Daily trainer · Neutral · Road
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 replaced it
How it ranks
The Mizuno Inspire’s rating is an early estimate. We’ve collected 2 runner reviews so far, with product line history also informing the score.
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
78 Moderate
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.
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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
Each dot is one version of the Wave Inspire, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
Inspire This shoe
Release year unknown · 2 reviews
71 Decent
78 Confidence
2025 · 2 reviews
71 Decent
76 Confidence
2025 · 1 review
85 Good
71 Confidence
2024 · 0 reviews
86 Good
77 Confidence
2023 · 8 reviews
77 Decent
85 Confidence
2022 · 5 reviews
84 Good
82 Confidence
2021 · 1 review
65 Below average
71 Confidence
2019 · 1 review
72 Decent
83 Confidence
2019 · 7 reviews
83 Good
81 Confidence
2018 · 6 reviews
72 Decent
88 Confidence
2016 · 7 reviews
62 Below average
85 Confidence
2016 · 4 reviews
73 Decent
81 Confidence
2014 · 7 reviews
58 Bottom-tier
90 Confidence
2013 · 44 reviews
51 Bottom-tier
96 Confidence
2012 · 19 reviews
72 Decent
92 Confidence
2014 · 5 reviews
67 Below average
80 Confidence
5/5
Overall
L.C. Moore · Jul 23, 2026
15 mpw avg pace 14:00 300 miles in this shoe training for 5K and 10K would buy again came from the Saucony Ride 18
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