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Padel racket price report — summer 2026

Updated August 10, 2026 · 195,874 prices · 1,321 rackets · 8 stores

We track the price of every racket in 8 stores daily. Here is what 195,874 prices collected between March 19 and August 10, 2026 say: when rackets really drop in price, which ones, and by how much.

  1. 1High-end rackets (€250 or more) are 19.3% cheaper than in March. Beginner rackets (under €100) have not dropped.
  2. 255% of rackets hit their yearly low price in July and August. Summer sales win by a landslide.
  3. 3Of the 17 brands with at least 15 comparable rackets, every one has dropped since March except Nox, which is up 2.3%.

The market, month by month

Price index over the 674 rackets with a price for all six months (each racket's average = 100). The drop is concentrated between June and July. This index and the -5.4% in the next section are not the same measure: here we average the index of 674 rackets present in all six months; there, the individual change of 825 rackets between March and August.

MonthIndex
March104.0
April103.3
May102.9
June99.5
July95.2
August95.1

High-end drops; entry-level doesn't

From March to August, across 825 comparable rackets: 441 drop more than 5%, 256 stay flat and 128 rise. The average change is -5.4%, but the split is very uneven.

High-end (≥€250 in March)
-19.3%
Entry-level (<€100)
+0.8%
All rackets
-5.4%

When to buy? July

Month in which each racket hit its lowest price in the window (809 rackets with data for the full period). March is a window edge: some of those lows may date from earlier.

Month of the lowRackets
July353 · 43.6%
March144 · 17.8%
June96 · 11.9%
August96 · 11.9%
April62 · 7.7%
May58 · 7.2%

By brand: only one is up

Change in the average best price between March and August, brands with at least 15 comparable rackets. Nox's +2.3% may include a catalog effect (2026 models coming in).

BrandRacketsChange
Babolat32-11.0%
Siux61-10.4%
Royal Padel33-9.6%
StarVie22-9.5%
Drop Shot32-9.3%
Softee20-7.9%
Enebe38-7.5%
adidas67-7.3%
Dunlop31-6.2%
Bullpadel101-5.9%
Wilson24-5.4%
Tecnifibre19-3.9%
LOK22-3.8%
Head65-3.4%
Vibor-A23-2.5%
Black Crown28-1.5%
Nox63+2.3%

Advertised discounts, in context

Right now, of 2,048 in-stock listings across the stores we track, 1,209 (59%) advertise a discount, with a stated average of 37.6%. 529 advertise 40% or more. The discount is calculated on the price the store states, not on what the racket actually cost — which is why we track the history.

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Methodology

We record the price of 1,321 rackets in 8 stores several times a day (PadelNuestro, PadelMarket, TiendaPadelPoint, Smash Padel, Decathlon, PadelProShop, Forum Sport and LOK). The price analyzed is each day's best available price across all stores: the real market price, not the recommended one. Indexes are normalized per racket so the result doesn't depend on which rackets enter or leave the catalog.

Limitations

The window covers March 19 to August 10, 2026 (March and August are partial); "yearly low" means the low for that window. Brand is derived from the racket's identifier. The data reflects online stores in the Spanish and European market.

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