Annual data report · August 2026
The 2026 padel gear report
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Four numbers
+20%
Median retailer spread
On a product carried by more than one shop, the priciest listing costs this much more than the cheapest.
€130,04
Widest gap on one product
Babolat Technical Viper 3.0 runs from €239,95 to €369,99 depending on where you look.
−80%
Steepest tracked discount
On Padel Is Us T-shirt Heren-Geel,Zwart, against the reference price the retailer publishes itself.
69,168
Price captures logged
Collected between 27 Jul 2026 and 8 Aug 2026, a window of 13 days.
The index
What the catalogue actually holds
Median price is the middle published price in the category, not an average — one expensive frame cannot drag it.
| Category | Products | Median price | Price range | Average score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rackets | 88 | €199,95 | €64,95 – €599,95 | 6.6/10 |
| Footwear | 100 | €109,96 | €44,95 – €159,99 | — |
| Apparel | 187 | €34,99 | €2,95 – €74,99 | — |
| Bags | 69 | €69,95 | €6,99 – €149,99 | — |
| Balls | 51 | €6,99 | €4,20 – €139,99 | — |
| Grips | 28 | €7,20 | €2,67 – €319,95 | — |
| Other accessories | 53 | €10,46 | €2,95 – €129,99 | — |
| All categories | 6,670 | — | — | — |
Same product, different till
What the shop you pick costs you
Each bar runs from the cheapest live listing to the priciest, for products carried by more than one retailer. Same product, same week.
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Pack chaussettes techniques CHEVILLES "pinkies" blanc/rouge
€5,99 to €29,95 +400%
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Babolat Technical Viper 3.0
€239,95 to €369,99 +54%
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Babolat Technical Veron 3.0
€149,95 to €219,99 +47%
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Bullpadel XPLO 26
€239,95 to €349,99 +46%
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Babolat Counter Vertuo 2.6
€124,95 to €179,99 +44%
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Indiga W 26 Padel racket
€64,95 to €89,95 +38%
Findings
What surprised us
Of the 23 products carried by more than one retailer, not one is priced the same everywhere. The median difference between the cheapest and the priciest listing is 20%, or €25 on the product itself.
160 of 621 live offers sit below the reference price the retailer publishes itself. The steepest is −80% on Padel Is Us T-shirt Heren-Geel,Zwart.
Price does not buy the score. Among the rackets we publish, the highest score goes to Indiga W 26 Padel racket at €64,95, while the highest price sits on Babolat Lamborghini at €599,95.
36 of the 88 rackets we publish share one shape: diamond. The market is narrower than the marketing suggests.
23 of 6,670 published products are carried by more than one shop, which is where the spread above stops being trivia and starts being money.
Method
Method and reuse
Products enter the index only after their collection window closes and identity, offer, image, specification and score checks pass. Prices are the live offers we hold for the market you are browsing, shipping excluded. Scores come from a versioned facts model, never from commission.
How we rank →Sample: 6,670 published products, 75 brands, 621 live retailer offers, 17 retailers, 69,168 price captures.
Collection window: 27 Jul 2026 to 8 Aug 2026, 13 days.
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Figures recomputed 8 Aug 2026, 14:34. A number without a date is a number without a meaning, so this page carries one.