Berikut nominasi BWF Player of the Year Awards 2020-2021:

• Most Improved Player (Nominasi Pemain Paling Berkembang)

1. Aaron Chia/Soh Wooi Yik (Malaysia)
2. Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand)
3. Lee Zii Jia (Malaysia)
4. Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin (Chinese Taipei)

• Male Player of The Year (Atlet Putra Terbaik)

1. Anders Antonsen (Denmark)
2. Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)
3. Wang Yilyu (China)
4. Yuta Watanabe (Jepang)

• Female Player of The Year (Atlet Putri Terbaik)

1. Chen Yufei (China)
2. Carolina Marin (Spanyol)
3. Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei)
4. Akane Yamaguchi (Jepang)

• Pair of The Year (Pasangan/Ganda Terbaik)

1. Kim So-yeong/Kong Hee-yong (Korea Selatan)
2. Greysia Polii/Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
3. Lee Yang/Wang Chi Lin (Chinese Taipei)
4. Wang Yilyu/Huang Dongping (China)
5. Yuta Watanabe/Arisa Higashino (Jepang)

• Most Promising Player (Nominasi Pemain Paling Menjanjikan)

1. Line Christophersen (Denmark)
2. Toma Junior Popov (Prancis) 
3. Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Thailand)
4. Brian Yang (Kanada)

• Male Para Badminton of The Year (Atlet Putra Para Badminton)

1. Pramod Bhagat (India)

2. Cheah Liek Hou (Malaysia)

3. Daiki Kajiwara (Jepang)

4. Kim Jung-jun (Korsel)

5. Lucas Mazur (Prancis)

6. Qu Zimo (China)

• Female Para Badminton of The Year (Atlet Putri Para Badminton)

1. Cheng Hefang (China)

2. Liu Yutong (China)

3. Faustine Noel (Prancis)

4. Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)

5. Sujirat Pookham (Thailand)

6. Sarina Satomi (Jepang)

• Para Badminton Pair of The Year (Pasangan/Ganda Para Badminton)

1. Pramood Bhagat/Manoj Sarkar (India)

2. Kim Jungjun/Lee Dong-seop (Korsel)

3. Mau Jianpeng/Quo Zimo (China)

4. Lucas Mazur/Faustine Noel (Prancis)

5. Sarina Satomi/Yuma Yamazaki (Jepang)

6. Hary Susanto/Leani Ratri Oktila (Indonesia)