Reader review
Anonymous runner · Sep 28, 2025
5/5
Overall
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 3/5
- Value
- 4/5
Mizuno
Wave Rider 16
Daily trainer
· Neutral
· Road
Average (40%)
- Weight
- 9.9 oz
- Release
- 2012
- MSRP
- $115
- Stack Height
- 28mm heel - 16mm toe
- Drop Height
- 12mm
Average (40%)
overall
Shoe details
- Weight
- 9.9 oz
- Release
- 2012
- MSRP
- $115
- Stack Height
- 28mm heel - 16mm toe
- Drop Height
- 12mm
Ratings & Reviews
Average (40%)
Rated worse overall than 60% of all shoes.
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This score rates worse than 60% of other shoes we judged.
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Rating breakdown
Percentile vs. all shoes. Shaded bars reflect our uncertainty.
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The shaded bar shows a plausible range for this shoe’s rank based on the review data we have and normal variation in runner feedback. More reviews usually narrow the range.
Overall
Average (40%)
Cushioning
Good (71%)
Value
Below average (21%)
Comfort
Bottom tier (16%)
Durability
Bottom tier (7%)
Appearance
Bottom tier (2%)
Comparison set
Rating
All Running Shoes
Worse than 60% of 2,492 running shoes ranked.
Average (40%)
Daily Trainers
Worse than 65% of 1,818 daily trainers ranked.
Below average (35%)
Wave Rider Family
Worse than 87% of 10 wave rider family ranked.
Bottom tier (13%)
Mizuno
Worse than 89% of 101 Mizuno shoes ranked.
Bottom tier (11%)
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One of the most popular shoes among LetsRun.com readers.
- Rated above average on cushioning.
Cons
- Reviewers rate this shoe worse than the Wave Rider 15.
- Rated below average overall.
- Rated below average on comfort.
- Rated among the bottom 10% of shoes on durability.
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Shoe properties
Type
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Daily trainer
Pronation
Neutral
Neutral
Neutral
Weight
9.9 oz M
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Stack
28/16mm
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Drop
12mm
9mm
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Release
2012
2025 Q3
Newest
2025 Q2
MSRP
$115
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$149.95
$129.95
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Ratings
Overall
Average (54%)
Exceptional (99%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best overall
Comfort
Bottom tier (16%)
Exceptional (99%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best comfort
Cushioning
Good (71%)
Exceptional (97%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best cushioning
Durability
Bottom tier (7%)
Exceptional (98%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best durability
Appearance
Bottom tier (2%)
Excellent (96%)
Exceptional (99%)
Best appearance
Value
Bottom tier (21%)
Exceptional (98%)
Exceptional (100%)
Best value
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Reader Reviews
42 reader reviews
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Reader review
Anonymous runner · Sep 28, 2025
5/5
Overall
Feels like I have no shoe on at all. Fantastic fit and feel and a shoe I have worn since the wave rider 9!
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 5/5
Reader review
aift319 · Sep 28, 2025
3/5
Overall
- Comfort
- 4/5
- Durability
- 5/5
- Appearance
- 4/5
- Value
- 4/5
Reader review
garvin · Sep 28, 2025
5/5
Overall
I had terrible neuromas in both feet, and I tried 5-6 different pairs in the summer of 2013. This shoe worked, and I have run in it since. I think it is a bit wider than others, and that seems to have helped.
- Comfort
- 5/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 4/5
- Value
- 5/5
Reader review
Anonymous runner · Sep 28, 2025
4/5
Overall
- Comfort
- 3/5
- Durability
- 4/5
- Appearance
- 5/5
- Value
- 5/5