Topo Athletic Phantom 4

Name: Topo Athletic Phantom 4
Brand: Topo Athletic

Daily trainer · Neutral · Road · Medium/Wide

How it ranks

The Topo Athletic Phantom 4 trails most daily trainers in our data. Comfort and durability are its strongest sub-ratings. The rating rests on 1 runner review and 3 other rated shoes in the Phantom product line. Another 11 reviews would set the confidence on this shoe's own reviews.

Current estimate: Below average

64/100

Overall

Below average 64

Comfort

Decent 75

Durability

Below average 66

Value

Below average 64

Cushioning

Below average 61

Appearance

Bottom-tier 57

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

26/100

Very low 26

Based on product-line history, external ratings, and 1 runner rating.

Where to buy

Running Warehouse

$150

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Price as of Sep 14.

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$150

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Pros

The one reviewer so far says the extra stack over the Phantom 3 comes without losing the ground feel.

Cons

That reviewer, a heel striker at 180 lb on rough roads, has to patch the heel outsole with Shoe Goo before 100 miles.
The Phantom 3 before it scores 80 on seven reviews, against 64 for this version.

Phantom 4 rates 64. This shoe has very low certainty. See how we rate shoes.

Better Shoes Rating of prior versions of the Topo Athletic Phantom

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

Rating

40 60 80 100

68 2019 54 2021 78 2023 64 2025

Release year

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

Phantom 4 This shoe

2025 · 1 review

64 Below average

26 Confidence
Phantom 3

2023 · 7 reviews

78 Decent

38 Confidence
Phantom 2

2021 · 3 reviews

54 Bottom-tier

34 Confidence
Phantom

2019 · 1 review

68 Below average

15 Confidence

Reader Ratings

1 rating

5/5 0

4/5 1

3/5 0

2/5 0

1/5 0

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Specs & fit

Sizing and ride details at a glance.

Release: 2025 Q2
MSRP: $150
Widths: Medium, Wide

Available sizes

Men's sizes

8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10, 10.5, 11, 11.5, 12, 12.5, 13

Women's sizes

6, 6.5, 7, 7.5, 8, 8.5, 9, 9.5, 10

Runner reviews

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Perfect combination of cushioning and ground feel

4/5

Overall

I've run in Topo Phantoms for a few years. Average run is 4 to 7 miles. They're not fashion items, they're running shoes so I don't care that they look a bit odd because of the anatomical toe box. The Phantom 4 has a bit more stack than the Phantom 3, but doesn't look like the wedding cakes that other brands are turning out. In fact, the extra cushioning has been added without losing the ground feel, which is what's great about this shoe. What's not so great about this shoe is the outsole durability, although I need to qualify that. I know people who've run in these for hundreds of miles with very little outsole wear; however, I am 180 pounds, a heel striker and run primarily on older local roads which can be rough on shoes, and I have to start using Shoe Goo to shore them up before I reach 100 miles. I should point out that many in the industry believe that low-drop shoes are only for mid- or forefoot strikers and that heel-strikers either prefer or need higher-drop shoes. That's crap. If these shoes had more/better rubber in the heel area, they'd be perfect.

Tom M. · Jul 3, 2026

20 mpw avg pace 11:00 300 miles in this shoe training for a half marathon would buy again came from the HOKA Bondi 8