How many calories does padel burn?

Reviewed 1 November 2026 · How these numbers are calculated

An hour of padel burns about 380 extra calories at 75 kg (165 lb), and about 300 at 60 kg (132 lb) or 450 at 90 kg (198 lb). That's for a typical social game; fast, competitive rallies burn more.

Calories by weight and game length

Extra calories burned playing padel
Game	60 kg 132 lb	75 kg 165 lb	90 kg 198 lb	105 kg 231 lb
60 minutes	300	375	450	525
90 minutes	450	565	675	790
120 minutes	600	750	900	1,050

Calories above resting, for casual to moderate play.

Padel compared with other sports

Extra calories per hour at 75 kg (165 lb)
Activity	MET	Per hour
Padel	6.0	375
Tennis, doubles	6.0	375
Tennis, singles	8.0	525
Badminton, social	5.5	340
Squash	7.3	475
Table tennis	4.0	225
Walking, brisk	4.8	285
Running, 10 min/mile	9.3	625

Another sport? The calories burned calculator has football, volleyball, climbing and 102+ more.

Where the number comes from

Scientists measure activities in METs: how many times your resting burn an activity takes. The 2024 Compendium of Physical Activities, the standard reference, has no entry for padel yet, so Deficitly uses its value for casual paddleball, 6 METs. That puts padel between doubles and singles tennis, which matches how it feels: smaller court, more walls, more rallies than tennis doubles.

Is padel good for losing weight?

Two 90-minute games a week add about 160 calories a day on average at 75 kg (165 lb). On its own that's about 0.6 kg (1.4 lb) a month if you eat the same. Helpful, but food still decides most of it: see how many calories to eat to lose weight.

Watch numbers after padel

Sports watches often show 600–900 calories for a padel session. They count the calories you'd burn anyway and tend to overestimate on stop-and-go sports. If you eat back what your watch says, weight loss can stall.