2026 Season Power Rankings: The Kings, the Chasers, and the Chaos

Twelve titles. Seventeen finals. One pair that simply refuses to lose the matches that matter most. The 2026 Premier Padel season has produced one of the sport's great rivalries at the top of the men's draw, while the women's tour has been a five-pair war that nobody — not even the world number ones — has managed to dominate. With the Qatar Airways Premier Padel Finals in Barcelona looming and only a handful of tournaments left on the calendar, your OutOfTheCourt roster decisions have never carried more weight. Here's where every player in the top 20 actually stands.

🏆 Men

There's no polite way to say it: Arturo Coello and Agustín Tapia are in a different universe from the rest of the men's tour right now. Coello (#1 in the OutOfTheCourt rankings, FP: 104.0, cost: 193, 19 tournaments played) and Tapia (#1, FP: 101.8, cost: 192.5, 19 tournaments) have collected 12 titles together in 2026 and reached all 17 finals they've entered as a pair. Coello just became the first player to reach 300 Premier Padel wins. These are not two players in form — they are two players rewriting the record books in real time. If you don't have both of them in your OutOfTheCourt squad, you need to ask yourself some hard questions. Their fantasy point hauls reflect the dominance: Coello at 104.0 and Tapia at 101.8 are comfortably clear of everyone else in the men's field.

But here's where it gets interesting. Federico Chingotto (#3, FP: 113.4, cost: 193.7, 20 tournaments) and Alejandro Galán (#3, FP: 106.8, cost: 192.2, 20 tournaments) have been the closest thing to a genuine rival pair on tour. 'ChinGalán' — or 'Chingalán' as the circuit's own media have been calling them — won Gijón, Miami, Asunción, Buenos Aires, Giza, Madrid, and Pretoria this season. Seven titles. They dominated the spring, beating the world number ones four times inside ten weeks. And yet they remain ranked third and fourth individually because they keep losing when the biggest points are on offer. Their head-to-head record in 2026 finals against Coello and Tapia sits at three wins from eleven meetings. Agonising. Chingotto's fantasy point tally of 113.4 is actually the highest in the entire men's top 20 — a reflection of how consistently he's been deep in tournaments even when the title slips away. Both come at the top of the market (Chingotto at 193.7, Galán at 192.2), but they're worth every coin for managers who understand that second place in a Premier Padel final still generates massive points.

Juan Lebrón (#5, FP: 89.1, cost: 136.7, 20 tournaments) and Leo Augsburger (#6, FP: 61.2, cost: 119.7, 20 tournaments) occupy a fascinating middle ground. They're the only pair outside the top two to win a title in 2026 — that Brussels P2 victory in April, where they beat Coello and Tapia 2–6, 6–3, 6–3, was a seismic result. They've since lost finals to the Golden Boys in Cancún, Málaga, Milan, and Rotterdam, and fell in the Paris Major semi-final. Their record together in 2026 stands at 40–16 ahead of the Milan P1, and both have secured their spots at the Tour Finals. The gap between their fantasy valuations tells a story: Lebrón (FP: 89.1, 136.7 coins) is priced like the premium player he is, while Augsburger (FP: 61.2, 119.7 coins) offers arguably the most undervalued upside in the top six. He's producing results that justify a much higher price tag.

Franco Stupaczuk (#7, FP: 89.6, cost: 173, 20 tournaments) is arguably the most fascinating case study in the men's top ten. He split from Mike Yanguas early in the autumn, teamed up with Jon Sanz (#9, FP: 52.1, cost: 122.9, 20 tournaments), and the pair went straight to three consecutive finals — Rotterdam, Düsseldorf, and now Milan — losing all of them to Coello and Tapia. Painful, but those runs generate serious fantasy points. Stupaczuk's 89.6 FP tally at a cost of 173 makes him a slightly expensive proposition, but if 'Stupacho-Sanz' keep reaching finals, the returns justify it. Sanz, by contrast, at 52.1 FP and 122.9 coins, is one of the more intriguing mid-range picks left on the board — his trajectory is pointing upward sharply.

Downstairs in the men's rankings, the story of the season belongs to Francisco Guerrero (#11, FP: 42.6, cost: 115.2, 20 tournaments) and his partner Javier Leal (#16, FP: 46.3, cost: 114.1, 19 tournaments). These two, reunited after first forming a team as nine-year-olds according to circuit reports, produced the single most stunning result of the 2026 men's season at Pretoria — knocking out Lebrón and Augsburger in the quarter-finals, then stunning Coello and Tapia 7–5, 7–5 in the semi-finals, ending a run of 27 consecutive Premier Padel final appearances for the world number ones. They couldn't quite close it out in a brilliant Pretoria final against Galán and Chingotto, falling 6–2, 5–7, 7–6, but the statement was made. Guerrero at 42.6 FP and 115.2 coins, and Leal at 46.3 FP and 114.1 coins, represent genuine value in OutOfTheCourt's mid-to-lower price bracket, particularly with the year-end Finals approaching.

