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title: "grizzly bear vs tiger — size, speed and bite force"
description: "grizzly bear and tiger compared on mass, length, speed, bite force and lifespan — every measure side by side, with why the numbers cannot settle an encounter."
url: https://atoneplace.net/animal-vs/grizzly-bear-vs-tiger/
site: "At One Place"
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# grizzly bear vs tiger

**grizzly bear vs tiger: Evenly matched on the numbers**

Measured comparison — not a prediction

The inland North American brown bear, smaller than coastal populations because it eats less salmon. The largest living cat, with Amur and Bengal tigers the heaviest subspecies. The measurements below split evenly, which is rarer than it sounds.

## The measurements

|  | grizzly bear | tiger |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mass | 130–360 kg | 100–310 kg |
| Length | 1.7–2.4 m | 1.7–2.3 m |
| Height | 0.9–1.1 m | 0.8–1.1 m |
| Top speed | 56 km/h | 50–65 km/h |
| Bite force | 975 psi | 1,050 psi |
| Lifespan | 20–35 yr | 8–26 yr |

## Where each one leads

- Mass: grizzly bear is 1.2× heavier.
- Length: near enough identical.
- Height: near enough identical.
- Top speed: tiger is 1.2× faster.
- Bite force: tiger is 1.1× a stronger bite.
- Lifespan: grizzly bear is 2.3× a longer life.

## What this does and does not tell you

These are measured averages with real ranges behind them, and every figure links to its own page. What they cannot do is settle an encounter. Outcomes between animals turn on circumstance — who initiates, whether either is hungry, defending young, injured or cornered, and what the terrain favours. Size and bite force are not decisive on their own, and most of these pairs never meet in the wild in any case, because their ranges do not overlap.

> Every figure here is an average with a substantial spread. Individual animals vary enormously — a large individual of the smaller species routinely exceeds a small individual of the larger one.

## Common questions

### Is a grizzly bear bigger than a tiger?

grizzly bear is heavier — 130–360 kg against 100–310 kg.

### Who would win, a grizzly bear or a tiger?

That is not something measurements can settle. The comparison above shows which animal leads on each measure, but an actual encounter depends on circumstance, motivation, health and terrain — and most pairs like this never meet in the wild.

## Related pages

- [How much does a grizzly bear weigh?](https://atoneplace.net/weight/grizzly-bear/)
- [How much does a tiger weigh?](https://atoneplace.net/weight/tiger/)
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## Sources

- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Smithsonian Institution (https://naturalhistory.si.edu/)
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (https://www.wikidata.org/) [CC0 1.0]