2025’s Hottest Pickleball Paddle Releases Ranked (Best Budget, Overall & Performance)

July didn’t slow down—paddle releases exploded. In this video I put the newest paddles through controlled lab testing (ball cannon, KewCOR metrics, and x-ray/dissection) and rank them using real data, not opinions. My performance score weighs four pillars—firepower, spin, control, and durability—then I calculate an overall score that also factors value and how well a paddle improves with perimeter weighting. You’ll see how July’s drops reshuffle the board, why some former “best of” models have slipped, and which paddles deliver elite performance without elite prices. Chapters: 0:00 Paddle Releases in July 2025 0:49 Paddle Lineup 3:30 Top Performance Paddles 5:24 Best Overall Paddles 6:47 Best Budget Paddles 7:25 Concerns 9:20 The Best Paddles (Overall, Performance, Budget) 📈Paddle Analytics: https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/pad... 📅Paddle Database: https://www.johnkewpickleball.com/pad... Paddles Mentioned From July: 🔥 Gearbox GX2 Power: take 10% off with code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/4mcs3tD 🔥 Selkirk Boomstik: https://www.selkirk.com/products/selk... 🔥 Honolulu J2NF & J2FC+: take 10% off using code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/3Yl0OnI 🔥 Bread & Butter Loco: take 10% off with code JOHNKEW: https://tinyurl.com/dvdvmhv6 🔥 Vatic Saga - take $10 off with code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/48V3yM4 DISCOUNT/AFFILIATE CODES: ★Gearbox: take 10% off with code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/48vIn2p ★Body Helix: Take 10% OFF with code JOHNKEW: https://www.bodyhelix.com/?ref=JOHNKEW ★GRUVN: Take 10% OFF with code JOHNKEW: https://tinyurl.com/5e5hyjer ★Honolulu Pickleball: Get $20 OFF any Kevlar paddle using code JOHNKEW-KEVLAR, or 10% off any other paddle using code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/3Yl0OnI ★PaddleTek: Get 10% OFF your purchase with code JOHNKEW: https://www.paddletek.com/6xAhP5 ★Pickleball Central: Get 10% OFF using code JOHNKEW: https://pickleballcentral.com/ ★Selkirk: Get digital gift cards up to $40 off (contingent on total price) with code INF-JOHNKEW, or this link: https://tinyurl.com/57np7947 ★JOOLA: Get 10% off of most products with code JOHNKEW: https://www.joola.com/?bg_ref=SGHmrvEFDJ ★CRBN: Get 10% OFF CRBN using code JOHNKEW, or this link: https://tinyurl.com/47dvfre3 ★11SIX24: Get 10% OFF using code JOHNKEW, or at this link: http://tinyurl.com/65zfxjb5 ★Bread & Butter: Get 15% OFF your purchase using code JOHNKEW, or this link: https://tinyurl.com/5n956578 ★Pickleball Apes: Get 10% OFF at checkout using code JOHNKEW: https://tinyurl.com/4crabzvw ★Ronbus: Get $20 OFF your purchase using code JOHNKEW: https://www.ronbus.com/ ★Six Zero: Get 10% OFF using code 10JOHNKEW, or at this link: https://tinyurl.com/3rkdsdb3 ★Vatic: Get $10 OFF purchases up to $220, and $20 OFF above that using code JOHNKEW, or this link: https://tinyurl.com/mum92h26 ★Vatic Saga Flash: Take $10 off this paddle with the code JOHNKEW: https://bit.ly/48V3yM4 Follow on: Instagram:   / johnkew.pickleball