Brooks Ghost Max 4
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 9.8 oz · 40/34mm stack · 6mm drop
Variants of this shoe
- Ghost Max Resistant Edition
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How it ranks
The Brooks Ghost Max 4’s rating is an early estimate. We haven’t collected runner reviews of this shoe yet, with product line history and external ratings also informing the score.
Current estimate: Very 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
55 Low
External retailer ratings
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Based on
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- Product line track record
- External ratings
- Our ratings
Where to buy
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BuyPros
- The Ghost Max and Ghost Max 2 before it score 97 and 96, on twenty and fourteen reviews.
Cons
- It lists at $165, above the $150 median for daily trainers for sale, and the Ghost Max 3 just before it scores 88.
- It is heavier than the typical daily trainer for sale.
- It costs much more than the typical daily trainer for sale.
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 Brooks Ghost Max
Each dot is one version of the Ghost Max, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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Ghost Max 4 This shoe
2026 · 0 reviews
90 Very good
55 Confidence
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2025 · 2 reviews
91 Very good
58 Confidence
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2024 · 15 reviews
89 Good
83 Confidence
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2023 · 20 reviews
90 Very good
88 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 9.8 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 10.3 oz · Women's 9.2 oz
- Release
- 2026
- MSRP
- $165
- Widths
- Medium, Wide
- Stack
- 40/34mm
- Drop
- 6mm
Available sizes
Men's
8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13
7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5
41, 42, 42.5, 43, 44, 44.5, 45, 45.5, 46, 47, 47.5
Women's
6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10
4, 4.5, 5, 5.5, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8
37, 37.5, 38, 38.5, 39, 40, 40.5, 41, 42
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Brooks Ghost Max 4 In Context
More on the Brooks Ghost Max
- Brooks Ghost Max 3 previous version
- Brooks Ghost Max 2
- Brooks Ghost Max