Miguel Yanguas (#10, FP: 60.7, cost: 129.9, 19 tournaments) and Jorge Nieto (#13, FP: 59.2, cost: 128.7, only 17 tournaments played) made the Madrid P1 final — a jaw-dropping result as the number 10 and 13 seeds. That run alone should reframe how you think about both players' potential in the final stretch. Martin Di Nenno (#12, FP: 58.6, cost: 125.3) has been solid but not spectacular with 20 tournaments banked, while Francisco Navarro (#8, FP: 62.5, cost: 123.3) and Momo Gonzalez (#14, FP: 44.3, cost: 117.6) both represent the kind of steady point-accumulators who won't break the bank. Lucas Bergamini (#20, FP: 57.3, cost: 121.5) is worth a look purely on points-per-coin efficiency — only 17 tournaments played, so there's room for that total to climb. Further down, Javier Garrido (#19, FP: 25.1, cost: 91.9) and Lucas Campagnolo (#15, FP: 25.4, cost: 87.0) are budget options who simply haven't converted court time into fantasy returns at the rate needed. Edu Alonso (#18, FP: 26.6, cost: 111.5) and Juan Tello (#17, FP: 45.1, cost: 112.1) both sit in that frustrating zone where cost outpaces production.

Men

🏆 Women

The women's tour in 2026 has been genuinely extraordinary — and 'extraordinary' isn't a word to throw around lightly. Five different pairs have won titles. The top three seeds have combined for 17 tournament victories between them. And at the very top, the number one ranking is being contested by two pairs who are separated by paper-thin margins week after week. Delfina Brea (#1 in the OutOfTheCourt rankings, FP: 103.4, cost: 192.2, 20 tournaments) and Gemma Triay (#1, FP: 101.9, cost: 192.5, 20 tournaments) are the defending champions and reigning number ones, and they've earned that status the hard way — winning the Gijón P2, Cancún P2, Italy Major, Málaga P1, Pretoria P1, and Madrid P1 this season, reaching 14 of the 17 finals played. Triay even made history in Madrid, becoming the first player in Premier Padel history to reach 200 tour wins. Fantasy managers holding both players are sitting on 101.9 and 103.4 FP respectively at costs that reflect their status at the very top of the market. The value is in their consistency — these two are in finals so often that you know exactly what you're getting.

Paula Josemaría (#5, FP: 102.8, cost: 191.3, 20 tournaments) and Beatriz González (#3, FP: 90.6, cost: 141.7, 20 tournaments) have been electric. Their six titles in 2026 — Miami, Brussels, Asunción, Buenos Aires, Valladolid, and Giza — including five in a row between March and May (the longest winning streak of the women's season on tour) show a pair that can genuinely go toe-to-toe with anyone. Head-to-head against Triay and Brea, González and Josemaría lead 5–3 in finals meetings, which makes the overall ranking picture all the more complicated. Josemaría at 102.8 FP and 191.3 coins is elite-tier pricing for elite-tier production. González is the more fascinating case: her 90.6 FP at a cost of only 141.7 coins makes her one of the most underpriced top-five players in the entire OutOfTheCourt game, in either draw.

Ariana Sánchez (#4, FP: 102.8, cost: 191.3, 18 tournaments) and Andrea Ustero (#7, FP: 50.7, cost: 124.8, 18 tournaments) have been the most dangerous disruptors in the women's field. Their new partnership — formed at the start of the season when Sánchez moved away from her legendary partnership with Paula Josemaría — has already produced five titles: Riyadh in February (beating the world number ones in three sets), Valencia, Paris Major, Rotterdam, and now Milan. Five titles from 18 tournaments entered is a ridiculous strike rate. Sánchez at 102.8 FP and 191.3 coins remains one of the three most expensive women's picks, and rightly so — her court reading and backhand dominance on the left side are world-class. Ustero, though, is where the real value conversation starts. She's 50.7 FP at 124.8 coins — a player contributing to five titles this season at a mid-range cost. The question for OutOfTheCourt managers is simple: how many more titles is this pair going to add before December?

Now let's talk about the headline story of the 2026 women's season. Claudia Fernández (#6, FP: 86.0, cost: 181.7, 20 tournaments) and Martina Calvo (#8, FP: 78.5, cost: 115.5, 20 tournaments) have gone from completely unknown as a partnership to winners of the London P1 and the Germany P2 in the space of a few months. In London, just their second tournament together, they beat Triay and Brea 7–5, 6–3 to claim the title, with 18-year-old Calvo becoming the youngest player ever to win a Premier Padel title — breaking Andrea Ustero's own record, set in Bordeaux in 2025, by 20 days. In Düsseldorf, they won again. Fernández at 86.0 FP and 181.7 coins is a serious pick — these two show no signs of slowing down. Calvo at 78.5 FP and 115.5 coins might be the best cost-to-production ratio in the entire women's rankings.

