Why the Mamba Is Suddenly Everywhere (Feb 13, 2026)

Top-ranked discs on Friday February 13, 2026

The Buzzz is still #1 on Feb 13, 2026, and at this point I half suspect it comes free with a driving licence. According to the latest DiscList rankings, it has now held the top spot for 16 weeks. That is not hype, that’s habit. People don’t buy a Buzzz to feel interesting, they buy it to feel competent.

But the week’s headline act is the Innova Mamba. It has vaulted from #16 to #2, and it did it with the shameless confidence of a disc that knows exactly what most of us want. Not purity. Not some heroic, torque-resistant meat hook. We want a disc that makes our after-work form look like it had a warm-up.

The Mamba’s numbers read like a charming liar: speed 11, glide 6, turn -5, fade 1. In plain English, it promises you distance on a budget, and right now golfers are taking that deal. When people are a bit rusty, the under-stable stuff sells because it offers a shortcut to a satisfying flight. You get the swoosh. You get the story. You also get to tell your mates it was ‘a bit nose-up’, which is the disc golf equivalent of blaming the lighting in a photo.

And if the Mamba is the week’s sugar rush, the Sidewinder is the sensible vice. It has slithered from #46 to #10, which is a ridiculous jump for such an old friend. That rise screams, “I’m tired of pretending I throw a Destroyer like Calvin.” The Sidewinder is the disc you buy when you want shape without self-harm. It’s also the answer to winter fairways, wet footing, and the quiet realisation that you would rather be in the middle than in the bushes filming a scramble for Instagram.

Up at the sharp end, the Hex climbs from #5 to #3. It’s the sort of midrange people recommend with evangelical certainty, because it makes ordinary releases look as though they were rehearsed. The Crave drops from #2 to #4, which feels less like rejection and more like the bag rotating duties. Meanwhile the Wraith surges from #10 to #5, reminding everyone that “reliable overstable distance” never goes out of fashion, it just waits patiently until you stop trying to be clever.

There’s also a lovely little wave of nostalgia running through the Top 15. The Teebird 3 jumps from #21 to #8. The Mako 3 climbs from #13 to #7. The Firebird bumps up to #14. These aren’t new crushes, they’re long-term relationships. When players get fed up with novelty, they return to discs with reputations, because reputations are a form of insurance.

Not all reunions are happy, mind you. The Envy falls from #6 to #84, and the Proxy from #18 to #96. That looks like a collective spring clean, the sort where you keep one putting mould and stop pretending you’re a ‘putter person’ with a spreadsheet.

So yes, the Buzzz continues to sit on the throne. But the week belongs to the discs that make golfers feel brilliant quickly. If this keeps up, next Friday’s list may read like a confession: we all want the flight that forgives us.

See you when the next set of numbers drops, and everyone swears they’re buying ‘only one disc’ this time.

View the full Top 40 Golf Disc Rankings for this week.