Sports Activity Calories Burned Calculator
Choose your activity, enter your body weight and duration, and get an estimate of calories burned during that sport.
Sports Activity Calories Burned Calculator
Estimates calories burned during a named sports activity based on your body weight and duration.
This calculator estimates calories burned for a handful of common sports and activities — walking, running, cycling, swimming and basketball — using representative MET (metabolic equivalent) intensity values built into the activity selector, combined with your body weight and duration. Unlike a raw MET-value input calculator, this one is framed around picking a familiar named activity directly, making it quicker to use when you just want a ballpark calorie estimate for a specific sport.
Example
- With the default values shown above, this calculator returns: Estimated Calories Burned ≈ 276 kcal.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from a general MET-value calculator?
This calculator is built around a preset list of named sports activities selected from a dropdown, so you don't need to look up a MET value yourself — pick your sport and it applies a representative intensity value automatically.
Why might my actual calorie burn differ?
Individual factors like fitness level, exact intensity/pace, terrain and body composition all affect real calorie burn — this gives a reasonable population-level estimate for the chosen activity, not a personalized measurement.
Sources
- Standard formula, publicly documented method