If you’re looking for zero drop, foot-shaped shoes for various activities, here are my recommendations based on personal testing and experience selling most of them at our running and natural footwear store, Runner’s Corner. We can order almost anything on this list in any size or color the brands have available. Call 801-223-7010 with questions or to place an order.

Dress Shoes:
Vivobarefoot Ra (Wide but low instep volume over the top of the foot)
Lems Nine2Five (Mid Volume)
Xero Glenn (A bit narrower overall, but higher instep volume over the top)

Kids Shoes:
-Splay: Dash, Explore
-Vivobarefoot: All, but Primus Sport is a favorite
-Xero Shoes: All

Casual/Everyday Shoes:
-Splay: (Any Model, but Freestyle is still the favorite)
-Lems: (Most models, but love the Chillum Suede, Primal’s, and Drifter)
-Xero Shoes: Dillon, Phoenix

Casual Boots:
-Lems: Boulder, Chelsea, Breck, Telluride
-Xero Ridgeway and Scrambler

Hiking Boots
-Altra Lone Peak, Timp, and Olympus Mid’s
-Lems Trail Blazer Mid

Basketball Shoes:
-Xero Shoes X1 (Order a 1/2 size bigger than the biggest size you wear in other shoes)
-Uncivilized Sneaker 2.0

Tennis/Pickleball/Court Shoes:
-Notace Koto 1 (Imagine Altra made a streamlined Lone Peak for Court Sports)
-Xero Shoes 360 Rally (Barefoot style, no cushioning)

Skate Shoes:
-Splay REV

Gym/Lifting Shoes:
Inov-8 Bare-XF
Xero Shoes XT Max

Cross Training (Run Capable)
-Altra Solstice XT

Natural Running Shoes:
-Altra Escalante, Torin, Paradigm, Experience Flow, Fwd Via, Vanish Carbon 2
-Notace Michi
-Topo: ST-6, Fli-Lyte, Magnifly
-Vivobarefoot Primus (barefoot style, no cushion)
-Vibram Five Fingers KSO (barefoot style, no cushion)
-Xero Shoes Prio, Speedforce, etc. (barefoot style, no cushion)

Trail Running/Hiking:
-Altra King MT2, Superior, Lone Peak, Mont Blanc Speed, Olympus 275
-Notace Yama 1
-Topo Pursuit, UltraVenture, Mtn Racer, Terraventure

What I wear most (with average foot width and volume and good toe splay):
Running: Altra Vanish Carbon 2, Escalante, Torin
Trail Running: Altra King MT2, Mont Blanc Speed
Basketball: Uncivilized Sneaker 2.0 and Xero X1 Low
Court Sports: Notace Koto 1
Everyday: Lems Primal, Chillum, & Drifter. Altra Escalante & Racer, Superior.
Dress Shoes: Vivobarefoot Ra & Magna ESC, Lems Nine2Five