Top 10 Greatest Badminton Players I Men’s Single I Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, Peter Gade 

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@@johnwick-pv3xhstop kidding man LCW can’t be the GOAT since had no Olympic champion

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Because you are a Muslim.

Would put 1. Lin Dan 2. Lee Chong Wei 3. Chen Long / Taufik Hidayat 4. Chen Long / Taufik Hidayat 5. Kento Momota 6. Viktor Axelsen

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Top 10 all time LD (no.1 by far) Band 2 ----------- LCW Yang Yang Victor Axelsen Tang Xian Hu Rudy Hartono Han Jian Band 3 ----------- Liem Swie King Sun Jun Taufik Hidayat Zhao Jian Hua Chen Long Kento Momota

Band 1 : Lin Dan 7 World titles (5 World Championships . 2 World Cups) note : World Cup was held only twice during LD's career and he won both 2 Olympic Golds 6 Asian titles (4 Asian Games . 2 Asian Championships) 6 All Englands 1 Year End Finals (played this only once, and won it) Lastly, LD maintains a mind boggling 82-100% win rate in each of the major events he enters. No one else has remotely close to LD's resume, there should be no doubt he is the greatest badminton player of all time.

I rank the players by bands as it is impossible to say who is greater within the same band as they are great in different ways. Band 2 : LCW 4 Year End titles 349 weeks as World no.1, longest in history Even though LCW did not win any world titles or much other majors, he still belongs to band 2 because he was stopped from winning world titles mostly by 1 man, the GOAT LD. It can be argued that he would probably have won many other majors had he not played in the same era as LD as he has shown how dominant he is when not facing LD during his prime. Band 2 : Yang Yang 4 World titles (2 World Champs, 2 World Cups) Band 2 : Axelsen 2 World titles (2 World Champs) 2 Olympic Golds Band 2 : Tang Xian Hu Although not allowed to participle in any tournaments due to China's politics, nevertheless Tang travelled internationally to play against all the top players by invitations (except Rudy Hartono who he never had a chance to play against during his 6 trips to Indonesia).... and he went undefeated for 12 long years during all these contests. By the time he his tasted defeat at the end of that run, he was already semi-retired and old by professional age. Band 2 : Rudy Hartono 8 All Englands 1 World Champ All Englands was considered like a world title during Rudy's era, so his dominance can be interpreted as a world dominance. But its hard to put him in Lin Dan's band 1 for 2 reasons : A) Rudy never had to play any China players for his 8 All Englands as China had yet to enter international competitions even though China already had the capability to compete at the highest level, as shown by their dominance during invitational international matches. Therefore, Rudy was never tested against the other superpower of badminton of that time. B) For unknown reasons, Rudy never turned up to play Tang Xian Hu when the china legend travelled 6 times to Indonesia by invitation. Whether out of humility or honest admission, he even conceded during an interview that he would have lost if they had played. Band 2 : Han Jian 4 World titles -- (2 World Champ 2 World Cups) 1 Asian Games 1 Year End Final

Others players must feel Lucky that Lcw and LD have stopped playing because if they were there will be no one else to defeat those unless they retire. There is a reason they are called 4 Kings (Lcw, LD, TH, PG). If they were present what era of lakshaya sen 😅😂😂.

@@tharunaadhithya292 Lakshya Sen is better than Lin Dan when he was 21. Check Lin Dan 2005. Lin Dan wasn't as good as Lakshya Sen

Then are you saying you can compare the Lin dan in 2008 Olympics to lakshaya sen . He was around 22 or 23 years old that time. So you are saying that the same person who beat Peter gade and beat lee Chong Wei in straights in the finals is not better than lakshya sen. Are u alright broo. Sen can't even beat axelsen and you are comparing him with a legend🤫🤫🤫

@@tharunaadhithya292 Lin Dan in 2008 Olympics- 25 Lakshya Sen now- 21 4 more years to go

@@TheEternalTruth14 Broo u really think he can do something in Olympics. And if you are going to compare the players because of their , then I have to say to no comments simply waste. First let's see if lakshya sen can defeat axelsen atleast once before the Olympics😅😂😂

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Absolutely shouldn’t be on here bro isn’t top 30 😂

personal preferences and statistics are things of a different nature. According to statistics, in almost all respects Lin Dan is in space relative to other players. Watch the video from Tobias Wadenka's channel, the video is called: 5 Statistics about Lin Dan that will amaze you! Lin Dan is an unusual player whose records will not be broken very soon, no personal preferences

@alexapanich I meant, each name that I mentioned above was literally World Rank 1 in his own era. I guess you can call it statistics as well.

uhhh ...... but Ardy hardly won any majors, how can he be considered as great as someone like Lin Dan who has won like every major many times over ? The top 5 of your list is so under-achieving (except Xia Xuan Ze has won a few majors) its silly you put them so high ... Lets not forget the early players like Yang Yang, Sun Jun, Zhao Jian Hua, they all had won multiple majors too, any of them can easily rank above your top 5 ...

@@88fejiWhat do you mean? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardy_Wiranata Yes, Lin Dan is on another level. If I have to choose the best 3, I'll pick Lin Dan and exclude Ardy. But I need to pick some other names for the best 11.

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Exactly, No way Peter gade should be this high. Definitely should not be higher than chen long or Axelsen. I will add some other names. Zhao Jian Hua, morten frost

He kept a high win rate only because he did not retire naturally like LD, he got diagnosed with illness so he did not experience decline .... Lots of players have high win rate if they stop suddenly , does not mean they are the best ... How can be the best if you keep such a terrible losing h2h agaisnt your rival and does not win any WC or olymp gold ?

@@88feji he head world number 1 for the longest time, that includes during the peak of Lin Dan. Also, Vietnam has lost to America that doesn’t mean that Vietnam is stronger than america

⁠​⁠@@Top3Thingssorry, there’s no way you can be the best when you never won a major title while the other guy has 7 major titles which (5 WC and 2 OG) both of which is a record for men’s singles. Furthermore, the win rate is only 1% difference between. It’s marginal. In terms of career titles, it’s not that far apart. LCW has 69 career titles while LD has 66 titles. LCW played in more tournaments than LD.. that should be considered as well. You failed to talk about the head to head record where it favours lin dan heavily.

@@AgentJ2007 I talked about head to head hence the Vietnam America analogy. Being the best is based on skill, which is based on win rate, not titles, because what if u win every singles game u play and lose 1 game which is final??

@@Top3Things wrong again. Vietnam and US is a very bad analogy, not comparable. They didn’t meet each other 40 times. Titles is part of the consideration for being the best. If you can’t win the final, that means you can’t win when it matters most. You look any other sport, individual to be more comparable, titles counts !

You got it, keep grinding!

Same with lee chong wei

Rudy Hartono won without having to face any China players as China has not yet entered the competition .... thats a big asterisk to his achievements. In contrast, Lin Dan's dominance took place when Badminton is truely an international game ....

@@88feji , Every era has its own difficulties. Pele is still the best of all time even though the competition is not as fierce as it is now Champions are still champions.

@@urangsunda3244only thing Rudy has over lin is 2 all England’s which he won when professional players from all around the world were not allowed to compete.

@@urangsunda3244pele is no longer the best of all time. That title now belongs to Messi. Messi played against far better competition. Furthermore, pele’s Brazil team was miles ahead of everyone else where as Messi’s Argentina team had to battle against superior teams.