New Balance
New Balance 550
Everything we hold on this shoe: 3 written pieces, 1 colourway in the index, 23 readings.
The 550 was a 1989 basketball model that did not catch on, so New Balance stopped making it.
New Balance 550
The spec
| Brand | New Balance |
| Model | New Balance 550 |
No style code and no colourway here. Both come from the retailer listings on the calendar ahead, and this shoe has nothing on it, so the rows are absent rather than guessed at.
What it has been asked for
One colourway at a time. The figure is the median ask across the sizes that were live that day. The lowest is shown beside it, dimmed, because the lowest is usually a UK 3 or a UK 13 and reads as a bargain that is not there. Readings marked read live we took ourselves at the same time in the morning; the ones marked from the Internet Archive are older listings recovered from archived pages, which is why they go back further than we do. Nothing here is a forecast: it is what was being asked on the days there was a page to look at.
New Balance 550 White Grey
| Taken | Median ask | Lowest ask | Sizes live | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | £142 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-16 | £142 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-15 | £132 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-14 | £132 | £86 lowest | 16 | read live |
| 2026-09-13 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-12 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-11 | £142 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-10 | £132 | £86 lowest | 15 | read live |
| 2026-09-09 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-08 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-07 | £133 | £86 lowest | 16 | read live |
| 2026-09-06 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-05 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-04 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-03 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-02 | £133 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-09-01 | £132 | £86 lowest | 14 | read live |
| 2026-08-31 | £132 | £86 lowest | 16 | read live |
| 2026-02-14 | £117 | £87 lowest | 17 | from the Internet Archive |
| 2025-12-07 | £102 | £70 lowest | 15 | from the Internet Archive |
| 2025-04-21 | £116 | £93 lowest | 17 | from the Internet Archive |
| 2024-12-10 | £117 | £94 lowest | 18 | from the Internet Archive |
| 2024-07-15 | £130 | £110 lowest | 20 | from the Internet Archive |
Ask by UK size
The part nobody publishes. The first figure against a size is the middle of every reading we hold for that size, and the small number beside it is how many readings that is. The second is the cheapest listing standing on that size on the day named at the top of the column. Neither is a forecast: both are what was being asked on days there was a page to look at, and a size with no listing that day is absent rather than shown as free.
New Balance 550 White Grey
| UK | Median of our readings | Taken 2026-09-17 |
|---|---|---|
| 3.5 | £10923 | £109 |
| 4 | £10523 | £105 |
| 4.5 | £8623 | £86 |
| 5 | £11723 | £117 |
| 5.5 | £14223 | £142 |
| 6 | £26823 | £268 |
| 6.5 | £9923 | £99 |
| 7 | £15223 | £152 |
| 7.5 | £10423 | £104 |
| 8 | £16223 | £162 |
| 8.5 | £12223 | £167 |
| 9 | £19223 | £192 |
| 9.5 | £13323 | £132 |
| 10 | £18723 | £187 |
23 reading days, 2024-07-15 to 2026-09-17
The whole index
What we have written
Every piece, with the place each claim came from underneath it. Where we could not reach a source we say so instead of quietly leaving it out.
New Balance 550
The 550 was a 1989 New Balance basketball shoe that did not catch on and was dropped, then brought back in 2020 with Aimé Leon Dore and released globally on 1 December 2020, after more than thirty years in the archive
Sneaker News, "A History Of The New Balance 550", read 2026-08-31
New Balance 550
Same sources as above on this page
Reviving a shape is cheaper, faster and safer than drawing a new one
Same sources as above on this page
What we do not hold on the New Balance 550 yet: nothing on our UK release calendar. Everything above is what we do.