Piston and method for producing same

The piston for use in internal combustion engines, comprising:

• a piston crown, which is adjoined by a piston skirt, wherein the piston skirt has surfaces which abut a cylinder wall during use of the piston,
• wherein the surfaces have one or more friction-reducing coatings and
• wherein a plurality of depressions are provided in the coating, which are arranged in such a way that a spacing S between each two adjacent depressions along the axial direction (A) of the piston and the width L of the depressions along the axial direction (A) of the piston satisfy the formula S>2L, wherein one or more of the depressions are enclosed by the coating in which they are formed,
• wherein the plurality of the depressions is provided in alignment along the circumference of the piston in one of the one or more coatings.