One pool turned $76K of TVL into $628K of daily churn — and paid 300.4% in fees.
Today’s leaderboard: perfect farmer scores, real differences
Every pool on the board prints a perfect 100/100 farmer score today. That gets your attention, but it doesn’t separate the earners from the time sinks. To do that, you care about three things:
- Depth: TVL in the pool. Thin pools mean slippage risk, thick pools can mute fees per dollar.
- Churn: 24h volume relative to TVL. More churn (volume/TVL) usually equals more fee capture.
- Fee sustainability: today’s fee APR versus that churn. High APRs with low churn tend to fade.
Since the farmer scores tie, we stack-rank by risk score first (higher is better), then by volume/TVL, and we sanity-check with fee APR. That’s the risk-adjusted read on whether you’ll actually get paid to LP.
Ignore the banner APR until volume/TVL clears 0.5x. Otherwise, you’re farming screenshots, not fees.
Top risk bucket (96–95): safety first, then chase churn
Three pools land in the highest risk tier while still showing some fee promise. They won’t all pay the same, but they won’t blindside you either.
- SOL-BITCOIN (raydium-clmm) — TVL $71K, 24h vol $2K, fee APR 9.8%, risk 96/100. Churn sits at 0.0x (2K on 71K), so the 9.8% headline likely reflects a short burst or a tight range catching small swaps. It’s quiet right now. As a CLMM, it can pay if you actively manage ticks, but passively, this is closer to parked capital than a fee engine today.
- RAY-SRM (raydium-amm) — TVL $47K, 24h vol $3K, fee APR 6.2%, risk 96/100. Churn of 0.1x is modest. Think of this as a low-drama, low-fee seat: you won’t bleed, you also won’t sprint. If you want consistency over spikes, this is serviceable, but it won’t carry your week.
- SOL-ALON (raydium-amm) — TVL $294K, 24h vol $244K, fee APR 75.9%, risk 95/100. This is the clean standout in the high-risk-score cohort. Churn sits at 0.8x, plenty of throughput for AMM fees without insane slippage. With depth near $300K and a real fee print, 75.9% looks supported by activity instead of a flash pump.
Read: if you want a single pool with both high risk score and real fee drivers today, SOL-ALON is the workhorse.
Volume engines and headline APRs: the fee hunters
Two pools are doing the heavy lifting on pure churn, which is where fee APRs come from in the first place. They score lower on risk, so size accordingly and expect more management.
- SOL-PUMP (raydium-clmm) — TVL $76K, 24h vol $628K, fee APR 300.4%, risk 70/100. Churn is an 8.3x multiple. That is the fee story. As a CLMM, you get paid if your ticks sit where trades happen. Range drift can zero you out until you rebalance. For pros who babysit ranges, this is the best pure fee seat today. For passive LPs, it’s a treadmill.
- SOL-GRASS (orca-whirlpool) — TVL $69K, 24h vol $200K, fee APR 3.2%, risk 58/100. Churn runs 2.9x, yet the fee APR is only 3.2%. That implies either a very low fee tier or you’re out-of-range a lot if you LP wide. Whirlpool mechanics reward tight, precise ranges. If you know your ticks, churn this high can still monetise well, but the headline APR won’t carry you without active positioning.
If you want to sharpen CLMM/Whirlpool tactics, our primer on setting ranges is practical reading: Set Tick Ranges That Pay on Solana: CLMM, Whirlpool, DLMM. Pair that with the actual docs for how fees accrue: Raydium and Orca Whirlpools.
Mid-risk, decent prints: watch the churn-to-APR gap
Several pools carry mid-tier risk scores with fee prints that depend heavily on near-term volumes. The math matters here.
- SOL-AU79 (raydium-amm) — TVL $164K, 24h vol $50K, fee APR 111.7%, risk 70/100. Churn is 0.3x. That’s not much throughput for an AMM printing triple-digit fees. Translation: the APR likely includes a recent spike or concentrated activity. Without churn lifting toward 0.5x–1.0x, expect decay. Trade it if you must, but don’t underwrite it like a week-long earner.
- SOL-BABYDHC (raydium-amm) — TVL $29K, 24h vol $6K, fee APR 18.3%, risk 89/100. Churn sits at 0.2x. With shallow TVL, small bursts can move the needle, but fees depend on attention. If social flow cools, earnings slip fast.
- SOL-Mundi (raydium-amm) — TVL $52K, 24h vol $1K, fee APR 1.9%, risk 74/100. Churn is 0.0x. That’s a parking lot right now. If you’re in, you’re hoping for flow, not harvesting it.
Mid-risk is fine when churn is rising. When it’s not, you’re time-fragmenting capital.
High scores, quiet lanes: capital-safe, fee-light
Two pools score well on risk but don’t move enough volume to justify active attention unless you have a thesis beyond fees.
