ProteinTally

Rankings

Ranked by protein per typical serving

Highest-protein seafood

The seafood with the most protein per typical serving, ranked from most to least.

121 of the 796 foods in the ProteinTally database are seafood. Servings differ between foods - each row states the one it is quoting, and the per-100 g list compares them all on equal weight.

  1. 1WhelkSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 47.7 g per 100 g40.5g
  2. 2ConchSeafood · 1 cup sliced (127 g) · 26.3 g per 100 g33.4g
  3. 3CuttlefishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 32.5 g per 100 g27.6g
  4. 4Smoked sturgeonSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 31.2 g per 100 g26.5g
  5. 5CevicheSeafood · 1 cup (250 g) · 10.5 g per 100 g26.3g
  6. 6Bluefin tunaSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 29.9 g per 100 g25.4g
  7. 7OctopusSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 29.8 g per 100 g25.3g
  8. 8Yellowtail (hamachi)Seafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 29.7 g per 100 g25.2g
  9. 9Tuna steak (yellowfin)Seafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 29.2 g per 100 g24.8g
  10. 10Light tuna (canned in oil)Seafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 29.1 g per 100 g24.7g
  11. 11Fish roeSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 28.6 g per 100 g24.3g
  12. 12Skipjack tunaSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 28.2 g per 100 g24g
  13. 13TroutSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.6 g per 100 g22.6g
  14. 14Albacore tuna (canned in oil)Seafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 26.5 g per 100 g22.5g
  15. 15Sockeye salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.5 g per 100 g22.5g
  16. 16Canned sockeye salmonSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 26.3 g per 100 g22.4g
  17. 17Milkfish (bangus)Seafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.3 g per 100 g22.4g
  18. 18Red snapperSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.3 g per 100 g22.4g
  19. 19Spiny lobsterSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.4 g per 100 g22.4g
  20. 20TilapiaSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26.2 g per 100 g22.3g
  21. 21King mackerelSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 26 g per 100 g22.1g
  22. 22Canned jack mackerelSeafood · 1/2 cup (95 g) · 23.2 g per 100 g22g
  23. 23Chum salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 25.8 g per 100 g21.9g
  24. 24BluefishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 25.7 g per 100 g21.8g
  25. 25Chinook salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 25.7 g per 100 g21.8g
  26. 26ClamsSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 25.6 g per 100 g21.8g
  27. 27Canned tuna (in water)Seafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 25.5 g per 100 g21.7g
  28. 28Wild Atlantic salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 25.4 g per 100 g21.6g
  29. 29Smoked haddockSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 25.2 g per 100 g21.4g
  30. 30Atlantic pollockSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.9 g per 100 g21.2g
  31. 31Yellow perchSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.9 g per 100 g21.2g
  32. 32GrouperSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.8 g per 100 g21.1g
  33. 33Striped mulletSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.8 g per 100 g21.1g
  34. 34Northern pikeSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.7 g per 100 g21g
  35. 35Canned salmonSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 24.6 g per 100 g20.9g
  36. 36Pink salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.6 g per 100 g20.9g
  37. 37Sardines (canned)Seafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 24.6 g per 100 g20.9g
  38. 38TilefishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.5 g per 100 g20.8g
  39. 39WalleyeSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.5 g per 100 g20.8g
  40. 40WhitefishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.5 g per 100 g20.8g
  41. 41Ahi tuna (raw)Seafood · 3 oz raw (85 g) · 24.4 g per 100 g20.7g
  42. 42Farmed coho salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.3 g per 100 g20.7g
  43. 43Canned clamsSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 24.2 g per 100 g20.6g
  44. 44Freshwater bassSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.2 g per 100 g20.6g
  45. 45Porgy (scup)Seafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24.2 g per 100 g20.6g
  46. 46ShrimpSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 24 g per 100 g20.4g
  47. 47MackerelSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.8 g per 100 g20.2g
