How Many Calories are Burned by Soccer?
For soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540), which is a typical intensity activity under the general description of soccer activities, the average calories burned by a person weighing 190 pounds (86 Kg) in 30 minutes is 302 Calories. In one hour soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) will burn 603 Calories.
Summary of Soccer Information and Charts
To help you find the information you need, we first focus on soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) which is the most common soccer activity. This is followed by the activities with the highest burn rate which is competitive soccer, and the lowest which is coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc., 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 soccer activities measured as a percentage score out of 100 for the different soccer 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 soccer 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 soccer, 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 Soccer
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 soccer Activity
As we have previously mentioned Soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) is a moderate and typical level of intensity for soccer and can be used as a general representative approximate measure for calories burnt by soccer. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) burns 302 Calories, while an average woman weighing 163 pounds (74 kg), in 30 minutes burns 259 Calories.
Calories Per Minute
The calories burned per minute for Soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) is 10 Calories per minute, for a typical man and for a typical female is 9 Calories per minute.
Calories Per Hour
The calories lost in one hour is 603 calories for a typical man, and 518 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
How to Burn 100 Calories
To burn 100 calories for a typical male would require 10 minutes of the activity soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) and to burn 100 calories with the same soccer activity for a typical female would take 11 minutes.
Score and Rank
Soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) has a Calorie Burned Score© of 28.20 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 28.20 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 57.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 57.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 177.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540)
Equivalent Activities
The following activities burn the same number of calories as Soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) -
- backpacking (Taylor Code 050)
- badminton, competitive (Taylor Code 450)
- basketball, officiating (Taylor Code 500)
- bicycling, stationary, general
- broomball
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 Soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) burns 7.6 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 7.0 times more calories for an average female.
Food Calorie Equivalents
This level of 302 calories burnt by an average man soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 1.1 snickers bar, 2.5 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.0 cheeseburgers, 1.1 slices of pizza or 0.8 large blueberry muffins.
For an average female burning 259 calories is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 0.9 snickers bar, 2.2 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 0.9 cheeseburgers, 0.9 slices of pizza or 0.7 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss from Soccer
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity soccer? Taking this example of soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.04 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.04 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 6 weeks for a man and 6 weeks for a woman, assuming no other changes in lifestyle or eating habits.
The same 4 sessions per week of soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 3 weeks for a man and 3 weeks for a woman.
Soccer Activity with the Highest Calorie Burn
The highest number of calories burned for an average person is achieved by competitive soccer. For this activity in 30 minutes an average man burns 431 Calories, while an average woman in 30 minutes burns 370 Calories.
This activity of competitive soccer has a Calories Burned Score© of 41.60 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 41.60 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories Burned Rank© of 37.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 37.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. There are in fact 62.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn than competitive soccer
Soccer Activity with the Lowest Calorie Burn
The soccer activity with the lowest calories burnt is coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc., which for an average man in 30 minutes burns 172 Calories, and for an average woman burns 148 Calories.
This activity of coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. has a Calories Burned Score© of 14.70 out of 100 which means it gives a calorie burn of 14.70 % of the maximum realistic calorie burn possible. This activity has a Calories 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.
Average Calories Burned by Soccer
Based on the the list of 3 soccer activities, shown below, the average calories burned for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 302 Calories for 30 minutes of soccer. The average burnt for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 259 Calories for 30 minutes of soccer.
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| Calories Burned in 30 minutes of soccer for Average Male (M) and Female (F) (click to personalise). | |
| competitive soccer - calories Male=431 kcal, Female=370 kcal. | |
| soccer, casual, general (Taylor Code 540) - calories Male=302 kcal, Female=259 kcal. | |
| coaching, football, soccer, basketball, baseball, swimming, etc. - calories Male=172 kcal, Female=148 kcal. | |
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