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BWF Player of The Year merupakan penghargaan tahunan dari federasi bulu tangkis dunia berdasarkan pada prestasi atlet sepanjang tahun. Pemenang penghargaan akan dipilih oleh BWF Awards Commission.
Terdapat enam kategori yang diperebutkan dalam BWF Player of The Year, berikut nominasi selengkapnya.
Male Player of the Year
• Kento Momota (Men’s Singles, Japan)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Badminton Asia Championships 2018
• Marcus Fernaldi Gideon/Kevin Sanjaya Sukamuldo (Men’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Highlight: 8 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018 & Asian Games 2018
• Zheng Siwei (Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Asian Games 2018
Female Player of the Year
• Tai Tzu Ying (Women’s Singles, Taipei)
Highlight: 6 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018 & Asian Games 2018
• Huang Yaqiong (Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – Total BWF World Championships 2018 & Asian Games 2018
• Yuki Fukushima/Sayaka Hirota (Women’s Doubles, Japan)
Highlight: 6 x Winner – HSBC BWF World Tour 2018
Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year
• Apriyani Rahayu (Women’s Doubles, Indonesia)
Highlight: Winner – YONEX-SUNRISE DR. AKHILESH DAS GUPTA India Open 2018 & TOYOTA Thailand Open 2018
• He Jiting (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – VICTOR Korea Open 2018 (Mixed Doubles)
• Han Chengkai/Zhou Haodong (Men’s Doubles, China)
Highlight: Winner – YONEX French Open 2018
• Gregoria Mariska Tunjung (Women’s Singles, Indonesia)
Highlight: Semifinal – TOYOTA Thailand Open 2018 & DANISA Denmark Open 2018
• Goh Jin Wei (Women’s Singles, Malaysia)
Highlight: Winner – Youth Olympics Games 2018 & World Junior Championships 2018
Male Para-badminton Player of the Year
• Lucas Mazur (France)
Highlight: Winner – Men’s Singles SL4 & Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 European Para-Badminton Championships 2018
• Cheah Liek Hou (Malaysia)
Highlight: Winner – Men’s Singles SU5 Dubai, Uganda, Turkey & Ireland Para-Badminton International 2018
• Jack Shephard (England)
Highlight: Winner – Men’s Singles SS6 & Men’s Doubles SS6 European Para-Badminton Championships 2018
Female Para-badminton Player of the Year
• Sujirat Pookkham (Thailand)
Highlight: Winner – Women’s Singles WH1 Spain, Turkey & Thailand Para-Badminton International 2018
• Yuma Yamazaki (Japan)
Highlight: Winner – Women’s Singles WH2 Spain, Turkey, Thailand & Japan Para-Badminton International 2018
• Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)
Highlight: Winner – Women’s Doubles SL3-SU5 & Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 Asian Para Games 2018
Most Improved Player of the Year
• Seo Seong Jae (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles, Korea)
• Mayu Matsumoto/Wakana Nagahara (Women’s Doubles, Japan)
• Satwiksairaj Rankireddy/Chiraj Shetty (Men’s Doubles, India)
• He Jiting (Men’s Doubles & Mixed Doubles, China)
• Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Men’s Singles, Indonesia)