Ranking Every Nike Signature Sneaker From Best to Worst

The Complex Sneakers Podcast

Complex

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🗓️ 4 April 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

There’s no debating that Michael Jordan has the best signature sneaker line ever in the Air Jordans, but who comes next? How close is Penny Hardaway to the top tier of signature shoes with designs like the Foamposite? And where do Bo Jackson and Ken Griffey’s shoes stack up? Does Carmelo Anthony deserve a spot in the tier list? Co-hosts Joe La Puma, Brendan Dunne, and Matt Welty put together a tier-list ranking of all-time Nike signature lines in this episode. Also, an update on the Air Max 95 “Neon” rollout, news about Bodega’s struggles, and a narrowly avoided April Fools’ prank.

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0:00.0	What's up, everybody? It's Joe Lupuma. You were listening. You were watching the Complex Sneakers
0:05.7	podcast. As always, I'm joined by my two co-host. To my right, Mr. Matt Welty. What, you guys didn't
0:12.0	clue me in on the memo today? Oh, that memo. I felt like you wore Nike's last episode. You're good
0:18.1	for the year. To my left, Mr. Brendan Dunn.
0:21.6	We're an air max 95 says are you, Joe.
0:23.4	What do we got today?
0:24.5	Maybe I'm beating a dead horse here, but I feel like there's still a lot to discuss
0:27.4	with respect to the Air Max 95.
0:29.3	The big bubble pair, how they fit first, the other pairs,
0:31.8	and just what's going on with that shoe right now.
0:33.4	Also, I'm making an announcement. I'm excited to buy a pair of shoes this week, you know, just like the rest of us out here spending money on sneakers.
0:39.5	Is the bodega shutting down?
0:41.1	Damn.
0:41.6	Hope not.
0:42.5	We have a topic to get to highly debated that Dion Sanders may have kicked off recently on sneaker shopping.
0:49.1	Best signature line of all time.
0:51.1	There's a lot to go through.
0:52.7	As always, check out complex.com backslash shop.
0:55.0	Get some sneakers, get some vinyl.
0:57.0	Some gear?
0:58.0	Yeah.
0:59.0	We were shooting this on April Fool's Day.
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