Padel is becoming more and more popular in France, and many French celebrities are getting into the sport (hello, Cyril Hanouna! ).
Heads up: we mean padel (the racket sport), not paddle (the board you take out on the water)! 😅
Here’s the latest padel ranking for October 2026 of French celebrities, along with their favourite padel racket for 2026.
➡️Check out: my ranking of the best padel rackets for 2026.
For example:
- Cyril Hanouna is ranked 307th French padel player in October 2026. He plays with the ➡️Adidas Metalbone Team Light 3.5 2026 padel racket
- Hatem Ben Arfa is ranked 800th. He plays with the ➡️Babolat Viper Juan Lebron 2026 padel racket.
- Jules Marie is ranked 29th (➡️Technifibre Curva Soft racket).
- Le Chiquiteur (Clément Filho) is ranked 32nd (➡️Babolat Air Viper 2.6 2026 racket)
- Romain Sichez has a ranking of 40th (Paloma Padel racket).
- Albano Padel (Alban Mounier) is ranked 568th (➡️Lok Maxx Hype Gen 2 Mike Yanguas 2026 racket)
- …⬇️see the other celebrities below⬇️
Feel free to get in touch to add or update this ranking of celebrity padel players: professional sportsmen and sportswomen, influencers, YouTubers…
French Padel Ranking of 52 Celebrities (October 2026)
| Célébrité (ordre alphabétique) | Occupation | Padel ranking October 2026 | Used padel racket* | Best ranking | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acherchour Walid | Sports commentator | 15000 | 2511 | 31 | |
| Ascione Thierry | Tennis player | 1500 | 1500 | 44 | |
| Ben Arfa Hatem | Soccer player | 800 | ➡️Babolat Viper Juan Lebron 2026 | 711 | 38 |
| Benneteau Julien | Tennis player | nc | 500 | 43 | |
| Bizot Pierre-Alexis (Domingo) | Content Creator | nc | 14732 | 30 | |
| Carrasso Cédric | Soccer player | nc | 11905 | 43 | |
| Chantôme Clément | Soccer player | 15000 | 7252 | 38 | |
| Cheyrou Benoit | Soccer player | 6852 | ➡️Babolat Air Veron 2.6 2026 | 1490 | 44 |
| Ciattoni Nicolas (Cartman) | Host | nc | 20626 | 47 | |
| Clergue Laura | Padel player | 30 | ➡️Bullpadel Vertex 05 Woman 2026 | 2 | 35 |
| Colazzina Rémy (Hola Los Padelistos) | Content Creator | 465 | 465 | 35 | |
| Collombon Alix | Padel player | 1 | ➡️Wilson Blade Pro V3 | 1 | 32 |
| Coupet Grégory | Soccer player | 8021 | 4396 | 52 | |
| Danic Gaël | Soccer player | 913 | 827 | 43 | |
| Delort Andy | Soccer player | 31708 | 31708 | 33 | |
| Deschamps Didier | Soccer player | nc | 16189 | 56 | |
| Di Pasquale Arnaud | Tennis player | 750 | 40 | 46 | |
| Douchez Nicolas | Soccer player | nc | 43317 | 45 | |
| Dulin Brice | Rugby player | 41297 | 21143 | 35 | |
| Fernandez Jérôme | Handball player | 8807 | 1223 | 48 | |
| Filho Clément (Le Chiquiteur) | Content Creator | 32 | ➡️Babolat Air Viper 2.6 2026 | 27 | 29 |
| Gilant Joffrey | Entrepreneur | nc | 201 | 30 | |
| Giuly Ludovic | Soccer player | 20562 | 11980 | 49 | |
| Gonalons Maxime | Soccer player | 12225 | 9110 | 36 | |
| Godallier Léa | Padel player | 2 | ➡️Nox Ventus Hybrid 12k Lite 2026 | 1 | 29 |
| Grenier Clément | Soccer player | 4363 | 4227 | 34 | |
| Hanouna Cyril | Host | 307 | ➡️Adidas Metalbone Team Light 3.5 2026 | 56 | 50 |
| Jallet Christophe | Soccer player | 7870 | 1175 | 41 | |
| Karabatic Nikola | Handball player | nc | 51238 | 41 | |
| Kretz Valentin | Real Estate Agent | 15000 | 6076 | 25 | |
| Lemoine Fabien | Soccer player | 3829 | 3282 | 38 | |
| Leygue Thomas | Padel player | 2 | ➡️Wilson Bela Pro V3 | 1 | 23 |
| Marie Jules | Padel player | 29 | ➡️Technifibre Curva Soft | 29 | 33 |
| Mandanda Steve | Soccer player | 1549 | 1389 | 40 | |
| Menez Jérémy | Soccer player | 59988 | 46475 | 39 | |
| Mounier Alban (Albano Padel) | Content Creator | 568 | ➡️Lok Maxx Hype Gen 2 Mike Yanguas 2026 | 536 | 27 |
| Omeyer Thierry | Handball player | 15000 | 3040 | 48 | |
| Orlinski Richard | Artist | 10000 | ➡️Bullpadel Neuron 02 Edge x Orlinski | 2398 | 69 |
| Paire Benoît | Tennis player | nc | 60 | 36 | |
| Piquionne Frédéric | Soccer player | 106678 | 31338 | 46 | |
| Pivot Xavier (Xari) | Content Creator | 25000 | 14946 | 32 | |
| Pouille Lucas | Tennis player | 92054 | 150 | 31 | |
| Poulain Léo | Padel player | 140 | ➡️Dunlop FX Pro 2026 | 109 | 26 |
