Measured 17 September 2026

Best Solana LP Pools — measured, not guessed

Measured TVL, 24-hour and 7-day fee APR for the concentrated-liquidity pools worth considering on Orca and Raydium, pulled from the exchanges' own APIs. Sorted by the 7-day figure, because the 24-hour one lies.

PoolDEXTVLAPR 24hAPR 7dSpread
SOL/USDC 0.04%Orca$24,340,01489.6%53.3%1.68×
SOL/USDC 0.04%Raydium$7,085,25160.9%31.5%1.93×
cbBTC/USDC 0.04%Orca$6,074,15942.0%26.0%1.62×
SOL/cbBTC 0.16%Orca$8,876,57333.2%24.9%1.34×
SOL/USDC 0.30%Orca$193,9905.1%3.1%1.67×
USDC/USDT 0.01%Raydium$1,556,2282.9%1.8%1.60×
SOL/USDT 0.01%Raydium$824,2760.8%0.6%1.39×

Spread is 24h APR divided by 7d APR — how much the headline number is currently running ahead of the week. Above about 1.5× means today was busy and the front-page figure will not hold.

Read the 7-day column, not the 24-hour one

Fee APR is 24-hour fees divided by TVL, annualised. One busy session doubles it; one quiet session halves it. On this snapshot the SOL/USDC pool on Orca shows 89.6% over 24 hours and 53.3% over the week — same pool, same moment, and the second number is the one you can plan with.

The pool size effect. Raydium's SOL/USDC pool holds $7.1M against Orca's $24.3M. The same large trade moves the smaller pool's fees-over-TVL ratio far more, which is why its spread is 1.93× against Orca's 1.68×. Smaller pool, higher peaks, deeper troughs.

Fee tier is not the same as fee income

The clearest lesson in this table is the two SOL/USDC pools on Orca. The 0.30% tier charges seven and a half times the fee of the 0.04% tier. It earns 5.1% against 89.6%.

The reason is volume: on the same snapshot the 0.30% tier traded $9k in a day against $149M on the 0.04% tier. Almost all SOL/USDC flow routes through the 0.04% tier, and a high fee on no volume is no income. Choose the tier the trades actually use — not the one with the biggest percentage on it.

What the numbers do not tell you

How we measured this

TVL, volume and APR come straight from the Orca v2 API and the Raydium v3 API for the pool addresses our bot trades (on the snapshot date that still included Orca's SOL/USDC 0.30% pool, which the bot retired on 26 September 2026). No estimates, no affiliate weighting, no pool is on this list for paying to be. We refresh the snapshot when we revisit the page; the date at the top is the date of the numbers, not of the last cosmetic edit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Solana LP pool has the best APR right now?

On our 17 September 2026 snapshot, SOL/USDC 0.04% on Orca led at 53.3% over 7 days ($24.3M TVL), with Raydium's SOL/USDC 0.04% at 31.5% ($7.1M TVL) and cbBTC/USDC 0.04% at 26.0%. Those are pool averages — what a given position earns depends on how concentrated its range is.

Why does the same pool show a different APR on different sites?

Because most sites show the 24-hour figure, which is a rolling window over recent volume and swings hard. In this snapshot Orca's SOL/USDC shows 89.6% over 24 hours and 53.3% over 7 days. Neither is wrong; the weekly one is the one that survives contact with next week.

Is a higher fee tier better for liquidity providers?

No — volume decides, not the percentage. Orca's SOL/USDC 0.30% tier charges 7.5x the fee of the 0.04% tier and earns 5.1% against 89.6%, because it sees $9k of daily volume against $149M. Always pick the tier the trades actually route through.

How much do I need to provide liquidity on Solana?

Technically a few dollars; practically around $200 per pool. Below that, the gas and the spread crossed on each rebalance start to outweigh the fees, especially on a narrow range that needs rebuilding often.

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Pool figures are public data from the Orca and Raydium APIs, not investment advice; liquidity positions can lose value.