NOVEMBER MONTHEND WORLD RANKINGS - MEN'S SINGLES
compiled by YANG YANG Badminton Equipment
December 1, 1996 (YANG YANG Badminton Equipment) - Following are the International Badminton Federation's top 100 men's singles badminton players in the world as of November 26, 1996:
  1. Joko Suprianto - Indonesia                 333.22 points
  2. Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen - Denmark           291.27
  3. Rashid Sidek - Malaysia                    285.54
  4. Dong Jiong - China                         271.08
  5. Ong Ewe Hock - Malaysia                    259.04
  6. Sun Jun - China                            255.20
  7. Fung Permadi - Chinese Taipei              254.72
  8. Allan Budikusuma - Indonesia               235.74
  9. Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen - Denmark           230.77
 10. Chen Gang - China                          217.13
 11. Rosobin Jeffer - Indonesia                 211.86
 12. Heryanto Arbi - Indonesia                  207.64
 13. Indra Wijaya - Indonesia                   198.54
 14. Budi Santoso - Indonesia                   196.22
 15. Lee Kwang Jin - Korea                      191.90
 16. Hermawan Susanto - Indonesia               189.35
 17. Park Sung Woo - Korea                      184.54
 18. Kim Hak Kyun - Korea                       180.73
 19. Ardy Wiranata - Indonesia                  178.28
 20. Hu Zhilan - China                          173.85
 21. Hendrawan - Indonesia                      172.83
 22. Salim - Indonesia                          172.72
 23. Lin Liwen - China                          172.33
 24. Peter Gade Christensen - Denmark           171.81
 25. Soren Nielsen - Denmark                    163.92
 26. Peter Rasmussen - Denmark                  163.11
 27. Dwi Aryanto - Indonesia                    162.19
 28. Luo Yigang - China                         161.21
 29. Jens Olsson - Sweden                       145.57
 30. Hwang Sun Ho - Korea                       144.33
 31. Yu Lizhi - China                           142.38
 32. Darren Hall - England                      141.13
 33. Yan Wei - China                            139.00 
 34. Jeroen van Dijk - Netherlands              137.67
 35. Tam Kai Chuen - Hong Kong                  135.98
 36. Kenneth Jonassen - Denmark                 134.37
 37. Martin Lundgaard Hansen - Denmark          131.25
 38. Pang Chen - Malaysia                       123.63
 39. Lo Ah Heng - Malaysia                      119.25
 40. Oliver Pongratz - Germany                  118.28
 41. Xiao Ting - China                          116.16
 42. Deepankar Bhattacharya - India             116.11
 43. Nunung Subandoro - Indonesia               115.26
 44. Rikard Magnusson - Sweden                  115.26
 45. Iain Sydie - Canada                        115.03
 46. Irwansyah - Indonesia                      114.08
 47. Thomas Johansson - Sweden                  111.88
 48. George Rimarodi - Indonesia                110.79
 49. Pavel Uvarov - Russia                      107.06
 50. Jesper Olsson - Sweden                     105.38
 51. Peter Knowles - England                    105.36
 52. Jason Wong - Malaysia                      101.40
 53. Joris van Soerland - Netherlands           101.21
 54. Colin Haughton - England                   100.95
 55. Henrik Bengtsson - Sweden                   98.02
 56. Chris Bruil - Netherlands                   96.10
 57. Daniel Eriksson - Sweden                    95.38
 58. Anders Boesen - Denmark                     95.35
 59. Natapol Sarawan - Thailand                  94.90
 60. Pontus Jantti - Finland                     90.49
 61. Imay Hendra - Switzerland                   87.99
 62. Yong Hock Kin - Malaysia                    86.81
 63. Robert Liljequist - Finland                 86.57
 64. Apichai Thiraratsakul - Thailand            86.50
 65. Andreij Antropov - Russia                   86.01
 66. Detlef Poste - Germany                      85.16
 67. Wong Choon Han - Malaysia                   85.08
 68. Kevin Han - USA                             82.99
 69. Marleve Mainaky - Indonesia                 82.88
 70. Fumihiko Machida - Japan                    79.03
 71. Martin Hagberg - Sweden                     78.84
 72. Thomas Wapp - Switzerland                   78.36
 73. Peter Janum - Denmark                       76.95
 74. Ismail Samad - Malaysia                     76.82
 75. Jim Laugesen - Denmark                      76.38
 76. Hans Sperre - Norway                        75.98
 77. Rasmus Wengberg - Sweden                    75.24
 78. Tam Lok Tin - Hong Kong                     74.78
 79. Lasse Lindelof - Finland                    73.88
 80. Vladislav Tikhomirov - Russia               72.34
 81. Richard Vaughan - Wales                     70.48
 82. Vladislav Druzchenko - Ukraine              70.15
 83. Thomas Sogaard - Denmark                    69.03
 84. Liu En-Horng - Chinese Taipei               68.25
 85. Mikail Korchouk - Belarus                   67.13
 86. Niels Christian Kaldau - Denmark            66.74
 87. Ahn Jae Chang - Korea                       66.36
 88. Kitipon Kitikul - Thailand                  65.81
 89. Murray Hocking - Australia                  65.29
 90. Peter Bush - England                        64.31
 91. Pedro Vanneste - Belgium                    63.68
 92. Boris Kessov - Bulgaria                     62.90
 93. Tan Sian Peng - Singapore                   62.82
 94. Michael Beres - Canada                      61.63
 95. Gerben Bruijstens - Netherlands             61.37 
 96. Artur Khachaturyan - Russia                 60.95
 97. Xie Yangchun - China                        60.45
 98. Bruce Flockhart - Scotland                  59.72
 99. Dicky Palyama - Netherlands                 58.16
100. Dariusz Zieba - Poland                      57.99