Season Power Rankings: Every Player Graded, Every Fantasy Decision Dissected

The 2026 Premier Padel season is already one of the most chaotic, fascinating, addictive slates of padel we've ever had to build rosters around. Two men's pairs are locked in an arms race at the top, the women's draw has flipped the script on last season's champions, and mid-table is absolutely crawling with players who can wreck your week if you're not paying attention. Here at OutOfTheCourt, we've been tracking every result, every FP movement, and every cost-per-point calculation so you don't have to. These are your definitive season power rankings — men, women, risers, fallers, and the value plays that could decide the fantasy title.

🏆 Men

Let's start where every conversation about men's padel starts: Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia. The pair sitting at OutOfTheCourt world ranking #1 have 104.0 FP and 101.8 FP respectively — and if you've been rostering both of them at a combined cost of roughly 385.5 credits, you've been printing points all season long. This is the machine that finished 2025 with 13 tournament wins and made 17 finals, and they've carried that dominance straight into 2026. Coello opened the year with a Riyadh P1 title before Chingotto and Galán hit back in Gijón and Miami, and Tapia and Coello answered with wins in Cancún, Italy, and Valencia — the rivalry is as tight as it's ever been on the scoreboard, but Coello and Tapia keep pulling ahead when the dust settles. After 16 tournaments, Arturo sits on 104.0 FP at a cost of 193.0. Tapia is marginally behind at 101.8 with a cost of 192.5. The gap between them is tiny. Pick whichever one fits your budget, ideally both — but understand you're paying drive-side and backhand-side premiums that are entirely justified. They are the only two must-starts, every single week.

Now, Federico Chingotto and Alejandro Galán — "Chingalán" to the padel world — deserve enormous respect in your OutOfTheCourt lineup, and the numbers make that case. Chingotto leads the pair with a stunning 113.4 FP at a cost of 193.7, which is actually slightly pricier than Tapia but returning more fantasy points. Galán is at 106.8 FP and costs just 192.2. At 17 tournaments played each, these two have been relentless. They swept Buenos Aires and Miami, they took Gijón and Madrid — and they've made just as many finals this season as the world #1s. The key difference on the real court is those six fewer titles that separated them from Coello and Tapia last season, but in OutOfTheCourt terms, Chingotto's 113.4 FP is the highest single-player total in the men's game. He's the quiet answer to the Coello-Tapia conversation. If you have the budget for the Chingalán core, you're stacking one of the highest-floor, highest-ceiling pairings in the game.

Juan Lebrón is where things start to get really interesting. At #5 in the OutOfTheCourt rankings with 89.1 FP, he's producing almost 90 points across 17 tournaments at a cost of just 136.7. That is catastrophically good value. Lebrón and Augsburger have already won Brussels together this season, beating Coello and Tapia in the final after going down a set — one of the genuinely seismic results of the year. They pushed the world #1s again in Cancún and made the Málaga final. El Lobo at 136.7 credits is a fantasy bargain that the top teams in the OutOfTheCourt standings have clearly identified. FJorgensenTeam leads with 11,804.2 points — and you'd bet Lebrón features heavily in that squad. The drive-side threat he brings at that price point is frankly outrageous.

His partner Leo Augsburger is the story of the season in men's padel, full stop. Ranked #6 in OutOfTheCourt at just 22 years old, he's generating 61.2 FP from 17 tournaments at a cost of only 119.7. For context: he won the Brussels P2 title by beating both Chingalán in the semis and then the world #1s in the final. At 119.7 credits, that's the fantasy equivalent of signing a prospect who's already an elite player. The Argentine backhand specialist has career-best ranking numbers, a 37-15 win-loss record this season, and is only going to get more expensive. If you haven't already locked in Augsburger, you're leaving serious points on the table. This is the differential pick that separates good OutOfTheCourt rosters from elite ones.

