Abstract: A wear protector for a shoe in the form of a solid, flexible pad which is to be adhesively secured to a localized area on the upper of a shoe. The pad includes an exterior surface and is configured of a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves with there being a groove located between each directly adjacent pair of ridges. Each ridge is to encounter abrasive wear thereby protecting the upper of the shoe from wear in the area of the solid, flexible pad. During flexing of the shoe the material of the grooves deflects so as to not hinder the flexing movement of the shoe.