The best streetwear hats and caps for men

The on-field Yankees cap in New Era's fitted 59FIFTY, with the embroidered NY in team colours and sizes from 6 7/8 to 8: the shape every other fitted cap is measured against.

Why this one: Over the Supreme Box Logo: the same New Era 59FIFTY with the original team logo, for $8 less and in more sizes (6 7/8–8).

Limitation: New Era's page for this cap lists no fabric. A fitted cap doesn't adjust, so the wrong size stays wrong; 7 5/8 was sold out on 18 Oct.

Supreme's Box Logo on a New Era 59FIFTY, this season with 'World Famous' script embroidered over the front, sides and back.

Why this one: Over the Yankees 59FIFTY: the same New Era cap, if you want the Box Logo, for $8 more.

Limitation: This season's version is polyester and busy; the plain Box Logo isn't on Supreme's US shop this week, and size 8 had sold out on 18 Oct.

A 1945 Homestead Grays team cap remade in 14 oz wool broadcloth, with a haircloth-backed buckram crown, green satin under the brim and a cotton sweatband, made in the USA and Canada.

Why this one: Over the New Era: wool broadcloth and a period profile, made in the USA and Canada, for $18 more.

Limitation: Ebbets publishes no size chart we could find. This listing runs 7 1/8 to 7 3/4, and there is an adjustable version with a leather strap.

BAPE's 1st Camo on a cotton panel cap, with the college logo printed on the front, a synthetic-leather flat brim and an adjustable strap.

Why this one: Over the other structured caps: you're paying for the 1st Camo pattern, $97 more than the Supreme Box Logo.

Limitation: Final sale on BAPE's US store, and most of the $155 is the pattern. BAPE gives one figure, 58 cm, rather than a range.

A baseball cap in recycled wool beach cloth from Câbleami, the Kobe headwear specialist, sold in sizes M and L.

Why this one: Over the Ebbets: a Japanese hatmaker's recycled-wool cap in two sizes, at more than twice the price.

Limitation: Câbleami has no online store and publishes no fibre content. The price is A School of Thought's, a Brooklyn shop on Câbleami's own stockist list.

Cotton twill in an unstructured six-panel with an adjustable strapback and an antique brass buckle, and the small Aimé Leon Dore wordmark on the front. A core style, in five colours.

Why this one: Over the Carhartt Madison: cotton twill with an antique brass buckle and a quieter wordmark, for $22 more.

Limitation: $70 for a plain cotton cap is mostly the name, and the strap's material isn't stated.

Noah's cross logo on a 100% cotton six-panel with embroidered eyelets and a self-fabric strap on a metal slider, made in the USA.

Why this one: Over the Aimé Leon Dore: made in the USA, with Noah's cross logo, for $8 less.

Limitation: Noah doesn't describe the crown or the brim on its page.

Garment-washed 296 g/m² cotton twill in an unstructured, unlined six-panel with a firm curved peak and the small square C.

Why this one: Over the Aimé Leon Dore: garment-washed 296 g/m² twill and a firm curved peak, for $22 less.

Limitation: A plain shape with a small logo. Carhartt WIP gives its one size as 57–62 cm, so it won't take in a small head.

Palace's own six-panel in washed cotton twill with embroidered artwork and a genuine leather strap with a metal buckle.

Why this one: Over the Carhartt Madison: Palace's artwork and a genuine leather strap, for the same $48.

Limitation: Palace drops sell through, and its US shop sends visitors outside the US to the UK store. No crown or size details are published.

Brain Dead's classic six-panel cut in wool flannel, with an embroidered logohead and a leather strapback, made in the USA.

Why this one: Over the cotton dad caps: wool flannel for colder months, made in the USA, for $65.

Limitation: Brain Dead doesn't describe the crown or the brim, and it's a new FW26 drop, so colours may not last.

Norse's signature cap in light cotton twill, made in the USA, with a mini embroidered N on the front and tonal Norse Projects embroidery.

Why this one: Over the Aimé Leon Dore: a smaller logo and made in the USA, for $40 more.

Limitation: One size, and Norse doesn't say how it adjusts or how deep the crown is.

Stüssy's stock logo, large, on a mid-depth five-panel in washed cotton twill with an unstructured crown, a precurved brim, a green undervisor and a snapback.

Why this one: Over the Patagonia Maclure: a bigger logo and a snapback, for $5 less.

Limitation: One size, and Stüssy gives a single 58 cm circumference rather than a range.

A five-panel in 7.5 oz organic cotton canvas with a mid-crown fit, side vent rivets, a webbing strap and buckle, and a brim made from recycled fishing nets.

Why this one: Over the Stüssy Big Stock: organic cotton canvas and a brim made from recycled fishing nets, for $5 more.

Limitation: Patagonia gives no head-size range on the page and doesn't say whether the crown is structured; the Dried Mango colour is marked last season.

46 g of Italian FliteSilk nylon, wind- and water-repellent, in a five-panel pinch shape with a short brim, a bungee-cord toggle closure and the care label on the outside.

Why this one: Over the Patagonia: 46 g of wind- and water-repellent Italian nylon, at nearly twice the price.

Limitation: $100 for 46 g of nylon, hand wash only, and one size ('fits most') with no head range given.

Lightweight washed cotton, unlined, with a flat crown and a 2 1/4 in brim, in five sizes from S to XXL, from the British label best known for its bucket hats.

Why this one: Over the Stüssy bucket: five sizes instead of two, from the label best known for bucket hats, at the same $50.

Limitation: Sized, not adjustable, so measure first.

Washed cotton twill, unstructured, with woven eyelets, a cotton twill sweatband and the stock logo small on the front.

Why this one: Over the Kangol: the Stüssy stock logo on washed cotton twill, at the same $50.

Limitation: Only two sizes (S/M and L/XL), and Stüssy's chart measures the hat laid flat, not your head.

A ball cap in a 99 g/m² stretch polyester weave, the same mesh as Arc'teryx's Konseal harnesses, with a Spacermesh sweatband, water-repellent finish and a TPU strap. Weighs 59 g.

Why this one: Over the Nike ACG: a water-repellent stretch weave and a plainer look, for $15 less.

Limitation: Arc'teryx says surface clean only, do not wash, which is awkward for a cap you sweat in.

Nike's trail-running cap in Radical AirFlow, an open-hole polyester knit built to let heat out, with Dri-FIT, a low-profile snug fit, a pre-curved bill and hook-and-loop adjuster.

Why this one: Over the Arc'teryx: an open-hole knit built to let heat out, for running in the heat, for $15 more.

Limitation: Sold in three sizes rather than one, and Nike says hand wash only.