Chicken breast vs chicken thigh
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 61 g of chicken breast or 56 g of chicken thigh. Most of the calories in chicken breast come from protein.
More in chicken breast: niacin (2.4×), protein and vitamin B6. More in chicken thigh: cholesterol, zinc and riboflavin. Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
60.6 g · 18.8 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 2.2 g fat
55.9 g · 13.8 g protein · 0 g carbs (0 g sugars) · 4.6 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Niacin (B3)52% vs 22%
8.3 mg vs 3.5 mg
- Protein38% vs 28%
18.8 g vs 13.8 g
- Cholesterollimit17% vs 25%
51.5 mg vs 74.3 mg
- Vitamin B621% vs 15%
0.36 mg vs 0.26 mg
- Zinc6% vs 10%
0.61 mg vs 1.1 mg
- Riboflavin (B2)5% vs 9%
0.069 mg vs 0.12 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Total fat2.2 g · 4.6 g3%·6%
- Saturated fatlimit0.61 g · 1.3 g3%·6%
- Carbohydrates0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Fiber0 g · 0 g0%·0%
- Sodiumlimit44.8 mg · 59.2 mg2%·3%
- Potassium155 mg · 150 mg3%·3%
- Calcium9.1 mg · 5 mg1%·<1%
- Iron0.63 mg · 0.63 mg4%·4%
- Magnesium17.6 mg · 13.4 mg4%·3%
- Phosphorus138 mg · 128 mg11%·10%
- Copper0.03 mg · 0.037 mg3%·4%
- Manganese0.01 mg · 0.009 mg<1%·<1%
- Selenium16.7 µg · 15.1 µg30%·28%
- Vitamin A3.6 µg · 4.5 µg<1%·<1%
- Vitamin C0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Vitamin D0.061 µg · 0.11 µg<1%·1%
- Vitamin E0.16 mg · 0.1 mg1%·1%
- Vitamin K0.18 µg · 2.2 µg<1%·2%
- Thiamin (B1)0.042 mg · 0.054 mg4%·4%
- Pantothenic acid (B5)0.58 mg · 0.73 mg12%·15%
- Folate2.4 µg · 2.8 µg1%·1%
- Vitamin B120.21 µg · 0.23 µg9%·10%
- Choline51.7 mg · 40.1 mg9%·7%
From USDA FoodData Central: Chicken breast, meat only, roasted (SR Legacy 171477), Chicken thigh, meat only, roasted (SR Legacy 172388). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.