A pneumatic tire includes: a pair of bead portions 11; bead cores 12 each having a polygonal configuration in cross section; a radial carcass 13 having respective ends thereof wound around the corresponding bead cores from the inner side to the outer side of the tire; one layer of wire chafer 14 disposed on the outer side of the radial carcass 13 with respect to the bead core 12; and a rubber chafer 16 disposed in a contact area between the bead portion 11 and a prescribed rim R, wherein, in a cross section of the tire assembled with the prescribed rim R, the angle formed by the bottom side 12a of the bead core with respect to a bead seat Ra of the prescribed rim R is set in the range of 0±2°, and a portion, on the tire outer surface side, of a spiral filament or an outermost layer filament of steel cords 15 constituting the wire chafer 14 extends at an angle in the range of 90±5° with respect to the extending direction of ply cords constituting the radial carcass 13.