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How Many Calories are Burned by Football?



Welcome to the football section of DietandFitnessToday where the highest number of calories burned is 345 Calories, for competitive football. This is for an average male weighting 190 pounds (86 Kg). Below is a list of 5 activities based on the general description of football, ranging from the highest calorie burn from 'competitive football' which burns 345 calories in 30 minutes through to the activity 'football or baseball, playing catch' which has the lowest calorie burn of 108 calories in 30 minutes, for a typical adult weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg).

For coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc., which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of football activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 172 Calories. In one hour coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. will burn 345 Calories.

Summary of Football Information and Charts

To help you find the information you need, we first focus on coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. which is the most common football activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is competitive football, and the lowest which is football or baseball, playing catch, giving the average calories burned per minute and per hour, along with food calorie equivalents and our new proprietary calories burned score© and calories burned rank©The calorie score gives an indication of the relative burn rate of the football activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different football activities, where 100% is the maximum calorie burn which we estimate from running at a pace of 4 minutes per mile which is a world class speed for running for 30 mins.

The calorie rank is the rank of the football activity compared with all other 800 activities in our database to give an indication of the percentage of activities which have a higher or lower calorie burn. A rank of 1 means it is the highest ranking activity in terms or calorie burn and a rank of 100 means it is the activity with the lowest carlorie burn compared with all other activities.

Effect of Intensity on the Calorie Calculator

Although the above is a typical example for football, the calculator we use to determine the calories burnt depends on the intensity, duration and your body weight. At the bottom of the article we have a variety of different intensities which can be personalized based on your weight and the duration of the activities, using our free calculator.

Calorie Score and Calorie Rank for Football

At dietandfitnesstoday we have a new proprietary concept of a Calories Burned Score© and Calories Burned Rank©.

Calories Burned in 30 Minutes for a Typical football Activity

As we have previously mentioned Coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. is a moderate and typical level of intensity for football and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by football. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 172 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 148 Calories.

Calories Per Minute

The calories burned per minute for Coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. is 6 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 5 Calories per minute.

Calories Per Hour

The calories lost in one hour is 345 calories for a typical man, and 296 calories in one hour for a typical woman.

How to Burn 100 Calories

To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 17 minutes of the activity coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. and to burn 100 calories with the same football activity for a typical female would take 20 minutes.

Score and Rank

Coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. has a Calorie Burned Score© of 14.70 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 14.70 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 77.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 77.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 421.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc.

Equivalent Activities

The following activities burn the same number of calories as Coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. -

  • automobile body work
  • bakery, general, moderate effort
  • bicycling, <10 mph, leisure, to work or for pleasure (Taylor Code 115)
  • canoeing, on camping trip
  • carpentry, home remodeling tasks, moderate effort

Comparison with Inactivity

30 mins of inactivity for example just sitting and watching television burns 43 calories for a typical man and 37 calories for a typical woman. Which means Coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. burns 4.3 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 4.0 times more calories for an average female.

Food Calorie Equivalents

This level of 172 calories burnt by an average man coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.6 snickers bar, 1.4 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.6 cheeseburgers, 0.6 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins.

For an average female burning 148 calories is equivalent to 0.3 Big Macs, 0.5 snickers bar, 1.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.5 cheeseburgers, 0.5 slices of pizza or 0.4 large blueberry muffins.

Weight Loss from Football

To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity football? Taking this example of coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.02 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.02 pounds.

Based on 4 sessions per week of coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 13 weeks for a man and 13 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.

The same 4 sessions per week of coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 5 weeks for a man and 5 weeks for a woman.

Football Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn

The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by competitive football. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 345 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 296 Calories.

This activity of competitive football has a Calories Burned Score© of 32.70 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 32.70 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 49.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 49.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 117.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than competitive football

Football Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn

The football activity with the lowest calories burnt is football or baseball, playing catch, which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 108 Calories, and for an average woman burns 92 Calories.

This activity of football or baseball, playing catch has a Calories Burned Score© of 8.00 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 8.00 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 88.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 88.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 631.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than football or baseball, playing catch

Average Calories Burned by Football

Based on the the list of 5 football activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 228 Calories for 30 minutes of football. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 196 Calories for 30 minutes of football.

Football for 30 minutes - Calories Burned Calculator

Calories Burned in 30 minutes of football for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise).
competitive football - calories  Male=345 kcal, Female=296 kcal.
general touch or flag football - calories  Male=345 kcal, Female=296 kcal.
coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. - calories  Male=172 kcal, Female=148 kcal.
light effort touch or flag football - calories  Male=172 kcal, Female=148 kcal.
football or baseball, playing catch - calories  Male=108 kcal, Female=92 kcal.



You can browse other common activities from our database, from the links below or visit the compendium at https://sites.google.com/site/compendiumofphysicalactivities/home.

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