16 Piece Buffalo Wings
16 Piece Buffalo Wings at Papa John's. 1670 calories, $21.98, 133 g protein.
Photograph from Papa John's, as published on its own menu.
How it compares on the Papa John's menu
At 1670 calories it is heavier than 67% of the 52 Papa John's items we track, against a menu median of 915. It delivers 8.0 g of protein per 100 calories, 5th of 41 items with published protein. At 76 calories per dollar it is 37th of 48 priced items on value.
Lighter choices at Papa John's
| Item | Calories | Saving |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Inch Original Cheesesticks | 1440 | −230 |
| 2 Liter Crush Orange | 1010 | −660 |
| Steak & Mushroom Oven-Toasted Sandwich | 820 | −850 |
| Philly Cheesesteak Oven-Toasted Sandwich | 790 | −880 |
| 14" The Works Pizza, Original Crust | 366 | −1304 |
The same thing at other chains
| Chain | Item | Calories | Nutrient density |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domino's | 8-Piece Plain Wings | 500 | — |
| Domino's | 8-Piece Hot Buffalo Wings | 520 | — |
| Domino's | 16-Piece Plain Wings | 1000 | — |
| Domino's | 16-Piece Hot Buffalo Wings | 1040 | — |
| Domino's | 32-Piece Plain Wings | 2000 | — |
| Domino's | 32-Piece Hot Buffalo Wings | 2080 | — |
What a 16 Piece Buffalo Wings costs across America
Priced at 3053 Papa John's restaurants in 50 states on the same day. The middle 80% of them charge between $19.99 and $23.99, a spread of 20%.
Each bar is the number of restaurants charging that price, and the gold bar holds the median. The last gathers everything at that price and above, so one distant outlier cannot flatten the rest.
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The cheapest 16 Piece Buffalo Wings in the sample is $14.49 in Mt Vernon, OH, and the most expensive is $32.99 in Hilo, HI. Both are single restaurants, which is why the headline above uses the middle 80% instead.
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By state, for what it is worth
About half the variation happens between restaurants inside one state, so a state median hides as much as it shows. Of the 50 states with at least three sampled restaurants, these are the four cheapest and the four most expensive — the 42 in between are not listed.
| State | Median | Restaurants | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| ND | $18.98 | 9 | cheapest |
| SC | $18.99 | 69 | cheapest |
| CT | $18.99 | 7 | cheapest |
| NH | $18.99 | 3 | cheapest |
| HI | $27.99 | 15 | most expensive |
| WA | $26.99 | 45 | most expensive |
| AK | $25.99 | 8 | most expensive |
| OR | $25.99 | 15 | most expensive |
What it has cost since we started watching
48 of the 3,056 restaurants we price have changed this since 2026-09-09. Where it moved, the typical change was +1.5%. A typical one now charges $21.98.
Priced like this at Papa John's
The 5 items whose national median sits closest to the 16 Piece Buffalo Wings’s $21.98. The spread is the middle 80% of restaurants, so a wide one means the same item costs noticeably different amounts depending where you buy it.
| Item | Median | Spread | Restaurants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Piece BBQ Wings | $21.98 | 20% | 3,066 |
| 16 Piece Honey Chipotle Wings | $21.98 | 20% | 3,055 |
| 16 Piece Garlic Parmesan Wings | $21.98 | 20% | 3,043 |
| 30 Piece BBQ Boneless Chicken Wings | $24.89 | 54% | 3,066 |
| 30 Piece Honey Chipotle Boneless Chicken Wings | $24.89 | 54% | 3,066 |
Full nutrient panel
| Nutrient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Cholesterol | 415.0 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2.0 g |
| Protein | 133.0 g |
| Saturated Fat | 30.0 g |
| Sodium | 5840.0 mg |
| Sugars | 6.0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 16.0 g |
| Total Fat | 115.0 g |
| Trans Fat | 0.0 g |
The nutrition label as Papa John's publishes it for this item, matched to the current menu, alongside the store-level price above.