Badzine has just published the prize earnings for 2011 for BWF sanctioned tournaments and as expected LCW topped the list with US$267,350.00. A table of the players' earnings is reproduced. Mens' singles:1 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia 13 $267,350 1 2 LIN Dan China 13 $219,500 23 Chen Long China 14 $143,300 34 Peter Gade Denmark 13 $88,500 45 Chen Jin China 15 $57,885 56 Sho Sasaki Japan 12 $45,850 67 Simon Santoso Indonesia 11 $42,158 78 Nguyen Tien Minh Vietnam 12 $29,345 109 Lee Hyun Il Korea 11 $40,475 910 Du Pengyu China 11 $40,675 8 Wonens' singles:1 Wang Yihan China 12 $265,575 12 Wang Xin China 12 $132,725 33 Wang Shixian China 12 $188,700 24 Saina Nehwal India 12 $71,455 45 Tine Baun Denmark 11 $47,875 56 Jiang Yanjiao China 10 $40,500 67 Sung Ji Hyun Korea 14 $46,050 78 Juliane Schenk Germany 14 $34,143 89 Li Xuerui China 11 $43,160 910 Liu Xin China 9 $35,140 10 Mens' doubles:1 Cai Yun China 11 $78,044 51 Fu Haifeng China 11 $78,044 52 Jung Jae Sung Korea 16 $122,316 22 Lee Yong Dae Korea 19 $129,756 13 Mathias Boe Denmark 11 $101,299 33 Carsten Mogensen Denmark 11 $101,299 34 Ko Sung Hyun Korea 19 $62,541 74 Yoo Yeon Seong Korea 16 $55,101 95 Chai Biao China 10 $56,029 85 Guo Zhendong China 9 $51,404 106 Koo Kien Keat Malaysia 12 $32,974 116 Tan Boon Heong Malaysia 12 $32,974 117 Mohammad Ahsan Indonesia 12 $22,397 137 Bona Septano Indonesia 12 $22,397 138 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Japan 16 $19,575 178 Noriyasu Hirata Japan 16 $19,575 179 Alvent Yulianto Chandra Indonesia 14 $20,791 159 Hendra Aprida Gunawan Indonesia 14 $20,791 1510 Markis Kido Indonesia 14 $18,713 1910 Hendra Setiawan Indonesia 14 $18,713 19 Womens' doubles:1 Wang Xiaoli China 11 $185,725 11 Yu Yang China 11 $185,725 12 Tian Qing China 12 $77,884 42 Zhao Yunlei China 13 $87,884 33 Mizuki Fujii Japan 18 $41,534 73 Reika Kakiiwa Japan 17 $41,534 74 Ha Jung Eun Korea 17 $46,576 64 Kim Min Jung Korea 18 $48,826 55 Miyuki Maeda Japan 13 $29,895 95 Satoko Suetsuna Japan 12 $29,895 96 Shizuka Matsuo Japan 17 $23,046 136 Mami Naito Japan 17 $23,046 137 Cheng Wen Hsing Chinese Taipei 13 $28,818 117 Chien Yu Chin Chinese Taipei 13 $28,818 118 Greysia Polii Indonesia 9 $13,415 178 Meiliana Jauhari Indonesia 9 $13,415 179 Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark 9 $14,706 159 Christinna Pedersen Denmark 9 $14,706 1510 Poon Lok Yan Hong Kong 11 $10,136 1910 Tse Ying Suet Hong Kong 11 $10,136 19 Mixed doubles:1 Zhang Nan China 13 $147,244 11 Zhao Yunlei China 13 $147,244 12 Chen Xu China 13 $58,901 62 Ma Jin China 13 $73,951 33 Joachim Fischer Nielsen Denmark 12 $59,781 43 Christinna Pedersen Denmark 12 $59,781 44 Tontowi Ahmad Indonesia 14 $54,678 74 Liliyana Natsir Indonesia 14 $54,678 75 Chen Hung Ling Chinese Taipei 17 $39,083 95 Cheng Wen Hsing Chinese Taipei 17 $39,083 96 Sudket Prapakamol Thailand 15 $32,760 116 Saralee Thoungthongkam Thailand 15 $32,760 117 Songphon Anugritayawon Thailand 12 $19,955 137 Kunchala Vorvichitchaikul Thailand 12 $19,955 138 Shintaro Ikeda Japan 14 $14,624 168 Reiko Shiota Japan 14 $15,464 159 Chan Peng Soon Malaysia 11 $12,921 179 Goh Liu Ying Malaysia 11 $12,921 1710 Thomas Laybourn Denmark 6 $12,424 1910 Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark 6 $12,424 19 The numbers after country and $ earnings denote the number of tournaments played and the player(s)' ranking. Sadly TH is not in the list and it is hoped he will do better in 2012. Badzine will update the earnings every 3 months.
Due to a glitch, the numbers have been misplaced. Please refer to Badzine webpage for the correct position. My apologies to all Bcers.
Thanks for raising awareness, but it would be better if you provided the link Here we go : Top Earners http://www.badzine.net/top-earners-badzines-list-of-top-earners-in-the-year/ Top 10 WR players in the world's earnings : http://www.badzine.net/wp-content/uploads/Players-Earnings-Ranking-2011a.pdf