)
The Indonesian pair is ranked No. 1 in the world by the Badminton World Federation. The 30-year-old Marcus Fernaldi Gideon along with 26-year-old Kevin Sanjaya Sukaljo have won the trophy at the 2017 All England Open and was granted the BWF Best Male Players of the Year for two consecutive years in 2017 and 2018. The duo won seven Superseries titles in the year 2017 and eight World Tour trophies in the next year.
2- Mohammed Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan (102,330)
The Indonesian 34-year-old Mohammed Ahsan is currently partnering with 37-year-old Hendra Setiawan. Ahsan was previously ranked No. 6 with his former doubles pair Bona Septano.
Ahsan is now at No. 2 paired with former Olympic gold medalist Setiawan with whom he clinched his first trophy at the Malaysian Open in 2013ย as their first title. The pair nicknamed “The Daddies” was broken after four years of playing together in the year 2016 but came back in 2018 to win multiple titles.
3- Lee Yang and Wang Chi-ling (100,826)
The Taiwanese duo including 26-year-old Lee Yang along with his partner Wang Chi-ling is the champion of the 2020 Olympics men’s doubles champion.ย
4- Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi (97,882)
The Japanese duo of Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi has won a silver medal at the World Championship in 2019 against Indonesian and World No. 2 pair Mohammed Ahsan and Hendra Setiawan. Hoki-Kobayashi pair have also won a gold medal at the last year’s World Championships tournament and became the first-ever duo from the country to do so.
5- Hiroyuki Endo and Yuta Watanabe (84,863)
The duo won gold at the 2019 Asian Championships beating current World No. 1 in doubles Marcus and Kevin.
6- Takeshi Kamura and Keigo Sonoda (84,503)
This pair from Japan ended up being runners-up against the current World No. 5 Endo-Watanabe at last year’s All England Open. The Japanese pair was ranked as high as number 2 in the year 2017 in January.
7- Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik (77,231)
The duo of Malaysia represented the country at the Thomas Cup in the year 2018 and are the runner-up of the All England Open. They clinched gold together at the Southeast Asian Games in 2019.
8- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty (76,718)
This pair from India are the first pair in the men’s doubles category to be ranked into the top 10 of the BWF World Ranking from the country. Their career-high reached 7 in the year 2019.
9- Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Rian Ardianto (76,284)
The 2018 Asian Games final was all Indonesian players with Fajar and Ardianto facing Marcus and Kevin, winning silver at the tournament.
10- Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen (75,454)
The Danish duo ended up winning bronze at last year’s World Championships tournament, silver at the 2019 Europen Games and 2016 European Championships.
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