Pizza Slice Calories: By Crust, Brand & Type (Free Tool)

A slice of cheese pizza typically contains 250 to 285 calories, but the real answer depends on the crust, brand, toppings, and slice size. The slice you're actually eating tonight might be a thin-crust piece from Papa John's, a heavy hot-bake slice from Sam's Club, or a Chicken Tikka piece from Domino's Pakistan. Those three slices don't even belong in the same conversation — one is 200 calories, the other is closer to 670.

This guide breaks pizza calories down by crust, by brand, by topping, and by size, using real nutrition data instead of guesswork. At the end, you can plug in your exact slice into our calculator and get a number that actually matches what's on your plate.

If you want to see how a slice fits into your whole day, our TDEE calculator will show you your daily calorie target in about two minutes.

Table of Contents

• Quick Answer: Pizza Calories at a Glance
• Pizza Calories by Crust and Style
• Pizza Calories by Brand
• How Many Calories in a Whole Pizza?
• Pizza Calories by Topping (and Sauce)
• Pizza Slice Calorie Calculator
• Homemade vs Restaurant Pizza
• Calories in 2 Slices of Pizza
• Protein, Carbs, and Fat in a Slice
• Is Pizza Bad for Weight Loss?
• How to Make a Lower-Calorie Slice
• Common Mistakes That Hide Calories
• How Pizza Fits Your Daily Calories
• FAQs

Quick Answer: Pizza Calories at a Glance

Before we go deep, here's the number you probably came for. These are per-slice averages — exact slice count varies by brand (a large pizza is typically cut into 8 to 10 pieces).

Source: USDA FoodData Central & official brand nutrition pages.

That range is wide because crust, brand, and toppings each move the number on their own — not together. Here's how each one plays out.

Pizza Calories by Crust and Style

Crust thickness changes the calorie count more than almost anything else on the pizza. More dough means more carbs and more calories, even before a single topping goes on.

Neapolitan crust

This is the thinnest, lightest style, made with a small amount of dough and cooked fast at a very high heat. One slice runs around 170 calories, which makes it the lowest-calorie option on this whole list.

Thin crust

A thin crust slice from a chain or pizzeria typically lands between 190 and 250 calories. It's a solid choice if you're watching calories but still want the full pizza experience.

Hand-tossed / regular crust

This is the crust most people picture when they think "pizza." A slice usually falls between 250 and 300 calories, depending on size and how much cheese is used.

Pan crust

Pan pizza is baked in an oiled pan, which gives it a crispy, slightly fried bottom. That oil adds up — expect 280 to 320 calories per slice.

Detroit-style

Square-cut, thick, and cooked in a metal pan with cheese pushed right to the edges for a crispy crust. A slice averages around 300 calories.

Stuffed crust

Extra cheese baked inside the crust itself pushes this style up to 300–450 calories per slice, depending on the brand.

Deep dish / Chicago style

This is the heaviest style by far. A true Chicago deep dish slice, loaded with cheese and a thick layer of sauce on top, can run 535 to 640 calories — more than double a thin crust slice of the same size.

For more on how food choices affect your daily numbers, our guide on how many calories you should eat per day breaks down the basics.

Pizza Calories by Brand

Domino's (US)

A hand-tossed slice from Domino's averages around 200 calories. Their thin crust runs anywhere from 150 to 290 calories per slice, depending on size and toppings, according to Domino's official nutrition page.

Pizza Hut

A hand-tossed slice sits around 200 to 220 calories. Their Thin 'N Crispy option is much lighter, often close to 100 calories per small slice.

Papa John's

Original crust runs 210 to 257 calories per slice. A 14-inch pepperoni slice comes in higher, around 338 calories, because of the extra meat and oil.

Little Caesars

A regular slice averages 235 to 250 calories. Their Deep Deep Dish option jumps to around 320 calories per slice.

Costco and Sam's Club

This is a case where being vague actually costs you accuracy. "Warehouse pizza" isn't one number — it depends heavily on which counter it came from.

Source: Brand-published nutrition data, cross-checked via FatSecret and EatThisMuch.

The gap between a Sam's Club deli slice (390) and a Hot Bake slice (670) is close to 300 calories — the reason a single "Costco pizza is 700 calories" figure never tells the full story.

Frozen pizza brands

DiGiorno runs around 320 calories per serving, Red Baron falls between 310 and 420 depending on the line, and Tombstone averages about 330 per serving. We'll explain why the word "serving" matters so much in the mistakes section below.

Domino's Pakistan

This is the part almost no calorie article covers, because most writers never check regional menus. Using Domino's Pakistan's own nutrition data, here's what a slice actually costs you, based on an 8-slice large pizza:

Source: Domino's Pakistan official nutrition data.

The tomato-based pizzas — Chicken Tikka, Pakistani Hot, Veggie Feast — all sit close together in the 230–260 range. The cream-based ones — Alfredo, Garlic Mayo, Creamy Tikka — run 60 to 150 calories higher per slice. The sauce base matters as much as the toppings do.

For more on eating well within a South Asian diet, see our Pakistani and Indian food calorie guide.

