The Game Rating
Your skill number in Pickleball Game. It shows how well you do against our computer players.
It is not a DUPR rating or any other official rating.
The scale runs from 2.0 to 8.0. You see it to one decimal. The leaderboard shows two.
Each range has a skill name. We use USA Pickleball’s wording.
- 2.0 to 2.4: New.
- 2.5 to 2.9: Beginner.
- 3.0 to 3.4: Advanced beginner.
- 3.5 to 3.9: Intermediate.
- 4.0 to 4.4: Advanced intermediate.
- 4.5 to 4.9: Advanced.
- 5.0 to 5.4: Expert.
- 5.5 and up: Elite.
Every computer level has a fixed number. You are rated by how you do against them.
In singles, Low is 3.0, Medium is 4.0 and Hard is 5.9.
Yes. Doubles has its own rating and its own computer-level numbers. Your partner is a computer player too, which makes doubles against Low easier.
The leaderboard has a Singles tab and a Doubles tab.
New players start at 3.0. Your rating is Provisional until you have played enough.
- Winning counts. So does the share of points you take.
- The margin matters. 11-9 moves you less than 11-2.
- Beating a harder level is worth much more.
- A win never lowers your rating. A loss never raises it.
- Recent games count a bit more. The latest 60 games in each mode count.
- Games to 7 are practice and do not count. Games to 15 and 21 count more than games to 11.
- With movement assist or auto-swing on, the computer counts as 0.4 weaker.
A percentage that shows how far to trust your rating. It grows as you play games against levels close to your own.
It fades if you stop playing. About half of your game credit goes every 60 days.
Your rating does not drop while you are away. Your reliability does.
Under 60% your rating is Provisional.
Only up to a point. Beating Low over and over stops helping at about 3.9, just under Medium’s 4.0.
To go higher, beat Medium. That takes you up to about 4.8. After that, beat Hard.
You need three things in a mode:
- An account. Sign in free with your email at Sign in.
- At least 10 verified games in that mode.
- Reliability of 60% or more.
Guests can play and get a rating, but they are not listed.
The leaderboard shows all-time ratings by default. Climbers this week shows the biggest rating gains this week. You need 5 or more games that week.
If you stop playing for about six months, you drop off the board. You return when you play again.
Only games our server has verified. The game records your inputs. Our server replays the match and checks the score.
Edited scores are rejected. Your rating is worked out on the server, from verified games only.
The game
Yes. You play free in your browser. There is nothing to download.
No. You can play as a guest.
A free account saves your settings and match history. You also need one to be listed on the leaderboard.
No. The game needs a keyboard and a mouse. Arrow keys move you, and the mouse aims and hits.
The website pages, like this one, work on any device.
Not yet. For now you play against the computer in singles or doubles.
The Play online link in the footer opens a page where you can leave your email to hear when it opens.
The official 2026 USA Pickleball rules. That covers serving, the two-bounce rule, the kitchen, faults and scoring.
The rules page explains each one with a diagram.
Use the contact form. Choose Bug report, Feature request, Question or another topic.
Email [email protected]. The privacy policy explains what happens to your data.