Franco Stupaczuk enters the rankings at #8 with 89.6 FP from 17 tournaments — actually slightly ahead of Lebrón in raw output — at a cost of 173.0. The catch? He and Yanguas split mid-season after failing to click consistently, and he's now paired with Jon Sanz (#11, 52.1 FP, cost 122.9). That partnership change is the biggest red flag in the men's game right now. Stupa's career best is fifth, he's a five-time title winner, and 89.6 FP proves the talent hasn't evaporated. But roster him with caution until we see how the Sanz pairing beds in. Yanguas himself (#7, 60.7 FP, cost 129.9) is in the same boat — enormous potential, mid-table production, and currently between partnerships. The two of them as a pair carried real promise early in 2026, making semis at Buenos Aires, Burdeos, Miami, Valencia, Gijón, and Brussels, plus a final at NewGiza. The talent was never in doubt. The consistency wasn't there.

Below them, Francisco Navarro (#9, 62.5 FP, 123.3 cost) and Jorge Nieto (#10, 59.2 FP, 128.7 cost) offer solid mid-range value over 17 and 16 tournaments respectively. Martin Di Nenno (#13, 58.6 FP, 125.3 cost) has history with Augsburger — they won the Madrid P1 together last season — and remains a capable accumulator. Lucas Bergamini (#16, 57.3 FP, 121.5 cost, 15 tournaments) is the Brazilian outlier in a very Spanish-and-Argentine-heavy top 20, and his cost relative to output is worth a look at lower budget tiers. At the very bottom of the rankings, Javier Garrido (#20, 25.1 FP, 91.9 cost, 15 tournaments) and Lucas Campagnolo (#17, 25.4 FP, 87.0 cost, 16 tournaments) are the budget-filler options — cheap enough to free up credits for the elite pairs, but don't expect miracles.

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🏆 Women

The women's game in 2026 is an absolute war, and it's making for some of the most volatile fantasy decisions of the season. Gemma Triay (#1, 101.9 FP, cost 192.5) and Delfina Brea (#1, 103.4 FP, cost 192.2) are the OutOfTheCourt co-number ones — and with good reason. They won nine titles in 2025, and in 2026 they've already added Gijón, Cancún, Italy, and most recently Madrid, where Triay became the first player in history to reach 200 Premier Padel victories. That's not a player — that's a monument. Brea edging Triay in FP terms (103.4 vs 101.9) reflects just how omnipresent Delfi has been. At nearly identical costs, the question isn't whether to pick them — it's whether your budget lets you roster both. If it does, do it. This is the most decorated pair in the women's game and they're still hungry.

But here's where it gets genuinely interesting: Paula Josemaria (#3, 102.8 FP, 191.3 cost) and Ariana Sanchez (#5, 102.8 FP, 191.3 cost) are the two faces of what's now a four-way scramble at the top. Paula has 22 Premier Padel titles in her career — this is a generational player. She and Bea González went on a five-consecutive-title streak earlier this season, an unprecedented run in women's Premier Padel, before Triay and Brea steadied the ship. What makes the fantasy calculation here so delicious is that Ariana is now paired with Andrea Ustero rather than Paula — they're on different teams — and both are producing 102.8 FP at an identical cost of 191.3. Ariana and Ustero just won the Paris Major, their third title of the season, beating Calvo and Fernández 6-2, 6-0 on Philippe Chatrier. Ariana is at her 2026 best right now. Pick her. Pick Paula. Both are top-three OutOfTheCourt assets in the women's game.

Beatriz González (#4, 90.6 FP, 141.7 cost) deserves its own paragraph because the value is extraordinary. Paired with Paula Josemaria, she's producing 90.6 FP at a cost of only 141.7 — that's 49 credits cheaper than her partner for nearly identical output. The 'Perla' Malagueña has an 8-1 head-to-head record against Triay and Brea in finals across her career, a psychological edge that translates directly into fantasy points when these pairs collide on finals Sundays. Five consecutive titles at one point this season. She and Paula won Buenos Aires, Brussels, Miami, NewGiza — the scoreline against the world #1s has been relentless. At 141.7 credits, Bea González is the best value play in the entire women's rankings. In a world where every credit counts, she's your secret weapon.

