Racing · Neutral · Road · 7.7 oz · 10mm drop · 38/28mm stack
Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Mizuno Wave Rider 29 replaced it
How it ranks
The Mizuno Wave Rider 28 is one of the strongest racing shoes in our data. Comfort and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 6 runner reviews and 15 other rated shoes in the Wave Rider product line. Another 6 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
89/100
67% 2/3
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Rating & Confidence vs. other shoes for sale
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Better Shoes Rating
Each dot is one version of the Wave Rider, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.
Release year
2026 · 0 reviews
74 Decent
49 Confidence
2025 · 2 reviews
81 Good
75 Confidence
Wave Rider 28 This shoe
2024 · 6 reviews
97 Excellent
89 Confidence
2023 · 17 reviews
81 Good
85 Confidence
2022 · 21 reviews
75 Decent
88 Confidence
2021 · 2 reviews
71 Decent
72 Confidence
2020 · 4 reviews
68 Below average
48 Confidence
2019 · 7 reviews
90 Good
86 Confidence
2018 · 18 reviews
97 Exceptional
95 Confidence
2017 · 25 reviews
74 Decent
91 Confidence
2016 · 16 reviews
92 Very good
91 Confidence
2015 · 12 reviews
62 Below average
88 Confidence
2014 · 36 reviews
85 Good
95 Confidence
2013 · 49 reviews
56 Bottom-tier
97 Confidence
2012 · 42 reviews
66 Below average
93 Confidence
2011 · 4 reviews
60 Bottom-tier
85 Confidence
Sizing and ride details at a glance.
5/5
Overall
The foam midsole continues to grow and a further cushioned feel is created over the 27 (and the 26 more so). They could go with a thicker layer of carbon rubber on the outer sole. I'm running these 500-550 miles (35-40MPW, and I'm not fit anymore, so gone are the days of 700+ miles on shoes).
Anonymous runner · Dec 8, 2024
38 mpw training for 5K and 10K came from the Mizuno Wave Rider 27
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