Badminton in India#Current ranking

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Badminton is a popular sport in India. It is managed by the Badminton Association of India which is associated with Badminton Asia and Badminton World Federation.

Indian shuttlers Prakash Padukone, Srikanth Kidambi, Jwala Gutta, Saina Nehwal, P. V. Sindhu, Lakshya Sen, H. S. Prannoy, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have all ranked in the world's top ten.

Prakash Padukone was the first player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot in the game, after which Srikanth Kidambi became the second male player to make it to the top spot in April 2018.{{cite web|title=Kidambi Srikanth becomes first Indian male shuttler to claim World No 1 spot after Prakash Padukone|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/kidambi-srikanth-becomes-first-indian-male-shuttler-to-claim-world-no-1-spot-in-bwf-rankings-4429043.html|website=Firstpost|date=12 April 2018|access-date=13 July 2018}} Saina Nehwal was the first female player from India to achieve the world no. 1 spot, which she did in April 2015, and the first Indian badminton player to win a medal at the Olympic Games.{{cite news |title=Saina becomes World No. 1 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/superb-saina-scales-historic-world-no1-ranking/article7043530.ece |website=The Hindu |date=28 March 2015 |access-date=13 July 2018 |last1=Rao |first1=Rakesh}}{{cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/olympics-2012/story/london-olympics-2012-saina-nehwal-wins-bronze-112296-2012-08-04 |title=London Olympics: Super Saina wins India's maiden Olympic medal in badminton, claims bronze in playoff |website=www.indiatoday.in |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=5 August 2021}}

P. V. Sindhu is the first Indian to become the World Champion, which she achieved in 2019, and the only badminton player from India to win two consecutive medals at the Olympic Games.{{Cite news|date=August 25, 2020|title=When PV Sindhu became Indian badminton's golden girl|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/indian-badminton-pv-sindhu-how-bwf-world-championships-gold-2019|access-date=August 5, 2021|website=Olympic Games }}{{Cite news|date=August 1, 2021|title=PV Sindhu joins select group of repeat medalists with Tokyo 2020 bronze|url=https://olympics.com/en/featured-news/pv-sindhu-joins-select-group-of-repeat-medalists-with-tokyo-2020-bronze|access-date=August 1, 2021|website=Olympic Games }} One of the most successful Indian doubles player is Jwala Gutta, who was the only Indian to have rank in the top 10 of two categories. She peaked at #6 with Valiyaveetil Diju in mixed doubles and at #10 with Ashwini Ponnappa in women's doubles.{{cite web|title=Jwala Gutta|url=http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|website=Tournament Software|access-date=24 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701151719/http://bwfcontent.tournamentsoftware.com/profile/overview.aspx?id=D28DF6CB-3B5B-42DB-8347-5519A0117429|archive-date=1 July 2017|url-status=dead}}

Other successful players include Pullela Gopichand, Aparna Popat, Syed Modi, Chetan Anand, and Parupalli Kashyap.

History

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Prakash Padukone and Pullela Gopichand both won the All England Open in 1980 and 2001 respectively, making them the only Indians to win the prestigious title.

Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in the individual women's competition at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the first Olympic medal for the country in badminton. P. V. Sindhu won the second and the third Olympic medals in badminton for India, winning a silver and a bronze medal at the

2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics respectively.

India has won several medals at the BWF World Championships as well, with Prakash Padukone winning the first in 1982. The doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa became the first women to win a medal when they won the bronze in 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibnlive.com/news/india/jwala-gutta-ashwini-ponnappa-ousted-from-world-championships-710154.html|title = News, Breaking News, Latest News, News Headlines, Live News, Today News CNN-News18}} P. V. Sindhu then won consecutive bronze medals at 2013 and 2014 editions, the first Indian player to do so. Saina Nehwal won a first-ever silver at the 2015 Championships, and then a bronze in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|title=Saina Nehwal|work=london2012.com|access-date=2 September 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103182707/www.london2012.com/athlete/nehwal-saina-1108092/|archive-date=3 January 2013}}.

