Player Generations

Badminton unfolds in waves — players who rise together, dominate together, and define their era. Explore the generational batches that shaped the sport.

🇲🇾Malaysia🇨🇳China🇮🇩Indonesia🇰🇷Korea🇯🇵Japan🇩🇰Denmark🇹🇭Thailand🇮🇳India
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The An Se-young Generation

Born1995–2005Peak2006–2026
BH
KW
LS
SS
CE
62
Titles
5
Players
1.6k
Matches
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The Lee Yong-dae Era

Born1983–1993Peak2002–2025
SW
HJ
JJ
KM
18
Titles
4
Players
921
Matches
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The Park Joo-bong Era

Born1964–1980Peak1997–2019
LH
24
Titles
1
Players
619
Matches

Generations are curated editorially based on birth year cohorts and era of peak performance. Auto-clustering via compute-generations.ts fills in additional nations.