Top 5 Blades of 2025 | Best Players Irons Ranked

We put the best players irons of 2025 head-to-head to see which blade truly deserves the crown. If you’re a gear junkie, a low handicapper, or just curious about what the pros play, this is the ultimate showdown.

From classic forged designs to modern tech-packed blades, we tested and ranked the Top 5 Players Irons of 2025 so you know which ones are worth gaming this season.

Clubs Tested in This Video:
Srixon ZXi7
Titleist T-Series (T100, T150, T200)
Callaway X Forged
PXG 0317 T
Cobra King CB
Miura KM-700
TaylorMade P7TW
Ping Blueprint S
Mizuno Pro 243
Mizuno Pro S-1
Wilson Staff CB

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Man, are they awesome. These are awesome golf clubs. Good spin for me. That’s high spin. Nice and spinny for me. Good descent, good launch, good power. Top five players irons. There are so many more than five. This video is not for the faint of heart. We It’s not for us. Are average golfers doing reviews for average golfers. This is a video that’s really not for average golfers. But what happens when you put the best hardest to hit clubs in guys like ours hands and which one’s the best? These are the clubs you dream about gaming but know you shouldn’t. Let’s go. We got the T100 T150. Obvious candidate. Another obvious candidate. One of the best irons on tour. The Stricks ZXI7. I have the Wilson CBS. I’m an 11 handicap. Not as good as Tate. And you have what are those? The blades. Yeah, the blades. Brand new. I haven’t even hit them. The X Forge by Callaway. The PXG0317T. See, that one’s going to be more like a P770 kind of. Mura KM700. Boy, this a fan favorite. Scotty Shuffler’s Club. The Tiger Woods Club. Well, it’s really Tiger Woods Club. What do we got here? Oh, the Ping Blueprint. The Cobra CB. the Mazuno 243 and brand spanking new Mazuno S1. Now, if you’re going off just looks, give me your number one. It’s got to be the S1. Got to be. No. My two favorite looking are these two right here in the whole KM700s and the TWWs. Elimination. You eliminate, we get down to our top five, we hit them, we rank them. So, this is their endo forging, which is what Strixon used to be. Japanese forgery at its finest. I love it. I stinking love that thing. Hold on. I’ll call him. Hey guys, we’re going to need Trevor full new Callaway set. Make them. This is my set. Oh, they’re already made. I’m not taking this out yet. I’m thinking about eliminating the PXG. These are foam filled. Yeah. So, they’re they’re more like a 770. And I think everything else on that table’s going to feel better when well struck. You know what you said? said, “How dare you to me? How dare you call it foam?” It’s called X Core, buddy. No, no, quantum core. Oh, Xcore was Gen 6. Quantum physics. You didn’t even put the Tacomaomas in a bag. Uh, let the record show you put those like that. Okay. The PXG is going in with the pile. The pile of Tacomaomas. Yeah. I don’t I don’t like it. This might be the hardest top five we’ve ever done. I don’t know what to eliminate. The Cobra. Honestly, the Cobra needs to go. I think you’re right. Let me just hit one. just doesn’t have the same benefits as anything else on the table. Oh, this is one of my favorite iron sets I’ve ever played. Look at that descent, dude. That bad boy went up and touched the heavens. You played your strixons way better. The strix is way better in that club, but I’m not throwing this one. Dare I say it already? Should I hit the KM700’s? I think price eliminates it. Carbon forge steel. One of the softest clubs on the table. I don’t love the top line as much as the other ones. Don’t get me wrong. I like curves. Oh, okay. So, yeah, let’s let’s get rid of it. See, this is what happens. You get a guy my skill level trying to hit these clubs sometimes. Seen it a million times. Same thing. I’m not throwing that in the pile. No, that doesn’t deserve the pile. I just eliminated the mirror. See, the mirror doesn’t have enough going on in it. I think these others have some better technology. See, I think you could eliminate the TWW for the same reason as we just did the K. Tungsten waiting in the toe. It does, but it’s just it’s a bigger What’s unique about the TWW is it’s a bigger blade. Yeah, it’s long heel to toe. Let me just see. I think just price-wise. Yeah. I mean, it’s a lot more expensive. No. God. No. Just dead. Dang it. Just dead dog. All right. Put it back on the table. Let me try the ping. Try the ping. Okay. Okay. We can only have, in my opinion, we can only have one Mazuno on the table. I agree. More people are going to fit into the 243. Yes. Let me just try the 243. I I like the 243. We