P. V. Sindhu won silver in consecutive editions in 2017 and 2018. Sindhu then went on to win the gold at the 2019 BWF World Championships and become the first Indian to ever finish on top of the podium. At the same edition, B. Sai Praneeth medalled in the men's singles after 36 years, clinching the bronze. As a result, for the first time, India won medals in two different disciplines in the same BWF World Championships edition. In 2021, Lakshya Sen won the bronze medal in men's singles while Srikanth Kidambi won the silver, the first time India had two medallists in the same edition in the men's singles discipline. In 2022, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty won India's first World Championship medal in the men's doubles, a bronze. Till date, India has never returned empty handed from the World Championships since 2011.

At the BWF World Junior Championships, Saina Nehwal is the only gold medalist for India, which she achieved in 2008. At the Badminton Asia Junior Championships, P. V. Sindhu and Lakshya Sen are the only gold medalists for India, winning in their respective categories in 2012 and 2018 respectively.

Medal table

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! Tournament ! Gold ! Silver ! Bronze ! Total
Olympic Games \|0 \|1 \|2 \|3
Paralympic Games \|3 \|3 \|3 \|9
World Championships \|1 \|4 \|9 \|14
Thomas Cup \|1 \|0 \|3 \|4
Uber Cup \|0 \|0 \|3 \|3
Sudirman Cup \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0
Commonwealth Games \|10 \|8 \|13 \|31
Asia Championships \|2 \|0 \|16 \|18
Asia Team Championships \|1 \|1 \|2 \|4
Asia Mixed Team Championships \|0 \|0 \|1 \|1
Asian Games \|1 \|2 \|10 \|13
South Asian Games \|34 \|21 \|3 \|58
Total ! ! ! !

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! Tournament

! Gold

! Silver

! Bronze

! Total

|14

|10

|13

|31

Asia Championships

|16

|18

Asia Team Championships

Asia Mixed Team Championships

Asian Games

|10

|13

South Asian Games

|34

|21

|58

Total

World rankings

Olympic Games

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Year	Event	Player	Result
rowspan=5\|2024 \| rowspan=2\|Men's singles \| Lakshya Sen \| 4th
Prannoy H. S. \| Round of 16
Women's singles \| P. V. Sindhu \| Round of 16
Men's doubles \| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty \| Quarter Finals
Women's doubles \| Ashwini Ponnappa Tanisha Crasto \| Group Stage
rowspan=3\|2020 \| Men's singles \| B. Sai Praneeth \| Group Stage
Women's singles ! P. V. Sindhu \| {{OG3}}
Men's doubles \| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy Chirag Shetty \| Group Stage
rowspan=5\|2016 \| Men's singles \| Srikanth Kidambi \| Quarter-finals
Women's singles ! P. V. Sindhu \| {{OG2}}
Women's singles \| Saina Nehwal \| Group Stage
Men's doubles \| Manu Attri B. Sumeeth Reddy \| Group Stage
Women's doubles \| Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa \| Group Stage
rowspan=4\|2012 \| Men's singles \| Parupalli Kashyap \| Quarter Finals
Women's singles ! Saina Nehwal \| {{OG3}}
Women's doubles \| Jwala Gutta Ashwini Ponnappa \| Group Stage
Mixed doubles \| Valiyaveetil Diju Jwala Gutta \| Group Stage
rowspan=2\|2008 \| Men's singles \| Anup Sridhar \| Second Round
Women's singles \| Saina Nehwal \| Quarter Finals
rowspan=3\|2004 \| Men's singles \| Nikhil Kanetkar \| Round of 16
Men's singles \| Abhinn Shyam Gupta \| Round of 32
Women's singles \| Aparna Popat \| Round of 16
rowspan=2\|2000 \| Men's singles \| Pullela Gopichand \| Third Round
Women's singles \| Aparna Popat \| First Round
rowspan=2\|1996 \| Men's singles \| Deepankar Bhattacharya \| Second Round
Women's singles \| P. V. V. Lakshmi \| Second Round
rowspan=3\|1992 \| Men's singles \| Deepankar Bhattacharya \| Third Round
Women's singles \| Madhumita Bisht \| Second Round
Men's doubles \| Deepankar Bhattacharya U. Vimal Kumar \| First Round