How Many Calories in a Whole Pizza?

Most people search "calories per slice," but the real decision usually happens at the whole-pizza level — ordering for a family, a party, or a night in. Here's how the totals stack up for a standard cheese pizza and a pepperoni pizza, based on average per-slice numbers above.

Source: Calculated from average per-slice figures above.

A large cheese pizza alone holds close to 2,700 calories. Split between four people, that's under 700 calories each — reasonable for a meal. Split between two, it's over 1,300 each, which is closer to an entire day's worth of food for some people. The math only works once you know how many people are actually sharing.

Pizza Calories by Topping (and Sauce)

Toppings stack on top of your base crust calories, and most orders combine two or three at once — a pepperoni-and-extra-cheese slice is the base slice plus both add-ons together, not just one. Here's roughly what each one adds per slice.

Source: USDA FoodData Central & official brand nutrition pages.

Sauce inside the pizza matters too. This is the sauce baked into the base, not a side dip. Plain tomato sauce is light, adding roughly 15 to 20 calories per slice. A white or alfredo-style base can add two to three times that, since it's built on cream and butter instead of tomatoes. That's a big part of why Domino's Pakistan's Alfredo pizza sits at 401 calories a slice while their tomato-based Chicken Tikka stays under 250 — same size, same portion, completely different base.

Pizza Slice Calorie Calculator

Numbers on a page only get you so far, because your actual slice is a mix of all the factors above. Use the tool below to build your slice and get a real number.

Homemade vs Restaurant Pizza

A homemade slice usually falls between 200 and 350 calories, and you're the one deciding what goes into it. Restaurant and chain pizza tends to run higher, often 250 to 500+ calories a slice, mostly because of oil in the dough, more cheese than most home cooks would use, and richer sauces.

The gap isn't really about "homemade is healthy, restaurant is bad." It's about control. At home, you choose the cheese amount, the crust thickness, and the toppings. At a restaurant, the kitchen already made those choices before your order even arrived, usually leaning toward more cheese and more oil, because that's what tends to sell.

Here's a small real-world example: a homemade whole wheat thin crust pizza with light mozzarella and vegetables can come in around 220 calories a slice. The same style from a chain, on standard crust with regular cheese, often lands closer to 280 to 300 calories. That's not a huge gap per slice, but across three or four slices it adds up to roughly an extra slice's worth of calories you didn't plan for.

Calories in 2 Slices of Pizza

Two slices is a normal serving for a lot of people, so here's what that actually adds up to.

Source: Calculated from average per-slice figures above.

Two slices of deep dish can quietly cost close to 900 calories — nearly half a day's calories for many adults, in one sitting.

Protein, Carbs, and Fat in a Slice

Calories only tell part of the story. Here's a rough macro breakdown for one average slice of regular cheese pizza (about 265 calories):

• Protein: around 10–12g
• Carbs: around 30–33g
• Fat: around 9–11g
• Sodium: often 550–700mg — this is usually the number people underestimate the most

That sodium figure is worth pausing on. A couple of slices can already put you close to a quarter of the daily sodium limit recommended by the American Heart Association, even before you add extra cheese or a side of dip.

Want to see how pizza fits into your daily protein target? Check our guide on how much protein you need per day.

Where These Numbers Come From

Every figure in this guide comes from a real, checkable source rather than a rounded-off guess. Chain-specific numbers come from each brand's own published nutrition information — Domino's, Pizza Hut, and Papa John's all publish detailed nutrition sheets, and Domino's Pakistan publishes a full breakdown by crust and size on its own site. Warehouse club figures are split by counter type on purpose, since lumping Costco and Sam's Club into one number produces a figure that's wrong for half the people reading it.

General nutrition figures, like the calorie count for plain roti, are cross-checked against the USDA FoodData Central database — the same reference dietitians and food scientists use. Where a number falls in a range rather than a single figure, that's intentional; it reflects real variation between locations and recipes, not a lack of research.

Is Pizza Bad for Weight Loss?

No single food makes or breaks weight loss, and pizza is no exception. What actually matters is your total calories across the day and the week, not any one meal in isolation. This lines up with guidance from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, which points to overall dietary pattern, not individual "good" or "bad" foods, as the thing that predicts outcomes.

A couple of slices of thin crust pizza can fit comfortably into a calorie deficit for most people. A whole deep dish pizza eaten in one sitting is a lot harder to fit, simply because of the raw calorie math — not because deep dish is somehow "unhealthy" in a moral sense.

Say two friends both have a 1,800 calorie daily target. One orders two slices of thin crust veggie pizza (about 460 calories) and builds the rest of the day around it. The other orders three slices of deep dish pepperoni (close to 1,800 calories on its own) and has almost nothing left for the rest of the day. Same food category, same restaurant even — completely different outcome, because the portion and the style did the heavy lifting, not the pizza itself.

The practical move is portioning and logging, not avoiding pizza completely. One heavier meal rarely undoes progress on its own — it's the pattern over weeks that matters, a point supported by general guidance from the CDC's healthy weight resources.

