The width chart puts all 35 boots we rate into four columns, from narrow to wide. Find a model and you see at a glance how it sits against the rest, then follow it to its page for the forefoot, instep and heel.
How do you read the width chart?
Each boot appears once, in the column that best describes its overall width. Read from left to right, narrow to wide. If you have a wide foot, begin in the wide and roomy columns and ignore the narrow one. If you have a narrow foot, do the opposite.
The chart shows overall width, not the whole fit. A boot can be wide across the forefoot, yet have a low, pointed toe box, or leave little room over the instep. So treat the column as a first filter and check the zones on each model page before you decide.
What do the four classes mean?
Narrow boots are built on a slim last, usually in thin synthetic or knit, and they suit narrow feet and speed-minded players. Standard boots suit a medium foot. Roomy boots give extra space in the forefoot or heel, often with a separate tongue, and wide boots give the most room across the ball of the foot. The wide class holds the lasts that suit a broad forefoot best, and the official wide fit versions.
Why does width differ so much between lines?
Because the last, the upper material and the tongue differ line by line, not brand by brand. Take the Nike Mercurial, built narrow on purpose, next to the Nike Phantom, the widest Nike last. The adidas F50 is narrow while the Copa Pure is roomy, and the Puma Ultra is the tightest Puma while the King is the widest.
Material also moves a boot along the chart in practice. Kangaroo leather and calfskin stretch and mould to your foot, while synthetic and thin speed uppers hardly give at all. Our guide to leather or synthetic explains why that matters for a wide foot.
What should you do next?
Once you have a shortlist from the chart, let the boot finder match it against your complaint and surface. If you are not sure where you sit, measure first with the foot width calculator. Our ranking of the best football boots for wide feet puts the top models in order, and our page on how we rate fit explains where the ratings come from.