{"id":13,"date":"2026-11-03T03:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/air-jordan-1-low-vs-mid-vs-high\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T03:56:24","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T22:26:24","slug":"air-jordan-1-low-vs-mid-vs-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/air-jordan-1-low-vs-mid-vs-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Jordan 1 Low vs Mid vs High: Which One to Buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Short answer:<\/strong> Buy the High if you want the original 1985 silhouette and the build Nike sells as a Retro High OG. Buy the Low if you will wear your Jordans every day in Indian heat and want the easiest shoe to get on and off. The Mid sits between the two in height and price, and is the one to pick when the colourway you want only exists in that cut.<\/p>\n<h2>What actually changes between the Low, Mid and High?<\/h2>\n<p>All three share the same upper pattern: a leather toe box, the Swoosh across the side panel, the Wings logo at the ankle, and an Air unit in the heel of the midsole. The difference is how far the collar comes up your ankle and how many eyelets you lace through.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>High:<\/strong> the full-height collar from the 1985 original. It wraps the ankle and uses the most eyelets, so it feels the most locked in. Retro High OG releases follow the original shape closely, carry Nike Air branding on the tongue and tend to get the best leather.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mid:<\/strong> cut roughly a finger&#8217;s width shorter than the High. It still covers the ankle bone but with less padding and fewer eyelets. Mids are produced in larger numbers and in more colourways, and most of them carry the Jumpman on the tongue rather than Nike Air.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Low:<\/strong> the collar stops below the ankle bone, like any other low-top. The Low was also part of the 1985 line-up, so it is not a later compromise; it simply spent the 1990s and 2000s in the background before becoming the everyday choice it is now.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Which Jordan 1 fits widest?<\/h2>\n<p>None of the three is a wide shoe. The Air Jordan 1 toe box is narrow by modern standards, and that holds across all cuts because the forefoot pattern is shared. Most people take their usual Nike size in all three. If you have a wide foot, the Low is the most forgiving because there is no collar to fight while you break it in, and the Mid comes next. The High is stiff for the first week or two, particularly at the back of the collar, and then settles. If you are between sizes, go up half a size in the High and stay true to size in the Low. Our listings use UK sizes, which Indian sizing follows; if you only know your US or EU size, our <a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/uk-us-eu-sneaker-sizes-explained\/\">sneaker size guide<\/a> converts it.<\/p>\n<h2>Which is the most comfortable for daily wear?<\/h2>\n<p>The Low. The heel Air unit is the same, so cushioning does not change, but the Low weighs less, lets your ankle move and is far cooler in summer. The High gives more ankle coverage, which some people like for the feel, but it is a warm shoe and takes longer to lace. The Mid is a fair middle ground, and the ankle padding on recent Mids is softer than it was a few years ago.<\/p>\n<h2>How do the price tiers work?<\/h2>\n<p>At retail, the Low is the cheapest cut, the Mid is next, and the Retro High OG is the most expensive. In our catalogue that order often flips, because the price of an Air Jordan 1 depends more on the colourway than on the cut. A limited Low can cost more than a general-release High. The table below is a guide; current prices are on each product page.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Feature<\/th>\n<th>Low<\/th>\n<th>Mid<\/th>\n<th>High<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Collar<\/td>\n<td>Below the ankle bone<\/td>\n<td>Covers the ankle, shorter than the High<\/td>\n<td>Full 1985 height<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tongue branding<\/td>\n<td>Jumpman or Nike Air, depending on release<\/td>\n<td>Usually Jumpman<\/td>\n<td>Nike Air on Retro High OG<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fit tendency<\/td>\n<td>True to size, easiest break-in<\/td>\n<td>True to size<\/td>\n<td>True to size, stiff at first<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Best for<\/td>\n<td>Daily wear, hot weather<\/td>\n<td>Colourway choice on a budget<\/td>\n<td>The original look<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Our range<\/td>\n<td>\u20b913,200 to \u20b925,500<\/td>\n<td>\u20b911,520 to \u20b920,500<\/td>\n<td>\u20b916,900 to \u20b921,900<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Which cut should you buy?<\/h2>\n<p>Pick the High if the Jordan 1 you have in mind is one of the classic Retro High OG colourways; nothing else looks quite like it. Pick the Low if this will be your everyday pair and you want the easiest shoe to live with. Pick the Mid if you are chasing a particular colourway or a lower price and collar height does not matter much to you. Whichever you choose, every pair is verified in hand before dispatch, following the process in <a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/how-we-verify-every-pair\/\">how we verify every pair<\/a>, and you order on WhatsApp rather than through a card checkout.<\/p>\n<h2>What we have in stock<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/air-jordan-1-low-bred-toe\">Air Jordan 1 Low Bred Toe<\/a>, \u20b915,000, in UK 6, 8, 9, 10 and 11<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/1-low-se-coconut-milk-black-muslin\">Air Jordan 1 Low SE Coconut Milk Black Muslin<\/a>, \u20b919,900, in UK 9, 10 and 10.5<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/jordan-1-low-se-concord\">Jordan 1 Low SE Concord<\/a>, \u20b925,500, in UK 7<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/nike-air-jordan-1-mid-chicago-2020\">Air Jordan 1 Mid Chicago (2020)<\/a>, \u20b920,500, in UK 8.5<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/jordan-1-mid-zen-master\">Jordan 1 Mid Zen Master<\/a>, \u20b915,900, in UK 10<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/product\/nike-air-jordan-1-retro-high-og-flight-club\">Air Jordan 1 Retro High OG Flight Club<\/a>, \u20b920,200, in UK 8.5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The full list, including the Retro High OG Rare Air, Love Letter and Washed Pink, is on our <a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/shop?brand=Jordan\">Jordan page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/shop?category=sneakers\">sneakers page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Low, Mid or High? We compare the three Air Jordan 1 cuts on collar height, fit, price and construction, plus the colourways we have in stock in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sneakers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/getrightsneakers.in\/guides\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}