In this article we will be looking back on our top selling discs from the final quarter of 2015 (October-December). Generally Q4 is when we start to see a lot of holiday shopping, so often the sales from this period are a good indicator of which discs were on disc golfers’ holiday wish lists. For the most part, we find many familiar names in the top charts, but there are a few surprises in each category, including a break in the overall top 3!

The big news here is the Dynamic Discs Judge jumping above the Gateway Wizard for the number three spot overall, and the number one putter spot. Last year the Judge was only the number nine disc overall for Q4. Innova maintains its dominance by holding half of the top ten, including the newly released Leopard3. There has been a lot of hype around the Leopard3, and only time will tell if this disc will hold its ground at the top of the sales charts.

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Top 10 Overall

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Discraft Buzzz
3. Dynamic Discs Judge
4. Gateway Wizard
5. Innova TeeBird
6. Innova Roc3
7. Innova Leopard3
8. Innova Valkyrie
9. Latitude 64 Pure
10. Latitude 64 River

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Innova continued its command over the Distance driver category. It seems fitting that the Innova Destroyer would finish the year at the top after Paul McBeth finished the year with another world championship and his first grand slam. It also would be hard to believe that these two are not related in some way. The MVP Inertia held its ground at number five, but the MVP Photon dropped out of the top 10, making room for one more Innova disc (Firebird).

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Top Distance Drivers

1. Innova Destroyer
2. Innova Valkyrie
3. Innova Boss
4. Innova Tern
5. MVP Inertia
6. Innova Wraith
7. Innova Beast
8. Innova Firebird
9. Innova Katana
10. Vibram Lace

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The Control Driver category got a pretty good shake up from the previous quarter, with four new discs jumping into the top ten (Leopard3, Diamond, Escape, and Trident). The Dynamic Discs Escape had one of its best sales quarters ever jumping into the nine spot. Perhaps the most interesting discovery here however is seeing the Latitude 64 Trident which was recently announced to be on its way out of production at number ten. Initially, it makes sense to chalk this up as Trident throwers stocking up on the disc while they can. Yet, if we look back on our previous articles we can find that the Trident was actually the number ten selling control driver in Q2 of 2015 as well. It will be interesting to see how the removal of the Trident and other trilogy discs will affect the sales numbers in 2016.

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Top Control/Fairway Drivers

1. Innova Teebird
2. Innova Leopard3
3. Latitude 64 River
4. Innova Leopard
5. Latitude 64 Saint
6. Innova Thunderbird
7. Latitude 64 Diamond
8. MVP Volt
9. Dynamic Discs Escape
10. Latitude 64 Trident

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The Midrange category continues to be ruled over by the highly popular Discraft Buzzz. The Innova Roc managed to jump the Dynamic Discs Truth for the three spot. The rest of the list looks pretty similar to Q3, except with the Discraft Buzzz SS and Dynamic Discs Verdict sliding into the bottom two rankings.

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Top Midrange Discs

1. Discraft Buzzz
2. Innova Roc3
3. Innova Roc
4. Dynamic Discs Truth
5. Innova Mako3
6. Discraft Buzzz OS
7. MVP Axis
8. Latitude 64 Claymore
9. Discraft Buzzz SS
10. Dynamic Discs Verdict

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There is a new sheriff in the Putt and Approach town. We are excited to see if the Dynamic Discs Judge will hold that spot throughout 2016, or if the Gateway Wizard or another will step up to challenge the Judge. The names in the top half of this category were pretty consistent with the previous quarter, but there was some shake up at the bottom, including the Prodigy PA-3 getting back into the top ten and the Innova Nova making its first appearance.

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Top Putt and Approach Discs

1. Dynamic Discs Judge
2. Gateway Wizard
3. Latitude 64 Pure
4. Innova Colt
5. Innova Aviar
6. Axiom Envy
7. Dynamic Discs Warden
8. Prodigy PA-3
9. MVP Anode
10. Innova Nova

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The top three plastics stayed the same again showing the strength of Innova. Latitude 64 Opto Line jumped ahead of MVP Neutron for the four spot. The rest of the names on the list stayed close to the same other than Axiom Neutron falling off the chart making room for Westside VIP to take the number ten slot.

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Top Selling Plastic Type

1. Innova Star
2. Innova Champion
3. Innova DX
4. Latitude 64 Opto
5. MVP Neutron
6. Latitude 64 Gold Line
7. Discraft Elite Z
8. Innova GStar
9. Dynamic Discs Lucid
10. Westside VIP

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