Le  French padel  continues to break records in 2026. With a historic average of  7,1 tournaments per player  over the past twelve months and more  1,15 million cumulative shares  In official competitions, the discipline confirms its incredible growth in France. Between the explosion in the number of competitors, record activity in clubs and the rise of the most active players, the latest figures show a sport in full acceleration.

It’s  absolute record in France  : the bar of  7 tournaments on average per player  was crossed last month, and the momentum continues to build in May as the average now reaches precisely  7,1 tournaments per player  over the last twelve months.

When we look at the details, one element particularly stands out: the average of the  French Top 1000  is greater than that of  French Top 100 .

Specifically, the players of  French Top 100  display an average of  15,3 tournaments per player  over the past twelve months. In the  Top 1000 , this average climbs to  21,9 tournaments per player .

This is excellent news for clubs and competition organizers, who are benefiting from ever-increasing activity.

7,1 tournaments per player and over 1 million participations in one year: French padel has never been so popular

But these figures also hide another reality: more than half of the competitors have only competed in...  1 to 3 tournaments  over the last twelve months.

And if we add up the players who participated in  4 to 6 tournaments It is then observed that nearly  70% of competitors play in fewer than one tournament every two months. .

Conversely, a genuine base of highly active players continues to grow. More than  13 players  thus participated in  more than 21 tournaments  over a year. A figure higher than the brackets of players who competed between  11 and 15 tournaments  or between  16 and 20 tournaments .

This record activity is logically reflected in the total number of entries recorded over the last twelve months.

And once again, French padel has reached a historic milestone: the bar of  million shares  in the men's category, it has been largely surpassed.

In total, it is now  1,152,441 cumulative entries  which have been recorded, that is to say the sum of all the tournaments played by all the players.

For the first time in the history of French padel, the  The men alone account for over a million entries.  over twelve months, while the ladies approach the  140,000 entries .

A historic May, therefore, which also coincides with another record: that of  average number of tournaments played per competitor , now fixed at  7,1 .

Franck Binisti

Franck Binisti discovered padel at the Club des Pyramides in 2009 in the Paris region. Since then, padel has been part of his life. You often see him touring France to cover major French padel events.

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