Player Earnings by Category - as of Dec. 26, 2011 Men's Singles WORLD NUMBER OF GROSS EARNINGS NAME COUNTRY RANKING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS** EARNINGS (US$) + RANKING 1 Lee Chong Wei Malaysia 13 $267,350 1 2 LIN Dan China 13 $219,500 2 3 Chen Long China 14 $143,300 3 4 Peter Gade Denmark 13 $88,500 4 5 Chen Jin China 15 $57,885 5 6 Sho Sasaki Japan 12 $45,850 6 7 Simon Santoso Indonesia 11 $42,158 7 8 Nguyen Tien Minh Vietnam 12 $29,345 10 9 Lee Hyun Il Korea 11 $40,475 9 10 Du Pengyu China 11 $40,675 8 Women's Singles WORLD NUMBER OF GROSS EARNINGS NAME COUNTRY RANKING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS** EARNINGS (US$) + RANKING 1 Wang Yihan China 12 $265,575 1 2 Wang Xin China 12 $132,725 3 3 Wang Shixian China 12 $188,700 2 4 Saina Nehwal India 12 $71,455 4 5 Tine Baun Denmark 11 $47,875 5 6 Jiang Yanjiao China 10 $40,500 6 7 Sung Ji Hyun Korea 14 $46,050 7 8 Juliane Schenk Germany 14 $34,143 8 9 Li Xuerui China 11 $43,160 9 10 Liu Xin China 9 $35,140 10 Men's Doubles WORLD NUMBER OF GROSS EARNINGS NAME COUNTRY RANKING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS** EARNINGS (US$) + RANKING 1 Cai Yun China 11 $78,044 5 1 Fu Haifeng China 11 $78,044 5 2 Jung Jae Sung Korea 16 $122,316 2 2 Lee Yong Dae Korea 19 $129,756 1 3 Mathias Boe Denmark 11 $101,299 3 3 Carsten Mogensen Denmark 11 $101,299 3 4 Ko Sung Hyun Korea 19 $62,541 7 4 Yoo Yeon Seong Korea 16 $55,101 9 5 Chai Biao China 10 $56,029 8 5 Guo Zhendong China 9 $51,404 10 6 Koo Kien Keat Malaysia 12 $32,974 11 6 Tan Boon Heong Malaysia 12 $32,974 11 7 Mohammad Ahsan Indonesia 12 $22,397 13 7 Bona Septano Indonesia 12 $22,397 13 8 Hirokatsu Hashimoto Japan 16 $19,575 17 8 Noriyasu Hirata Japan 16 $19,575 17 9 Alvent Yulianto Chandra Indonesia 14 $20,791 15 9 Hendra Aprida Gunawan Indonesia 14 $20,791 15 10 Markis Kido Indonesia 14 $18,713 19 10 Hendra Setiawan Indonesia 14 $18,713 19 Women's Doubles WORLD NUMBER OF GROSS EARNINGS NAME COUNTRY RANKING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS** EARNINGS (US$) + RANKING 1 Wang Xiaoli China 11 $185,725 1 1 Yu Yang China 11 $185,725 1 2 Tian Qing China 12 $77,884 4 2 Zhao Yunlei China 13 $87,884 3 3 Mizuki Fujii Japan 18 $41,534 7 3 Reika Kakiiwa Japan 17 $41,534 7 4 Ha Jung Eun Korea 17 $46,576 6 4 Kim Min Jung Korea 18 $48,826 5 5 Miyuki Maeda Japan 13 $29,895 9 5 Satoko Suetsuna Japan 12 $29,895 9 6 Shizuka Matsuo Japan 17 $23,046 13 6 Mami Naito Japan 17 $23,046 13 7 Cheng Wen Hsing Chinese Taipei 13 $28,818 11 7 Chien Yu Chin Chinese Taipei 13 $28,818 11 8 Greysia Polii Indonesia 9 $13,415 17 8 Meiliana Jauhari Indonesia 9 $13,415 17 9 Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark 9 $14,706 15 9 Christinna Pedersen Denmark 9 $14,706 15 10 Poon Lok Yan Hong Kong 11 $10,136 19 10 Tse Ying Suet Hong Kong 11 $10,136 19 Mixed Doubles WORLD NUMBER OF GROSS EARNINGS NAME COUNTRY RANKING INTERNATIONAL EVENTS** EARNINGS (US$) + RANKING 1 Zhang Nan China 13 $147,244 1 1 Zhao Yunlei China 13 $147,244 1 2 Chen Xu China 13 $58,901 6 2 Ma Jin China 13 $73,951 3 3 Joachim Fischer Nielsen Denmark 12 $59,781 4 3 Christinna Pedersen Denmark 12 $59,781 4 4 Tontowi Ahmad Indonesia 14 $54,678 7 4 Liliyana Natsir Indonesia 14 $54,678 7 5 Chen Hung Ling Chinese Taipei 17 $39,083 9 5 Cheng Wen Hsing Chinese Taipei 17 $39,083 9 6 Sudket Prapakamol Thailand 15 $32,760 11 6 Saralee Thoungthongkam Thailand 15 $32,760 11 7 Songphon Anugritayawon Thailand 12 $19,955 13 7 Kunchala Vorvichitchaikul Thailand 12 $19,955 13 8 Shintaro Ikeda Japan 14 $14,624 16 8 Reiko Shiota Japan 14 $15,464 15 9 Chan Peng Soon Malaysia 11 $12,921 17 9 Goh Liu Ying Malaysia 11 $12,921 17 10 Thomas Laybourn Denmark 6 $12,424 19 10 Kamilla Rytter Juhl Denmark 6 $12,424 19 ** denotes Super Series and Grand Prix events ONLY + denotes individual earnings based on SS and GP events.