sell a lot of them. Our guys that are low single digits, even the the some plus guys are just they they drool over those. Oh, it is soft. You put a good swing on that, too. Okay. Brand new. Literally showed up today. The Mizuno S1. That is a small iron head. Holy crap. Talk to me. I mean, I I closed the face down on it. Feel butter. Like the softest on the table? Could be. Try and hit my normal fade. Just hitting tight draws. Is the feel superior enough to get rid of the 243? I don’t think so. What do we know staying without even touching it? Stricks. Strixons. Stricks and the T- series and the TWWs. And the T- series. Yes. Titleist Stricks on. This is the one of the most winningest irons on tour. Yes. It’s one of the only clubs on the table that’s going to be one of the softest combined with the most stable and still a blade like And when Trevor says stability, it that I mean that involves a lot of things. waiting, forgiveness, twistiness. Yes. And for that almost exact same reason, you could go with the Titus T series. Yes. And the combinations of the T100s and 150s that you can put together. Oh, you know, when it’s not struck well, it doesn’t feel good. That’s most of these clubs, unfortunately. Yeah, it is soft. Okay. Man, and then there were seven. Does like to go left on you. It’s so small, dude. It’s so easy to flip it shut. That one appeared. Felt really good. We have seven on the table. I think you’re right. I think we need to get Mizuno down to one. I think we get rid of the 243 for now. Okay, do it. What’s that leave us with? Seven. We still got seven. I think this has got to go. One of the best looking irons, but I just don’t think it’s got great tech there, too. But we got to it’s got to be five. We got to get it to five. Let me just hit it. Did you know like Wilson clubs are the only club that has won on tour in every decade for like the last seven decades? Really? All right. If you stick the green, we’ll keep it. I’ll be honest, this is a great feeling club. Tate. Okay. Put it back on the table. Get rid of this. The blueprint. Yep. I don’t know. tape. Try another one. That felt really good. Not a bad club. Think he’s between this and the Callaway. Okay, so the blueprint’s gone. Yeah, that is phenomenal feeling. That is awesome club. Okay, but that still puts us at six. We need to get rid of one. Can’t have a top five with six. I think you’re right. It’s got to be the Wilson. That Callaway is just coming on strong. T-Series, TWWs, Wilson Mazuno S1, Srixon ZXi7, and the Callaway X Forged. I think it’s between these two. I think the Wilson these are the four best blades in golf on the table. Yes, I think the Wilson’s got to go. It’s either Wilson or Callaway and you tell me which one you think is going to I just personally might get eaten alive in the comment section, but this is feeling incredible. Honestly, we’re getting a lot of phone calls for that iron. Seriously? Yeah. People want fitting heads for it. We just don’t have them yet. Okay, that gives us five. Now, do we need to hit to rank? Yep. What do you want? Five shots of each with data. Tiger Woods TWW line. I’ve actually game these. They’re definitely not as bad as they look. When you miss them, they they’re going to lose 10 yards easy and some feeling in your fingertips. Try to keep that one out right. Not the softest of the bunch. When pured they can be, but I don’t think anybody would say pure to pure it’s the softest. Except for Scotty and Tommy. You got to get rid of that left miss. See, that’s the real chunky one. I’ll sneak up on you. In their defense, this and the S1 are the only true blades on the table. Did I say that already? They are the true I don’t know if you did. The other ones Oh my gosh. are going to give you some help. Data is only half of it though. You have to you have to have your personality in it too. No, not today. Was that me? Was I talking? No, that was me hitting. Which one of these like just unbiasedly without hitting it do you most attract to? TWW. Yep. [Music] I’ve spent many a time comparing these against gamers. One v one battles. Oh boy. This never came out the victor, huh? No, we’ve been trying for a couple years to get your Shrixons out of the bag. Yeah. Oh, thinny. See, that’s the problem with me. I think they’ll have one of the worst dispersions of the bunch. See, if I could just do that every time, but you can’t. And that’s why. Thanks, boss. Do you guys notice I’m wearing my Green Bay Packer polo today? Michael Parsons is coming to town, baby. Yeah, he is. S1’s. Oh, you’re starting with both the blades, huh? O D. The bladies of the blades. Probably the softest when struck correctly. Just