Chicken legs vs Chicken wing: Which Has More Calories?


Per 100 g, Chicken legs has 214 kcal and Chicken wing has 247 kcal, so Chicken legs has 13% fewer calories.

Chicken wing has more protein (22.6 g vs 16.4 g). Relative to calories, Chicken wing is the better protein source (9.15 g vs 7.65 g of protein per 100 kcal).

Chicken legs - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition
Chicken legs - calories, kcal, weight, nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Chicken Leg
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one chicken leg (170g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.
Chicken Wing
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one chicken wing (85g)
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* The % Daily Value (DV) shows how much a nutrient in one serving of food contributes to your total daily diet. A 2000-calorie daily intake is used as a general guideline for nutrition advice.

Chicken Leg vs Chicken Wing 100g Compare


per 100g Chicken legs Chicken wing
Calories 214 247
Fat 15.95 g 16.69 g
Protein 16.37 g 22.6 g
Water 67.3 g 61.69 g
Calcium 9 mg 12 mg
Iron 0.69 mg 1.12 mg
Magnessium 19 mg 16 mg
Potassium 203 mg 138 mg
Sodium 84 mg 374 mg
Vitaminium B1 (Thiamine) 0.073 mg 0.04 mg
Vitaminium B2 (riboflavin) 0.141 mg 0.102 mg
Vitaminium B3 (Niacin) 4.733 mg 4.584 mg
Vitaminium B6 0.318 mg 0.218 mg
Vitaminium B9 (Folic acid) 0.004 µg 0.003 µg
Vitaminium E 0.22 mg 0.27 mg

Less Calories in Chicken leg

At first glance, you can see that in chicken leg is less calories than in chicken wing.

Chicken leg has 214 kcal per 100g and chicken wing 247 kcal per 100g so it is pretty easy to calculate that the difference is about 15%.

In chicken leg and in chicken wing most calories came from fat.

See tables below to compare chicken leg with chicken wing in details.

Chicken legs 100g

214kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS.
  • 31% PROTEIN
  • 68% FAT

Chicken wing 100g

247kcal

Calories source

  • 0% CARBS
  • 38% PROTEIN
  • 62% FAT

About the data

Nutrition values on this page are given per 100 g of the food and are based on the official United States Department of Agriculture FoodData Central database. The exact record used for each food is linked under the tables.

Marcin Piotrowicz – calories-info.com creator · Healthy diet and healthy lifestyle promoter. The information is for general purposes and is not medical or dietary advice.