The Canon · Most-Discussed Models

Most-discussed vs. the majors

The sneaker I talked about the most

The sneaker the 8 major blogs talked about the most

We agreed on the same silhouette half the time.

The Canon ranks the sneakers that have mattered most by triangulating three independent signals: editorial weight from sneaker outlets, practitioner authority from people who built their careers in the work, and community resonance from the audience that lives inside the culture.

All-time Top 25

  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 339 · tagged=81, ig=47, sub=17
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 278 · tagged=73, ig=20, sub=19
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 257 · tagged=66, ig=20, sub=19
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 213 · tagged=41, ig=42, sub=18
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 146 · tagged=18, ig=50, sub=18
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 102 · tagged=21, ig=16, sub=12
  • AM95 Nike Air Max 95
    score 56 · tagged=15, ig=5, sub=5
  • AJ11 Air Jordan 11
    score 35 · tagged=4, ig=12, sub=6
  • AM90 Nike Air Max 90
    score 35 · tagged=3, ig=10, sub=11
  • AJ3 Air Jordan 3
    score 34 · tagged=8, ig=4, sub=6
  • NAM 98 Nike Air Max 98
    score 32 · tagged=4, ig=11, sub=5
  • NAMP Nike Air Max Plus
    score 32 · tagged=1, ig=12, sub=9
  • AJ6 Air Jordan 6
    score 27 · tagged=2, ig=11, sub=5
  • NAM Nike Air Max
    score 23 · tagged=1, ig=12, sub=4
  • AM97 Nike Air Max 97
    score 19 · tagged=3, ig=7, sub=3
  • Yeezy 350 Yeezy Boost 350
    score 18 · tagged=2, ig=7, sub=3
  • NK Nike Kobe
    score 13 · tagged=1, ig=7, sub=3
  • AG 3 ASICS Gel-Lyte 3
    score 13 · tagged=0, ig=6, sub=5
  • NC Nike Cortez
    score 13 · tagged=2, ig=4, sub=3
  • AJ5 Air Jordan 5
    score 12 · tagged=0, ig=7, sub=3
  • NSR R4 Nike Shox R4
    score 11 · tagged=1, ig=6, sub=1
  • NAM Nike Air Mag
    score 10 · tagged=1, ig=4, sub=3
  • NZF 1 Nike Zoom Freak 1
    score 10 · tagged=0, ig=5, sub=4
  • AJ2 Air Jordan 2
    score 10 · tagged=0, ig=8, sub=0
  • NAMP 3 Nike Air Max Plus 3
    score 10 · tagged=0, ig=4, sub=4

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Nikes would place #11 score 34
  • Various Jordans would place #14 score 31
  • Various Yeezys would place #17 score 20
  • Various Adidas would place #32 score 9

2026 THIN

Only 3 shoes cleared the 2-mention threshold this year. Treat as partial, not a definitive top 10.

  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=0, sub=2
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=0, sub=2
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=0

2025 THIN

Only 6 shoes cleared the 2-mention threshold this year. Treat as partial, not a definitive top 10.

  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 16 · tagged=0, ig=15, sub=1
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 9 · tagged=0, ig=9, sub=0
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 8 · tagged=1, ig=6, sub=0
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=1
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=0
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=0

2024

  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 28 · tagged=13, ig=2, sub=0
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 20 · tagged=6, ig=7, sub=1
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 14 · tagged=7, ig=0, sub=0
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 13 · tagged=5, ig=3, sub=0
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 7 · tagged=0, ig=7, sub=0
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 6 · tagged=2, ig=2, sub=0
  • AM95 Nike Air Max 95
    score 5 · tagged=2, ig=0, sub=1
  • NAMP Nike Air Max Plus
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=4, sub=0
  • NDB 1 Nike Devin Booker 1
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=4, sub=0
  • NF Nike Foamposite
    score 3 · tagged=1, ig=1, sub=0

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Jordans would place #7 score 6
  • Various New Balances would place #12 score 3
  • Various Nikes would place #13 score 3

2023

  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 50 · tagged=21, ig=6, sub=2
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 31 · tagged=13, ig=2, sub=3
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 29 · tagged=12, ig=4, sub=1
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 14 · tagged=7, ig=0, sub=0
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 12 · tagged=3, ig=6, sub=0
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 9 · tagged=3, ig=3, sub=0
  • AJ3 Air Jordan 3
    score 6 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=1
  • NAM 98 Nike Air Max 98
    score 4 · tagged=1, ig=2, sub=0
  • NAM Nike Air Max
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=1
  • NJ 1 Nike Ja 1
    score 3 · tagged=1, ig=1, sub=0

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Nikes would place #11 score 3

2022

  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 33 · tagged=15, ig=1, sub=2
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 32 · tagged=11, ig=10, sub=0
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 31 · tagged=15, ig=1, sub=0
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 11 · tagged=4, ig=3, sub=0
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 8 · tagged=3, ig=2, sub=0
  • NK Nike Kobe
    score 7 · tagged=1, ig=5, sub=0
  • AM95 Nike Air Max 95
    score 5 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=0
  • NAM Nike Air Max
    score 4 · tagged=1, ig=2, sub=0
  • AM97 Nike Air Max 97
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=0
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 3 · tagged=1, ig=0, sub=1

