Nike Air Max

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road

Variants of this shoe

Flyknit Air Max Material

Some shoes have multiple versions of what is essentially the same shoe, with variations in style or materials. We try to group these together. Retailers sometimes list a version number wrong, and our system can treat those mislabeled names as variants.

Discontinued — we no longer see this shoe in stock. The Nike Air Max 2014 replaced it

How it ranks

The Nike Air Max trails most daily trainers in our data. Looks and cushioning are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 4 runner reviews and 2 other rated shoes in the Air Max product line. Another 8 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Below average

62/100

Overall

Below average 62

Appearance

Good 82

Cushioning

Decent 80

Durability

Below average 62

Value

Bottom-tier 51

Comfort

Bottom-tier 54

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.

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Confidence

23/100

Very low 23

Prefer this shoe over another

33% 1/3

Where to buy

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Prices updated daily. Last checked Sep 14.

Cons

Reviewers feel it gives weak value compared with other trainers.
Later Air Max versions have generally rated higher than this one.

Air Max rates 62. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Nike Air Max

Each dot is one version of the Air Max, placed by its rating and release year. The gold dot is this shoe.

Rating

40 60 80 100

62 2014 78 2015 69 2017

Release year

We use the reviews of past versions to inform this shoe’s rating. See why.

Air Max 2017

2017 · 1 review

69 Below average

2 Confidence
Air Max 2015

2015 · 1 review

78 Decent

10 Confidence
Air Max This shoe

2014 · 4 reviews

62 Below average

23 Confidence

Reader Ratings

4 ratings

5/5 1

4/5 2

3/5 1

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2014

Runner reviews

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Reader review

4/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Dec 8, 2015

30 mpw training for a marathon came from the ASICS GEL-Cumulus 17

Comfort: 4/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 3/5

Reader review

4/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Mar 31, 2015

20 mpw

Comfort: 3/5
Durability: 5/5
Appearance: 4/5
Value: 2/5

Reader review

3/5

Overall

Anonymous runner · Sep 21, 2014

15 mpw training for a half marathon

Comfort: 3/5
Durability: 4/5
Appearance: 3/5
Value: 3/5

Reader review

5/5

Overall

Really comfortable, it helped me recover from a moderate case of plantar fasciitis. The only downside is the mesh around my toe mails is susceptible to fraying, regardless of how often I clip the nails.

Anonymous runner · Sep 19, 2014

12 mpw training for a half marathon