Playtomic says you're a 3.2, your club team calls you a 4, and a tournament in the US wants your WPR. Here's how the main padel ratings work and why their numbers don't line up.
The short version
- There is no single official padel rating. Apps, national federations and tours each run their own.
- Most app ratings use a 0–7 or 1–7 scale, but the same number can mean a different level on two different systems.
- A rating estimates how good you are. A ranking orders players by tournament points. FIP and most national federations publish rankings, not skill levels.
- Nobody publishes an official conversion between systems. Any conversion chart is an estimate.
The main padel rating systems at a glance
| System | Run by | Scale | How your number is set |
|---|---|---|---|
| Playtomic level | Playtomic (booking app) | 0–7 | A one-off questionnaire sets your start, then competitive match results move it |
| LTA Padel Rating | Lawn Tennis Association (Britain) | 1.0–7.0 in half steps | Written level descriptions; the top levels are tied to ranking positions |
| World Padel Rating (WPR) | WPR, used by the USPA and Canadian Padel Association | 0–21 | Calculated from logged match results |
| NPRP | Playbypoint (US club software) | 1.0–7.0 | Self-assessed to start, used for club ladders and matchmaking |
| FIP ranking | International Padel Federation | Points, not a level | Best tournament results over a rolling 52 weeks |
| PADLR. rating | PADLR. app | 0.0–7.0 | A short quiz sets a cautious start (capped at 5.0), then confirmed competitive matches move it |
Rating or ranking? The difference that confuses everyone
A rating tries to answer "how good is this player?". It goes up when you beat people it expected you to lose to and down when you lose to people it expected you to beat. It's built for matchmaking: finding a fair game.
A ranking answers "who has the best tournament results?". You collect points for how far you get in events, and those points expire after a set period. The FIP ranking that decides seeding at Premier Padel events works this way, and so do national rankings such as Italy's FITP categories and France's FFT rankings. A ranking tells you who has been winning, but it doesn't tell a social player what level game to book.
Most of the confusion about "padel levels" comes from mixing the two.
Playtomic level
Playtomic is the booking app most recreational players meet first, so its 0–7 level is the one people quote most. When you join, you answer a questionnaire once to get a starting level. After that, results in competitive matches move it, taking into account the levels of your opponents and your partner. Playtomic also shows a reliability percentage, which tells you how settled the level is. Some clubs run levelling sessions that give your level a head start on reliability.
LTA Padel Rating (Britain)
In Britain, the Lawn Tennis Association runs its own padel rating from 1.0 to 7.0 in half-point steps. Each level has a written description (around 4.0 is a player with a basic tactical understanding, 5.0 an experienced tournament player), and from 6.0 upwards the rating is linked to positions in the national ranking. The LTA also keeps separate rankings based on your best results over 52 weeks.
World Padel Rating (WPR)
WPR is an algorithmic rating on a 0–21 scale, calculated from logged match results. In North America it's the official rating of the United States Padel Association and the Canadian Padel Association, and tournament software uses it to decide who can enter level-based draws. Competitive and social matches are tracked separately. Because the scale runs to 21, a WPR number looks nothing like an app level on the 0–7 scale.
NPRP (National Padel Rating Program)
NPRP comes from Playbypoint, the booking and league software many US clubs use. It runs from 1.0 to 7.0 and starts from a self-assessment, which makes it quick to set up for club ladders and matchmaking. The trade-off is that a self-assessed number depends on players rating themselves honestly.
FIP and national federation rankings
The International Padel Federation ranks professional players by points from Premier Padel and FIP Tour events over a rolling 52 weeks. National federations do something similar for their own tournaments. These lists matter if you play sanctioned tournaments, but they aren't skill levels. Most amateur players will never have an FIP ranking, and that's fine: it says nothing about whether you'd enjoy a game against someone.
Can you convert one padel rating to another?
Not officially. No app, federation or tour publishes a conversion between systems, and the ones you'll find online are estimates. There are three reasons a straight conversion doesn't work:
- Different scales. 0–7, 1–7 and 0–21 can't be lined up by simple maths, because the steps aren't the same size.
- Different players. Each rating is calculated against the people who use that system. A 3.5 among one app's players isn't automatically a 3.5 among another's.
- Different inputs. Some numbers come from match results, some from self-assessment, some from tournament points.
A rough guide is fine for booking a first game. Just expect your number to settle somewhere different once you play rated matches on a new system.
Which padel rating should you care about?
- Social and club games: the level used by the app or club where you book. That's the number other players will look at.
- Tournaments: whatever the organiser uses for entry and seeding. That might be a federation ranking, the LTA rating in Britain or WPR in North America.
- Tracking your own progress: a rating built from your match results, not a one-off self-assessment, so the number reflects how you actually play.
Where the PADLR. rating fits
PADLR. is a rating built for players. It uses a 0.0 to 7.0 scale with six levels, from Total Beginner to Elite. A short skill quiz sets a cautious starting point (never above 5.0), and from then on your rating moves only with confirmed competitive matches. Each one counts the result, the score margin and how strong your opponents and partner are. A confidence ring shows how settled your number is, separately from the number itself.
If you already have a level from another system, you can enter it as your starting point instead of taking the quiz. Your results then take it from there.
Want a quick idea of where you'd start? Take the free 10-question padel level quiz. To find out what each level looks like on court, read the 0–7 padel rating scale explained. For the maths, see how the PADLR. rating system works.
Sources
Details of other systems are taken from their published guides, as summarised in these independent overviews (checked October 2026). Systems change, so check the official source before relying on a number for tournament entry.
- Padel levels explained: the 0–7 scale and rankings (Playtomic, LTA, FITP, FFT and FIP)
- Padel ratings explained: USPA, FIP, WPR and NPRP (WPR, NPRP, USPA and FIP)