adidas Ultraboost 5
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The adidas Ultraboost 5 Strung replaced it
How it ranks
The adidas Ultraboost 5 ranks above most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 1 runner review and 6 other rated shoes in the Ultraboost product line. Another 11 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Current estimate: Good
Confidence
How settled the rating is against every other rated shoe. A shoe can rate high on confidence with relatively few reviews of its own when its product line has a long record and external ratings from retailer sites agree. Confidence will score low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
33/100
Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 1 runner rating.
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Pros
- One reviewer calls it great for road runs, and rates comfort and cushioning 5 out of 5.
Cons
- One reviewer finds the stack height makes it unstable on uneven ground.
- The Ultraboost 19 and 20 score 91 and 89, above the more recent versions.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the adidas Ultraboost
Each dot is one version of the Ultraboost, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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Ultraboost 5 This shoe
2025 · 1 review
86 Good
33 Confidence
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2022 · 7 reviews
89 Good
68 Confidence
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2021 · 4 reviews
79 Decent
51 Confidence
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2019 · 8 reviews
94 Excellent
87 Confidence
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2019 · 14 reviews
95 Excellent
86 Confidence
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2018 · 15 reviews
99 Exceptional
98 Confidence
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2015 · 4 reviews
87 Good
71 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Release
- 2025
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adidas Ultraboost 5 In Context
More on the adidas Ultraboost
- adidas Ultraboost 5 Strung next version
- adidas Ultraboost 1.0 previous version
- adidas UltraBOOST 22
- adidas UltraBOOST 21
- adidas Ultraboost 20
- adidas Ultraboost 19