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Year

Event

Player

Result

rowspan=5|2024

| rowspan=2|Men's singles

| 4th

| Round of 16

| Round of 16

| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty

| Quarter Finals

Women's doubles

| Ashwini Ponnappa
Tanisha Crasto

| Group Stage

rowspan=3|2020

| Group Stage

| {{OG3}}

| Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
Chirag Shetty

| Group Stage

rowspan=5|2016

| Quarter-finals

| {{OG2}}

| Group Stage

| Manu Attri
B. Sumeeth Reddy

| Group Stage

Women's doubles

| Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa

| Group Stage

rowspan=4|2012

| Quarter Finals

| {{OG3}}

| Jwala Gutta
Ashwini Ponnappa

| Group Stage

Mixed doubles

| Valiyaveetil Diju
Jwala Gutta

| Group Stage

rowspan=2|2008

| Second Round

| Quarter Finals

rowspan=3|2004

| Round of 16

| Round of 32

| Round of 16

rowspan=2|2000

| Third Round

| First Round

rowspan=2|1996

| Men's singles

| Deepankar Bhattacharya

| Second Round

Women's singles

| P. V. V. Lakshmi

| Second Round

rowspan=3|1992

| Men's singles

| Deepankar Bhattacharya

| Third Round

Women's singles

| Madhumita Bisht

| Second Round

Men's doubles

| Deepankar Bhattacharya
U. Vimal Kumar

| First Round

Paralympic Games

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Year	Event	Player	Result
rowspan=16\|2024 \| rowspan=2\|Men's singles SL3 \| Manoj Sarkar \| Group stage
Nitesh Kumar \| {{PG1}}
rowspan=3\|Men's singles SL4 ! Suhas Yathiraj \| {{PG2}}
Sukant Kadam \| 4th
Tarun Dhillon \| Group stage
rowspan=2\|Men's singles SH6 \| Krishna Nagar \| Group stage
Sivarajan Solaimalai \| Group stage
rowspan=2\|Women's singles SL3 \| Manasi Joshi \| Group stage
Mandeep Kaur \| Quarter-finals
Women's singles SL4 \| Palak Kohli \| Quarter-finals
rowspan=2\|Women's singles SU5 ! Thulasimathi Murugesan \| {{PG2}}
Manisha Ramadass \| {{PG3}}
Women's singles SH6 ! Nithya Sivan \| {{PG3}}
rowspan=2\|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 \| Nitesh Kumar Thulasimathi Murugesan \| Group stage
Suhas Yathiraj Palak Kohli \| Group stage
Mixed doubles SH6 \| Sivarajan Solaimalai Nithya Sivan \| 4th
rowspan=9\|2020 \| rowspan=2\|Men's singles SL3 ! Pramod Bhagat \| {{PG1}}
Manoj Sarkar \| {{PG3}}
rowspan=2\|Men's singles SL1 \| Tarun Dhillon \| 4th
Suhas Yathiraj \| {{PG2}}
Men's singles SH6 ! Krishna Nagar \| {{PG1}}
Women's singles SL4 \| Parul Parmar \| Group stage
Women's singles SU5 \| Palak Kohli \| Quarter-finals
Women's doubles SL3–SU5 \| Parul Parmar Palak Kohli \| Group stage
Mixed doubles SL3–SU5 \| Pramod Bhagat Palak Kohli \| 4th

