8 irons tie as the strongest-lofted among XXIO irons: XXIO 14 Irons, XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set, XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set and 5 more, all at a 28° 7-iron.
All 17 irons with a 7-iron loft are ranked below, along with 7 more lists: weakest-lofted 7-iron, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, most upright lie, flattest lie, longest, shortest.
Every XXIO iron on record, ranked against each other and never against another maker's. A brand cut compares a line with itself: it answers "the most offset iron Ping publishes", and it cannot be read as a claim that one manufacturer out-specs another.
Each figure is ranked from both ends — strongest and weakest, most and least — over the same clubs, and each list counts only the clubs that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Loft, lie, offset and bounce are fitting specifications — a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name, not a better one, and neither end of any list here is the good end. How this is worked out.
Who they are built for
The 17 irons by handicap band — DERIVED from published loft, offset and length by the same classifier the fitting uses, never taken from a maker's marketing copy. A club whose category publishes nothing to read keeps its own row rather than being sorted into a band nobody computed.
| Handicap band | irons | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid handicap | 6 | 35.3% | |
| High handicap | 11 | 64.7% |
Strongest-lofted 7-iron
— all 17 clubs with a 7-iron loft
| # | Club | 7-iron loft |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 14 Irons | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 28° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 28° |
| 9 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 28.5° |
| 10 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 29° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 29° |
| 12 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 12 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 30° |
| 12 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 12 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 12 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 12 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 30° |
The published loft of the 7-iron, the row every iron spec table centres on. Lower is stronger, and a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name — not a better one, and not a longer set: the 28° 7-iron and the 34° 7-iron are different numbered clubs sold under the same number. Models publishing no 7-iron row are left off.
Weakest-lofted 7-iron
— all 17 clubs with a 7-iron loft
| # | Club | 7-iron loft |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 1 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 30° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 30° |
| 7 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 29° |
| 7 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 29° |
| 9 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 28.5° |
| 10 | XXIO 14 Irons | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 28° |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 28° |
The published loft of the 7-iron, the row every iron spec table centres on. Lower is stronger, and a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name — not a better one, and not a longer set: the 28° 7-iron and the 34° 7-iron are different numbered clubs sold under the same number. Models publishing no 7-iron row are left off.
Widest loft range
— all 17 clubs with two or more lofts
| # | Club | loft range |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 35° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 35° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 35° |
| 4 | XXIO 14 Irons | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 34° |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 34° |
| 13 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 32° |
Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.
Narrowest loft range
— all 17 clubs with two or more lofts
| # | Club | loft range |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 32° |
| 6 | XXIO 14 Irons | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 34° |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 34° |
| 15 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 35° |
| 15 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 35° |
| 15 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 35° |
Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.
Most upright lie
— all 17 clubs with a lie angle
| # | Club | lie angle |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO 14 Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 62.5° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 14 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 62° |
| 14 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 62° |
| 14 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 62° |
| 14 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 62° |
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Flattest lie
— all 17 clubs with a lie angle
| # | Club | lie angle |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 62° |
| 1 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 62° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 62° |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 62° |
| 5 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO 14 Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 62.5° |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 62.5° |
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Longest
— all 17 clubs with a length
| # | Club | length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 14 Irons | 37.5" |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 37.5" |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 37.5" |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 37.5" |
| 5 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 37.3" |
| 5 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 37.3" |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 37.3" |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 37.3" |
| 5 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 37.3" |
| 10 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 37" |
| 10 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 37" |
| 10 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 37" |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 36.5" |
| 13 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 36.5" |
| 15 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
| 15 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
| 15 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.
Shortest
— all 17 clubs with a length
| # | Club | length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 12 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
| 1 | XXIO XXIO 13 Ladies Irons | 36.3" |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO 14 Ladies Irons | 36.5" |
| 4 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Ladies Irons | 36.5" |
| 6 | XXIO 9 Iron Set | 37" |
| 6 | XXIO X Black Iron Set | 37" |
| 6 | XXIO XXIO X Irons (2022) | 37" |
| 9 | XXIO Prime 11 Iron Set | 37.3" |
| 9 | XXIO Prime 12 Iron Set | 37.3" |
| 9 | XXIO XXIO 12 Irons | 37.3" |
| 9 | XXIO XXIO 13 Irons | 37.3" |
| 9 | XXIO XXIO 14+ Irons | 37.3" |
| 14 | XXIO 14 Irons | 37.5" |
| 14 | XXIO XXIO 14 Irons | 37.5" |
| 14 | XXIO XXIO Prime Irons | 37.5" |
| 14 | XXIO XXIO Prime Royal Edition Irons | 37.5" |
Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.
When they launched
Model year, where the record carries one — 11 of the 17 in this cut. A model year is when a club launched, not when it was designed or when it left the shops. Each year with enough clubs behind it links to that year's own boards.
| Model year | irons | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 2023 | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 2024 | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 2025 | 6 | 54.5% |