Best Disc Golf Fairway Drivers for 2024
Disc golf drivers can be broken down into two categories: Distance drivers and fairway drivers (also called ‘control drivers’). For longer shots most disc golfers reach for their distance drivers. For more controlled or technical shots, control drivers are the go-to type of driver. They have slightly slower speeds, more narrow rims, and are easier to throw at a speed that will allow shaping your shot.
Top Selling Fairway Drivers
Much like our Best Putters of 2024 and Best Distance Drivers of 2024, this week we will look at the Best Fairway Drivers of 2024. We’ll look at the top selling molds, the most popular brands, and the highest rated discs. Let’s start by checking out the top 50 according to Infinite Discs sales:
Infinite Discs took the top three spots on the list, rounded out with the third-place Centurion. One place in front of the Centurion is the popular understable fairway driver, the Sphinx. Taking the top spot by a sizable margin is the Infinite Discs Dynasty. The Dynasty represents over 6% of all fairway drivers sold, and is coming up on its two-year birthday (Approved Jan. 2022). It is a signature disc for a couple touring pros. Both Eric Oakley and Maria Oliva throw the speed 9 Dynasty.
Top Dynasty Plastics
Checking out the Dynasty sales we see that nearly one in four discs sold was in Signature Halo S-Blend. That is Eric Oakley’s signature disc. The second-most popular plastic is the more overstable C-Blend Glow. Third and fourth were close, with Signature Swirly S-Blend and C-Blend taking about 9 percent of the sales each.
Top Fairway Driver Brands
Although Infinite’s mold took all three spots of the podium, there were two other brands that had more discs in the top 50. Once again, Innova and Discraft are number’s one and two for the most molds, and combined they have 20 percent of the molds in the top 50. Innova is in first with a whopping 13 molds, nearly doubling Discraft’s seven molds. Infinite has 6 molds. Smaller brands such as Dino Discs and Finish Line joined Doomsday, Dynamic Discs, and Kastaplast, all having one mold in the top 50.
Highest Rated Fairway Drivers
Shifting from the best disc golf fairway drivers based on sales, we look at the highest rated fairway molds. Infinite Discs allows customers to rate individual discs and products to help other disc golfers see how other people feel about discs and accessories. If you would like to contribute YOUR reviews you can earn points that can be redeemed for gift cards.
A quick check of the highest rated fairway drivers and we see that the Infinite Discs Sphinx is the highest rated with 4.89 out of five stars. The second place Centurion is just a tick behind the Sphinx with 4.88. Taking third place for the highest rated fairway driver is the first mold from Thought Space Athletics, the Mantra. It has an average rating of 4.86. It’s easy to see why these three sell so many discs. Based on the reviews, people really love them!
Highest Rated Overstable Fairway Drive
Our website has two different classifications of Overstable. The “Overstable” classification is used for slightly overstable discs, while the “Very Overstable” classification is used for the real meat hooks of disc golf, those discs that are overstable for players of all abilities.
The highest-rated overstable fairway driver is a mold that has been part of the disc golf scene for a couple of decades. That mold is the Innova TeeBird. It tops the list with a rating of 4.76 out of five stars. Just behind the TeeBird is the second-place Discraft Raptor, with an average rating of 4.75. Discraft also holds third place with its slightly overstable Undertaker. The speed 9 Undertaker is rated 4.73
Highest Rated Stable Fairway Driver
Fairway drivers that have minimal high-speed turn and fade are considered ‘stable’. These discs can be shaped to suit the needs of a particular situation. The mold with the highest rating in this category is the Infinite Discs Centurion. The speed 7 Centurion has a little bit of turn at high speed, and a relatively mild fade at the end of its flight. It has an Infinite rating of 4.88, making it one of the higher rated discs of any category. In second place for fairway drivers is the Discmania Essence, rated at 4.79. A couple tenths behind the Essence is the Innova TL3. The TL3 is a faster version of the TL, which is a less overstable version of the TeeBird. It has an rating of 4.59
Highest Rated Understable Fairway Driver
Sometimes you need a bit more turn on your throws in order to either shape the shot you want, or keep turning over until you get a roller. In other words, you need something understable. Here is a list of some of the highest-rated molds that have a bit more understability in their flight.
Sitting at the top of the list as the highest rated and top selling understable fairway driver is Infinite Discs’ Sphinx. It is a flippy speed 9 disc that can definitely give you some turn in your flight. The Sphinx is rated at a whopping 4.89 out of five stars. Second place is another speed 9 mold, TSA’s Mantra. It is rated at 4.86. In third place with a pretty high rating is the Axiom Insanity. The Insanity is rated 4.71.
What are Your Favorite Fairway Drivers?
