Just like men’s single event in badminton the women category is likely loved by racket fans all over the world with some big players, know the badminton ranking for 2022 sinles
In the list below we take a look at the current top 20 players and a deep look at the Top 10 in the category.
BWF Badminton Women Ranking And Points 2022: List Of Top 20 Players In Female Singles
| BWF World Rankings (Women’s singles) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Country | Player | Points | |
| 1 |  |
 Chinese Taipei |
Tai Tzu-ying | 108,800 |
| 2 |  1 |
 Japan |
Akane Yamaguchi | 105,149 |
| 3 |  1 |
 China |
Chen Yufei | 102,454 |
| 4 | |
 South Korea |
An Se-young | 97,753 |
| 5 | |
Japan |
Nozomi Okuhara | 95,886 |
| 6 | |
 Spain |
Carolina Marín | 95,800 |
| 7 | |
 India |
P. V. Sindhu | 90,994 |
| 8 | |
 Thailand |
Ratchanok Intanon | 86,268 |
| 9 | |
China |
He Bingjiao | 79,915 |
| 10 | |
Thailand |
Pornpawee Chochuwong | 76,254 |
| 11 | |
 Canada |
Michelle Li | 68,845 |
| 12 | |
Thailand |
Busanan Ongbamrungphan | 65,254 |
| 13 | |
Japan |
Sayaka Takahashi | 62,364 |
| 14 | |
 Denmark |
Mia Blichfeldt | 62,192 |
| 15 | |
 United States |
Beiwen Zhang | 57,700 |
| 16 | 1 |
China |
Wang Zhiyi | 56,195 |
| 17 | 1 |
 Singapore |
Yeo Jia Min | 55,545 |
| 18 | |
South Korea |
Sung Ji-hyun | 54,010 |
| 19 | 2 |
 Scotland |
Kirsty Gilmour | 52,660 |
| 20 | |
South Korea |
Kim Ga-eun | 52,598 |
1.) Tai Tzu-Ying
The 5ft 4inch tall from Taiwan has not achieved the 1st ranking milestone for first time, on December 1,2016 she was ranked No.1 for the first time by winning the Indonesia and Hong Kong Open. She is also the current Asian Champion and Tokyo Olympics silver medalist.
2.) Akane Yamaguchi
Yamaguchi showed her first colors when she won silver medal at the 2014 Youth Olympics. The Japanese then went on to winning gold in Asian Youth Games in the same year and it took her just one more year to get a Asian Games bronze. She is also the current 2021 World Champion.
3.) Chen Yufei
The reigning Olympics Champion is the single event is currently ranked 3rd in the world but she achieved her career high ranking in 2019 as World No.1. Besides two bronze in Senior World Championship she also has six World Junior Championship Medals including five golds.
4.) An Se-young
The 19 year old born Korean was awarded 2019 Most Promising Player Of the Year 2019 by the BWF and sure did she proved it well. She won bronze at the recent held Sudirman Cup 2021 in the teams event and also won gold at the 2017 Asian Junior Championship.
5.) Nozomi Okuhara
Known for her speed and endurance, Nozomi is the 2016 Olympic Bronze medalist and in the following year she won the World Championship Title in singles event. Moreover she also get a collection of Asian Games, Uber Cup, World Championship Gold medal.
6.) Carolina Marina
Widely regarded as one of the best ever Women’s Single player held the No.1 ranking for consecutive 66 weeks. She has dominated the European Championship for a long time , beside becoming the first ever women to win three World Championship Titles and also winning gold at the 2016, Rio Olympics.
7.) P.V Sindhu
The Indian is one of the most influential and richest athlete in India and all the fortunes are her result of years of hard work and consistency. She has won silver at Rio Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games in single’s event beside also having one additional Olympics bronze, she also won the 2019 BWF World Championship title.
8.) Ratchanok Intanon
The three time World Junior Champion and the 2013 World Champion Thai badminton player is known for her hitting motion and light footwork. She reached her career high ranking in 2016 when she was crowned as World No. 1 and is the youngest ever single player to win three Super series in three weeks.
9.) He Bingjiao
She was the part of the Chinese team that lifted the 2020 Uber Cup and 2021 Sudirman Cup Trophy. In the Women’s Single event at the 2014 Youth Olympics she won the Gold Medal. Alongside this she also have five World Junior Championship Medals.
10.) Pornpawee Chochuwong
The two time Southeast Asian Games gold medalist and the currently 10th ranked in the world comes from the Rayong region of Thailand. Chochuwong also holds two Sudirman Cup and two Uber Cup in her drawer.
Also Read – BWF Male Badminton Ranking 2022, List Of Rankings Of Top 20 Players In Men’s Single In The World