Weight

Weight is a measure of how far a character can be knocked back horizontally by an attack, if damage is held constant. It affects the vertical knockback also, in concert with falling speed. Remember, with the exception of Mario and Dr. Mario, no two characters are the same weight.

It is usually considered an advantage for a character to be heavy; however, extra weight can make characters slightly more susceptible to combos.

SSB Weight ranking

This is the ranking of characters in the first installment. It is listed from heaviest to lightest.

__Very Heavy

1. Donkey Kong

   Heavy

2. Samus
3. Link
4. Captain Falcon

   Medium

5. Yoshi
6. Mario
7. Luigi

   Light

8. Fox
9. Ness

   Very Light

10. Kirby
11. Pikachu
12. Jigglypuff

SSBM Weight ranking

Following are the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee, ranked in order of heaviest to lightest. This list is based on horizontal knockback on the Mushroom Kingdom 2 weight scale and was tested by Mew2King with credit to Blake Mutschler and Aaron Kurtz.

Rank	Character	Weight (NTSC)	Weight (PAL)
1	Bowser	117	118
2	Donkey Kong	114	114
3 (NTSC) 4 (PAL)	Samus	110	110
4 (NTSC) 5 (PAL)	Ganondorf	109	109
5 (NTSC) 3 (PAL)	Yoshi	108	111
6-7	C. Falcon	104	104
6-7	Link	104	104
8-10 (NTSC) 8-9 (PAL)	Dr. Mario	100	100
8-10 (NTSC) 8-9 (PAL)	Luigi	100	100
8-10 (NTSC) 10 (PAL)	Mario	100	98
11	Ness	94	94
12-14	Peach	90	90
12-14	Sheik	90	90
12-14	Zelda	90	90
15	Ice Climbers	88	88
16 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)	Marth	87	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)	Mewtwo	85	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)	Roy	85	85
17-19 (NTSC) 16-19 (PAL)	Young Link	85	85
20-21	Falco	80	80
20-21	Pikachu	80	80
22 (NTSC) 23 (PAL)	Fox	75	73
23 (NTSC) 22 (PAL)	Kirby	70	74
24-25	Jigglypuff	60	60
24-25	Mr. Game & Watch	60	60
26	Pichu	55	55

SSBB Weight Ranking

Here is the order of characters' weights in Brawl. Weights based on the weight calculations used in the link at the bottom of this page.

__Super Heavyweight

1. Bowser
2. Donkey Kong
3. Snake
4. King Dedede
5. Charizard
6. Ganondorf
7. Samus
8. Yoshi

   Heavyweight

9. Wario
10. R.O.B.
11. Ike
12. Captain Falcon
13. Link
14. Wolf
15. Lucario
16. Ivysaur

    Middleweight

17. Mario
18. Luigi
19. Sonic
20. Ness
21. Pit
22. Lucas
23. Diddy Kong
24. Toon Link

    Lightweight

25. Ice Climbers
26. Peach
27. Marth
28. Sheik
29. Zelda
30. Falco
31. Olimar
32. Zero Suit Samus

    Featherweight

33. Fox
34. Pikachu
35. Meta Knight
36. Kirby
37. Squirtle
38. Mr. Game & Watch
39. Jigglypuff

References

• Brawl weight list and falling speed calculations