Best 16mm pickleball paddles

A 16 mm core is the default recommendation for most players: softer feel, larger effective sweet spot and more predictable resets than thin power cores.

Criteria · 16 mm core thickness, ranked by IQ score.

#1Six Zero Double Black Diamond Control16 mm · widebody · 8.3 oz · SW 117$17088#2CRBN CRBN-2X Square16 mm · widebody · 8.3 oz · SW 117$22987#3JOOLA Perseus CFS 1616 mm · hybrid · 8.2 oz · SW 116$24087#4Bread & Butter Loco 16mm Standard16 mm · standard · 8.1 oz · SW 111$18086#5Engage Pursuit MX 6.016 mm · elongated · 8.3 oz · SW 118$22085#6Bread & Butter Loco 16mm Hybrid16 mm · hybrid · 8.2 oz · SW 114$18084#7Six Zero Ruby16 mm · hybrid · 8.2 oz · SW 114$16084#8Selkirk SLK Halo Control16 mm · hybrid · 8.1 oz · SW 111$11983#9Vatic Pro V7 Hybrid16 mm · hybrid · 8.1 oz · SW 113$9983#10Paddletek Tempest Wave V316 mm · standard · 7.9 oz · SW 110$15083