like that. About 50 yards short of the green. You came up to put on a show today. That’s what you you put on your pants today and you said, “I’m putting on a show.” A stripe show. I can’t reach the green out the gate. Don’t love them. I think they’re just too much club for me above my pay grade. Oh, that one felt good. Oh, see if you could do that every time you game those. When you do that, it’s a best feeling club man made by men. Mr. Mazuno himself. Was he a person? Mr. Mazuno. That’s Mr. Meera. I know Mr. Mera. I just assume Mizuno started the same way. You’re getting your Japanese screwed up. You’re getting them flip-flopped. What does Mizuno mean? Is that like a Japanese word? Well, there’s softball before golf, I running shoes like who knows what what came first. Let us know in the comment section. Where did Mizuno start? Mr. Mazuno was a runner. Long distance force Gump style. I don’t even know if he’s Japanese. I don’t think there is a Mr. Mazuno. I’ll show you Mr. Mazuno right here. I’m starting to come on to these clubs. Tate really am. Sit down, baby. When struck well, better feeling than the TWWs. Yeah. Honestly, I I think I haven’t even hit it. And I think you’re right. I’m not gonna lie. All I’m thinking about is our next video. It’s just straight anxiety. Alex 224. I don’t even know what to hit. The bomb is where it gets real. Catch this slope. All right. That’s That’s one time. This is a small top line. Yeah, that felt really good. See, it’s short, but I pured it. Well, it’s not a strong lofted eater either. It’s a 34°. That’s a true which will help with spin. You can see that and descent. Okay, that’s a tow miss. And it felt like I hit a rock. You could It sounded like it. Well, it hurt. You know, an 11 handicapper like me, I might be able to get away with it in a seven iron. There’s no way I’m hitting that in a 5 iron. That’s a thin miss. So, raw eye test. You like it better or worse than the TWW? Oh, it’s not good compared to the TWW, I don’t think. See, I kind of like that better. I didn’t hit the TWWs. Great. This feels better when you pure it. It does. It’s softer. Yeah. I’m about 5 yards shorter in carry. My seven iron is about 174. Okay, that might be the best shot, though. Xforged Callaway. Now you’re speaking my language. Oh my gosh, Tate. It is just It is just talking to me. Oh, maybe it’s time to change. You are a Callaway fanboy. I’ve always said that. I see. I don’t want that many Callaways in the bag. You already have too many. I have two. How many do you have? Two. That’s too many. And I know Xander Schoffley watches our videos and he’s sitting at home getting irritated with me. So I’m sorry, Xander, but everyone is middle of the face. Oh my god. I don’t do that very often. Oh, it sounded like somebody’s femur snapped. It did. That’s a snapped femur. I mean, you know that sound without even seeing it. That could have happened to any club. We’re gonna have to figure Yeah, if you did that with the the Cleveland zip cores, it’s gonna do that. Oh, I felt it. Oh, not very controlled though. But they’re like a bullet. I guarantee they have the fastest ball speed. Man, are they awesome. These are awesome golf clubs. Good spin for me. That’s high spin. Nice and spinny for me. Almost 6,000. I know it’s not high spin, but for me it is. Good descent, good launch, good power, good feel. Why you talking like Kevin from the office? Me. Good math. All right, let’s see if I like these as much as Trevor. Dude, these are heavy. Holy crap. They’re a little heavy. You are so much stronger than me. No, it’s just longer. So it makes makes the swing weight worse. You’re just kind of stuck hitting mine. You don’t have a fitted set of these. No. Nor will I think you’re pulling them left cuz the toes up. Maybe I don’t mind that ball flight. You got to admit they’re soft though. They are very soft. Holy cow. They do seem a bit uncontrolled for you. They don’t feel bad. The top line is small. Okay, my last shot here. Everybody’s always like, “There’s no way that guy’s a single digit handicap.” When you’re reviewing clubs and you’re just hitting shot after shot after shot, it’s hard to stay focused and dialed in, don’t you think? Yeah. It’s like being at the driving range. Yeah. So, let me see if I can envision a shot. I’m going to hit my normal swing. It’s like me when I’m at the drive. If someone’s watching me at the driving range, they’re like, “There’s no way that guy’s an 11.” Yeah. Then I get on the golf course and like there’s still no way that guy. That’s that toe being up. It’s fake. I don’t love that club for it now. It’s not fitted for you, but No, but I that that’s the