Let us know your favorites!
Those are our lists of the top fairway drivers with sales and ratings data. Let’s add to the data by hearing from YOU! Please answer one or more of the following questions:
1 – What is your favorite fairway driver?
2 – What is your favorite over/understable fairway driver?
3 – What do you think will be the best fairway driver for next year?
Let us know if the comments below.
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Drew H – Is favorite fairway driver is a TSA Votum. He likes its reliability.
Kevin M – Tops on his fairway list is the Latitude 64 Explorer
James V – He likes both the Birdie Strike and the Discmania FD
Morgan L – A disc golfer after my own heart, chooses the Infinite Discs Sphinx
Matt Y – He is bagging the Discmania FD
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Ted Hegemann
Ted is the Chief Writer at Infinite Discs. He is responsible for the State of Disc Golf Survey articles and most of the "best discs" posts. Ted runs all kinds of local disc golf leagues and tournaments and tournaments in Northern Utah.
I have three top fairway drivers that I use almost every round that I play.
Infinite Discs Centurion – I bag an I-Blend and a Gummy C-Blend. A great workhorse for wooded holes that have tight gaps.
Infinite Discs Sphinx – I bag a Metal Flake C-Blend. This plastic is more stable than other plastics. Used for control drives and shots to shape around trees.
MVP Terra – I bag two, one in Neutron for my go-to overstable drives and shots on wooded holes. The other is in Electron which is beat in to have a more natural flight that I love.
The Leopard 3 has been my go to on so many shots this year. Point and shoot and it will hold any line I throw on it.
1 – What is your favorite fairway driver? Innova Dark Rebel
2 – What is your favorite over/understable fairway driver? Overstable – Innova Eagle, Understable, Innova TL (DX)
3 – What do you think will be the best fairway driver for next year? Infinite Discs Centurion
My star Leopard 3 was probably my most used fairway with my tie dye Champion Teebirds being close second. I’m only one year into this sport and learning more about discs the faster I get.
1. Metal Flake Teebird
2. Catrina Allen Vortex / Orbit Glory
3. Whatever fairway Eagle throws
Sphinx baby!!
1 – What is your favorite fairway driver?
-my favorite fairway right now has gotta be my opto river
2 – What is your favorite over/understable fairway driver?
-my favorite over stable fairway is my big z raptor
3 – What do you think will be the best fairway driver for next year?
-I bet the Discraft cicada will be one of the top fairways next year
Favorite fairway is the Lucid Maverick.
Favorite flippy is the Opto Diamond.
What I think will be the best/best selling next year? Whatever is Eagles new signature Fairway.
Definitely, my favorite fairway driver lately has to be the Hawkeye! Favorite understable fairway driver has been the Stag, and favorite stable fairway has been the Bear. They are great complements to each other.
Best fairway driver is the s-line FD, it literally has it in the name
My favorite is Undertaker, no matter the plastic. My favorite understable one is the Innova Leopard3.
Teebird3 for me.The flatter the better.
teebird gstar
It’s hard to beat the Champ Teebird
Love the Axiom Insanity!!! It has great flight and fits well for my small hands. It’s the perfect understable disc in my bag and use it often
Nothing can beat a good Axiom crave
My favorite fairway is the Westside bear. The bear starts off pretty overstable but I have beat mine in to a hyzer-flip machine with incredible glide.
Hands down mine is was the centurion – so incredibly workable and an amazing woods disc. Easily my most thrown disc, love it in a metal flake glow plastic Runner up for me was the Exodus – a bit more stability and more reliable finish. Give me those two discs and a putter and I feel solid for most courses.
1 – What is your favorite fairway driver?
My favorite for 2023 was the Legacy discs Rival in Icon Plastic with a good dome. Flies more like a 7 5 -1 1 when you power up on it.
End of 2023 I discovered the Centurion, Sphyix And Dynasty in I blend. I would say the Centurion is moving up on my list of favorite fairway end of 2023 and moving into 2024.
2 – What is your favorite over/understable fairway driver?
Favorite understable is the Dynamiv Discs Deputy
Favorite over stable is Dynamic Fuzion Getaway
3 – What do you think will be the best fairway driver for next year?
For myself, I believe I will lean on the Dynasty as well as the Sphinx. I also want to try the Exodus which should fit well on my game.
My favorite understable- fairway atm would be the Cebturion if considered understable. I am also working in the DD Maverick.
If you haven’t tried the new discmania plastic you need to get around to it. The cd1 zetas moon is a great hyzer flip fairway
Thanks i will keep that in mind. I have 5 escapes in Fuzion and 2 dynastys in I blend I need to cycle through before I add another 9 speed on the bag. Thank you for the suggestion.