Mizuno Wave Rider 30
Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · 8.8 oz · 43/35mm stack · 8mm drop
How it ranks
The Mizuno Wave Rider 30’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
79 Moderate
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
Where to buy
Black / White (and 2 others)
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Buy at Running Warehouse for $150
BuyPros
- The Wave Rider 28 scores 97 on six reviews and the Wave Rider 27 scores 82 on seventeen.
- It is lighter than the typical daily trainer for sale.
Cons
- Scores in the Wave Rider line swing version to version, down to 75 for the Wave Rider 26 on twenty-one reviews.
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 Mizuno Wave Rider
Each dot is one version of the Wave Rider, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
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Wave Rider 30 This shoe
2026 · 1 review
84 Good
79 Confidence
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2025 · 2 reviews
89 Good
80 Confidence
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2024 · 6 reviews
95 Excellent
85 Confidence
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2023 · 17 reviews
82 Good
92 Confidence
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2022 · 21 reviews
77 Decent
93 Confidence
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2021 · 2 reviews
79 Decent
80 Confidence
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2020 · 4 reviews
77 Decent
86 Confidence
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2019 · 7 reviews
85 Good
90 Confidence
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2018 · 18 reviews
91 Very good
95 Confidence
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2017 · 25 reviews
72 Decent
97 Confidence
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2016 · 16 reviews
83 Good
95 Confidence
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2015 · 12 reviews
67 Below average
93 Confidence
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2014 · 36 reviews
76 Decent
98 Confidence
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2013 · 49 reviews
59 Bottom-tier
98 Confidence
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2012 · 42 reviews
65 Below average
96 Confidence
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2011 · 4 reviews
62 Below average
91 Confidence
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2006 · 0 reviews
74 Decent
80 Confidence
Specs & fit
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
- Weight
- 8.8 oz
- Men's / women's
- Men's 9.4 oz · Women's 8.1 oz
- Release
- 2026
- MSRP
- $150
- Widths
- Medium, Wide
- Stack
- 43/35mm
- Drop
- 8mm
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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Mizuno Wave Rider 30 In Context
More on the Mizuno Wave Rider
- Mizuno Wave Rider 29 previous version
- Mizuno Wave Rider 28
- Mizuno Wave Rider 27
- Mizuno Wave Rider 26
- Mizuno Wave Rider 25
- Mizuno Wave Rider 24