Best lightweight pickleball paddles

Static weight under 8 oz reduces load on the elbow and shoulder and speeds up your hands at the line. The trade is plow-through on drives — these are the models that give up the least of it.

Criteria · Static weight under 8.0 oz, ranked by IQ score.

#1Six Zero Quartz Control16 mm · standard · 7.9 oz · SW 108$19088#2Paddletek Bantam ALW-C 1414 mm · standard · 7.7 oz · SW 105$20086#3RPM Pickleball Friction Pro Elongated V216 mm · elongated · 7.9 oz · SW 117$249.9986#4Vatic Pro V-Sol Pro 1616 mm · hybrid · 7.9 oz · SW 107$9986#5Proton Series Four (Project Roadrunner)15 mm · elongated · 7.9 oz · SW 110$17586#6ProKennex Kinetic Pro Flight14 mm · standard · 7.5 oz · SW 103$20084#7Ronbus R1 Pulsar16 mm · elongated · 7.9 oz · SW 104$12084#8Paddletek Tempest Wave V316 mm · standard · 7.9 oz · SW 110$15083#9JOOLA Essentials 1616 mm · standard · 7.9 oz · SW 108$8982#10JOOLA Scorpeus 1414 mm · standard · 7.8 oz · SW 96$10081