The top five players were led by Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, followed by Taufik Hidayat of Indonesia, Lin Dan and Chen Long of China and Peter Hoeg Gade of Denmark.

Boonsak Ponsana of Thailand ranked sixth.

Rising star Bao Chunlai of China returned to the top ten in eighth place while Sung Hwan-park of the Republic of Korea ranked ninth and Jin Chen of China rounded out the top in the 10^th place.