On Sunday, as she lifted yet another title, South Korea’s An Seyoung went where no badminton player in history has gone before. She became the first-ever badminton player to take home more than USD 1 million as prize money in one year. She clinched the BWF World Tour Finals title which had a reward of USD 240,000, that took her total prize money for the year to US $ 1,003,175. The World Tour Finals crown was An’s 11th title of the season. In another incredible stat, An’s win on Sunday against Wang Zhi Yi in Hangzhou was her 74th of the season in 77 matches, taking her win percentage to 94.80%. According to BWF, that win percentage is the bet for any player, for those who have played a minimum of 60 matches in a season in the Superseries/World Tour era: An Se Young 94.80% (2025)Lin Dan 92.75% (2011)Lee Chong Wei 92.75% (2010)Li Xue Rui 91.8% (2012)Lee Chong Wei 91.8% (2013)Kento Momota 91.78% (2019) An won the women’s World Tour Finals with a 21-13 18-21 …