How many calories do you burn playing Table Tennis (ping-pong)?

Someone weighing 180 lbs burns approximately 377 kilocalories per hour playing Table Tennis (ping-pong). Fill in the form and calculate how many calories you burn playing Table Tennis (ping-pong) or use our Calorie Calculator for other activities.

How many calories do you burn playing Table Tennis (ping-pong)?

Table Tennis (ping-pong) Calorie Calculator

Weight

Minutes

Burned calories (KCAL)
playing Table Tennis (ping-pong)

377

Racket Sports

Racket sports are games in which players use rackets to hit a ball or other object. However, this list is broader and includes sport disciplines where players use not rackets but paddles (hand-held frame with flat boards or planks instead of strings). (Wikipedia)

Calories burned with Racket Sports (weight: 180 lbs)

	MET	15 min.	30 min.	45 min.	60 min.
Badminton	7	150	300	450	600
Padel Tennis	6.4	137	274	411	549
Squash	7.8	167	334	502	669
Squashing - competition	9.5	204	407	611	814
Table Tennis (ping-pong)	4.4	94	189	283	377
Tennis	5.6	120	240	360	480

How do we calculate the amount of calories burned playing Table Tennis (ping-pong)?

This calculation uses the MET value (Metabolic Equivalent of Task) of Table Tennis (ping-pong). The MET value of Table Tennis (ping-pong) = 4.4. We multiply the MET value with the person\'s body weight in kilogram. Then we multiply this with 0.0175 and the duration in minutes.

A person weighs: 180 lbs
MET value of Table Tennis (ping-pong): 4.4
Time: 30 minutes
The calorie calculation for Table Tennis (ping-pong) for 30 minutes is as follows:

(180/2.20462) * 4.4 * 0.0175 * 30 minutes = 189

30 minutes of Table Tennis (ping-pong) burns 189 kcal.