Honest Size

Adidas vs New Balance shoe sizes

Adidas and New Balance don't always agree. Here is every US size side by side, from each brand's own chart.

Men's sizes

5 of 27 shared men's US sizes have the same EU size. At men's US 9, Adidas is EU 42 2/3 and New Balance is EU 42.5.

Pink: Adidas and New Balance print a different EU size.

USAdidas UKAdidas EUAdidas cmNew Balance UKNew Balance EUNew Balance cm
2.5–––23420.5
3–––2.53521
3.5–––335.521.5
43.53622.13.53622
4.5436 2/322.543722.5
54.537 1/322.94.537.523
5.553823.353823.5
65.538 2/323.85.538.524
6.5639 1/324.2639.524.5
76.54024.66.54025
7.5740 2/325.0740.525.5
87.541 1/325.57.541.526
8.584225.984226.5
98.542 2/326.38.542.527
9.5943 1/326.794327.5
109.54427.19.54428
10.51044 2/327.61044.528.5
1110.545 1/328.010.54529
11.5114628.41145.529.5
1211.546 2/328.811.546.530
12.51247 1/329.3124730.5
1312.54829.712.547.531
13.51348 2/330.11348.531.5
1413.549 1/330.513.54932
14.5145031.0–––
1514.550 2/331.414.55033
161551 1/331.815.55134
171652 2/332.616.55235
181753 1/333.517.55336
191854 2/334.318.55437
201955 2/335.219.55538

Women's sizes

0 of 20 shared women's US sizes have the same EU size. At women's US 9, Adidas is EU 41 1/3 and New Balance is EU 40.5.

Pink: Adidas and New Balance print a different EU size.

USAdidas UKAdidas EUAdidas cmNew Balance UKNew Balance EUNew Balance cm
3–––13320
3.5–––1.533.520.5
4–––23421
4.5–––2.534.521.5
53.53622.133522
5.5436 2/322.53.53622.5
64.537 1/322.9436.523
6.553823.34.53723.5
75.538 2/323.8537.524
7.5639 1/324.25.53824.5
86.54024.663925
8.5740 2/325.06.54025.5
97.541 1/325.5740.526
9.584225.97.54126.5
108.542 2/326.3841.527
10.5943 1/326.78.542.527.5
119.54427.194328
11.51044 2/327.69.543.528.5
1210.545 1/328.0104429
12.5114628.410.54529.5
1311.546 2/328.81145.530
13.51247 1/329.311.54630.5
1412.54829.71246.531
14.51348 2/330.1–––
1513.549 1/330.5134832
15.5145031.0–––
16–––144932.5

Brands measure cm differently: some print the shoe's length, others your foot's length. We match brands by US size, never by cm.