Which Air Max 90 size is cheapest? A 10, typically 15% over the floor

Size 10 has the smallest markup of any Air Max 90 size, a typical 15% over each pair's cheapest size. Size 12 costs the most, at 48% over. I compared the twenty most-listed men's Air Max 90 pairs that have prices in nearly every size from 8 to 12.

Here is what the premium means. Take one pair, find its cheapest size in sizes 8 to 12, and call that the floor. A size 10 of that same pair typically costs 15% more than the floor. "Typically" is the median: half the pairs sit above it, half below.

Size by size

• Size 10: the lowest premium, 15%. It is the cheapest size for four pairs, tied with sizes 8 and 9, and the priciest for none.
• Sizes 8, 9 and 9.5: all at 18%, with size 8.5 just behind at 19%. If you wear anything from a size 8 to a 10, you pay roughly the same premium.
• Size 10.5: the jump starts here, to 29%.
• Size 11.5: 43%, and it is not the cheapest size for any of the pairs.
• Size 12: 48%, the priciest size for six pairs.

Examples

Three pairs show how wide the spread between sizes can get.

The Air Max 90 “Python” is cheapest in a size 10 at $203, which fits the pattern. A size 11 asks $2,000, but that is one size only: the next priciest, a size 8, is $499.

The Air Max 90 “Supernova 2020” costs $229 in a size 9.5, down from $400 a week ago. Its priciest size is an 8.5 at $1,200.

The Ruohan Wang x Air Max 90 starts at $190 in a size 9. A size 8.5 asks $1,111, again one size only: the next priciest, a size 11, is $300.

If you can wear a 10 or a half size down, check those first, and treat an 11.5 or 12 as the size that usually costs extra. My nightly checks for every Air Max 90 in your size are on the size 10 page.

Prices from our Nov 15, 2026 check: the lowest price of a new pair with the original box, by US size. The model page always shows the latest prices.