Eye Injuries Among Pickleball Players on the Rise: Study

About 20 million Americans play pickleball.

Pickleball players participate in the 2025 U.S. Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Fla., on May 3, 2025. Bruce Yeung/Getty Images

There are more eye injuries being recorded among pickleball players, according to a new study.

Of the 3,112 estimated pickleball-related eye injuries recorded between 2014 and 2024, 1,262 took place in 2024 alone, researchers said in the paper, which was published by JAMA Ophthalmology on Oct. 16.