| Servat William | Rugby player | 64982 | 18006 | 47 | |
| Seurin Julien | Padel player | 5 | ➡️Bullpadel XPLO 2026 | 4 | 27 |
| Sichez Romain | Tennis player | 40 | Paloma Padel | 40 | 35 |
| Sinama-Pongolle Florent | Soccer player | nc | 3708 | 40 | |
| Vachon Léo (MS Padel) | Content Creator | 3646 | ➡️Pallap Evoforce Dark Star | 3486 | 25 |
| Vieira Patrick | Soccer player | 121471 | 91930 | 49 | |
| Wiltord Sylvain | Soccer player | 4499 | ➡️Nox ML10 Ventus Control 3K 2026 | 1713 | 50 |
| Zapata Pizzaro Teodoro Victor | Padel player | 2 | 1 | 30 | |
| Zidane Zinedine | Soccer player | nc | ➡️Adidas Arrow Hit Carbon Control 2026 | nc | 53 |
Source: official FFT / TenUp ranking (October 2026)
Your questions about this padel ranking
Who Is the Best French Padel Player in October 2026?
The best French padel player in October 2026 is Dylan Guichard, ranked 71st in the world in the latest FIP world ranking (5 October 2026). Dylan plays with the ➡️Kuikma Power Pro racket.
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Updates:
- 7 October 2026: updated the October 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- 2 September 2026: updated the September 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- 10 August 2026: updated the August 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- 7 July 2026: updated the July 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- 4 June 2026: updated the June 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- 6 May 2026: updated the May 2026 padel ranking for 52 celebrities
- April 8, 2026: April 2026 padel ranking update for 52 celebrities
- March 27, 2026: Added the padel rackets used by French celebrities
- March 15, 2026: Jérémy Menez (international soccer player) added. Total: 52 celebrities
- 5 March 2026: updated the March 2026 padel ranking for 51 celebrities
- January 7, 2026: Update to the February 2026 padel ranking for 51 celebrities
- January 8, 2026: Added Patrick Vieira (international soccer player—coach); Maxime Gonalons (soccer player)
- January 7, 2026: January 2026 padel rankings updated for 49 celebrities
- December 3, 2025: Update to the December 2025 padel ranking for 49 celebrities
- November 5, 2025: Update to the November 2025 padel ranking for 49 celebrities
- November 3, 2025: “Chiquiteur” (real name Clément Filho) added (content creator)
- November 2, 2025: Added “Albano Padel” (real name Alban Mounier) (Instagram content creator)
- November 1, 2025: Added “Hola Los Padelistos” (real name Rémy Colazzina) (content creator)
- October 31, 2025: Steve Mandanda added (international soccer player—retired)
- October 18, 2025: Frédéric Piquionne (soccer player—retired) added
- October 17, 2025: Romain Sichez (former tennis player and current padel player) was added
- October 16, 2025: Addition of the top French padel player in 2025
- October 7, 2025: Update to the October 2025 padel ranking for 42 celebrities
- September 5, 2025: Added the padel rankings for Clément Grenier ( soccer player) and Fabien Lemoine (soccer player—retired)
- September 2, 2025: Update to the September 2025 padel ranking for 39 celebrities
- August 5, 2025: Updated padel rankings for 39 celebrities for August 2025
- July 11, 2025: Added the padel rankings for Benoit Cheyrou (soccer player—retired) and Christophe Jallet (soccer player—retired)
- July 6, 2025: Added the padel rankings for Cédric Carrasso (retired soccer player) and Brice Dulin (rugby player)
- July 3, 2025: Added the padel rankings for Nicolas Karabatic ( retired handball player) and Julien Benneteau (retired tennis player)
- 2 July 2025: updated the July 2025 padel ranking
- June 24, 2025: Added the rankings for French tennis player Benoît Paire, retired French tennis player Thierry Ascione, and sports commentator Walid Acherchour
- June 3, 2025: Added the ranking for host Cartman ( real name Nicolas CIATTONI)
- 3 June 2025: added the July 2025 rankings
- May 23, 2025: William Servat, former French international rugby player and coach of the French national team, was added
- 7 May 2025: added the June 2025 rankings
