Top 10 Most Iconic Sneakers of All Time

These are the sneakers that transcended sport to define culture, from a shoe banned by the NBA before it sold a single pair to Adidas Superstars held aloft by 30,000 fans at a Run-DMC concert. Some, like the Stan Smith and Chuck Taylor All Star, became the best-selling and most-produced sneakers in history through decades of quiet ubiquity; others, like the Nike Dunk, resurfaced generations after their debut to trade for thousands of dollars on the resale market. Together they trace nearly a century of how sports equipment became a cultural signal.