Cost per wear
The sneakers that cost the least per wear
A cheap pair that falls apart in a year can cost more per wear than a dearer one worn for years. Here is what each wear has cost the owners we read.
The cheapest wear at each price
Every pair, cheapest wear first
- 1
Runner · Mid-range · $110
Allbirds Wool Runner
2 owners have worn theirs 4 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.11 a wear or less
- 2
Trainer · Mid-range · $160
New Balance 928
2 owners have worn theirs 4 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.16 a wear or less
- 3
$0.17 a wear or less
- 4
Court · Mid-range · $100
Kizik Irvine
3 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.20 a wear or less
- 5
$0.20 a wear or less
- 6
Runner · Mid-range · $100
Allbirds Tree Runner
3 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.20 a wear or less
- 7
Runner · Premium · $216
Asics Gel-Lyte III
2 owners have worn theirs 4 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.21 a wear or less
- 8
Court · Mid-range · $115
Nike Air Force 1
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.23 a wear or less
- 9
Runner · Mid-range · $120
Xero Shoes Prio
8 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.24 a wear or less
- 10
Runner · Mid-range · $120
Kizik Lima
3 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.24 a wear or less
- 11
Runner · Mid-range · $128
Lems Primal
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.25 a wear or less
- 12
Runner · Mid-range · $140
Lems Primal Zen
4 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.27 a wear or less
- 13
Court · Budget · $70
Nike Court Legacy
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.27 a wear or less
- 14
Runner · Mid-range · $145
New Balance 2002R
3 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.28 a wear or less
- 15
Chunky · Mid-range · $150
Asics Gel-Kayano 14
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.29 a wear or less
- 16
Court · Budget · $73
Converse Chuck Taylor All Star
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.29 a wear or less
- 17
Minimal leather · Mid-range · $155
Veja Esplar
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.30 a wear or less
- 18
Runner · Mid-range · $160
Vivobarefoot Primus Lite
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.31 a wear or less
- 19
Court · Budget · $85
Reebok Club C 85
3 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.33 a wear or less
- 20
$0.33 a wear or less
- 21
Trail lifestyle · Mid-range · $185
Salomon XT-6
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.36 a wear or less
- 22
Runner · Mid-range · $185
New Balance 990
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.36 a wear or less
- 23
Runner · Mid-range · $190
Nike Air Max 95
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.37 a wear or less
- 24
Court · Mid-range · $100
adidas Stan Smith
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.39 a wear or less
- 25
Court · Mid-range · $114
adidas Superstar
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.44 a wear or less
- 26
Trainer · Mid-range · $130
OluKai Lae‘ahi
4 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.50 a wear or less
- 27
Minimal leather · Mid-range · $135
Thursday Boots Premier
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.52 a wear or less
- 28
Minimal leather · Premium · $280
JAK Royal
2 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.54 a wear or less
- 29
Runner · Mid-range · $145
Nike Air Max 90
4 owners have worn theirs a year or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.56 a wear or less
- 30
Court · Mid-range · $148
Lems Kourt
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · its owners wear it most days
$0.57 a wear or less
- 31
Minimal leather · Premium · $202
Oliver Cabell Low 1
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$0.78 a wear or less
- 32
Minimal leather · Luxury · $565
Common Projects Achilles
3 owners have worn theirs 2 years or more · if worn 5 days a week
$1.09 a wear or less
- 33
$1.60 a wear or less
- 34
Runner · Luxury · $925
Prada America's Cup
2 owners have worn theirs a year or more · if worn 5 days a week
$3.56 a wear or less
How cost per wear works what owners have already worn
Cost per wear is the price we print for a pair divided by how many times it is worn: days a week × 52 × years. The years come from owners: at least 2 owners, one vote each, who have worn the pair a year or more — we take the time the second-longest of them has reached, at the low end of what they said (1, 2 or 4 years). Owners are still wearing most of these pairs, so each wear costs this or less. Where more owners say a pair came apart or wore out than have worn it that long, their experience differs and we print no figure. The days a week come from owners too when at least 2 of them say how often, every day counting as five; otherwise the figure is for 5 days a week, and the calculator on each model page lets you change it. We never divide a price that only AI guessed, nor an outlet’s or a reseller’s. The figure does not move a pair’s place in the Sneaker ranking. Method cpw-v2, 2026-10-04
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