Enter your body weight and playing time to calculate your calories burned playing pickleball. A 155-lb person burns about 5 calories per minute during typical recreational doubles play.

Pickleball Calories Burned Calculator

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Basic uses typical recreational doubles.

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Pickleball Calories Burned Formula

For the basic calculator, use:

Calories Burned = Body Weight (lb) × Minutes Played × 0.0325

For advanced mode, use:

Calories Burned = Body Weight (lb) × Minutes Played × Pickleball Factor

The pickleball factor changes with how you play:

  • Light drills or easy practice: 0.0278
  • Recreational doubles: 0.0325
  • Recreational singles: 0.0437
  • Competitive doubles: 0.0460
  • Competitive singles: 0.0516
  • High-intensity singles: 0.0595

Calories Burned by Pickleball Style

For a 155-lb player, the calorie burn per minute is roughly:

  • Light drills or easy practice: 4.3 calories per minute
  • Recreational doubles: 5.0 calories per minute
  • Recreational singles: 6.8 calories per minute
  • Competitive doubles: 7.1 calories per minute
  • Competitive singles: 8.0 calories per minute
  • High-intensity singles: 9.2 calories per minute

How to Calculate Calories Burned Playing Pickleball

  1. Enter your body weight in pounds.
  2. Enter how many minutes you played.
  3. Use Basic for typical recreational doubles, or switch to Advanced to choose a play style.
  4. Click Calculate to see your calories burned.

What Changes the Calorie Total?

  • Body weight: heavier players burn more calories over the same time.
  • Singles vs. doubles: singles usually burns more because you cover more court.
  • Rally pace: fast points, quick changes of direction, and longer rallies raise the burn rate.
  • Session length: longer matches and back-to-back games increase total calories burned.

Example

A 160-lb player who plays 45 minutes of recreational doubles burns:

Calories Burned = 160 × 45 × 0.0325 = 234 calories