1983 - Today
Lin Dan (born 14 October 1983) is a Chinese former professional badminton player. He is a two-time Olympic champion, five-time World champion, as well as a six-time All England champion. Widely regarded as one of the greatest badminton players of all time, by the age of 28 Lin had completed the "Super Grand Slam", having won what some consider to be the nine major titles in the badminton world: Olympic Games, World Championships, World Cup, Thomas Cup, Sudirman Cup, Super Series Masters Finals, All England Open, Asian Games, and Asian Championships, becoming the first and only player to achieve this feat. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lin Dan has received more than 2,704,241 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Lin Dan is the 3rd most popular badminton player (down from 1st in 2019), the 877th most popular biography from China (down from 781st in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Badminton Player.
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Among badminton players, Lin Dan ranks 3 out of 81. Before him are Rudy Hartono and Lee Chong Wei. After him are Susi Susanti, Peter Gade, Taufik Hidayat, Park Joo-bong, Viktor Axelsen, Carolina Marín, Alan Budikusuma, Chen Long, and Prakash Padukone.
1949 - Present
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 1
1982 - Present
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 2
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 3
1971 - Present
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 4
1976 - Present
HPI: 40.44
Rank: 5
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.43
Rank: 6
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.20
Rank: 7
1994 - Present
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 8
1993 - Present
HPI: 38.58
Rank: 9
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 10
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 11
1955 - Present
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1983, Lin Dan ranks 111. Before him are Mamoru Miyano, Emmanuel Eboué, Vicky Krieps, Mika Nakashima, Anahí, and Arsenie Todiraș. After him are Diego Benaglio, Julia Ducournau, Iko Uwais, Liu Xiang, Jung Yu-mi, and Sebastian Ingrosso.
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.02
Rank: 105
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 106
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.82
Rank: 107
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 108
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 109
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 110
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 111
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 112
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 113
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.22
Rank: 114
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 115
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 116
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 117
Among people born in China, Lin Dan ranks 877 out of 1,392. Before him are Ha Jin (1956), Liu Chao-shiuan (1943), Ni Xialian (1963), Xie Jun (1970), Lu Han (1990), and Robin Li (1968). After him are Ling Jihua (1956), Li Tie (1977), Liu Xia (1961), Liu Yang (1978), Jia Xiuquan (1963), and Feng Xiaogang (1958).
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.85
Rank: 871
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.84
Rank: 872
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 873
1970 - Present
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 874
1990 - Present
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 875
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 876
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 877
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 878
1977 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 879
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 880
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.23
Rank: 881
1963 - Present
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 882
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 883
Among badminton players born in China, Lin Dan ranks 1. After him are Chen Long (1989), Zhang Ning (1975), Xie Xingfang (1981), Fu Haifeng (1984), Cai Yun (1980), Gao Ling (1979), Li Xuerui (1991), Yu Yang (1986), Gong Zhichao (1977), Zhang Jun (1977), and Yang Wei (1979).
1983 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 1
1989 - Present
HPI: 37.77
Rank: 2
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 3
1981 - Present
HPI: 34.87
Rank: 4
1984 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 5
1980 - Present
HPI: 32.12
Rank: 6
1979 - Present
HPI: 32.08
Rank: 7
1991 - Present
HPI: 30.42
Rank: 8
1986 - Present
HPI: 28.67
Rank: 9
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.31
Rank: 10
1977 - Present
HPI: 28.15
Rank: 11
1979 - Present
HPI: 27.92
Rank: 12