| 2018 | Malaysia Open | Super 750 | gold1
BWF Superseries (46 titles, 20 runners-up)The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries has two levels: Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | | 2007 | Indonesia Open | gold1
IBF/BWF Grand Prix (16 titles, 6 runners-up)The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation which was held from 2007 to 2017. The World Badminton Grand Prix sanctioned by International Badminton Federation from 1983 to 2006.
| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | | 2003 | Malaysia Open | silver2
BWF International Challenge/Series (1 title, 1 runner-up)| Year | Tournament | Opponent | Score | Result | | 2003 | India Satellite | silver2
Team Badminton LeaguesLeague finals: 2 (1 championship)
| Place | Date | League | Location | Team | Teammates | Opponent teams | | 6th | Apr 2011 | China Badminton Super League | China | 
Performance timelineTo avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
| Legend | Tier | | BWF World Tour Super 1000 | | BWF World Tour Super 750 | | BWF World Tour Super 500 | | BWF World Tour Super 300 | | BWF World Tour Super 100 | | BWF Super Series Premier | | BWF Super Series | | BWF Grand Prix Gold | | BWF Grand Prix | | BWF International Challenge | | BWF International Series |
SinglesThis table is current through the 2018 Indonesia Open. 1 Held as BWF Super Series Finals from 2008–17, and BWF World Tour Finals from 2018 – present.
2 Held as China Masters until 2017, and Fuzhou China Open from 2018 – present.
Doubles''This table is current through the 2018 Indonesia Open.''
BWF rankingBWF world No. 1 rankingNo. 1 stats| Category | Weeks/ Times | Ref | | Overall Weeks at No. 1 | 310 | | | Consecutive Weeks at No. 1 highest streak | 138 | | | Year-end No. 1 | 7* | | | Year-end No. 1 in every weeks of the year | 3* | |
Weeks at No. 1 by span| Time | Start date | End date | Weeks | Total | | 1 | 1 10 2009 | 20 06 2012 | 142 | 142 | | 2 | 27 09 2012 | 23 12 2014 | 117 | 259 | | 3 | 09 06 2016 | 23 05 2017 | 50 | 309 | | 4 | 01 06 2017 | 07 06 2017 | 1 | 310 |
Ref.
Weeks at No. 1 by decade2000s2010s
Ranking by yearDuring season| Year | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | | High | 1172 | 650 | 468 | 28 | 25 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 28 | | Low | 1285 | 1193 | 538 | 475 | 80 | 84 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 180 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 191 | | End | 1193 | 724 | 470 | 28 | 58 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 28 | – |
Ref. 1 News reports have indicated that Lee amassed a total of 349 weeks as world No. 1, however, just the sum of Lee's known weeks as world No. 1 exceeds that figure, and this excludes the weeks he spent as world No. 1 in 2006 and earlier in 2008.
2 The discrepancy between weeks shown in the thumbnail and that calculated above is due to the difference between the unofficial unified ranking week count which began on 01/01/1990 and the official BWF World Ranking which began on 01/10/2009.
CoachesMisbun Sidek Li Mao Frederick Tan Rashid Sidek Tey Seu Bock Hendrawan
Record against other playersRecord against top-10 playersLee's record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher, with those who are active in boldface :
Record against players ranked No. 11–20Active players are in boldface.
Negative records against other playersActive players are in boldface.
| Player | Record | W% | Last Match | tennis win percentage|won=1|lost=2|integer=yes
29 match winning streak 2011| No. | Tournament | Start date
| Tier | Opponent | Rank | Rd | Score | | – | Korea Open, South Korea | 24 January 2011 | Super Series Premier | 
Wins over top ranked oppositionThis list shows Lee's wins over the top ranked player in the world, or if he was world No. 1 himself, then the highest ranked player other than himself which is the world No. 2.
| # | Player | Rank | Lee Rank | Event | Rd | Score | Result | | 1. | 
Career Super Series Premier tournament seedingsThe tournaments won by Lee are in boldface. Lee has been seeded first in 19 Super Series Premier tournaments, with 7 of those being consecutively. Also, he was seeded first or second in 22 consecutive Super Series Premiers he played in and was among the top 2 seeds for all the years that the Super Series Premier has been in existence after winning his first Super Series Premier, through the 2017 Indonesia Super Series Premier. He has both won and been runner-up at tournaments when seeded 1st and 2nd.
| Year | Korea Open | Malaysia Open | All England Open Badminton Championships | Indonesia Open | Denmark Open | China Open | | 2011 | 1st | Not Super Series Premier tier | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | | 2012 | 1st | Not Super Series Premier tier | 1st | did not play | 1st | did not play | | 2013 | 1st | Not Super Series Premier tier | 1st | 1st | 1st | did not play | | 2014 | Not Super Series Premier tier | 1st | 1st | 1st | did not play | did not play | | 2015 | Not Super Series Premier tier | did not play | did not play | did not play | not seeded | not seeded | | 2016 | Not Super Series Premier tier | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | did not play | | 2017 | Not Super Series Premier tier | 1st | 1st | 1st | 7th | 7th |
Career milestone winsCentennial match wins- Bold indicates that he went on to win the tournament.
