Calories Burned by 30 Minutes of playing basketball
Last Update - 14th January 2016
The calories burned, for an average male, weighing 190 pounds (86 kg) is 345 Calories, in 30 minutes of playing basketball.
The calories burned, for an average female, weighing 163 pounds (74 kg) is 296 Calories, in 30 minutes of playing basketball.
Calories Burned Score and Rank
The activity playing basketball has a Calorie Burned Score© of 32.70 out of 100. This is our new score, which relates the calories burned to the maximum possible calories. This score the calorie burn is 32.70 % of the highest realistic calorie burn possible.
This activity has a Calorie Burned Rank© of 49.00 out of 100 ie it is in the top 49.00 % of activities in terms of calorie burn. By comparing to our full database of activities there are 117.00 activities that have a higher calorie burn.
Calories per minute and per hour
The calories burned per minute, by playing basketball for an average man is 11 Calories per minute, and for an average woman is 10 Calories per minute.
The calories burned in one hour is 689 calories for a typical man, and 591 calories in one hour for a typical woman.
Activities Which Burn the Same Calories
The activities which burn the same number of calories as playing basketball are as follows -
- actively coaching while playing sport with players
- bicycling, 12-13.9 mph, leisure, moderate effort
- calisthenics (e.g., push ups, sit ups, pull-ups, jumping jacks), vigorous effort
- carrying 25 to 49 lb load, upstairs
- carrying heavy loads (e.g., bricks, tools)
- carrying moderate loads up stairs, moving boxes 25-49 lbs
- circuit training, including kettlebells, some aerobic movement with minimal rest, general, vigorous intensity
- competitive football
- fire fighter, general
- fire fighter, raising and climbing ladder with full gear, simulated fire supression
Comparing to 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 playing basketball burns 8.6 times more calories than the equivalent time of inactivity for an average man and 8.0 times more calories for an average female.
Equivalent Calories in Food
This level of 345 calories burnt by an average man is equivalent to 0.6 Big Macs, 1.2 snickers bar, 2.9 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.2 cheeseburgers, 1.2 slices of pizza or 0.9 large blueberry muffins. For an average female burning 296 calories is equivalent to 0.5 Big Macs, 1.1 snickers bar, 2.5 Starbucks Grande Skinny Lattes, 1.0 cheeseburgers, 1.0 slices of pizza or 0.8 large blueberry muffins.
Weight Loss From playing basketball
To answer the question how many pounds will I lose from the activity playing basketball? Taking this example of in 30 minutes, the weight loss for a typical man is a minimum of 0.05 pounds, and a typical woman would lose 0.04 pounds.
Based on 4 sessions per week of for a duration of 30 minutes per session, the approximate time taken to lose one pound is 5 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 for a duration of 30 minutes per session, would lose 1kg in 2 weeks for a man and 3 weeks for a woman. To personalise the calories burned playing basketball, please enter your weight and time spent performing the activity, in minutes, into the box below and press the calculate button to find your calories burned.
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Reference:
Compendium of physical activities: an update of activity codes and MET intensities.
Ainsworth, B, Haskell, W, Whitt, M.
Med Sci Sports Ex, 32(9): S498-S516, 2000.