How To Size Hockey Gloves: Sizing Chart

Picking the right size hockey gloves is critical to on-ice performance. Hockey gloves are measured by level as well as length in inches. The most common types of hockey gloves are youth, junior, intermediate, and senior. Typically, hockey players age 14 and older wear Senior sized hockey gloves.

How To Find The Right Size Hockey Glove

When it comes to buying new hockey gloves, it’s critical that you understand what size gloves you’ll need. Finding the right size gloves is actually very easy and it can be done simply by measuring the distance from the base of your palm to the tip of your fingers, as shown in the photo above.

What’s the most accurate way to find which size glove I’ll need for hockey?

The most accurate way to measure your hand for which size hockey gloves you’ll need is to measure the distance from the base of your palm to the tip of your fingers, in inches. This is demonstrated in the photo above.

How Hockey Glove Sizes are Measured

Hockey glove sizes are measured in inches, as well as by an “age category”. There are 8 universal sizes of hockey gloves, ranging from 8 inches to 15 inches long, with three different age categories of gloves; Youth, Junior, and Senior.

Hockey Glove Sizing Charts

Below, we’re going to break down hockey glove sizing by hand measurement in inches, by age, height, weight, and age level categories as assigned by all equipment manufacturers.

Sizing by hand measurement is the most accurate way to figure out what size hockey gloves you’ll need.

Determining which size hockey gloves by height is the second most accurate method of determining which size gloves you’ll need. With that being said, it’s less accurate than simply measuring the player’s hand, just because height is not an accurate indicator of presumed hand size.

Typically, it’s not recommended that you size hockey gloves by age, as it’s less accurate than a hand measurement, but as a rule, these are the glove sizes for hockey players aged 4 to 15+.

Sizing hockey gloves by player weight has more to do with the presumed age and hand size of the individual player, so it’s recommended that you use those guidelines before trying to size your gloves by the player’s weight.

Of course, when you are getting new hockey gloves, it’s important to make sure that your gloves stay in the best condition possible.  Check out our post on how to prevent your gloves from ripping here.

Conclusion

That just about wraps this post about how to correctly size your hockey gloves.  Thank you for reading and good luck on the ice!