Padel racket data

Published specifications of 244 padel rackets from 21 brands, each with the address of the page it was read from and the wording used there. Maintained by PadelTrue, an independent padel racket comparison website.

Export date: 2026-10-07. An automated job publishes data changes. This date does not mean every specification was rechecked that day; individual price observation dates are included in the data.

What is in it

File	What it holds
rackets.json	The full record of every racket: 1773 specifications, each with `source`, `verbatim` and `sourceType`, plus the calculated ratings
rackets.csv	One row per racket, for a spreadsheet
brands/	One readable table per brand
DATA_DICTIONARY.md	Field definitions, units, missing values, CSV mapping and rating limitations
examples/	A runnable example: specification coverage by brand, made by coverage_by_brand.py
examples/weight-ranges/	A dated finding that can be repeated: 101 of 130 recorded weights are a range, with the frozen export and the calculation
mcp/	The same data as questions an assistant can ask: a remote, read only MCP server at https://padeltrue.com/mcp, and plain JSON addresses described at https://padeltrue.com/agents

Brand	Rackets
Adidas	27
Babolat	16
Black Crown	1
Bullpadel	34
Cork Padel	8
Drop Shot	2
Dunlop	4
Head	18
Joma	1
Kuikma	3
Nox	45
Oxdog	11
Padelsmith	1
Royal Padel	14
Shooter	1
Siux	25
StarVie	17
Tecnifibre	2
Vairo	2
Varlion	6
Wilson	6

How a record looks

json

{
  "name": "Adidas Arrow Hit 2026",
  "brand": "Adidas",
  "year": 2026,
  "specs": {
    "weight": {
      "display": "360 to 375 g (12.7 to 13.2 oz)",
      "min": 360,
      "max": 375,
      "verbatim": "Weight: 360-375 Gr",
      "source": "https://allforpadel.com/en/padel-rackets/7523-padel-racket-adidas-arrow-hit-8435739405888.html",
      "sourceType": "retailer"
    }
  },
  "ratings": {
    "power": 83,
    "control": 10,
    "handling": 28,
    "forgiveness": 46,
    "comfort": 57,
    "value": 10
  }
}

What the ratings are, and what they are not

The ratings are calculated from the published specifications with a formula that is printed in full at padeltrue.com/methodology, model version 1.0. They describe what a build favours on paper. They are not court tests, laboratory measurements or customer reviews. When a usable input is missing from a record, the model uses a neutral midpoint. inputsPublished counts usable inputs out of five; a missing input here does not prove that no source has published it.

Carbon K count, surface texture and thickness are recorded where available and are excluded from the scoring formula. The methodology explains the evidence and limits behind the model.

What is not in it

No photographs.
No specification without a source. A racket with too little published is held back and listed at padeltrue.com/methodology.
Prices are snapshots from the linked source, dated in JSON specs.price.checkedOn and CSV price_checked. They are not live prices or confirmation of availability.

Use it

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/odedkovach/padel-racket-data/main/rackets.json

For reproducible work, replace main in the download URL with a commit SHA and record modelVersion. Use JSON when you need each specification's source; the CSV is a summary and omits field-level provenance.

The same files are served at padeltrue.com/data.

Licence and attribution

CC BY 4.0. You may reuse and adapt the data, also commercially, when you credit "PadelTrue" with a link to https://padeltrue.com/. Brand and model names belong to their owners.

Report a wrong figure

Open an issue here with the model name and a link to the page that shows the correct figure, or use the contact page. A correction without a source cannot be applied.