Top 10 strongest male singles players in badminton history:
10. Momota Kendou
The 11 champions of the year, the world championships twice, the first men's singles player to break through 110,000 points.
At the 2019 World Championship Tour All England Open, Momota defeated Denmark's Arcelor 2-1, becoming the first Japanese player in history to win the All England Men's Singles Championship and the first time in 120 years that Japan has won the All England Men's Singles Championship.
To put it bluntly, as long as there is a competition in which Momota Kendou participates, the champion has no suspense.
Technical analysis: (1) has a stable level of lifting at the historical level; (2) World-class front-of-the-net ball; (3) Defense: Chen Long commented on Momota Kendou's defense, "like a wall."
9. Zhao Jianhua
Two-time Soup Cup champion, one World Cup champion, one World Championship champion, and two All England champions, who were rated by Frost as "the person who can best show the true meaning of badminton", he is Zhao Jianhua.
In the 1984 Scottish Open, Zhao Jianhua was a blockbuster, defeating the world badminton stars Ferrost and Nirhof to win the men's singles championship.
At the 1985 Japan Open, Zhao Jianhua eliminated Ferost and Han Jian and other world famous players in a row, winning the men's singles championship.
In the badminton world, Zhao Jianhua is known as the "most gorgeous left-hander", scoring directly as long as he takes off at his peak, but unfortunately the peak period is too short.
8. Peter Gad
The king of badminton fake action, an uncrowned king that no one can ignore.
In 1998, Peter Gad won the European Championship, but unfortunately he was not born at the right time, when Gade's opponents were Ye Chengwan, Xia Xuanze, Chen Yu, Ji Xinpeng and other world famous players.
In middle age, Gad survived a group of veterans and met the Indonesian genius Tawfik.
Ranked number one in the world at 62 weeks, Pete Gadd, despite numerous open titles in his career, has never won a single world title, which does not affect his historical status.
If you make a documentary of the signature fake action in front of the net developed by Gad, it is definitely a beautiful work of art.
7. Chen Long
Chen Long can be said to be the king of the international badminton post-Lin Li era (Lin Dan, Li Zongwei), in 2014-2016, Chen Long created his own era, and in these three years, Chen Long won various competitions and won soft hands.
With nine world titles, including two World Championships and one Olympic champion, Chen Long achieved an individual Grand Slam and the third Grand Slam in men's singles history, surpassing the first Grand Slam Tawfik in total, behind Lin Dan.
In 2014, he won the Men's Singles Championship at the World Championships and reached the number one position in the world ranking of badminton for the first time in the same year.
In 2015, Chen Long successfully defended his world championship title.
In the men's singles final of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Chen Long defeated Li Zongwei 2:0 to win the Olympic championship. Even it is not an exaggeration to say that Chen Long is the second in history.
6. Massive beams
The "King of Badminton" liang is massive, comprehensive in technology, full of changes in tactics, fast internet access, and good at assault in midfield.
In 1968, Liang Won the men's singles title for the first time at the All England Championships.
From 1969 to 1974, he won the Men's Singles Championship in England for six consecutive years.
Liang became the first athlete since the start of the All England Championship and the only athlete to win the men's singles title of the All England Championships eight times.
5. Lin Shui Mirror
"The emperor superstar on the world's badminton" Lin Shuijing, An Indonesian national treasure athlete.
Lin Shuijing combines the world championships, world cups, soup cups, all-England championships and Asian Games champions in one, and can be said to be an absolute superstar who has opened up the territory of Indonesian badminton.
Good physical strength, fast speed, great strength, sensitive response, and comprehensive technology are the advantages of Lin Shuijing. And his footwork is agile and steady, the technique is rough and delicate, the action is spicy and dashing, and no one can match, in 1979, Lin Shuijing developed the double-foot jumping buckle technology represented by badminton, which made the world's badminton technology level improve rapidly.
So far, there are still many athletes who continue Lin Shuijing's playing style.
4. Li Zongwei
The Olympics have been three consecutive Asians, and they are also an uncrowned king.
In 2016, it was Li Zongwei's best chance, at this time Chen Long's state was sluggish, Li Zongwei returned to the world first with the help of Ye Chengwan, and strengthened the control net to grab the attack.
Semi-finals of rio 2016 Olympic Games. Li Zongwei eliminated Lin Dan to enter the final. Unfortunately, in the final, Li Zongwei did not run through Chen Long's defense, but constantly made mistakes in the standoff, lost the game, and achieved the Olympic Three Consecutive Asia, which can be described as untimely.
3. Yang Yang
The world's first person to win the tang cup, the world championship, the World Cup and the all-England championship, Yang Yang is the first of the first generation of "four kings".
Looking at Yang Yang's badminton career, it can be said that he is alone and defeated, and the biggest regret is that he is alone in the title of Olympic champion, otherwise his badminton career is perfect.
2. Tawfik
The first male singles player in the world to combine olympic games, Asian Games, world championships and Thomas Cup champions.
Before Lin Dan's peak, some people evaluated Tawfik as the most talented badminton player in history.
Recognized as the king of backhands in badminton, because of Tawfik, the common sense of many stadiums at that time because he has changed, can be called a rule breaker. One of Tawfik's most irrational skills is that he can hit the ball with his backhand, which is why he is known as the "god of backhand".
1. Lin Dan
There is no doubt that Lin Dan is the most powerful badminton singles player ever and the greatest athlete in the history of this sport.
Lin Dan is the first full-time player in the history of badminton to combine Olympic champion, World Championship champion, World Cup champion, Asian Games champion, Asian Championship champion, All England champion and multiple BWF Super Series champions in one! To define Lin Dan in the most accurate sentence, Lin Dan is equivalent to Schumacher to F1 for the sport of badminton, and if badminton is compared to a pyramid, Lin Dan is undoubtedly the person standing at the top of the tower.
Some people said that even if Lin Dan's honor was halved, no one could shake his position as the king of the feathers.
The only double circle Grand Slam in the feather altar, Lin Dan's status as the first person in history is unshakable.
