4 irons tie as the strongest-lofted among low-handicap irons: Callaway Paradym, Cleveland HALO XL Full-Face Irons, PING i540 and 1 more, all at a 29° 7-iron.
All 508 irons with a 7-iron loft are ranked below, along with 9 more lists: weakest-lofted 7-iron, most offset at the 7-iron, least offset at the 7-iron, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, most upright lie, flattest lie, longest, shortest.
The irons whose published loft, offset and length put them in this handicap band — a DERIVED grouping from the specs, never a marketing claim off a product page, and the classifier declines rather than guessing where a category publishes nothing to read.
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.
Strongest-lofted 7-iron
— the top 25 of 508 clubs with a 7-iron loft
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
— the top 25 of 508 clubs with a 7-iron loft
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.
Most offset at the 7-iron
— the top 25 of 283 clubs with a 7-iron offset
How far the 7-iron leading edge sits behind the hosel, in inches, as the manufacturer publishes it. Offset helps square the face and is a design choice about who the club is for — it measures intent, never quality. A combo set stating two different offsets publishes no single figure and is left off.
Least offset at the 7-iron
— the top 25 of 283 clubs with a 7-iron offset
How far the 7-iron leading edge sits behind the hosel, in inches, as the manufacturer publishes it. Offset helps square the face and is a design choice about who the club is for — it measures intent, never quality. A combo set stating two different offsets publishes no single figure and is left off.
Widest loft range
— the top 25 of 508 clubs with two or more lofts
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
— the top 25 of 508 clubs with two or more lofts
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
— the top 25 of 505 clubs with a lie angle
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
— the top 25 of 505 clubs with a lie angle
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
— the top 25 of 466 clubs with a length
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
— the top 25 of 466 clubs with a length
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 — 160 of the 513 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 1982 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1983 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 1984 | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 1985 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1986 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1987 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 1988 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1989 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1990 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1991 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1992 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1993 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1994 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1995 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1996 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 1999 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2000 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2001 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2002 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2003 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2004 | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 2005 | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2008 | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 2010 | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 2011 | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 2013 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 2015 | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 2016 | 0 | 0.0% | |
| 2017 | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 2018 | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 2019 | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 2020 | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 2021 | 14 | 8.8% | |
| 2022 | 17 | 10.6% | |
| 2023 | 11 | 6.9% | |
| 2024 | 24 | 15.0% | |
| 2025 | 22 | 13.8% | |
| 2026 | 25 | 15.6% |
Who makes them
The 17 brands with the most, of 19 with at least one iron on record. Each brand with its own boards links to them, where its line is ranked against itself and never against another maker's.
| Brand | irons | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Titleist | 91 | 17.7% | |
| Tour Edge | 80 | 15.6% | |
| Callaway | 55 | 10.7% | |
| New Level | 42 | 8.2% | |
| Mizuno | 36 | 7.0% | |
| PING | 35 | 6.8% | |
| TaylorMade | 34 | 6.6% | |
| Miura | 30 | 5.8% | |
| Wilson | 24 | 4.7% | |
| Cobra | 19 | 3.7% | |
| Srixon | 15 | 2.9% | |
| Sub 70 | 15 | 2.9% | |
| Takomo | 8 | 1.6% | |
| Ben Hogan | 7 | 1.4% | |
| Cleveland | 6 | 1.2% | |
| Honma | 5 | 1.0% | |
| PXG | 4 | 0.8% |
2 more brands have at least one iron on record and no board of their own — a brand needs 12 clubs publishing one figure before it gets one. Every one of them is in the club search.