HOKA Challenger 7
Trail · Neutral · 8.2 oz · 7mm drop · 44/37mm stack
Variants of this shoe
- Challenger 7 GORE-TEX Waterproof
Some shoes have multiple versions of what is essentially the same shoe, with variations in style or materials. We try to group these together. Retailers sometimes list a version number wrong, and our system can treat those mislabeled names as variants.
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The HOKA Challenger 8 replaced it
How it ranks
The HOKA Challenger 7 trails most trail shoes in our data. Cushioning and comfort are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 5 runner reviews and 1 other rated shoe in the Challenger product line. Another 7 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
Bottom-tier
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
56/100
Where to buy
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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
Pros
- Averaging 8.4 oz across the men's and women's builds, it is lighter than the 8.9 oz median for trail shoes on sale, on a 44mm heel stack.
- Cushioning averages 4.4 out of 5 across its five reviews.
Cons
- Durability averages 2.6 out of 5 across those five reviews, the lowest of its dimensions.
- Comfort averages 3.8 out of 5 and value 3.4.
Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the HOKA Challenger
Each dot is one version of the Challenger, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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2025 · 0 reviews
75 Decent
17 Confidence
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Challenger 7 This shoe
2022 · 5 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
56 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 8.2 oz
- Release
- 2022 Q4
- MSRP
- $155
- Stack Height
- 44mm heel - 37mm toe
- Drop Height
- 7mm
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