BWF Awards
This is a list of all the awards given by the Badminton World Federation World Tour to players and others of particular distinction during a given season.
Player of the Year
From 1998 to 2007, this award was named Eddy Choong Player of the Year.Para-player of the Year
This award was first presented in 2015.Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
This award was created in 2008 following the decision by the BWF to split the "Eddy Choong Player of the Year" award into two different awards for male and female players respectively.Year | Player | Nationality |
2008 | Saina Nehwal | |
2009 | Ratchanok Intanon | |
2010 | Viktor Axelsen | |
2011 | Zulfadli Zulkiffli | |
2012 | Kento Momota | |
2013 | Akane Yamaguchi | |
2014 | Akane Yamaguchi | |
2015 | Zheng Siwei | |
2016 | Chen Qingchen | |
2017 | Chen Yufei | |
2018 | Han Chengkai / Zhou Haodong | |
2019 | An Se-young |
Most Improved Player
Best-Dressed
This award is given to the best-dressed player at the Players' Gala held prior to the season-ending BWF World Tour Finals and its predecessor, the BWF Super Series Finals.Year | Male Player | Nationality | Female Player | Nationality |
2013 | Ko Sung-hyun | Tai Tzu-ying | ||
2014 | ||||
2015 | Chou Tien-chen | Ratchanok Intanon | ||
2016 | Viktor Axelsen | Woon Khe Wei | ||
2017 | Srikanth Kidambi | Tai Tzu-ying | ||
2018 | Shi Yuqi | Pusarla Venkata Sindhu | ||
2019 | Viktor Axelsen | Ratchanok Intanon |