Ebonite Bowling Ball Reviews
Last Updated: July 19, 2023
Ebonite Bowling Ball Reviews - New Releases

Ebonite Emerge
The Emerge provides bowlers with both a new core and a new coverstock from the Ebonite brand. The new Emerge core is a strong asymmetrical...

Ebonite Game Breaker 4 Hybrid
The Game Breaker 4 Hybrid brings the HK22 coverstock base formula into the iconic Game Breaker line. The Game Breaker 3 Black/Blue used the GB 12.0...

Ebonite Envision Pearl
The Envision Pearl is the follow-up to last season's Envision. This release features a pearlized coverstock that uses Brunswick's HK22 base formula to create a...

Ebonite Game Breaker 2 (2022)
The Game Breaker 2 is back in the Ebonite line. This ball has a very storied history, and the nameplate has lived on since the...

Ebonite The One Remix
The One Remix is Ebonite’s latest take on an old classic. The color scheme is meant to resemble the original version of The One, while the core is...

Ebonite Polaris Hybrid
The Polaris Hybrid brings back the asymmetrical Polaris core and pairs it with the new GSV-3 Hybrid coverstock. GSV was originally a formula used on...
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Summary Table of All Ebonite Ball Reviews
The table below shows a tabular comparison of all recently-reviewed Ebonite bowling balls. Currently, all balls in our database are shown in the table. BTM subscribers can customize the columns displayed on their Edit Profile page.
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Switch to Full WidthBall Name | Issue | Cover | Box Finish | RG | Diff | Int |
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Adrenaline Overload | January 2016 | R Prl | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Adrenaline Shot | September 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Aero Dynamix | January 2021 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.504 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Affinity | September 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.040 | 0.000 |
Challenge | November 2012 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.51 | 0.057 | 0.017 |
Champion | April 2013 | R Prl | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1.5K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.055 | 0.007 |
Choice | July 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Choice Pearl | January 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Choice Solid | August 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.021 |
Code of Honor | January 2015 | R Sol | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Cyclone | July 2011 | R Prl | 4K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Hybrid | September 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Pearl | May 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Pearl Black/Red/Blue | June 2019 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Solid | May 2018 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 3K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Destiny Solid Magenta | June 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 3K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Elevate | January 2012 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Emerge | July 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Factory Compound | 2.510 | 0.053 | 0.021 |
Endure | June 2012 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Energy Source | July 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Envision | April 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.501 | 0.053 | 0.010 |
Envision Pearl | February 2023 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 3K SiaAir | 2.501 | 0.053 | 0.010 |
Exceed | February 2013 | R Hyb | 3K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.046 | 0.010 |
Futura | July 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.053 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 (2014) | September 2014 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 (2022) | December 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 2K SiaAir | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Gold | August 2015 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 MVP | December 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PH CnS Compound | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Phenom | August 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 2 Phenom Pearl | January 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 | January 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 Black/Blue | September 2019 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 3 Pearl | September 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 4 Hybrid | April 2023 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker 4 Pearl | February 2022 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.480 | 0.048 | 0.000 |
Game Breaker Asym | September 2021 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K SiaAir / Crown Factory Polish | 2.468 | 0.054 | 0.008 |
Game Changer | July 2011 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.050 | 0.000 |
Game On | December 2010 | R Prl | 800 / 800 Abrn / 1K / 1K Abrl / Polished | 2.51 | 0.058 | 0.000 |
Honor | September 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 500 / 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Impact | November 2018 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Innovate | June 2012 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K Abrl / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.046 | 0.010 |
Legacy | April 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K Abrn / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.022 |
Matrix | July 2017 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.53 | 0.049 | 0.007 |
Matrix Solid | August 2018 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.53 | 0.049 | 0.007 |
Maverick | November 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Maverick Pearl | March 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.056 | 0.016 |
Mission $250K | March 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission 2.0 | November 2010 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission Unknown | September 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Mission X | November 2011 | R Sol | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Omni Hybrid | October 2020 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.501 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
Persevere | December 2012 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.50 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Pivot | October 2013 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K Abrn | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Pivot Point | April 2014 | R Prl | 500 / 1.5K Abrn / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.049 | 0.017 |
Polaris | September 2021 | R Sol | 500 / 1.5K SiaAir | 2.475 | 0.048 | 0.018 |
Polaris Hybrid | July 2022 | R Hyb | 500 / 1.5K / 3K SiaAir | 2.475 | 0.048 | 0.018 |
Puma | August 2021 | R Prl | 500 / 1K / 1.5K SiaAir / Crown Factory Polish | 2.525 | 0.036 | 0.000 |
Pursuit | March 2012 | R Hyb | 500 Abrl / 1.5K Abrn | 2.49 | 0.054 | 0.008 |
Pursuit S | March 2012 | R Hyb | 500 Abrl / 1.5K Abrn | 2.51 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Real One | October 2017 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.46 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
Salute | November 2014 | R Hyb | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.50 | 0.056 | 0.000 |
Signals | July 2011 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.52 | 0.055 | 0.000 |
Source | August 2013 | R Prl | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K Abrl/PHFF Polish | 2.49 | 0.050 | 0.013 |
The One Remix | September 2022 | R Sol | 500 / 1K / 2K SiaAir / Crown Factory Compound | 2.466 | 0.056 | 0.027 |
Turbo/R | September 2017 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.59 | 0.035 | 0.000 |
Verdict | August 2017 | R Sol | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Verdict Pearl | January 2018 | R Prl | 500 / 1K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Vital Energy | February 2011 | R Prl | 800 / 1K / 2K / 4K Abrl | 2.48 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Vortex V2 (2019) | December 2019 | R Sol | 500 / 1K Abrl | 2.46 | 0.051 | 0.000 |
Warning Sign | December 2011 | R Hyb | 800 Abrn / 1K / 2K / 3K Abrl | 2.52 | 0.055 | 0.018 |
Warrior | June 2015 | R Prl | 500 / 2K Abrl / PHFF Polish | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Warrior Elite | November 2015 | R Hyb | 500 / 2K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Warrior Supreme | July 2016 | R Sol | 500 / 3K Abrl | 2.47 | 0.057 | 0.020 |
Ebonite Ball Comparison Graph
The graph below shows a comparison of all Ebonite balls. It shows four dimensions from our on-lane testing results:
- Horizontal axis: Total Hook rating
- Vertical axis: Length rating
- Circle size: Torque rating
- Circle color: Backend rating
Hover over each colored circle in the graph to see that ball’s name and ratings. Click a colored circle to view that ball’s full review.
(Note: The graph below is just a preview. Our actual interactive ball comparison graph is only available to subscribers.)