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 trails most daily trainers in our data. Cushioning and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 2 runner reviews and 14 other rated shoes in the Wave Inspire product line. Another 10 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.
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
44/100
Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 2 runner ratings.
No offers available
Check back soon for deals
Affiliate links included. They never affect our ratings.
Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.
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.
50
60
70
80
90
100
25
50
75
100
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
66 Below average
44 Confidence
2025 · 2 reviews
60 Bottom-tier
44 Confidence
2025 · 1 review
72 Decent
55 Confidence
2023 · 8 reviews
69 Below average
76 Confidence
2022 · 5 reviews
78 Decent
75 Confidence
2021 · 1 review
63 Below average
49 Confidence
2019 · 1 review
69 Below average
40 Confidence
2019 · 7 reviews
88 Good
74 Confidence
2018 · 6 reviews
68 Below average
77 Confidence
2016 · 7 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
81 Confidence
2016 · 4 reviews
77 Decent
71 Confidence
2014 · 7 reviews
54 Bottom-tier
88 Confidence
2013 · 44 reviews
49 Bottom-tier
97 Confidence
2012 · 19 reviews
80 Decent
87 Confidence
2014 · 5 reviews
68 Below average
72 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
Other shoes worth considering.
See how this shoe compares to others like it.