How to Make a Lower-Calorie Slice

A few small swaps can meaningfully cut the calorie count without making the pizza feel like a diet food:

• Choose thin crust over regular or deep dish whenever it's available
• Ask for light cheese instead of extra cheese
• Load up on vegetables, which add flavor and volume for very few calories
• Blot visible grease off the top with a napkin before eating — it removes real calories, not just appearance
• Pick a tomato-based sauce over a cream or alfredo base
• Order a personal-size pizza instead of splitting a large one, so portion control isn't left to guesswork

One roti (about 120 calories, based on standard nutrition data) is actually lighter than most pizza slices on this page. A single slice of Domino's Chicken Tikka pizza, at 249 calories, is roughly equal to two plain rotis — before you even add the salan on the side. It's a useful way to picture the portion if rotis are part of your normal meals. For more on that comparison, see how many rotis you can eat for weight loss.

Common Mistakes That Hide Calories

1. Confusing "1 serving" with "1 slice." This is the biggest one. Frozen pizza boxes from brands like DiGiorno and Red Baron often list nutrition per "1/5 of pizza" or "140g," not per slice. If you cut the pizza into 6 or 8 pieces instead of 5, you're eating more than one listed serving without realizing it. Always check the serving size on the box before assuming one slice equals one serving.

2. Skipping the dip cup. Some Western-style garlic butter or creamy ranch dip cups run 150 to 200 calories on their own — nearly as much as the slice you're dipping. Worth noting: this isn't universal. Domino's Pakistan's dips, for example, are much lighter at roughly 22 calories per 40g cup, based on their official nutrition data. Where the real hidden calories show up on that menu instead is the pizza itself — cream-based options like Alfredo and Garlic Mayo run well above their tomato-based menu items. Check your specific dip and your specific pizza rather than assuming either one.

3. Treating a warehouse slice like a normal slice. A Costco or Sam's Club hot-bake slice is roughly the size of two regular pizzeria slices. Counting it as "one slice" in your head can throw off your daily count by 300+ calories.

4. Not accounting for stuffed crust. It looks like a small difference on the menu, but it adds 100 to 150 calories before you've touched a single topping.

How Pizza Fits Your Daily Calories

Say your daily target is 2,000 calories. Three slices of regular cheese pizza (about 800 calories) leaves you with 1,200 calories for the rest of the day — enough room for breakfast, a snack, and dinner, if you plan around it. The same three slices from a deep dish pizza could run closer to 1,600 calories, leaving very little room for anything else.

Neither scenario is automatically wrong. It depends entirely on your target and the rest of your day. A person with a higher activity level and a larger daily target has a lot more room to work with than someone who sits at a desk most of the day — which is exactly why generic "one slice equals X percent of your day" advice rarely applies evenly to everyone.

If pizza is a regular part of your week, tracking it accurately matters more than avoiding it. Our step-by-step guide on calculating your macros from your TDEE walks through exactly how to fit meals like this into your daily numbers without overthinking it.

Quick recap: crust and brand decide most of the calorie count before a single topping goes on, warehouse and deep-dish slices usually run double a regular slice, and the fastest way to know your exact number is to build your slice in the calculator above instead of relying on a single average.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories are in one slice of cheese pizza?

A regular slice of cheese pizza has about 250 to 285 calories. Thin crust versions run lower, usually 190 to 250 calories.

How many calories are in a Domino's or Pizza Hut slice?

A Domino's hand-tossed slice averages around 200 calories. Pizza Hut's hand-tossed slice is similar, around 200 to 220 calories, while their thinner crust option drops closer to 100 calories per small slice.

How many calories are in 2 slices of pizza?

Two slices of regular cheese pizza run about 500 to 570 calories. Two slices of deep dish can reach 700 to 900 calories.

How many calories are in a whole large pizza (8 slices)?

A large cheese pizza cut into 8 slices totals roughly 2,000 to 2,700 calories, depending on the brand and crust. A pepperoni version usually runs a few hundred calories higher.

How many calories are in a Costco or Sam's Club pizza slice?

It depends on which counter it came from. A Sam's Club deli slice is about 390 calories, while a Hot Bake slice from either Sam's Club or Costco runs 650 to 720 calories — nearly double.

Is pizza good or bad for weight loss?

Neither, on its own. It depends on portion size and how it fits your total daily calories. A slice or two of thin crust pizza can fit into most calorie deficits without issue.

How many calories are in a slice of Chicken Tikka pizza from Domino's Pakistan?

Based on Domino's Pakistan's official nutrition data, a slice of Chicken Tikka pizza (large, 8-slice) has about 249 calories — close to two plain rotis.

Does frozen pizza have fewer calories than restaurant pizza?

Not necessarily. Frozen brands like DiGiorno and Tombstone average around 310 to 330 calories per serving, which is close to a regular restaurant slice. The bigger risk with frozen pizza is the serving size confusion covered above — eating more than the labeled serving without noticing.

Sources referenced in this guide include USDA FoodData Central, the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Mayo Clinic, and official brand nutrition pages linked throughout the article.

Note: This guide is for general informational and tracking purposes. If you have a history of disordered eating, please consult a registered dietitian or healthcare professional before making changes to how you track food or calories.