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Nikes would place #9 score 4

2021

  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 38 · tagged=15, ig=5, sub=3
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 34 · tagged=9, ig=10, sub=6
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 22 · tagged=7, ig=5, sub=3
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 19 · tagged=3, ig=11, sub=2
  • AJ3 Air Jordan 3
    score 7 · tagged=3, ig=0, sub=1
  • AM97 Nike Air Max 97
    score 7 · tagged=2, ig=2, sub=1
  • AJ6 Air Jordan 6
    score 6 · tagged=1, ig=3, sub=1
  • NAM Nike Air Max
    score 6 · tagged=0, ig=4, sub=2
  • AM90 Nike Air Max 90
    score 6 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=3
  • NAM 98 Nike Air Max 98
    score 6 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=1

2020

  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 43 · tagged=11, ig=13, sub=8
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 42 · tagged=14, ig=6, sub=8
  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 38 · tagged=5, ig=17, sub=11
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 37 · tagged=13, ig=1, sub=10
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 23 · tagged=8, ig=3, sub=4
  • AM90 Nike Air Max 90
    score 12 · tagged=1, ig=5, sub=5
  • AJ3 Air Jordan 3
    score 9 · tagged=3, ig=0, sub=3
  • NZF 1 Nike Zoom Freak 1
    score 6 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=3
  • AJ5 Air Jordan 5
    score 5 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=2
  • NAFL Nike Air Force Lite
    score 5 · tagged=2, ig=0, sub=1

2019

  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 16 · tagged=7, ig=0, sub=2
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 15 · tagged=7, ig=1, sub=0
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 13 · tagged=5, ig=0, sub=3
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 13 · tagged=5, ig=0, sub=3
  • AJ11 Air Jordan 11
    score 8 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=3
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 7 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=4
  • NAM 98 Nike Air Max 98
    score 6 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=3
  • AM180 Nike Air Max 180
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=2
  • Yeezy 700 Yeezy 700
    score 4 · tagged=1, ig=1, sub=1
  • AQ Adidas Quescence
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=1

2018

  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 31 · tagged=12, ig=1, sub=6
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 17 · tagged=7, ig=1, sub=2
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 14 · tagged=6, ig=1, sub=1
  • AM95 Nike Air Max 95
    score 14 · tagged=5, ig=2, sub=2
  • AJ4 Air Jordan 4
    score 6 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=1
  • AN Adidas NMD
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=2
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 4 · tagged=2, ig=0, sub=0
  • AJ11 Air Jordan 11
    score 3 · tagged=1, ig=0, sub=1
  • DN N9000 Diadora N9000
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=1
  • NAFOG 1 Nike Air Fear of God 1
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=1

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Pumas would place #6 score 6
  • Various Nikes would place #7 score 5

2017 THIN

Only 4 shoes cleared the 2-mention threshold this year. Treat as partial, not a definitive top 10.

  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 4 · tagged=2, ig=0, sub=0
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 2 · tagged=1, ig=0, sub=0
  • AJ13 Air Jordan 13
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=0
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 2 · tagged=1, ig=0, sub=0

2016

  • AJ28 Air Jordan 28
    score 5 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=3
  • AF1 Nike Air Force 1
    score 5 · tagged=2, ig=0, sub=1
  • AJ11 Air Jordan 11
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=1
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 3 · tagged=1, ig=1, sub=0
  • NCT Nike Cross Trainer
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=0
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=0
  • NSR R4 Nike Shox R4
    score 3 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=1
  • AJ14 Air Jordan 14
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=1, sub=1
  • NAM 87 Nike Air Max 87
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=1, sub=1
  • NP Nike Presto
    score 2 · tagged=0, ig=1, sub=1

Couldn’t pin a model

Bare-brand extractions — the LLM saw a brand but no specific shoe. Listed with where each would place if interleaved with the ranked list above.

  • Various Nikes would place #4 score 4

2015

  • Dunk Nike Dunk
    score 11 · tagged=3, ig=3, sub=2
  • AM1 Nike Air Max 1
    score 7 · tagged=3, ig=0, sub=1
  • NAMP Nike Air Max Plus
    score 7 · tagged=1, ig=0, sub=5
  • AG 3 ASICS Gel-Lyte 3
    score 6 · tagged=0, ig=3, sub=3
  • Dunk SB Nike Dunk SB
    score 5 · tagged=2, ig=1, sub=0
  • AZF Adidas ZX Flux
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=2
  • AJ1 Air Jordan 1
    score 4 · tagged=1, ig=2, sub=0
  • AJ 29 Air Jordan 29
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=2, sub=2
  • AJ8 Air Jordan 8
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=1, sub=3
  • NS 2k3 Nike Skystepper 2k3
    score 4 · tagged=0, ig=0, sub=4

Colorway-level ranking aggregated from LLM extractions across JT’s 12-year archive, filtered to entries where a specific colorway was identified, deduped by body hash so a single post contributes at most once per shoe. Source weights: IG-tagged 2.0, IG-body 1.0, Substack-body 1.0. Endurance multiplier applied to all-time score only. Resolution selector switches the source of the extraction signal: Text reads captions only, Image reads the first image per post via Claude vision, Text + Image takes the union of both with post-level dedup.