The FFT men's rankings of March 2026 allow us to observe a very clear geography of French padel.
Some leagues concentrate a significant portion of the best players in the country, while others remain much more marginal in the Top 100.

Analysis of the leagues associated with the players shows a clear dominance of a few major historical regions of French padel .

NB: there may be small errors due to the issue of assimilated / foreign players which sometimes complicate the analysis.

The leagues most represented in the Top 100

Here is the order of the leagues the most represented in the French Top 100 .

1/ Île-de-France

The Paris region remains a major player in the rankings.

It includes in particular:

Thomas Leygue
Bastien Blanqué
Julien Seurin
Robin Roux
Baptiste Grodenic

The Île-de-France region benefits from:

of a large number of licensed members
a high volume of tournaments
major clubs such as Casa PadelForest Hill, Pyramids or 4Padel .

It's today the league with the highest concentration of competitive players She also owes it to Casa Padel which brought back not only players like Sanyo, but also the Frenchman, Bastien Blanqué.

2/ Occitanie

It includes, among other things:

Timeo Fonteny
Yoan Boronad
Isaac huysveld
Johan Peloux
Benoît Théard
Lucien Samitier
Pierre Samitier

This strong presence can be explained by several factors:

another Padel culture is well established in the South
many historic clubs
a high level of tournament activity.

Occitanie appears today as one of the main training grounds for French padel .

3/ New Aquitaine

This league also appears very active in the rankings.

It includes, among other things:

Inigo Jofre
Nicolas Rouanet
Maxime Joris
Teo Larrue
Matthew Armagnac

The region benefits from strong momentum around cities such as:

Bordeaux
La Rochelle
Bayonne
Pau.

It is gradually establishing itself as a major territory of French padel .

4/ Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

The PACA region remains a historical stronghold of French padel.

Several players in the Top 100 are associated with it:

Lucas Campagnolo
Florian Armand
Valentin Pasquier
Mattis Perrot

The region benefits:

of a strong proximity to Spain
from the early development of padel
numerous high-level tournaments.

PACA remains one of the major centers of French padel for over 10 years .

5/ Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

This league is also among the most represented.

Several players in the Top 100 are associated with it:

Simon vasquez
Johan Bergeron
Lucas Potel
Quentin Perrin
Antoine Du Gardin

The region has a very dense network of clubs around:

Lyon
Grenoble
Annecy
Clermont-Ferrand.

In the intermediate leagues

Behind these dominant regions, several leagues regularly appear in the Top 100.

Hauts-de-France

Clement Geens
Loris Morvan

Pays de la Loire

Alexandre Boilevin
Matthieu Truong

Grand East

Yanis Muesser
William Olivier
Teri Groll

Normandy

Guilhem Perez Le Tiec
Matthew Paumard

These leagues remain less represented but regularly produce competitive players .

The leagues with the fewest representatives

Some leagues appear much less frequently in the Top 100:

Britain
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Corsica
Center-Val de Loire.

This is often explained by:

a more limited number of clubs
a less dense tournament circuit
a more recent practice of padel.

The geography of padel is heavily influenced by the South

The overall analysis reveals a clear phenomenon:

Southern France still largely dominates national padel.

Between :

Occitanie
PACA
Nouvelle Aquitaine

These regions represent a very large proportion of the Top 100 players.

This trend can be explained by several factors:

proximity to Spain , the leading country for padel
older development of clubs
favorable climatic conditions for outdoor fields .

A gradual rise in Île-de-France

Even though the South remains dominant, the Paris region is progressing very quickly .

With the proliferation of indoor clubs and tournaments, the Île-de-France region is gradually becoming one of the main centers of French padel .

Paris enters the big leagues with 4 international padel competitions in 2026

Distribution of Top 100 players by league (March 2026)

Here is the order of the most represented leagues in the men's Top 100.

Call us	Numbers of players	Part of the Top 100
Ile-de-France	21 players	21%
Occitanie	18 players	18%
Nouvelle Aquitaine	14 players	14%
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur	13 players	13%
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	11 players	11%
Pays de la Loire	7 players	7%
Grand East	5 players	5%
Hauts-de-France	4 players	4%
Britain	3 players	3%
Normandy	2 players	2%
Centre-Val de Loire	1 player	1%
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté	1 player	1%

If we were to represent it visually:

Île-de-France: 21%
Occitanie: 18%
New Aquitaine: 14%
PACA: 13%
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: 11%
Other leagues combined: 23%

The top 5 leagues therefore represent approximately 77% of the French Top 100 .

This is a very strong figure for analysis.

The major trends that this reveals

Île-de-France has become the leading French padel league

With more than one in five players in the Top 100 The Paris region is today the first pool of competitive players .

This can be explained by:

the density of indoor clubs
the number of registered players
the frequency of tournaments.
But also clubs that have managed to attract players, particularly during interclub competitions, starting with Casa Padel Uno

The South remains the historical heart of padel

If we add them together:

Occitanie
PACA
Nouvelle Aquitaine

we arrive at 45% of the French Top 100 .

This confirms that The South remains the main source of top-level players .

The reasons are well known:

favorable climate for outdoor fields
cultural proximity with Spain
older development of padel.

A very strong Southwest axis

Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine together represent 32% of the Top 100 .

It's today the most productive corridor in terms of padel players in France.

Some regions still remain marginal.

Several leagues include fewer than 3 players in the Top 100 :

Normandy
Britain
Centre-Val de Loire
Burgundy-Franche-Comte.

This often reflects:

a more limited number of clubs
a more recent development of padel.

Another interesting indicator for your article

If we group the leagues together:

South (Occitanie + PACA + Nouvelle-Aquitaine): 45% of the Top 100
Parisian region : 21%
Rest of France: 34%

Analysis of the FFT men's rankings for March 2026 shows a French padel is very concentrated in its geography .

Two poles clearly dominate:

the South of France , the historical birthplace of national padel
France's Island , which has become the leading pool of competitive players thanks to the proliferation of indoor clubs.

On their own, Five leagues account for more than three-quarters of the Top 100 This proves that the development of padel remains very uneven across different regions.

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