Foods high in protein

Raw ruffed grouse breast, skinless tops the list with 23.2 g per 100 calories. The Daily Value for protein is 50 g. Ranked from 12,719 everyday foods (not packaged products); dried spices, protein powders and regional specialties are left out.

1. 1Raw ruffed grouse breast, skinlessPoultry Products23.2 g
2. 2Emu outside drum, rawPoultry Products22.4 g
3. 3Emu fan fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
4. 4Emu flat fillet, rawPoultry Products21.8 g
5. 5Turkey drumstick, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.7 g
6. 6Roasted turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products21.7 g
7. 7Turkey drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.7 g
8. 8Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.5 g
9. 9Turkey light meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products21.3 g
10. 10Turkey light meat, meat only, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
11. 11Roasted turkey back, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
12. 12Roasted turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products21.2 g
13. 13Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, roastedPoultry Products21.2 g
14. 14Raw turkey breast, meat only, with solutionPoultry Products21.1 g
15. 15Turkey wing, meat only, with added solution, rawPoultry Products21.1 g
16. 16Ground turkey, fat free, rawPoultry Products21 g
17. 17Ground turkey, fat free, broiledPoultry Products21 g
18. 18Ground turkey, fat free, pan-broiledPoultry Products21 g
19. 19Emu inside drum, broiledPoultry Products20.8 g
20. 20Turkey breast, meat only, rawPoultry Products20.8 g
21. 21Turkey light meat, rawPoultry Products20.8 g
22. 22Ostrich inside leg, cookedPoultry Products20.6 g
23. 23Emu inside drum, rawPoultry Products20.6 g
24. 24Turkey wing, meat only, rawPoultry Products20.6 g
25. 25Turkey light meat, roastedPoultry Products20.5 g
26. 26Turkey breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products20.5 g
27. 27Turkey wing, meat only, roastedPoultry Products20.5 g
28. 28Raw turkey breast, meat onlyPoultry Products20.5 g
29. 29Rotisserie chicken breast, meat only, cookedPoultry Products20.4 g
30. 30Emu full rump, rawPoultry Products20.4 g
31. 31Raw roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products20.4 g
32. 32Raw chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products20.4 g
33. 33Emu fan fillet, broiledPoultry Products20.3 g
34. 34Skinless boneless chicken breast, grilledPoultry Products20.2 g
35. 35Ostrich inside leg, rawPoultry Products20.2 g
36. 36Chicken breast, boneless, skinless, rawPoultry Products20.1 g
37. 37Raw turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products20.1 g
38. 38Emu full rump, broiledPoultry Products20 g
39. 39Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, grilledPoultry Products19.9 g
40. 40Ostrich outside leg, rawPoultry Products19.9 g
41. 41Raw turkey breast, meat only, with added solutionPoultry Products19.8 g
42. 42Simmered chicken gizzardsPoultry Products19.7 g
43. 43Duck, young duckling, domesticated, White Pekin, breast, meat only, boneless, cooked without skin, broiledPoultry Products19.7 g
44. 44Turkey thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products19.7 g
45. 45Turkey dark meat, meat only, rawPoultry Products19.7 g
46. 46Whole turkey, meat only, rawPoultry Products19.7 g
47. 47Turkey, whole, meat only, rawPoultry Products19.7 g
48. 48Ostrich tip trimmed, cookedPoultry Products19.6 g
49. 49Skinless boneless chicken breast, with added solution, braisedPoultry Products19.5 g
50. 50BBQ rotisserie chicken breast, meat onlyPoultry Products19.5 g
51. 51Ostrich outside strip, rawPoultry Products19.5 g
52. 52Skinless boneless chicken breast, braisedPoultry Products19.3 g
53. 53Chicken breast, meat only, stewedPoultry Products19.2 g
54. 54Ostrich tip trimmed, rawPoultry Products19.2 g
55. 55Emu top loin, broiledPoultry Products19.1 g
56. 56Whole turkey, meat only, roastedPoultry Products19 g
57. 57Ostrich round, rawPoultry Products19 g
58. 58Turkey back, meat only, rawPoultry Products18.8 g
59. 59Chicken breast, skinless, boneless, with solution, rawPoultry Products18.8 g
60. 60Chicken breast, meat only, roastedPoultry Products18.8 g
61. 61Raw chicken gizzardsPoultry Products18.8 g
62. 62Guinea hen, meat only, rawPoultry Products18.8 g
63. 63Chicken breast, skinless boneless, rawPoultry Products18.8 g
64. 64Ostrich inside strip, rawPoultry Products18.7 g
65. 65Ostrich fan, rawPoultry Products18.6 g
66. 66Raw quail breast, meat onlyPoultry Products18.4 g
67. 67Pheasant breast, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products18.3 g
68. 68Raw roasting chicken meatPoultry Products18.3 g
69. 69Ostrich outside strip, cookedPoultry Products18.3 g
70. 70Raw Canada goose breast, skinlessPoultry Products18.3 g
71. 71Turkey, whole, meat only, roastedPoultry Products18.3 g
72. 72Ostrich top loin, rawPoultry Products18.2 g
73. 73Stewed chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products18.2 g
74. 74Ostrich top loin, cookedPoultry Products18.1 g
75. 75Ostrich oyster, cookedPoultry Products18.1 g
76. 76Chicken drumstick, raw, meat only, added solutionPoultry Products18.1 g
77. 77Smoked turkey, cooked, skin and bone removedPoultry Products18.1 g
78. 78Chicken meat, rawPoultry Products18 g
79. 79Ostrich tenderloin, rawPoultry Products17.9 g
80. 80Ostrich inside strip, cookedPoultry Products17.9 g
81. 81Chicken breast, meat only, friedPoultry Products17.9 g
82. 82Roasted chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products17.9 g
83. 83Raw turkey thigh, meat onlyPoultry Products17.8 g
84. 84Roasted turkey wing, meat onlyPoultry Products17.7 g
85. 85Roasted roasting chicken light meatPoultry Products17.7 g
86. 86Pheasant, raw, meat onlyPoultry Products17.7 g
87. 87Turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products17.7 g
88. 88Pre-basted turkey breast, meat and skin, roastedPoultry Products17.6 g
89. 89Ground emu, pan-broiledPoultry Products17.4 g
90. 90Raw chicken wing meatPoultry Products17.4 g
91. 91Raw turkey drumstick, meat onlyPoultry Products17.4 g
92. 92Cornish game hens, meat only, roastedPoultry Products17.4 g
93. 93Chicken thigh, meat only, rawPoultry Products17.4 g
94. 94Chicken drumstick, meat only, roastedPoultry Products17.4 g
95. 95Simmered chicken gibletsPoultry Products17.3 g
96. 96Cornish game hens, meat only, rawPoultry Products17.3 g
97. 97Ostrich oyster, rawPoultry Products17.2 g
98. 98Fried chicken light meat, skinlessPoultry Products17.1 g
99. 99Turkey gizzard, cooked, simmeredPoultry Products17.1 g
100. 100Ground emu, rawPoultry Products17 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central. Per serving uses each food's typical USDA portion. Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older.