exact shot I was trying to hit. I pulled it a hair, but I’m still on the green. So, I think the top two You saved the top two for last. Yeah, I did. Cuz nothing is more stable combined with as good a feeling as these next two. ZXI7 time, baby. You want to know something crazy is being a strix on fanboy? Yep. I have not gamed the new strixons out on the golf course yet. You’re kind of like Clay Matthews in like 2016. Just battling injury, struggling through some stuff. Yeah. Oh no. Disgusting. Now this is the chunkiest of all of them. Yeah. But it has a lot of tech. Oh, talk to me. See, like that is beautiful. Yeah, you’re right. It is beautiful. Now, this might be the softest. No, it’s not as soft as the Mizuno. Maybe. See, that’s my miss. I got to get rid of that miss. You got to stop that miss. That’s what happens when you get your swing better. Still well struck, though. That’s why I prefer being over the top four or five degrees, dude. Yeah, this club is awesome. Dunk. Again, a little strong lofted compared to the other ones. 32° main frame though, ultra stable. That new forging process makes it, I think, borderline as soft as this Mazuno. Oh, hold that. Felt good, though. See, when Trevor says it’s the thickest top line, he’s right. But we are also talking about a table of blades. Blades. So, like this is still a small club head. This is not a big clunky club head by any means. Little towy, but look how forgiving that is. Holy cow. See, that might be the softest iron on the table. That’s what I was saying. It kind of competes with the It’s as soft as a Mazuno, but I mean, it has as good a steel as a Mizuno, but way more stable. And this is where I keep getting battled with is we get like the T100s and they’re phenomenal. We get the TWWs and they feel great. We get the Mazunos and they feel great. But I cannot beat something forgiveness wise than these. Which is why they’re still in the bag. And they combo set beautifully. Yes. Yeah. Trev. Yeah. I don’t think I need five on this. I do say they’re a little softer than the Callaways, but those Callaways are jumping off the page to me though, brother. They are jumping. Oh my gosh, those last few have just been butter. Yeah. Now going to tidalist. Just like ultra stable, very soft and just like strixon 2. Combo set beautifully. Now they are not as soft as Stricks though, right? Sticks on softer. Top line is more attractive here though. See that is terrible struck. Very forgiving though. Look at that. Short, but that was very But on the course you’re taking that. Yeah. Do you think these are more forgiving than strict? They could be, man. That tungsten waiting is no joke. That’s two terrible, terrible shots. 190 yard par three, though. You’re still greenside on both of them. Got the lefts with these. There you go. Little thin. No, that’s perfect. They go further. Yeah, I agree. They go further. They definitely come off the face hotter. [Music] Did I hit too many? Yeah, it’s all right. You were just in a rhythm. Titalist T100s. This I think I love the matte silver finish as opposed to the glossy TWW. That’s the only thing I think I like better about this than the TWW is this has that matte top line. Gosh, they look so good. And when they feel like that, that’s hard to beat. 175 carry. That’s my seven iron. That’s what I want every day. Oh my gosh. Careful. Oh, that hurt, Trev. Yeah, they’re good. They’re really good. I can’t tell if it’s the clubs or the guy that built them. They’re not quite as soft, huh? I built them. No, not as soft, but consistent. Like I yanked that one. I felt like I yanked it and I did 10 yard pull. Oh, fat. See how forgiving it is. I lost 14 yards. When we look at the data, we need to include every mishit except except my hazle. Your huzzle rocket I will allow to come out. 73 yards. Right. Blindly, I’m thinking the TWWs performed the worst, followed by the S1’s. Then I’m going to go Callaway. Titalist perform titalist went the furthest, but I think the best dispersion is probably going to be the Stricksson. Okay. Ready? Yeah. Bingo bongo. Dispersion is terrible on all of them except yellow. Oh, the X forged. Oh wow. Callaway fanboy strikes again. X Forge had by far the best ball speed and I mean your distance dispersion was great minus the best spin too. Holy cow. What’s second best second best ball speed was the 150. The 150 and your launch was the best with the 150. Nice and high. Came in a little weird strix on in there. Look how big that Stricks circle is. 92. That very first one. Oh, there you go. Now look at your stricks on. Yeah, that one horrific mish hit. So if you take that out, the two worst were going to be the