Spin (RPM)
How fast the ball rotates after a standardised stroke, measured in revolutions per minute.
Spin is measured by striking the ball with a fixed stroke and reading its rotation rate in RPM. It depends on the texture of the face and how long the ball stays on it. Textured surfaces wear, so these are new-paddle numbers and a well-used paddle will measure lower.
More spin lets you hit harder while keeping the ball in, and makes dinks and serves harder to read. Most paddles in our database fall between about 1,700 and 2,250 RPM.
What the numbers look like
Across the 641 of 812 paddles in our database with a measured value.
- Lowest
- 991 rpm
- 10th pct
- 1684 rpm
- Median
- 2021 rpm
- Average
- 1988 rpm
- 90th pct
- 2225 rpm
- Highest
- 2776 rpm
991 rpmEach bar is one tenth of the range; the tallest holds 240 paddles2776 rpm
Average spin by build generation
| Gen 2 | 107 paddles | 2026 rpm |
| Gen 3 | 68 paddles | 2074 rpm |
| Gen 4 | 64 paddles | 2056 rpm |
| Gen 1 | 38 paddles | 2044 rpm |
| Gen 1.5 | 26 paddles | 1983 rpm |
| No Gen | 5 paddles | 2134 rpm |
Highest spin (rpm)
- Diadem Hush 18mm2776 rpm
- Joola Perseus 3 Ben Johns 16mm2487 rpm
- Thompson 515-Uni 14mm2484 rpm
- Joola Magnus 3 Tyson McGuffin 14mm2425 rpm
- Thompson 515-Twill 14mm2418 rpm
Lowest spin (rpm)
- Selkirk Labs Project 001 Epic991 rpm
- Adidas AdiPower Attk 21038 rpm
- Adidas AdiPower CTRL1058 rpm
- Paddletek TS-51061 rpm
- Ronbus EV1.16 16mm1148 rpm
Rankings that use this spec
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