Behind the top four pairs, the picture gets more scattered. Martina Calvo's numbers are exceptional for her price, but let's also acknowledge the mid-tier performers who've accumulated throughout the season. Tamara Icardo (#12, FP: 60.2, cost: 125.1, just 17 tournaments) is quietly putting up solid numbers with fewer appearances than almost anyone else in the women's top 20 — the points-per-tournament rate is worth examining. Sofia Araujo (#9, FP: 53.4, cost: 128.3, 20 tournaments) has been Portugal's lone representative in the upper bracket and provides consistent, if unspectacular, returns. Claudia Jensen (#11, FP: 56.4, cost: 121.1) and Marta Ortega (#10, FP: 56.4, cost: 127.8) sit at identical FP scores with different price points — Jensen at 121.1 offers marginally better value per coin. Alejandra Salazar (#15, FP: 56.5, cost: 122.1) continues to accumulate at a rate that defies the conventional wisdom that she's past her best. At the lower end, Victoria Iglesias (#20, FP: 28.3, cost: 108.7, 18 tournaments) and Marina Guinart (#13, FP: 36.0, cost: 112.2) are budget picks who've struggled to convert consistent appearances into meaningful FP returns — and at this stage of the season, that's a concern you can't ignore.

Women

📈 Risers & Fallers

The riser conversation this season starts and ends in the same place: Martina Calvo. Eighteen years old. Two tournament wins in her first two events alongside Claudia Fernández. The youngest Premier Padel champion of all time. At 78.5 FP and 115.5 coins, she's being priced like a developing prospect when her results already speak to something bigger. Pair her with Fernández (86.0 FP, 181.7 coins) and you have a partnership that just won back-to-back titles in Düsseldorf and London — and reached the Pretoria final before that. On the men's side, Javier Leal (#16, FP: 46.3, 114.1 coins) is the riser who deserves your attention. A player ranked 16th in the world who ends up in the semi-final of Pretoria after beating Coello and Tapia — the same Coello and Tapia who hadn't lost a Premier Padel semi-final in nearly two years — is not a player you should be writing off as a bottom-of-the-barrel pick. Guerrero at 42.6 FP and 115.2 coins is in the same bracket: both are producing at a rate their price tags don't reflect.

The fallers are trickier to call because nobody is really declining so much as being left behind by the pace of the top. But let's be honest about a few names. Lucas Campagnolo (#15, FP: 25.4, cost: 87.0, 19 tournaments) and Javier Garrido (#19, FP: 25.1, cost: 91.9, just 17 tournaments) are producing at the absolute floor of what's acceptable for players eating up a squad slot. Edu Alonso (#18, FP: 26.6, cost: 111.5, 20 tournaments) is the most glaring cost-to-return mismatch in the entire men's top 20 — 111.5 coins for 26.6 FP across a full 20-tournament schedule is a problem. And in the women's bracket, despite the brilliant season narrative, Momo Gonzalez (#14 men, FP: 44.3, cost: 117.6) and Marina Guinart (#13 women, FP: 36.0, cost: 112.2) are both taking up spots that could arguably be generating better returns. The season's final tournaments, including the Tour Finals in Barcelona, will determine whether any of these players can salvage their fantasy value — but time is running out.

💎 Value

The single best-value conversation in the OutOfTheCourt men's game right now is Leo Augsburger (#6, FP: 61.2, cost: 119.7). He's the sixth-ranked player in the world, has already secured his spot at the Tour Finals in Barcelona, and his partnership with Lebrón has a 40–16 match record in 2026 with one title and multiple finals to their name. A cost of 119.7 coins for a player who's been in finals against the top seeds repeatedly this season? That's a steal. Alongside him, Javier Leal (#16, FP: 46.3, cost: 114.1) and Francisco Guerrero (#11, FP: 42.6, cost: 115.2) both look cheap relative to their demonstrated ceiling after Pretoria. Miguel Yanguas (#10, FP: 60.7, cost: 129.9) making the Madrid P1 final alongside Nieto is the kind of run that should make you reconsider mid-bracket picks entirely — 60.7 FP at 129.9 coins is a workable ratio, especially with the Kuwait Major and Finals still to come.

In the women's draw, Beatriz González is the pick of the season. Full stop. World number three, part of a pair that won five consecutive titles in spring and six overall, head-to-head leader against the number ones — and she's available at 141.7 coins while Triay (192.5) and Josemaría (191.3) and Sánchez (191.3) all cost 50 coins more. That gap makes no sense when the results are this close. She's at 90.6 FP across 20 tournaments, which translates to one of the highest per-tournament averages in the women's draw. Tamara Icardo (#12, FP: 60.2, cost: 125.1) also catches the eye as a budget pick: 17 tournaments played and 60.2 FP means a per-tournament average that competes with players costing far more. And Martina Calvo — we've already made the case, but 115.5 coins for two titles in your first two tournaments as a partnership is the definition of value that the market hasn't caught up with yet.

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