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

Year

Event

Player

Result

rowspan=16|2024

| rowspan=2|Men's singles SL3

| Manoj Sarkar

| Group stage

Nitesh Kumar

| {{PG1}}

rowspan=3|Men's singles SL4

! Suhas Yathiraj

| {{PG2}}

Sukant Kadam

| 4th

Tarun Dhillon

| Group stage

rowspan=2|Men's singles SH6

| Krishna Nagar

| Group stage

Sivarajan Solaimalai

| Group stage

rowspan=2|Women's singles SL3

| Group stage

| Quarter-finals

| Quarter-finals

rowspan=2|Women's singles SU5

! Thulasimathi Murugesan

| {{PG2}}

Manisha Ramadass

| {{PG3}}

Women's singles SH6

! Nithya Sivan

| {{PG3}}

rowspan=2|Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

| Nitesh Kumar
Thulasimathi Murugesan

| Group stage

Suhas Yathiraj
Palak Kohli

| Group stage

Mixed doubles SH6

| Sivarajan Solaimalai
Nithya Sivan

| 4th

rowspan=9|2020

| rowspan=2|Men's singles SL3

! Pramod Bhagat

| {{PG1}}

Manoj Sarkar

| {{PG3}}

rowspan=2|Men's singles SL1

| 4th

| {{PG2}}

| {{PG1}}

| Group stage

| Quarter-finals

Women's doubles SL3–SU5

| Parul Parmar
Palak Kohli

| Group stage

Mixed doubles SL3–SU5

| Pramod Bhagat
Palak Kohli

| 4th

National award recipients

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! scope="col" style="width:12%" | Year

! scope="col" style="width:30%" | Recipient

! scope="col" style="width:22%" | Award

! scope="col" style="width:16%" | Gender

style="text-align:center;" |2000–2001

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2010

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina|Nehwal}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2016

! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V.|Sindhu}}

| Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Female

| style="text-align:center;" |1961

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Nandu M. |Natekar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1962

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Meena |Shah|dab=badminton}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1965

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dinesh |Khanna}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1967

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Suresh |Goel}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1969

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Dipu |Ghosh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1970

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Damayanti |Tambay}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1971

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Sobha |Morthy|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1972

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prakash |Padukone}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1974

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Raman |Ghosh}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1975

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Devinder |Ahuja|nolink=1}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1976

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ami |Ghia}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1977–1978

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Kanwal Thakar |Singh}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1980–1981

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Syed |Modi}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1982

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Madhumita |Bisht}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |1982

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Partho |Ganguli}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |1999

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela |Gopichand}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" | {{sortname|George |Thomas|dab = badminton}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2004

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Abhinn Shyam |Gupta}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2005

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Aparna |Popat}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2006

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chetan |Anand|dab = badminton}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2007

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Anup |Sridhar}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Saina |Nehwal}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2011

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Jwala |Gutta}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Parupalli |Kashyap}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2012

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Ashwini |Ponnappa}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2013

! scope="row" | {{sortname|P. V. |Sindhu}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2014

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Valiyaveetil |Diju}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2015

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Srikanth |Kidambi}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2018

! scope="row" | {{sortname|N. Sikki |Reddy}}

| Arjuna Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|B. Sai |Praneeth}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Satwiksairaj |Rankireddy}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Chirag |Shetty}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Lakshya |Sen}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2022

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Prannoy |H. S.}}

| Arjuna Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pradeep Shrikrishna|Gandhe|nolink=1}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2020

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Trupti|Murgunde}}

| Dhyan Chand Award

Female

style="text-align:center;" |2017

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E9D4C9 | {{sortname|G. S. S. V.|Prasad|nolink=1}} {{sup|+}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2000

! scope="row" | {{sortname|S. M.|Arif}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2009

! scope="row" | {{sortname|Pullela|Gopichand}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

style="text-align:center;" |2019

! scope="row" | {{sortname|U. Vimal|Kumar}}

| Dronacharya Award

Male

class="wikitable"

|+ Key

{{legend|#E9D4C9| + Indicates a Lifetime contribution honour|outline=orange|border=1px solid red}}

References

Category:Sport in India

Badminton in India#Current ranking

History

Medal table

World rankings

Olympic Games

Paralympic Games

National award recipients

See also

References