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’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 1 runner review so far, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
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 is low when we have few ratings or when runners disagree.
Confidence
63 Low
External retailer ratings
We break apart ratings from mass-market retailers and specialty running shops since they serve different audiences.
The middle of the bar marks the typical shoe at each type of retailer. The dot shows where this shoe ranks in comparison.
Based on
The bars show roughly how much each source contributes to this shoe’s rating. Their influence depends on how many reviews we’ve collected, how many earlier versions are in the product line, and the external ratings available.
- Product line track record
- External ratings
- Our ratings
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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
Each dot is one rated shoe for sale, placed by its rating and by how much evidence sits behind it. Shoes toward the top right are both well rated and well established.
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
63 Confidence
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2023 · 0 reviews
93 Excellent
35 Confidence
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2022 · 7 reviews
89 Good
81 Confidence
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2021 · 4 reviews
82 Good
82 Confidence
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2019 · 8 reviews
86 Good
88 Confidence
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2019 · 14 reviews
88 Good
86 Confidence
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2018 · 15 reviews
98 Exceptional
93 Confidence
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2015 · 4 reviews
77 Decent
75 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 19
- adidas Ultraboost 20