How many calories in a chicken leg and thigh?

Answer 1

In plain cooked (grilled, roasted, boiled, steamed) chicken legs (drumstick and thigh) there are:

• approx 265 calories in 1 slightly larger (4 oz or 114g) leg including the skin
• approx 181 calories in 1 average (3.4 oz or 95g) chicken leg with the skin removed before eating.

In plain cooked (grilled, roasted, boiled, steamed) chicken thighs there are:

• approx 59 calories in 1 ounce, 28g, of thigh meat (excluding the skin)
• approx 109 calories in 1 average size thigh (excluding the skin)
• approx 153 calories in 1 average size thigh including the skin
• for comparison, approx 112 calories in 1 average size drumstick including the skin.