Badminton'S
Unrivalled Kings

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Lin Dan
(China)

Arguably the greatest male shuttler, Lin Dan won two Olympic golds to go along with five World Championships

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Lee Chong Wei (Malaysia)

The three-time Olympic silver medallist collected a swathe of honours but never won a world or Olympic title

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Taufik Hidayat 
(Indonesia)

Apart from winning gold at Athens, Hidayat has won a gold, silver and 2 bronze medals in World Championships

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Rudy Hartono (Indonesia)

The eight-time All England winner also won a gold at the Munich Games as well as a world title in 1980

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Chen Long
(China)

The reigning Olympic champion has also won the World Championships twice besides multiple Super Series events

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Morten Frost Hansen
(Denmark)

The Dane reached eight consecutive All England Championships finals, winning half of them -- 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987

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Kento Momota (Japan)

Momota has already won 2 World titles and an Olympic gold, and probably will add some more by the time he is done

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Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)

Having broken the Asian monopoly, the Olympic bronze medallist, world champion and the All England winner is far from done

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Peter Gade (Denmark)

Besides the 1999 All England title, he also won a silver and four bronze medals at the World Championships

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Prakash Padukone (India)

Padukone started the badminton revolution by becoming the first Indian to win All England Championship in 1980

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