Claudia Fernández (#6, 86.0 FP, 181.7 cost, 17 tournaments) is the other half of a fascinating subplot. Having previously partnered with Gemma Triay to title success, she's now teaming with Sofía Araújo — and that pairing made the Valencia P1 final. Claudia is at a cost of 181.7, which feels slightly high relative to her 86.0 FP output when you compare it to the Bea González situation, but she's been consistently deep in draws all season. Araújo herself (#8, 53.4 FP, 128.3 cost) is a reliable mid-table accumulator. Just below them, Martina Calvo (#9, 78.5 FP, 115.5 cost) has had a breakout season — she and Claudia Fernández reached the Paris Major final before losing to Sanchez and Ustero. At 115.5 credits, Calvo is one of the better mid-budget pickups in the women's game right now, and the new pairing with Fernández is generating real buzz after their run to the Roland Garros final.

Andrea Ustero (#7, 50.7 FP, 124.8 cost, 15 tournaments) looks underpriced relative to her partner Ariana — that's partly because she's played two fewer tournaments, partly because the fantasy scoring skews towards the higher-profile names in a pair. But Ustero is the engine of that team; she beat Triay and Brea in the Valencia semi en route to the title and won Roland Garros. She'll get more expensive. Tamara Icardo (#10, 60.2 FP, 125.1 cost) and Marta Ortega (#11, 56.4 FP, 127.8 cost) offer solid depth picks. At the bottom of the top 20, Victoria Iglesias (#20, 28.3 FP, 108.7 cost, 15 tournaments) and Marina Guinart (#15, 36.0 FP, 112.2 cost) serve mainly as budget-freeing options, though Guinart's 17-tournament run gives her a slight edge in terms of tournament exposure.

Women

📈 Risers & Fallers

The riser of the season — men's or women's — is Leo Augsburger. No debate. The 22-year-old from Posadas, Argentina has gone from promising young gun to genuine elite-tier threat in the space of one season. With a career-best ranking of sixth in the world, a win-loss record of 37-15 in 2026, and two career titles including that historic Brussels scalp over Coello and Tapia, his 61.2 FP at just 119.7 credits is the defining value story of the men's game. On the women's side, Martina Calvo is having her coming-out party. She and Claudia Fernández reached the Paris Major final — that kind of run from a 9th-ranked player at 115.5 credits is exactly the breakout OutOfTheCourt managers dream of. Both players should be considered for immediate roster inclusion if they're not already in your team.

The fallers are harder to talk about, but you need to hear it. Stupaczuk (89.6 FP, 173.0 cost) and Yanguas (60.7 FP, 129.9 cost) are carrying the cost of a split that happened mid-season, meaning their FP totals were built with a pair that no longer exists. Stupa is now 8th in the rankings at 173.0 credits — that's a premium price for a player currently finding his feet with Jon Sanz. His real-court win-loss of 29-16 isn't terrible, but zero 2026 titles for a player of his calibre is a concern. On the women's side, Ariana Sánchez went through a mid-season slump — consecutive early exits at NewGiza and Brussels — before completely reinventing her season by winning Valencia and Paris. The lesson there is that in-form Ariana is elite, but she's capable of cold stretches that hurt. Budget accordingly and watch the fixtures.

💎 Value

Two names you should be actively considering right now if they're not in your OutOfTheCourt squad: Bea González at 141.7 credits and Leo Augsburger at 119.7. Bea is producing 90.6 FP — that's Lebrón-tier output at a fraction of his cost. She's available because most managers reach for the pair and grab Paula Josemaria first, but in a cost-constrained roster, Bea is the smarter pick. Her head-to-head dominance over the world #1 pair means she consistently shows up on the biggest Sundays of the year, which is when OutOfTheCourt points really pile up. If you're building from scratch or reshuffling ahead of the season's back half, start with Bea.

On the men's side, the secondary value tier — Navarro (62.5 FP, 123.3), Di Nenno (58.6 FP, 125.3), Nieto (59.2 FP, 128.7) — all offer 58-63 FP at costs in the 123-129 range, and they're interchangeable at that price point. The differentiator is tournament count: Navarro, Di Nenno, and Nieto have all played 17 or 16 tournaments, meaning their per-tournament output is consistent. If you need a third or fourth men's pick to free up budget for Lebrón and Augsburger, any of those three work. Jon Sanz (52.1 FP, 122.9 cost) is the cheapest option in that cluster and now has the added Stupaczuk partnership to potentially lift his output — though at this point that's more hope than evidence.

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