Chicken Leg Weights, Calories & Servings (In Charts)

In this article, I’ve put together everything you need to know about weights, calories, and serving sizes of whole chicken legs.

Use the easy-to-follow charts to quickly work out and find the information you’re looking for, including raw and cooked weights and information on how much of a chicken leg is edible meat.

What Is A Chicken Leg?

Just before I get started with chicken leg weights and calories, I wanted to explain what a chicken leg actually is.

There is some confusion between the difference between a chicken leg and a chicken drumstick, so for the avoidance of doubt, here’s the clarification:

A chicken leg consists of two main parts: the drumstick and the thigh. The drumstick is the lower part of the leg, which is meaty and cylindrical, while the thigh is the upper portion, containing more fat and a richer flavor. Both parts are often used in various culinary dishes, offering a combination of textures and flavors.

The image below shows an example of what whole chicken legs look like, they are generally sold in stores and butchers with the skin on so they remain juicy when cooked.

How Much Does One Chicken Leg Weigh?

I weighed individual chicken legs (with the skin and bone) to get an average weight per raw leg and here are the results:

The average weight of one chicken leg with the skin on and the bone in is around 200g/7.05oz. A chicken leg of this size contains 448 calories (in kcal).

Chicken leg weights vary depending on the size of the chicken they came from, a smaller raw chicken leg (with the skin on and bone-in) weighs around 150g/5.29oz and a large leg weighs around 250g/8.8oz.

Use the table to find more conversion weights of one raw chicken leg which is either skin-on/bone-in or skinless and boneless:

Weight Type	Weight of one average chicken leg (including the skin and bone)
Grams	200g
Kilograms	0.2kg
Ounces	7.05oz
Pounds	0.44lb

Chicken Leg Weight And Calorie Chart

Use the chart below to find more chicken leg serving weights and calories, these figures are based on an average raw chicken leg weighing 200g/7.05oz (including the skin and bone).

It’s worth noting that calorie information does vary for chicken depending on where you look, to keep things simple I’ve gone with an average of 2.24 per gram which I’ve taken from mainstream supermarket pack information.

Chicken leg Serving Size (including the skin & bone)	Average Weight (in metric & imperial)	Calories (in kcal)
1 leg	200g/7.05oz	448
2 legs	400g/14.1oz	896
3 legs	600g/1.32lb	1344
4 legs	800g/1.76lb	1792
5 legs	1kg/2.2lb	2240
25g of leg meat	25g/0.88oz	60
50g of leg meat	50g/1.76oz	112
75g of leg meat	75g/2.65oz	168
100g of leg meat	100g/3.53oz	224
125g of leg meat	125g/4.4oz	280
150g of leg meat	150g/5.3oz	336
175g of leg meat	175g/6.2oz	392
200g of leg meat	200g/7.1oz	448
1oz of leg meat	28g/1oz	63
2oz of leg meat	57g/2oz	128
3oz of leg meat	85g/3oz	190
4oz of leg meat	113g/4oz	253
5oz of leg meat	142g/5oz	318
6oz of leg meat	170g/6oz	381

How Much Meat Is On A Chicken Leg?

With the exception of chicken breasts, chicken legs are one of the meatiest parts of the chicken.

I did some research and weighed the meat of a chicken leg (with the skin and bone removed) to find the average amount of meat per whole leg and here are the results:

An average-sized chicken leg with a raw weight of 200g/7.05oz, weighs around 150g/5.29oz when cooked, and with the bone and skin removed the meat weighs around 120g/4.23oz.

This means that chicken leg bones weigh around 30g per chicken leg and this amount can be deducted from a cooked chicken leg weight to get the edible meat weight.

It’s important to note, the amount of meat will vary depending on the size of the chicken leg and the bigger the leg, the more meat there will be.

How Many Chicken Legs Are In A Pound Or Kilogram?

The tables below show the number of chicken legs in a pound or kilogram and multiples pounds and kilograms.

This is based on an average-sized raw chicken leg weighing 200g/7.05oz each.

Please note that chicken leg weights can vary, so you might need to allow a little more or less depending on their size and figures are rounded up or down to the nearest whole chicken leg.

Number Of Chicken Legs In A Pound

Number of pounds	Amount of chicken legs per weight (including skin and bone)
1lb	2
2lb	5
3lb	7
4lb	9
5lb	11
6lb	14
7lb	16
8lb	18
9lb	20
10lb	23

Number Of Chicken Legs In A Kilogram

Number of kilograms	Amount of chicken legs per weight (including skin and bone)
1kg	5
2kg	10
3kg	15
4kg	20
5kg	25
6kg	30
7kg	35
8kg	40
9kg	45
10kg	50

When Should You Weigh Chicken Legs?

As a rule, if you’re calorie counting, you should weigh chicken legs before they’re cooked because calorie information is usually based on the raw weight.

The exception to this rule is when you buy ready-cooked chicken legs because the nutritional information on the pack should be based on the cooked weight and not the raw weight.

The nutritional information on a pack of raw chicken legs is based on the whole weight including the skin (if they have the skin on), if you only use the meat, then it might make sense to weigh the cooked meat as this is the only part you’ll be eating.

How Much Weight Do Chicken Legs Lose When Cooked?

The amount that chicken reduces in weight when it’s cooked, depends on the quality of the chicken and whether it has added water.

Because chicken legs are generally cooked with bones and skin on, they tend to retain more liquid than skinless and boneless chicken which will dry out more during the cooking process. This is because the fatty barrier which helps to retain moisture as it cooks.

As a rule, good quality free-range chicken legs with the skin left on will reduce in weight by around 25% of the original weight. For example, a raw chicken leg weighing 200g/7.05oz will weigh around 150g/5.29oz after cooking.

I did some research and put this theory into practice and the ratios do work, there might be a slight difference, but a 25% reduction is pretty close to what you can expect when you cook chicken.

The table below shows a guide to before and after cooking weights for chicken legs, along with how much cooked edible meat you can expect per leg:

Raw Chicken Leg Weight	Cooked Chicken Leg Weight	Edible Meat Weight
150g/5.29oz	113g/3.99oz	83g/2.93oz
200g/7.05oz	150g/5.29oz	120g/4.23oz
250g/8.82oz	188g/6.63oz	158g/5.57oz

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