How much protein is in raw chicken thigh with skin?

Raw chicken thigh with skin has 16.5 g of protein per 100 g and 31.8 g per 1 thigh with skin (193 g). That is 7.5 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.

Should chicken thigh be weighed raw or cooked?

Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

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Chicken thighUSDA SR LegacyFDC 172385

Calories in raw chicken thigh with skin

USDA FoodData Central record for “Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw” — per 100 g, per every USDA serving size, and next to the other chicken thigh rows.

The short answer

Raw chicken thigh with skin: 221 kcal per 100 g. 1 thigh with skin (193 g) is 427 kcal with 31.8 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 172385, "Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw".

Per 100 g

Nutrient	Per 100 g	Share of energy
Energy	221 kcal	100%
Protein	16.5 g	30%
Fat	16.6 g	68%
Carbohydrate	0.3 g	1%

Raw chicken thigh with skin is 221 kcal per 100 g in USDA FoodData Central (SR Legacy). Of that energy, about 30% comes from protein, 68% from fat and 1% from carbohydrate. That works out to 7.5 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.

Per serving

The serving sizes USDA lists for this record, priced from the per-100 g figures above. Nothing here is rounded to a “portion” — the gram weight next to each label is what the calories are computed from.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Fat	Carbs
100 g	100 g	221	16.5 g	16.6 g	0.3 g
4 oz	113 g	250	18.7 g	18.8 g	0.3 g
1 thigh with skin	193 g	427	31.8 g	32 g	0.6 g

Compared with other chicken thigh

Food	kcal / 100 g	Protein / 100 g	Per serving
Raw chicken thigh with skin	221	16.5 g	427 kcal · 1 thigh with skin
Roasted chicken thigh (skinless)	179	24.8 g	208 kcal · 1 thigh without skin
Roasted chicken thigh with skin	232	23.3 g	318 kcal · 1 thigh with skin
Fried chicken thigh (skinless)	218	28.2 g	185 kcal · 3 oz

The chicken thigh rows exist in more than one state because water moves during cooking: this is the raw row. Weigh the food in the state you log and pick the row that matches — the calories don’t change in the pan, the grams do. The mechanics are in cooked vs raw weights.

Other tables in poultry products

The same numbers for the foods this one usually shares a plate — or a shopping list — with.

Questions about raw chicken thigh with skin

How many calories are in raw chicken thigh with skin?: Raw chicken thigh with skin: 221 kcal per 100 g. 1 thigh with skin (193 g) is 427 kcal with 31.8 g of protein. Source: USDA FoodData Central record 172385, "Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw".
How much protein is in raw chicken thigh with skin?: Raw chicken thigh with skin has 16.5 g of protein per 100 g and 31.8 g per 1 thigh with skin (193 g). That is 7.5 g of protein per 100 kcal — a modest protein contribution.
Should chicken thigh be weighed raw or cooked?: Weigh it in whichever state you log it, and use the row that matches — this page is the raw row. Cooking does not change how many calories are there, only how many grams they are spread across: meat loses water in the pan and gets denser, grains and pasta absorb it and get lighter per gram.

How calorie.one logs it

Type “raw chicken thigh with skin” into calorie.one and the app matches this exact record — “Chicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw” — estimates the grams, and shows the line with its USDA label. You correct the amount; the per-100 g figure is never guessed. That split between recognition and arithmetic is the whole methodology. For the numbers in context, read Calories in chicken breast: raw, cooked, skin on and off.