What is the newest Mizuno Wave Rider?

The Mizuno Wave Rider 30, released in 2026. List price at launch was $150.

Which Mizuno Wave Rider versions are hard to find now?

Wave Rider 24, Wave Rider 25, Wave Rider 26, Wave Rider 27. They are discontinued at retail, so Amazon carries whatever stock remains and sizes disappear one by one.

Which Mizuno Wave Rider should I buy?

New to the line: buy the Wave Rider 30. Loyal to the older ride: the previous version rides differently from the current one, and remaining old stock is the only way to get it. See the what-replaced page for that version before deciding.

The complete Mizuno Wave Rider lineage

The Wave Rider is Mizuno's flagship neutral daily and its best-selling shoe worldwide, running since 1997 on one idea: a corrugated Wave plate that cushions mechanically, under a firm, snappy, 12 mm-drop ride that barely changed for 28 versions while the industry went soft. The modern era arrived in stages. Enerzy foam entered at the 24 (2020) and went full-length in the 25, the 27 (2023) polished the classic formula to its peak, and the 28 (2024) became, unknowingly, the last 12 mm Rider. Then the 29 (2025) cut the drop to 10 mm on all-new nitrogen-infused Enerzy NXT, the biggest update in series history, and the 30 (July 2026, current, the 30th-anniversary edition) finished the job: 8 mm, a taller rockered stack, and the first full-length Wave plate the line has ever had. The twist is that the loyalist backlash mostly never came; the base followed the shoe. This page tracks every version since 2020. The Wave Rider Neo, the GTX and SSW variants, and the lifestyle Wave Rider Beta and OG retros sit outside the numbered succession.

Version timeline

Every version, newest first

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Mizuno Wave Rider 30

2026Stock unverified

9.4 oz · 42.5/34.5 mm stack · 8 mm drop

Dual-layer nitrogen-infused Enerzy NXT, softer over firmer

Men's at Amazon Women's

Mizuno Wave Rider 29

2025Stocked at Amazon

9.3 oz · 39/29 mm stack · 10 mm drop

Full-length nitrogen-infused Enerzy NXT foam

What replaced it Wave Rider 29 vs 30

Men's at Amazon Women's

Mizuno Wave Rider 28

2024Stocked at Amazon

9.5 oz · 41/29 mm stack · 12 mm drop

Enerzy foam with a softer Enerzy NXT layer under the plate

What replaced it Wave Rider 28 vs 29

Men's at Amazon Women's

Mizuno Wave Rider 27

2023Sizes running out

9.9 oz · 38.5/26.5 mm stack · 12 mm drop

Full-length Enerzy foam

What replaced it Wave Rider 27 vs 28

Men's at Amazon Women's

Mizuno Wave Rider 26

2022Old stock gone

10 oz · 38.5/26.5 mm stack · 12 mm drop

Full-length Enerzy foam

What replaced it Wave Rider 26 vs 27

Mizuno Wave Rider 25

2021Old stock gone

9.7 oz · 32/20 mm stack · 12 mm drop

Full-length dual-density Enerzy foam

What replaced it Wave Rider 25 vs 26

Mizuno Wave Rider 24

2020Old stock gone

9.9 oz · 32/20 mm stack · 12 mm drop

Enerzy heel insert with U4ic forward, plastic Wave plate heel-to-midfoot

What replaced it Wave Rider 24 vs 25

Buy the current model: Mizuno Wave Rider 30

Stock unverified

Men's: See what's available Women's: See what's available

Availability last checked Aug 7, 2026.

Thinking about leaving the Wave Rider?

We ranked the shoes that ride closest to it (a firm, plate-snapped neutral daily, modernized since 2025 into an 8 mm rockered ride) and called out the honest differences.

Questions runners ask

What is the newest Mizuno Wave Rider?: The Mizuno Wave Rider 30, released in 2026. List price at launch was $150.
Which Mizuno Wave Rider versions are hard to find now?: Wave Rider 24, Wave Rider 25, Wave Rider 26, Wave Rider 27. They are discontinued at retail, so Amazon carries whatever stock remains and sizes disappear one by one.
Which Mizuno Wave Rider should I buy?: New to the line: buy the Wave Rider 30. Loyal to the older ride: the previous version rides differently from the current one, and remaining old stock is the only way to get it. See the what-replaced page for that version before deciding.