What is the Average Height of a Badminton Player?

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Like any other human, badminton players come in all shapes and sizes. However, it is still interesting to see what attributes the best badminton players in the world have. One particular attribute that is discussed over and over again is a badminton player’s height. In this post, I analyzed the height of the top 50 players in each badminton event to give you a data driven answer as to what the average height is of top badminton players.

The average height of a badminton player across all events is 173.5 cm (5 feet 8 inches). The most common heights in badminton are 168 cm (5 feet 6 inches) and 175 cm (5 feet 9 inches).

The full badminton data is provided at the bottom of the post.

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What is the Average Height of a Male Badminton Player?

The average height of a male badminton player is 179.1 cm (5 feet 11 inches). This includes male players in the men’s singles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles events combined. I took all the male players in the top 50 world rankings as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Female Badminton Player?

The average height of a female badminton player is 167.8 cm (5 feet 6 inches). This includes female players in the women’s singles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles events combined. I took all the female players in the top 50 world rankings as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Men’s Singles Badminton Player?

The average height of a men’s singles badminton player is 178.7 cm (5 feet 10 inches). I took all the players in the top 50 world rankings of men’s singles as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Women’s Singles Badminton Player?

The average height of a women’s singles badminton player is 168.2 cm (5 feet 7 inches). I took all the players in the top 50 world rankings of women’s singles as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Men’s Doubles Badminton Player?

The average height of a men’s doubles badminton player is 179.5cm (5 feet 11 inches). I took all the players in the top 50 world rankings of men’s doubles as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Women’s Doubles Badminton Player?

The average height of a women’s doubles badminton player is 168.3 cm (5 feet 6 inches). I took all the players in the top 50 world rankings of women’s doubles as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

What is the Average Height of a Mixed Doubles Badminton Player?

The average height of a mixed doubles badminton player is 172.7 cm (5 feet 7 inches). The average height of a female mixed doubles badminton player is 166.2 cm (5 feet 5 inches). The average height of a male mixed doubles badminton player is 179 cm (5 feet 10 inches). I took all the players in the top 50 world rankings of mixed doubles as of 9/14/2021 to get this data.

Who is the Tallest Badminton Player?

The tallest badminton player is Mads Pieler Kolding at 205 cm (6 feet 9 inches). From my sample size though, which consists of the top 50 players of each badminton event as of 9/14/2021, the tallest badminton player is Vladimir Ivanov at 197 cm (6 feet 6 inches).

Who is the Shortest Badminton Player?

The shortest badminton player is Fitriani Fitriani at 155 cm (5 feet 1 inch). Close seconds are Nozomi Okuhara and Akane Yamaguchi who are at 156 cm (5 feet 1 inch) and are both currently in the top 5 ranked women’s singles players in the world.

Men’s Singles

Ranking as of 9/14/2021

Women’s Singles

Ranking as of 9/14/2021

Men’s Doubles

Ranking as of 9/14/2021

Women’s Doubles

Ranking as of 9/14/2021

Mixed Doubles

Ranking as of 9/14/2021

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