Nike
Nike Killshot
Everything we hold on this shoe: 1 written piece, 1 out now at retail.
The Killshot started in 1979 as a court shoe for racquetball and squash. Nike brought it back in 2009 in leather, kept the suede, and let J.Crew sell it. One pair per person, sold out every time.
The Killshot
The spec
| Brand | Nike |
| Model | Nike Killshot |
| UK retail price | £86 |
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.
On the calendar
UK dates and UK listing prices, taken from retailer listings rather than converted from dollars. Days that have gone are kept, dimmed, because an archive that deletes the past is not an archive.
Out now at retail, 1 colourway
| Nike Killshot 2 Leather Sail Midnight Navy | £86 |
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.
The Killshot
"The sneaker was introduced in 1979 as a court shoe for sports such as racquetball and squash", with a mesh upper. "Nike brought back the Killshot in 2009, giving it a leather update and retaining the OG suede detailing", sold exclusively through J.Crew and selling out after every drop. "The Nike Killshot 2 ultimately proved to be so popular that the Swoosh decided to make the sneaker a general release in August 2019"
Highsnobiety, "In Memory of J. Crew's Ultimate Cult Sneaker: The Nike Killshot 2", read 2026-08-31
What we do not hold on the Nike Killshot yet: no reading in our price index, so no ask we could quote. Everything above is what we do.