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How much does a basketball weigh?
620 g21.9 ozWhich one: size 7
A basketball weighs about 620 g (21.9 oz).
Sizes and weights of sports equipment are set by rulebooks, so these are some of the most exact numbers in the game. Where a rule allows a range, Tilt uses the middle of it. Source for this figure: FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2024, Equipment.
How heavy is that?
- A basketball weighs about as much as 10 eggs.
- A basketball weighs about as much as 620 paperclips.
- A basketball weighs about as much as 25,000 grains of rice.
- It takes about 100 basketballs to balance a person.
- It takes about 810 basketballs to balance a horse.
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