Low drop running shoes
Shoes with a small height difference between heel and forefoot.
- Models
- 226
- Brands
- 14 — Altra, HOKA, Topo Athletic, ASICS…
- Weight
- 96–365 g
- Drop
- 0–5 mm
- Criterion
- Drop ≤ 5 mm
The selection
The current models of this page that stand best within their category, on what it is measured on (lightness, heel stack height, carbon plate). One category after the other, latest generation of each line, 2 models per brand at most.
Racing shoes
- 96 g: lighter than 100% of the 43 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2026
Trail running shoes
- 240 g: lighter than 91% of the 86 models compared
- 34 mm under the heel: more than 81% of the 77 models compared
- Released in 2025
Tempo & uptempo shoes
- 196 g: lighter than 94% of the 33 models compared
- Released in 2025
Daily trainers
- 35 mm under the heel: more than 86% of the 28 models compared
- Released in 2025
Max cushion shoes
- 45.8 mm under the heel: more than 94% of the 17 models compared
- Released in 2026
Racing shoes
- 97 g: lighter than 98% of the 43 models compared
- Carbon plate
- Released in 2026
Trail running shoes
- 229 g: lighter than 98% of the 86 models compared
- 31.5 mm under the heel: more than 51% of the 77 models compared
- Released in 2026
Tempo & uptempo shoes
- 218 g: lighter than 58% of the 33 models compared
- 40 mm under the heel: more than 94% of the 31 models compared
- Released in 2026
226 shoes
48 of 226 shoes shown
The 178 other shoes in this list
- Saucony Peregrine 16
- Saucony Peregrine 15
- Nike Kiger 10
- Altra Lone Peak 9
- Altra Paradigm 8
- Altra Torin 8
- Altra Torin 8 GTX
- Altra Superior 7
- Topo Athletic Fli-Lyte 6
- Topo Athletic MTN Racer 4
- Topo Athletic Phantom 4
- ASICS Trabuco Max 4
- Topo Athletic Ultraventure 4
- Topo Athletic Cyclone 3
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Flash 3
- Altra Experience Flow 2
- Altra Experience Wild 2
- Altra Fwd Via 2
- Topo Athletic Aura
- Altra Fwd Via
- Mizuno Hyperwarp Elite
- Mizuno Hyperwarp Pure
- Altra Lone Peak 9+
- Altra Mont Blanc Speed
- Merrell MTL Long Sky 2 Matryx SP
- Topo Athletic Phantom 4 WP
- Puma Propio Nitro
- Altra Timp 5 Boa
- Topo Athletic Vista
- Saucony Kinvara 15
- Altra Lone Peak 8
- Altra Olympus 6
- Topo Athletic Magnifly 5
- Topo Athletic ST-5
- Altra Timp 5
- Topo Athletic Ultrafly 5
- Altra Escalante 4
- HOKA Torrent 4
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 3
- Altra Escalante Racer 2
- Altra King MT 2
- Topo Athletic Pursuit 2
- Topo Athletic Specter 2
- Altra Vanish Carbon 2
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Flash 2
- Topo Athletic Atmos
- On Cloudboom Strike
- Altra Mont Blanc Carbon
- Merrell MTL Long Sky 2 Matryx
- Topo Athletic Traverse
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro Low
- Mizuno Hyperwarp 96
- ASICS Fuji Lite 7
- HOKA Mach 7
- HOKA Speedgoat 7
- HOKA Torrent 5
- ASICS Trabuco Max 5
- HOKA Zinal 3
- ASICS Metafuji Trail 2
- HOKA Skyward X 2
- Kiprun Kipclimb Max
- Kiprun Kipstorm Elite
- New Balance SuperComp Rebel
- ASICS Yogiri Speed
- New Balance Fresh Foam X Hierro v9
- New Balance Fresh Foam X More v6
- ASICS Fuji Lite 6
- ASICS Fujispeed 4
- ASICS Evoride Speed 3
- HOKA Mach X 3
- adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 2
- Nike Streakfly 2
- adidas Adizero Bk
- Kiprun Kipstorm Lab
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge Tokyo
- ASICS Metaspeed Ray
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky Tokyo
- ASICS Noosa Tri 16
- Saucony Peregrine 14
- HOKA Bondi 9
- HOKA Mach 6
- HOKA Speedgoat 6
- New Balance Fresh Foam X More v5
- ASICS Fuji Lite 5
- Topo Athletic MT-5
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite v4
- HOKA Rincon 4
- Altra Rivera 4
- HOKA Tecton X 3
- ASICS Evoride Speed 2
- HOKA Mach X 2
- Nike Zegama 2
- New Balance FuelCell Pvlse v1
- ASICS Metafuji Trail
- ASICS Metaspeed Edge Paris
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky Paris
- ASICS S4+ Yogiri
- HOKA Skyflow
- HOKA Skyward X
- Saucony Peregrine 13
- Altra Paradigm 7
- Altra Torin 7
- Saucony Axon 3
- On Cloudventure Peak 3
- Altra VIA Olympus 2
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro 2
- Topo Athletic Terraventure 4 WP
- Salomon Thundercross
- Mizuno Wave Rebellion Pro
- Saucony Kinvara 13
- Altra Vanish Tempo
- ASICS Noosa Tri 15
- Saucony Kinvara 14
- ASICS Noosa Tri 14
- HOKA Clifton 9
- HOKA Arahi 7
- HOKA Challenger 7
- Altra Lone Peak 7
- HOKA Stinson 7
- Altra Superior 6
- Topo Athletic Fli-Lyte 5
- Topo Athletic Terraventure 4
- On Cloudswift 3
- New Balance FuelCell SuperComp Elite v3
- Topo Athletic MTN Racer 3
- Topo Athletic Phantom 3
- Altra Rivera 3
- HOKA Torrent 3
- Topo Athletic Cyclone 2
- HOKA Rocket X 2
- HOKA Tecton X 2
- ASICS Trabuco Max 2
- HOKA Zinal 2
- HOKA Cielo RD
- ASICS Evoride Speed
- HOKA Mach X
- HOKA Bondi 8
- HOKA Mach 5
- Altra Olympus 5
- HOKA Speedgoat 5
- New Balance Fresh Foam X More v4
- HOKA Mafate Speed 4
- HOKA Carbon X 3
- Saucony Endorphin Shift 3
- Topo Athletic Ultraventure 3
- Merrell MTL Long Sky 2
- New Balance Fresh Foam X Kaiha Road
- HOKA Kawana
- HOKA Mach Supersonic
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky+
- Topo Athletic Specter
- HOKA Tecton X
- Altra Vanish Carbon
- Altra VIA Olympus
- Mizuno Wave Duel Pro
- Nike Zegama
- HOKA Clifton 8
- HOKA Mach 4
- HOKA Rincon 3
- HOKA Carbon X 2
- ASICS Evoride 2
- Topo Athletic Phantom 2
- HOKA Bondi X
- ASICS Hyper Speed
- ASICS Magic Speed
- ASICS Metaspeed Sky
- HOKA Zinal
- HOKA Bondi 7
- HOKA Clifton 7
- HOKA Challenger ATR 6
- HOKA Mafate Speed 3
- HOKA Torrent 2
- HOKA Clifton Edge
- On Cloudflash (2020)
- ASICS Evoride
- Merrell Momentous 2 BOA
- HOKA Rocket X
- Merrell Rubato
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