TWW and S1. Granted, they’re the least forgiving and I’m an 11 handicap. Probably not going to play those. So I kind of knew it was up to the other three. So is Callaway then you’re going to get? No. I mean, it did feel really good, though. You want to rank them by the date or you going to put your personal opinion in there, too? Both. I’m going to do both. I’m gonna go number five and not because it’s the fifth worst, but for my skill level in the context of me, Trevor. Trevor’s top five. Not the general what I would rate for the general population. I have no business playing the S1. That’s clearly number five for me. Number four, again, for me, has to be the TWWs. Three, I’m going to go X Forged even though it’s the best stats. Oh, I couldn’t agree more. And the only reason Stricks as an 11 handicap, Stricks and Titalist are going to be one and two is because of being able to combo set. So in my in my titleist bag, I have this my five and 600 titles 22 250s. Really easy to hit. Yeah. And people will say you can put the Apex and stuff in there, but it’s not the same feeling as the forged. That forged has separated itself from the rest of Callaway’s lineup pretty far. And then with Srixon, of course, I’m going to go with the ZXI5s in the top of the bag. Five and sixiron ZXi5s and then seven through pitch going to be ZXI7s. I’m going to go still go T-150s number two. Stricks number one. I love it. Now, if we’re playing if I was actually hitting the 243s or the 245s and the Mazunos, those would be ranked much lower. Yeah. But for the straight blade, it’s got to go to the top for me. Now, a two or three handicapper might rank these totally different, but that’s how I’m ranking it. For me, I think the best two are going to be the T1 100s and the CXI7s. I those those are both just very forgiving. They I’m a 2.5 or something right now. Realistically, I think I’m like a four or five. Don’t you think, Trevor? I’ve just had a series of really good rounds. Um, no. I’d say realistically, you are what your real handicap is, which is a 2.5. Really? I appreciate that. If we were really going apples to apples on the ZXI7 and the T100’s, the apples to apples Mazuno club is the 243. Yes. Yes. For the sake of the brand new one that showed up before we shot this, we threw the S1 in there. So, if you’re a Mazuno guy, don’t eliminate it. Just go to the 243. 243 241 245. The the whole lineup. S3. No, the 241 I think is the same as the S1. Yeah, I agree. That’s true. Okay. I made a mistake by making the XForgged and the ZXI7’s way too close to the colors. Okay, but look at this. Based on this, we have the ZXi7 is the tightest. Little pink circle in there. And then second, you have the T100’s, then the TWWs. The S1 is actually pretty good. Yeah, by far the worst is the X Forged. No, not by the numbers. It’s the best spin and hottest club off the face. Yeah, but look at the dispersion. Well, yeah, dispersion wise. But Trevor was right. There’s something in that XForge Callaway that that gives it speed. I like it. It’s picking up some speed. Okay, look at my spin is all almost exactly the same. So, my ZXI7 is the worst spinning but highest launching. See, if you’re struggling with this, if you wanted a little extra yard is that the Titalist is just a touch hard tick hotter. I think it is my worst carry was the S1, but Trevor, like Trevor mentioned, that’s 34 loft. That’s that S spin. Let’s rank them top five after seeing the data, after hitting them, the feel. Let’s go number five. The Callaway Forged. Let’s do that at number five. You sound depressed about it. Yeah, it’s just, you know, it made the top five. It’s a great club, but it’s still Callaway. Number four, let’s do the S1. Although the data shows it was good, the misses were it was it’s a brutal club. That’s that I’m just not good enough for that club. My ball striking isn’t there. Number three, let’s go the TWWs. The TWWs. Number three. Then number two, I’m going to go T100’s. And that is a close like it’s it almost is a 1A 1B between over the T100s just cuz the Shrixons are softer just because of that softness. And I haven’t quite punish those T100s to see how they are on forgiveness. But if they can keep up forgiveness-wise, they might it might go to number one. But I think two is T100’s, one is ZXi7s purely because that forgiveness in the soft feel. That’s my top five. Let us know in the comment section what your top five would be. Let us know if you would even put Callaway up there. Mhm. Go ahead. I didn’t I I was waiting for you to wrap it up. You leaned your face forward. I thought you were going to say something. I was just looking around. Oh, thanks