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How much does a hockey puck weigh?

163 g5.75 ozWhich one: rule: 156 to 170 g

A hockey puck weighs about 163 g (5.75 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: Hockey Canada Playing Rules 2024-2026.

How heavy is that?

• A hockey puck weighs about as much as 2.7 eggs.
• A hockey puck weighs about as much as 160 paperclips.
• A hockey puck weighs about as much as 6,500 grains of rice.
• It takes about 13 hockey pucks to balance a brick.
• It takes about 380 hockey pucks to balance a person.

About the same weight

• Peach 150 g
• Pear 178 g
• Bell pepper 148 g
• Apple 180 g

More sports balls and gear

• Tennis ball 58 g
• Baseball 145 g
• Pool ball 163 g
• Flying disc 175 g
• Softball 188 g
• Volleyball 270 g