Here you will find the recent world rankings of the female and male pimples and anti players. Some explanations to the shorcuts:
IN = Inverted rubber with sponge; SP = Short Pimples; LP = Long Pimples; MLP = Mid Long Pimples; OX = OrthodoX (no sponge); ANTI = Inverted rubber with less friction and dampening sponge; FH = ForeHand; BH = BackHand; RH = Right Hand; LH = Left Hand
Ranking 2026 - January 27
| Women | Style | Handle | FH | BH | Playing Style | World Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mima ITO (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Two-sided attacking with loops and short pips punches. | 9 |
| 2 | Honoka HASHIMOTO (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | MLP | Defender with some surprising FH attacks | 11 |
| 3 | Sabine WINTER (GER) | RH | Shakehand | IN | ANTI | Attacking with IN and disruptive play with the ANTI | 17 |
| 4 | Ying HAN (GER) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Modern defense | 18 |
| 5 | Miyuu KIHARA (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Two-sided attacking with loops | 22 |
| 6 | Hitomi SATO (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Two-sided defense with FH counter loops | 23 |
| 7 | Jia Nan YUAN (FRA) | RH | Shakehand | SP | IN | Hitter (3. ball attacks) | 25 |
| 8 | HE Zhuojia (CHN) | RH | Shakenad | IN | LP | Attacking and blocking | 27 |
| 9 | Sreeja AKULA (IND) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP OX | FH attacker with disruptive BH. Attacks with BH by twiddling | 41 |
| 10 | Manika BATRA (IND) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP OX | FH attacker with disruptive BH. Attacks with BH by twiddling | 46 |
| 11 | Linda BERGSTROM (SWE) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Attacking with FH and choping with BH | 47 |
| 12 | Minhyung JEE (AUS) | RH | Shakehand | NI | LP OX | Variable LP-play on BH and on FH attacks with Loops and Hits | 51 |
| 13 | Fu YU (POR) | RH | Penhold | NI | OUT | Penhold attacker | 57 |
| 14 | Xiaona SHAN (GER) | RH | Penhold | SP | Attacker | 59 | |
| 15 | YANG Yiyun (CHN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Two-sided defender with some FH attacks | 64 |
| 16 | ZHU Sibing (CHN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Defender | 69 |
| 17 | Yashaswini GHORPADE (IND) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP OX | Holding the ball in the game with LP and attacks with IN | 77 |
| 18 | Ayhika MUKHERJEE (IND) | RH | Shakehand | MLP | ANTI | Disruptive game with the Anti and FH attacks with the mid long pimples. | 89 |
| 19 | Asuka SASAO (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | OUT | Attacker | 102 |
| 20 | Yuna OJIO (JPN) | RH | Penhold | SP | IN | penhold attacker with both sides of the blade (claw grip) | 112 |
| 21 | Ivana MALOBABIC (CRO) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Two-sided defender with chops who attacks two-sided when the situation allows. | 127 |
| 22 | Sutirtha MUKHERJEE (IND) | RH | Shakehand | OUT | IN | Offensiv play with BH topspins and VH block, counter and smashes | 136 |
| 23 | Divyanshi BHOWMICK (IND) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Disruptive LP game with FH punchesa | 159 |
| 24 | KIM Kum Yong (PRK) | LH | Shakehand | IN | LP | FH attacking with disruptiv long pips playing on BH | 164 |
| 25 | Xiaoxin YANG (MON) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | FH attacking with disruptiv playing on BH | 179 |
| 26 | ASHTARI Mahshid (IRI) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP OX | Blocking and aggressively pushing with LP and FH loop attacks | 307 |
| 27 | Xia Lian NI (LUX) | LH | Penhold | SP | LP OX | Attacking with the SP mixed with the disruptive play of the LP OX by twiddling | 370 |
| Men | Style | Handle | FH | BH | Playing Style | World Ranking | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Luka MLADENOVIC (LUX) | RH | Shakehand | IN | ANTI | Disrubtive game with the Anti to prepare the two-sided NI attacks | 85 |
| 2 | Mattias FALCK (SWE) | RH | Shakehand | SP | IN | Two-sided attacker | 99 |
| 1 | YUTO Muramatsu (JPN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Modern Defender | 110 |
| 4 | ABBASI Amirezza (MLT) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Disrubtive style with BH and attacks with FH | 141 |
| 7 | Gionis PANAGIOTIS (GRE) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Choping with BH, lifting and looping with FH | 176 |
| 5 | Yang WANG (SVK) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Consequently chops with the BH and attacks with the FH | 189 |
| 8 | KANG Dong Soo (KOR) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Modern defense alla Joo Se Hyuk | 234 |
| 9 | SUN Yang (CHN) | RH | Shakehand | IN | SP | Choping with BH, lifting and looping with FH | 280 |
| 6 | Ruwen FILUS (GER) | RH | Shakehand | IN | LP | Defending with LP and attacking two-sided by twiddling for BH attacks | 341 |