- SOL-CAR (raydium-amm) — TVL $252K, 24h vol $1K, fee APR 0.5%, risk 94/100. Churn is effectively 0.0x. If you want exposure to the pair for reasons other than fees, fine. As a fee farm, it’s dead on arrival today.
- USD1-FREYA (raydium-amm) — TVL $255K, 24h vol $602, fee APR 0.9%, risk 75/100. Churn is 0.0x. If “USD1” implies stable-ish behavior, that still doesn’t pay without trades. This is a capital sink for fee-focused LPs as of now.
Contrast those with SOL-ALON, which has a similar or higher risk score and real churn. Score parity doesn’t mean earnings parity.
The traps: high APR banners without throughput
When everything shows a 100/100 farmer score, the traps get camouflaged. Your filters today:
- SOL-AU79: 111.7% looks juicy, but churn is only 0.3x. Unless you see volume build, this is a swing trade, not a seat to sit in.
- SOL-CAR: 0.5% APR with 0.0x churn. No fee case. Don’t donate time.
- USD1-FREYA: 0.9% APR and 0.0x churn. If you want low-vol exposure, you have better options in lending or larger stable pairs that actually trade. See our earlier fee-versus-lending comparison for context: Where Solana LPs Earned Triple-Digit Fees — And Safer Bets.
- SOL-BITCOIN: risk score is stellar at 96/100, but churn is 0.0x. For fee hunters, that’s a mismatch. It only shines if you actively manage a tight CLMM range and price camps in your ticks.
One contrarian view I’ll stake out: a pool with 300% APR and 0.3x churn is a worse bet than a pool with 10% APR and 1.0x churn. Why? The latter tends to be repeatable and reprice slower; the former tends to mean-revert by the time you size in.
Where to actually LP today
If you want fees first with risk-controlled posture, the shortlist is clear:
- SOL-PUMP for active CLMM traders who can manage 8.3x churn and a 300.4% print. Use tight ticks, rebalance often, watch variance.
- SOL-ALON if you want AMM simplicity with real flow: 0.8x churn, 75.9% fee APR, and a 95 risk score.
- SOL-GRASS only if you’re comfortable with Orca Whirlpool mechanics. The 2.9x churn says there’s activity; the 3.2% headline says the default ranges won’t capture enough unless you go precise.
Want a broader scan of active seats? Our live dashboards help you filter by fee prints and churn:
If you prefer to build a watchlist and wait for churn to lift, that’s rational. When volume/TVL rises above 0.5x without a blowout APR banner, you often get a longer entry window.
Methodology snapshot: how we scored the tie
With a flat 100/100 farmer score across the board, we used a simple set of tie-breakers that reflect how fees are actually earned by LPs:
- Risk score: higher scores get priority. Today’s ceiling is 96/100 and floor is 58/100. We nudge you toward the 90s when the fee case is comparable.
- Volume/TVL multiple: the most predictive short-term indicator for fee capture. Today’s range spans from 0.0x (many pools) to 8.3x (SOL-PUMP), with SOL-ALON at 0.8x and SOL-GRASS at 2.9x.
- Fee APR sanity: we don’t discard high APRs, but we discount them when churn is sub-0.5x. That’s the tell for ephemeral prints.
We avoid overfitting exact composite formulas because those can hide what your eyes should see in the tape: is capital turning over relative to depth, and are fees consistent with that turnover.
FAQ
Why are all the farmer scores 100/100? Does that make them equal?
No. A perfect farmer score is a filter, not a decision rule. Today, it says these pools meet minimum criteria for LP friendliness. You still need to separate earners from idle seats using risk score, volume/TVL, and whether fee APR aligns with that churn.
What volume/TVL multiple should I prefer as an LP?
Above 0.5x is where fees typically start to show up consistently for AMMs. For CLMMs and Whirlpools, you can print at lower pool-wide churn if your ticks are tight and well-placed, but 1.0x+ usually correlates with more forgiving mispositioning.
Is SOL-PUMP’s 300.4% APR sustainable?
Only while the 8.3x churn persists and your CLMM range stays inside active trading bands. These prints can compress quickly when attention shifts. Treat it as a trade you manage, not a set-and-forget farm.
Why does SOL-GRASS have high churn but only 3.2% APR?
Fee tier and range capture. If the fee tier is low and most LP capital is out-of-range, the displayed APR lags pool-wide churn. Whirlpool LPs who set precise ranges can still monetise that activity better than the headline suggests.
Are high risk scores always better?
Higher risk scores reduce tail risk, which matters for LPs. But if your goal is fee income this week, a slightly lower risk score with strong churn can be the better seat. Blend both: require a floor on risk and a floor on churn.
Where can I find current best-yielding Solana pools?
Use our live boards. Start with Best Solana pools for fee-driven seats and AI Signals for emerging churn. If you’re working CLMMs/Whirlpools, read our range-setting guide before sizing in.
