BWF Player of the Year Awards 2022: Nominees list revealed, five Indian shuttlers in shortlist

The nominees for the prestigious BWF Player of the Year awards for 2022 were revealed on Monday (November 28) with five Indian shuttlers, including HS Prannoy, among season's top performing figures being shortlisted.

The annual awards ceremony will be held on December 5 ahead of the BWF World Tour Finals 2022 in conjunction with the tournament's gala dinner.

Nominees were selected based on performances in the 2021/2022 season from 1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022 and recognises achievements of our elite badminton and Para badminton players and pairs in eight categories.

Prannoy is the only men's singles player nominated for the 'Most Improved Player of the Year' award alongside two doubles pairs - Korean women's doubles pair Jeong Na Eun-Kim Hye Jeong. and Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto of Indonesia.

Apart from Prannoy, World Para-Badminton Championships gold medallists Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass, and bronze medallists Manasi Joshi and Nithya Sre Sumathy are the four Indian, who have also been nominated for awards.

Olympic and world champion Viktor Axelsen, 2021 world champion Loh Kean Yew, and Asian champion Lee Zii Jia have been named nominees for Male Player of the Year, while world number 2 An Se Young, 2021 and 2022 world champion Akane Yamaguchi, and world No.4 Tai Tzu Ying have been shortlist for Female Player of the Year awards.

The Pair of the Year category will be contested by Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik, Chen Qing Chen/Jia Yi Fan, Dechapol Puavaranukroh/Dechapol Puavaranukroh and Zheng Si Wei/Huang Ya Qiong.

Here is the full list of nominees for BWF Player of the Year Awards 2022:

Male Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player	Country
Viktor Axelsen	Denmark
Loh Kean Yew	Singapore
Lee Zii Jia	Malaysia

Female Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player	Country
An Se Young	Korea
Akane Yamaguchi	Japan
Tai Tzu Ying	Chinese Taipei

Pair of the Year 2022 Nominees

Pair	Country
Aaron Chia-Soh Wooi Yik	Malaysia
Chen Qing Chen-Jia Yi Fan	China
Dechapol Puavaranukroh-Dechapol Puavaranukroh	Thailand
Zheng Si Wei-Huang Ya Qiong	China

Most Improved Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player(s)	Country
HS Prannoy	India
Jeong Na Eun-Kim Hye Jeong	Korea
Fajar Alfian-Muhammad Rian Ardianto	Indonesia

Eddy Choong Most Promising Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player(s)	Country
Alex Lanier	France
Kodai Naraoka	Japan
Rehan Naufal Kusharjanto-Lisa Ayu Kusumawati	Indonesia

Male Para-Badminton Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player	Country
Daiki Kajiwara	Japan
Cheah Liek Hou	Malaysia
Lucas Mazur	France
Chu Man Kai	Hong Kong
Pramod Bhagat	India
Choi Jung Man	Korea

Female Para-Badminton Player of the Year 2022 Nominees

Player	Country
Manisha Ramadass	India
Nithya Sre Sumathy	India
Sarina Satomi	Japan
Carmen Giuliana	Peru
Manasi Joshi	India
Pilar Cancio	Peru

Para-Badminton Pair of the Year 2022 Nominees

Pair	Country
Fredy Setiawan-Khalimtus Sadiyah	Indonesia
Thomas Wandschneider-Rick Hellman	Germany
Lucas Mazur-Fausine Noel	France
Muhammad Ramli-Noor Noorlan	Malaysia
Sarina Satomi-Yuma Yamazaki	Japan
Subhan-Rina Marlina	Indonesia