Nike
Nike Cortez
Everything we hold on this shoe: 3 written pieces, 1 colourway in the index, 18 readings.
Before Nike there was Blue Ribbon Sports, importing Japanese running shoes made by Onitsuka. The partnership collapsed in 1972 and both sides walked away with the same design.
Nike Cortez
The spec
| Brand | Nike |
| Model | Nike Cortez |
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.
Nike Cortez Fir
| Taken | Median ask | Lowest ask | Sizes live | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | £179 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-16 | £179 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-15 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-14 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-13 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-12 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-11 | £178 | £128 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-10 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-09 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-08 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-07 | £178 | £128 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-06 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-05 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-04 | £178 | £128 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-03 | £178 | £128 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-02 | £178 | £127 lowest | 3 | read live |
| 2026-09-01 | £189 | £127 lowest | 4 | read live |
| 2026-08-31 | £189 | £127 lowest | 4 | read live |
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.
Nike Cortez Fir
| UK | Median of our readings | Taken 2026-09-17 |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | £17818 | £179 |
| 4.5 | £12718 | £127 |
| 5 | £21818 | £219 |
18 reading days, 2026-08-31 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.
Nike Cortez
Nike and Onitsuka's partnership broke down in 1972 and both sold the same silhouette, as the Cortez and the Corsair
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31
Nike Cortez
The Nike Cortez was released in 1972
Wikipedia, read 2026-08-31
That it is still in Nike's catalogue after fifty years
Not verified. nike.com returns 403 to a plain fetch, so current availability could not be read from Nike itself
Nike's first big shoe is still in the catalogue, 50 years unbroken
Same sources as above on this page
What we do not hold on the Nike Cortez yet: nothing on our UK release calendar. Everything above is what we do.