Hankook tire comparisons
11 tires in 103 head-to-head comparisons against 25 other brands, settled by 135 independent tests that drove both tires of a pair back to back. Counting each pair in each test as one result, Hankook finished ahead in 335, behind in 342 and level in 16.
- 11Hankook tires compared
- 103head-to-head comparisons
- 135shared independent tests
- 335-342-16results won-lost-level
The short answer
- Most compared against Michelin 14 comparisons, 21 ahead, 72 behind, 3 level
- Most compared tire Hankook Kinergy 4S2 22 comparisons, ahead in 86 of 184 head-to-head results
Most opened Hankook comparisons this month
Ordered by how often each comparison was opened in the last 30 days.
All Season Hankook iON FlexClimate vs Michelin CrossClimate 2
Hankook 2-0 2 shared tests
9.8 Hankook
9.5 Michelin
Winter Bridgestone Blizzak 6 vs Hankook Winter I cept RS3
Bridgestone 6-2 8 shared tests
9.4 Bridgestone
8.8 Hankook
Winter Continental WinterContact TS 870 vs Hankook Winter I cept RS3
Continental 10-0 10 shared tests
9.2 Continental
8.8 Hankook
Winter Hankook Winter i cept evo3 vs Kumho Winter Craft WP52
Hankook 5-1 6 shared tests
9.2 Hankook
8.3 Kumho
All Season Hankook Kinergy 4S2 vs Nexen N Blue 4Season 2
Hankook 5-1 6 shared tests
8.9 Hankook
8.8 Nexen
Summer Hankook Ventus Prime 4 vs Michelin Primacy 5
Michelin 5-0 5 shared tests
8.8 Hankook
8.8 Michelin
Who Hankook is compared against
25 other brands, most compared first. Each card counts the head-to-heads against that brand and how the shared tests between them fell. Pick one to narrow the tables below.
Also compared against Toyo 3 Ceat 2 Giti 2 Linglong 2 Maxxis 2 Semperit 2 BFGoodrich 1 Fulda 1 GT-Radial 1 Nokian 1 Uniroyal 1 Viking 1 Yokohama 1
Hankook Summer comparisons 39
Most read first. The record counts the independent tests both tires appeared in and which finished ahead; a pair with no shared test has no record yet.
No comparison against that brand in this season.
Hankook Winter comparisons 37
Most read first. The record counts the independent tests both tires appeared in and which finished ahead; a pair with no shared test has no record yet.
No comparison against that brand in this season.
Hankook All Season comparisons 27
Most read first. The record counts the independent tests both tires appeared in and which finished ahead; a pair with no shared test has no record yet.
No comparison against that brand in this season.
The Hankook tires in these comparisons
11 models, most compared first. Each has its own page with the full test record, the owner reviews and the sizes it is made in.
Hankook Kinergy 4S2
8.9
Ahead in 86 of 184 head-to-head results
Hankook Ventus Evo
9.4
Ahead in 58 of 75 head-to-head results
Hankook Winter i cept evo3
9.2
Ahead in 90 of 169 head-to-head results
Hankook Winter I cept RS3
8.8
Ahead in 51 of 114 head-to-head results
Hankook Ventus Prime 4
8.8
Ahead in 31 of 91 head-to-head results
Hankook Ventus S1 evo 3
8.9
Ahead in 9 of 34 head-to-head results
Hankook iON FlexClimate
9.8
Ahead in 6 of 6 head-to-head results
Hankook Kinergy ST AS
6.9
Ahead in 1 of 4 head-to-head results
Hankook Ventus S1 Evo Z K129
8.9
Ahead in 3 of 8 head-to-head results
Hankook Winter I cept iZ2 W616
5.7
Ahead in 0 of 3 head-to-head results
Hankook Winter i pike RS2
7.6
Ahead in 0 of 5 head-to-head results
Hankook against other brands
Brand-against-brand records across every test we hold for both.
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Common questions
Which brand is Hankook compared against most?
Michelin, in 14 of the 103 head-to-head comparisons Hankook appears in. Across the 96 tests those pairs shared, Hankook finished ahead 21 times and Michelin 72 times.
Which Hankook tire is compared most often?
The Hankook Kinergy 4S2, which appears in 22 comparisons. It has finished ahead of its rival in 86 of the 184 shared tests behind those comparisons.
How does Hankook do head-to-head?
Across 103 comparisons against 25 other brands, settled by 135 independent tests, Hankook tires finished ahead of the rival in 335 results, behind in 342 and level in 16, counting each pair in each test once. Each comparison page lists the tests behind its own record.
What counts as a shared test?
One independent tire test that included both tires: the same car, the same track, the same day and the same tester. Only those tests feed a head-to-head record. Two tires that each won a different test in a different year have not been compared, so a comparison with no shared tests carries no record.
Run a Hankook tire?
Review it and the next driver comparing it against something else gets your experience alongside the test data. It takes about five minutes.
Where the record comes from
Only published independent tests count. A pair of tires earns a result when one test drove both on the same car, on the same day, and the tire that finished higher in that test takes the win. Two tires that each won a different test in different years have not met.
What the TR Score is
One number out of 10 for a tire's standing across every test and owner review we hold for it, weighted by how much evidence backs it. It is not the head-to-head record, which counts only the tests the two tires shared, so two tires can have close scores and a lopsided record, or the reverse.
How often it updates
Every time a test is published its results feed every comparison it touches, so a record on this page can change the day a new test lands. The most-opened list is a rolling 30-day count.