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How much does a ping pong ball weigh?

2.7 g0.0952 oz

A ping pong ball weighs about 2.7 g (0.0952 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: ITTF Laws of Table Tennis 2025.

How heavy is that?

• A ping pong ball weighs about as much as 2.7 paperclips.
• A ping pong ball weighs about as much as 110 grains of rice.
• It takes about 22 ping pong balls to balance an egg.
• It takes about 790 ping pong balls to balance a brick.

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• US penny 2.5 g
• LEGO brick 2.32 g
• Metal bottle cap 2.1 g
• Olive 4.4 g

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• Shuttlecock 5.12 g
• Golf ball 45.9 g
• Tennis ball 58 g