National representationTeam competitions finals: 12 (6 titles, 6 runners-up)
| Result | Date | Tournament | Team | Partner | Opponent team | Opponent player | Score | | Win | [Badminton at the 2005 SEA Games|] | SEA Games, Pasig, Philippines | | Chan Chong Ming Choong Tan Fook Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Koo Kien Keat Kuan Beng Hong Lee Wan Wah Wong Choong Hann | | Alvent Yulianto Chandra Luluk Hadiyanto Taufik Hidayat Markis Kido Sony Dwi Kuncoro Simon Santoso Hendra Setiawan Anggun Nugroho Nova Widianto | 3–2 | | Win | [Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|] | Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia | | Chan Chong Ming Chin Eei Hui Choong Tan Fook Koo Kien Keat Ooi Sock Ai Wong Choong Hann Wong Mew Choo Wong Pei Tty Julia Wong Pei Xian | | Simon Archer Robert Blair Anthony Clark Gail Emms Aamir Ghaffar Tracey Hallam Donna Kellogg Joanne Nicholas Nathan Robertson Ella Tripp | 3–1 | | Win | [Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|] | Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia | | – | | Wong Choong Hann | 2–0 | | Loss | [Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|] | Summer Olympic Games, Beijing, China | | – | | Lin Dan | 0–2 | | Win | [Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team|] | Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India | | Chan Peng Soon Lydia Cheah Li Ya Chin Eei Hui Goh Liu Ying Muhammad Hafiz Hashim Koo Kien Keat Tan Boon Heong Wong Mew Choo Woon Khe Wei | | Sanave Thomas Arattukulam Aparna Balan Chetan Anand Jwala Gutta Rupesh Kumar Ashwini Ponnappa Machimanda Aditi Mutatkar Saina Nehwal Kashyap Parupalli Valiyaveetil Diju | 3–1 | | Win | [Badminton at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|] | Commonwealth Games, New Delhi, India | | – | | Rajiv Ouseph | 2–0 | | Loss | [Badminton at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's singles|] | Asian Games, Guangzhou, China | | – | | Lin Dan | 1–2 | | Loss | [Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|] | Summer Olympic Games, London, United Kingdom | | – | | Lin Dan | 1–2 | | Loss | [2014 Thomas & Uber Cup|] | Thomas Cup, New Delhi, India | | Chan Peng Soon Chong Wei Feng Goh Soon Huat Goh V Shem Hoon Thien How Liew Daren Lim Khim Wah Tan Boon Heong Tan Wee Kiong | | Hiroyuki Endo Hirokatsu Hashimoto Kenichi Hayakawa Noriyasu Hirata Takeshi Kamura Kento Momota Sho Sasaki Keigo Sonoda Kenichi Tago Takuma Ueda | 2–3 | | Loss | [Badminton at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's singles|] | Summer Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | | – | | Chen Long | 0–2 | | Loss | [Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team|] | Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia | | Chan Peng Soon Soniia Cheah Chow Mei Kuan Goh Liu Ying Goh Soon Huat Goh V Shem Vivian Hoo Shevon Jemie Lai Tan Wee Kiong | | Pranaav Chopra Ruthvika Shivani Gaade Srikanth Kidambi Saina Nehwal Ashwini Ponnappa H.S. Prannoy Venkata Sindhu Pusarla Satwiksairaj Rankireddy N. Sikki Reddy Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty | 1–3 | | Win | [Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's singles|] | Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia | | – | | Srikanth Kidambi | 2–1 |
Olympic Games (3 silver)(13 wins – 4 losses)
Thomas Cup: 1(26 wins – 3 losses)- indicates the result of the Thomas Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, and its phase.
(18 wins – 1 loss)- indicates the result of the Sudirman Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, and its phase.
Asian Games: 1(10 wins – 6 losses)- indicates the result of the Asian Games match followed by the score, date, place of event, and its phase.
Commonwealth Games: 6 (5 titles)(28 wins – 1 loss)- indicates the result of the Commonwealth Games match followed by the score, date and place of event.
Wins: 5| Edition | 
SEA Games: 1 (1 title)(4 wins – 2 losses)- indicates the result of the SEA Games match followed by the score, date and place of event.
Wins: 1| Edition | 
Asia Team Championships(3 wins – 0 loss)- indicates the result of the Asia Team Championships match followed by the score, date and place of event.
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