The most exceptional talent over the past 12 months will be feted at the BWF Player of the Year Awards 2025, with the winners to be announced at the HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2025 Gala Dinner on Monday 15 December.

World champions Shi Yu Qi, Akane Yamaguchi, Liu Sheng Shu/Tan Ning and Kim Won Ho/Seo Seung Jae are among the leading contenders.

Five marquee awards will recognise the best player or pair in men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles.

The awards celebrate outstanding talent, consistent performance throughout the season, fair play, personality and profile across a 12-month eligibility period from 1 December 2024 to 30 November 2025.

The 2025 marquee award winners are determined by a combined score based on two factors:

• Total world ranking points accumulated during the 52-week eligibility period, and
• Voting points from a five-member expert panel after the following tournaments: HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024, all HSBC BWF World Tour Super 1000 and Super 750 events, and the TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2025.

HSBC BWF World Tour Finals 2024 and TotalEnergies BWF World Championships 2025 carry double points.

Nominees

The Players’ Player of the Year (Men) and Players’ Player of the Year (Women) Awards return for a second year. The top 32 ranked singles players and top 16 ranked doubles pairs as of 14 October 2025 were eligible to vote and receive votes from their peers. Viktor Axelsen and An Se Young claimed the inaugural honours last year.

The Eddy Choong Rising Star Award recognises the best emerging talent aged 21 or under, selected by the BWF Awards Commission.

In Para badminton, we have nominees from six Members Associations for the three award categories.

Nominees

The award ceremony will start 7pm local time, and streamed live on BWF TV, Facebook and Weibo.