How much protein is in chicken thighs?

One boneless skinless chicken thigh (120 g, raw) has 24 g of protein (145 kcal); 100 g has 19.7 g.

Feast Factsper 100 g raw

PER 100 GProtein

19.7g

Calories121

Carbohydrate0g

Fiber0g

Sugars0g

Fat4.1g

Saturated1.1g

Sodium95 mg

16.3 g protein per 100 kcal · USDA FoodData Central

Protein verdictLean protein source

16.3 g of protein per 100 kcal (65% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale.

25 g of protein from chicken thighs alone takes 127 g (about 1 boneless skinless chicken thigh) and 154 kcal.

#13 of 24 in Meat & poultry for protein per 100 g, #6 for protein per calorie.

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Protein per portion

Protein, calories, carbs and fat in chicken thighs per portion, raw weight
Portion (raw)	Protein	kcal	Fat
100 g	19.7 g	121	4.1 g
1 oz (28 g)	5.6 g	34	1.2 g
4 oz (113 g)	22 g	137	4.6 g
1 lb (454 g)	89 g	549	19 g
1 thigh (120 g)	24 g	145	4.9 g

One boneless skinless chicken thigh (120 g, raw) is 20% of a 120 g daily target, what our protein calculator gives a 165 lb person building muscle.

Weights are raw. Cooking drives off water, so cooked meat has more protein per 100 g, but each piece keeps the protein it started with.

How it compares

The 4 foods in the same aisle closest in calories per 100 g, ranked by protein per calorie. Per calorie, all 4 have more protein.

chicken thighs compared with similar foods, per 100 g
Food	Protein	kcal	Protein per 100 kcal
Ground turkey breast (99%)	23.6 g	112	21.1 g
Deli turkey	21.8 g	109	20.0 g
Chicken breast	22.5 g	120	18.8 g
Canadian bacon	20.3 g	110	18.5 g
Chicken thighs	19.7 g	121	16.3 g

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Recipes with chicken thighs

9 recipes in the Feast Mode library use chicken thighs, macros computed the same way.

Across the 9 library recipes that use it, a serving has 182 g of raw chicken thighs on average, which brings 36 g of protein: 74% of the dish’s protein. It carries the most in Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs, at 88% of the protein.

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Chicken Shawarma Bowls with Garlic Sauce

60 min · 612 kcal

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Sheet Pan Honey Mustard Chicken Thighs

60 min · 490 kcal

50G
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Street Corn Chicken Bowls

50 min · 578 kcal

49G
PROTEIN

Slow Cooker BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches

280 min · 543 kcal

48G
PROTEIN

General Tso's Chicken

45 min · 628 kcal

47G
PROTEIN

Teriyaki Chicken Meal Prep Bowls

40 min · 540 kcal

47G
PROTEIN

Butter Chicken

65 min · 651 kcal

46G
PROTEIN

Korean BBQ Chicken Lettuce Wraps

45 min · 537 kcal

Questions

How much protein is in one boneless skinless chicken thigh?

One boneless skinless chicken thigh (120 g, raw) has 24 g of protein and 145 kcal, with 0 g of carbohydrate and 4.9 g of fat.

How much protein is in 100 g of chicken thighs?

100 g of chicken thighs has 19.7 g of protein, 121 kcal, 0 g of carbohydrate and 4.1 g of fat (USDA FoodData Central 173627).

Are chicken thighs a good source of protein?

Lean protein source: 16.3 g of protein per 100 kcal (65% of its calories): 10 g or more is lean on our scale. Getting 25 g of protein from chicken thighs alone takes 127 g (about 1 boneless skinless chicken thigh) and 154 kcal.

Which has more protein, chicken thighs or chicken breast?

Chicken breast, with 22.5 g of protein per 100 g against 19.7 g for chicken thighs. Per 100 kcal: chicken thighs 16.3 g, chicken breast 18.8 g.

Source: USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy 173627: “Chicken, broilers or fryers, dark meat, thigh, meat only, raw”, per 100 g. Portion numbers multiply those values by the portion weight. Estimates for information, not medical advice. How we calculate

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