  48. 48MusselsSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.8 g per 100 g20.2g
  49. 49Rainbow troutSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.8 g per 100 g20.2g
  50. 50Albacore tuna (canned in water)Seafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 23.6 g per 100 g20.1g
  51. 51EelSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.6 g per 100 g20.1g
  52. 52Florida pompanoSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.7 g per 100 g20.1g
  53. 53Mahi mahiSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.7 g per 100 g20.1g
  54. 54Sea bassSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.6 g per 100 g20.1g
  55. 55Snow crabSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.7 g per 100 g20.1g
  56. 56Spanish mackerelSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.6 g per 100 g20.1g
  57. 57Alaska pollockSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.5 g per 100 g20g
  58. 58WhitingSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.5 g per 100 g20g
  59. 59Coho salmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.4 g per 100 g19.9g
  60. 60Smoked whitefishSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 23.4 g per 100 g19.9g
  61. 61SwordfishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23.4 g per 100 g19.9g
  62. 62Canned pink salmonSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 23.1 g per 100 g19.6g
  63. 63HerringSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 23 g per 100 g19.6g
  64. 64CarpSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.9 g per 100 g19.5g
  65. 65Wild rainbow troutSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.9 g per 100 g19.5g
  66. 66CodSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.8 g per 100 g19.4g
  67. 67Striped bassSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.7 g per 100 g19.3g
  68. 68LingcodSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.6 g per 100 g19.2g
  69. 69Orange roughySeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.6 g per 100 g19.2g
  70. 70Rainbow smeltSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.6 g per 100 g19.2g
  71. 71HalibutSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.5 g per 100 g19.1g
  72. 72Dungeness crabSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.3 g per 100 g19g
  73. 73RockfishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.2 g per 100 g18.9g
  74. 74SalmonSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 22.1 g per 100 g18.8g
  75. 75Breaded fried shrimpSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 21.4 g per 100 g18.2g
  76. 76Pacific herringSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 21 g per 100 g17.9g
  77. 77Salt codSeafood · 1 oz dried (28 g) · 62.8 g per 100 g17.6g
  78. 78TurbotSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 20.6 g per 100 g17.5g
  79. 79ScallopsSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 20.5 g per 100 g17.4g
  80. 80Canned shrimpSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 20.4 g per 100 g17.3g
  81. 81Dried shrimpSeafood · 1/4 cup (33.8 g) · 51 g per 100 g17.2g
  82. 82HaddockSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 20 g per 100 g17g
  83. 83AbaloneSeafood · 3 oz fried (85 g) · 19.6 g per 100 g16.7g
  84. 84CalamariSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 19.4 g per 100 g16.5g
  85. 85CrabSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 19.4 g per 100 g16.5g
  86. 86Tuna saladSeafood · 1/2 cup (102.5 g) · 16 g per 100 g16.4g
  87. 87LobsterSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 19 g per 100 g16.2g
  88. 88OystersSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.9 g per 100 g16.1g
  89. 89Kippered herringSeafood · 1 large fillet (65 g) · 24.6 g per 100 g16g
  90. 90Pacific codSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.7 g per 100 g15.9g
  91. 91Sardines in tomato sauceSeafood · 2 sardines (76 g) · 20.9 g per 100 g15.9g
  92. 92MonkfishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.6 g per 100 g15.8g
  93. 93Ocean perchSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.5 g per 100 g15.7g
  94. 94CatfishSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.4 g per 100 g15.6g
  95. 95Greenland halibutSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 18.4 g per 100 g15.6g
  96. 96Smoked salmon (lox)Seafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 18.3 g per 100 g15.6g
  97. 97Fried catfishSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 18.1 g per 100 g15.4g
  98. 98Blue crabSeafood · 3 oz cooked (85 g) · 17.9 g per 100 g15.2g
  99. 99Canned crab meatSeafood · 3 oz drained (85 g) · 17.9 g per 100 g15.2g
  100. 100Fried calamariSeafood · 3 oz (85 g) · 17.9 g per 100 g15.2g

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