Provided is a guide wire capable of exhibiting improved penetrability for penetrating a stenosis without degradation of passing performance of the guide wire. A guide wire 1 includes a wire main body 30 formed into a linear shape, a distal end portion 31 of the wire main body 30 is formed into a curved shape by a top portion 32 that forms an extreme distal portion and a surrounding portion 33 that makes the top portion 32 continuous with a peripheral surface 34 of the wire main body 30, a plurality of recesses 35 and 36 are formed in the distal end portion 31, and the recesses 35 and 36 are formed in the top portion 32 and the surrounding portion 33, respectively.
