The encyclopedia of collectible badminton racquets

Every racquet has a story

Price tracking, market data, and the stories behind the rarest Yonex models ever made. From the 1983 Carbonex to today's Astrox VA.

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110+
Racquets tracked
12
Series covered
1983–2026
Four decades

Biggest gains over retail

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Voltric
+660% vs retail
Voltric Z-Force II Legend Vision Lin Dan
VTZF2LLD · 2017 · Lin Dan
$2,888
MSRP $380
Voltric
+529% vs retail
Voltric LD Force Matte Black
VTLDF-MB · 2017 · Lin Dan
$1,888
MSRP $300
Astrox
+514% vs retail
Astrox 99 LCW Green/Purple
AX-99LCW · 2019 · Lee Chong Wei
$1,843
MSRP $300

Most valuable

Voltric Z-Force II Legend Vision Lin Dan Lin Dan
★★★★★ $2,888
Voltric LD Force Matte Black Lin Dan
★★★★★ $1,888
Astrox 99 LCW Green/Purple Lee Chong Wei
★★★★★ $1,843
Voltric Z-Force II LD White Lin Dan
★★★★★ $1,288
ArcSaber 10 Legend Vision Taufik Taufik Hidayat
★★★★★ $1,068

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Best on a wide screen
Atlas · Year by year
The macro view
Every Yonex racquet from 1983 to today, on one wide screen. See when each series launched, peaked, and retired.
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Atlas · 5-year eras
Era snapshots
What Yonex shipped each five-year period. Read each row as a snapshot of an era's full lineup.
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Timeline · Player careers
Side-by-side careers
Seven players, every racquet they ever used, plotted as parallel resumes. Lin Dan's 2017 cluster is the densest moment.
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