Preview · Career view

Career timelines, side by side

Every racquet used by the seven players in our database, plotted across the years they used them. Each bar's color is the series. When a player used multiple racquets concurrently — Lin Dan in 2017, for instance — the bars stack into sub-rows. The Olympic and World Championship years are where careers cross.

7 players
37 racquet years
Year ↓ · Player →
🇲🇾 Lee Chong Wei
2003–2019
🇨🇳 Lin Dan
2001–2020
🇮🇩 Taufik Hidayat
1999–2012
🇩🇰 Peter Gade
1998–2012
🇯🇵 Kento Momota
2014–2024
🇪🇸 Carolina Marin
2012–present
🇩🇰 Viktor Axelsen
2013–present
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
MP-88
Surprisingly beginner-rated racquet for a future World #1
2003–2006
AT-900P
Developed aggressive power style
2007–2010
VTF
2012 London Olympic Silver (vs Lin Dan)
2012–2014
VTZF2-LCW
Pink/blue/gold signature edition
2015–2016PE
DUO-10LLC
2017LV
AX-99LCW
2019PE
NS-9900
Used concurrently with Voltric in some events
2009–2012
VTZF2
Early ZF2 adoption
2014–2015
DUO-10LCW
Frosty Blue exclusive
2016–2018PE
DUO-10
Primary racquet; classic green/orange
2015–2017
AT-700
2008 Beijing Olympic Gold Medal
2005–2008
VTZF2
Rio 2016 Olympics · final rivalry years with LCW
2014–2016
VTZF2LLD
2017LV
AT-700LTD
2008LTD
VTZF2LD-R
Lin Dan exclusive Red colorway
2015–2016PE
VTLDF-MB
Final competitive racquet · custom LD Force
2017–2019PE
AT-250LD
2008PE
VTZF2LD-Y
Lin Dan exclusive Yellow colorway
2016–2017PE
NS-9900
2012 London Olympic Gold · 2009, 2011 World Championships
2008–2012
VTZF2LD-W
Rarest standard LD variant
2016–2017PE
VTLDF-PG
Gold colorway variant
2017–2019PE
AT-900T
Primary weapon; 'technique' variant suited his precision style
2007–2010
ARC-10LTH
2017LV
ARC-10
Won 2009 US Open; final competitive years
2009–2012
ARC-10
Primary racquet; precision-first playing style
2009–2012
ARC-10LPG
2017LV
ARC-10PG
First signature edition; silver colorway
2011–2012PE
VT-80
Used when scouted by Yonex at 2011 All Japan Junior Championships
2012–2016
AX-99
Historic 11-title 2019 season · pre-accident weapon
2018–2020
AX-99PRO
Developed with his input post-injury · retirement racquet
2021–2024
AX-100ZZ
Used during post-accident comeback; Kurenai colorway
2020–2021
NS-9900
2016 Rio Olympic Gold Medal — won with a 7-year-old discontinued racquet
2014–2016
AX-99
Used during World Championship period
2018–2019
AX-100ZZ
2020
AX-99
Early Astrox adoption during World Championship defence
2018–2019
AX-100ZZ
2021 Tokyo Olympic Gold · 2024 Paris Olympic Gold
2020–2025
AX-100VAZZ
2025PE
Best on a wider screen. Below: each player as a section, racquets in chronological order. Tap any racquet to open its page.
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How to read this
Columns are players. Ordered left-to-right by their earliest tracked racquet year. Reading down a column traces that player's career like a resume.
Bars are racquets. Height = years used. Color = series. Hover or click for the era, achievement, and link to the full racquet page.
Sub-tracks handle overlap. When a player used multiple racquets simultaneously, bars split into parallel lanes inside that player's column. Lin Dan in 2017 (5+ Voltric variants) is the densest cluster.
Read rows horizontally. A horizontal slice across a year shows who was using what — the 2008 row catches Lin Dan's Beijing-era arsenal next to LCW's Armortec phase.