Top 10 · Updated October 2026

Highest-Protein Chicken Drumsticks

Chicken drumsticks: typically 19 g of protein per 100 g (median of 419 products). The chicken drumsticks with the most protein per 100 g. Useful if you are trying to increase your protein intake. We checked 382 chicken drumsticks with complete data.

1

Chicken legs

M-Budget

e 171 kcal 5 g sugar 35 g protein 11 g fat
2

Pilon de poulet

· 8

a NOVA 1 213 kcal 0 g sugar 28.9 g protein 9.9 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
3

Maishähnchen

REWE Feine Welt · 1189 g

a NOVA 1 213 kcal 0 g sugar 28.9 g protein 9.9 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
4

Buffalo Chicken Drumsticks

Farmfoods

195 kcal 0.9 g sugar 28.8 g protein 8.1 g fat
5

100% grass-fed beef minis

Archer · 16 unit

e NOVA 3 321 kcal 0 g sugar 28.6 g protein 21.4 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
6

Manchons de poulet à la Mexicaine

Ronsard · 0,350 kg

a NOVA 3 209 kcal 0 g sugar 27.8 g protein 9.6 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
7

Manchon et aileron de poulet cuit

365 · 500 g

a NOVA 4 157 kcal 0 g sugar 27 g protein 5 g fat

Also: Palm oil free
8

British free range chicken thighs and drunsticks

Sainsbury's SO organic

a NOVA 1 213 kcal 0 g sugar 25.9 g protein 11.3 g fat

Also: Palm oil free · No additives
9

Ready To Eat BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

Tesco · 430g

a 170 kcal 2 g sugar 24.9 g protein 6.6 g fat
10

British Chicken Drumsticks

Sainsbury's · 2kg

a 149 kcal 0.5 g sugar 24.8 g protein 5.4 g fat

Also: No additives

How we built this list

We ranked all published chicken drumsticks on Foodmetria that have a photo and the required nutrition data, using values per 100 g from the product label. Ties are broken by Nutri-Score and by how often shoppers scan the product. Rankings update automatically as label data changes. Read our methodology.

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