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Golden Retriever full grown

A full grown male Golden Retriever weighs 65 to 75 pounds and stands 23 to 24 inches at the shoulder. A female weighs 55 to 65 pounds at 21.5 to 22.5 inches. Most reach their adult weight at around a year old and keep filling out in the chest for several months after that.

full grown, across every size
55 to 75 lbfull grown, across every size
at the shoulder
21.5 to 24 inat the shoulder
before growth slows to a crawl
11 monthsbefore growth slows to a crawl

Golden Retriever weight calculator

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Age unit
Weight unit
Expected adult size

Extra large: 66 to 88 lb as an adult.

SexOptional

Likely adult weight

65lb

8 in 10 land between
53 to 84 lb
Fully grown
around 11 months

Size class: Extra large, 66 to 88 lb

2Now4681012Adult
Age in monthsSo farProjected

Fair. Four to five months is the usual time to make this estimate. It is reasonable now, but the range is still wide.

Estimate only. For health questions, ask your vet. Mixed breeds can land outside the range.

See the expected weight month by month
AgeLikely weightRange
2 months12 lb6.7 to 20 lb
3 months19.8 lb11.9 to 32 lb
4 months29 lb18.3 to 45 lb
5 months37 lb24 to 57 lb
6 months44 lb29 to 67 lb
7 months50 lb33 to 75 lb
8 months54 lb37 to 80 lb
9 months56 lb39 to 83 lb
10 months58 lb41 to 85 lb
11 months60 lb42 to 86 lb
12 months60 lb43 to 87 lb
13 months61 lb44 to 87 lb
14 months62 lb45 to 87 lb
15 months62 lb46 to 88 lb
16 months63 lb46 to 88 lb
17 months63 lb47 to 88 lb
18 months65 lb50 to 88 lb

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Expected weight month by month, from the same estimate.

In short

Key takeaways

  1. A full grown Golden Retriever weighs 55 to 75 lb across all its sizes.
  2. The weight and height here come from the official breed standard.
  3. Most of the growing is done by about 11 months.
  4. A double coat means regular paid grooming, which is a real yearly cost.
  5. The chart below shows a band, not a line, because individual dogs vary.

Adult size

Adult size and growth chart

Golden Retriever

Extra large size class · Category V (30 to under 40 kg)

Breed standard
adult weight
55 to 75 lbadult weight
height at the shoulder
21.5 to 24 inheight at the shoulder
most growing done by
11 monthsmost growing done by
WeightHeight at the shoulder
Male65 to 75 lb23 to 24 in
Female55 to 65 lb21.5 to 22.5 in

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Golden Retriever growth chart. Weight runs from about 10 to 14 pounds at 2 months, up to about 55 to 75 pounds at 18 months, for a full grown Golden Retriever.
Estimated from the adult weight range above and the growth standard for the extra large size class. The band runs from the low end of the adult range to the high end.
See the Golden Retriever weight by age as a table
AgeLow endHigh end
2 months10.2 lb13.8 lb
3 months16.8 lb22.9 lb
4 months24.4 lb33.3 lb
5 months31.2 lb42.5 lb
6 months37.2 lb50.7 lb
7 months42 lb57.3 lb
8 months45.7 lb62.3 lb
9 months47.9 lb65.3 lb
10 months49.5 lb67.5 lb
11 months50.5 lb68.8 lb
12 months51.3 lb69.9 lb
15 months52.7 lb71.9 lb
18 months54.8 lb74.7 lb

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Timing

When a Golden Retriever stops growing

In our figures, a dog in the extra large size class has done almost all of its weight gain by about 11 months. After that the weekly gain drops below a quarter of a percent of adult weight, which is slow enough that you will not see it on the scales week to week.

Height finishes earlier than weight. The AKC puts small breeds at full size by 6 to 8 months, medium breeds at around 12 months, and giant breeds at 12 to 18 months, with some very large breeds taking up to 24.

11 months

before weekly weight gain drops below a quarter of a percent of adult weight

Sex

Male and female

The breed standard gives different figures for males and females, and they are in the tables above. In the growth data behind our calculator, a female of a given size class is also slightly further along toward her adult weight at any given age than a male, so telling the calculator which you have shifts the estimate by a few percent.

Variation

Why individual Golden Retrievers differ

The gap between a male and a female Golden is about 10 pounds, one of the clearer sex differences among common breeds. Our calculator can take sex into account if you tell it.

English-type Goldens are often stockier and a little heavier than American field lines at the same height. Both sit inside the AKC range.

Salt and colleagues place the Golden Retriever in the 30 to 40 kg size category, which is the band our growth curve uses for this breed.

Running cost

Grooming a Golden Retriever

A double coat is a running cost, and it is worth knowing the figure before you take a puppy home rather than after. The price per groom goes up with the size of the dog.

Work out the cost

FAQ

Questions people ask

How big is a Golden Retriever full grown?
55 to 75 pounds across every size this breed comes in, standing 21.5 to 24 inches at the shoulder. Those figures come from the breed standard.
How can I tell how big my Golden Retriever puppy will get?
Weigh your puppy and enter its age in the calculator on this page. It is already set to the extra large growth curve for this breed, so it works backwards from where your puppy is now rather than from the breed average. Four to six months is when the estimate is most reliable.
How often does a Golden Retriever need grooming?
A double coat needs a groom every 4 to 8 weeks under published guidance. Over a year that adds up, and the grooming cost estimator works out what it comes to for a dog this size.
When does a Golden Retriever stop growing?
Weight gain slows to almost nothing at around 11 months for a dog in the extra large size class, and the chest and frame keep filling out for months after that. Height finishes earlier than weight in every breed.
How much should a full grown Golden Retriever weigh?
65 to 75 pounds for a male and 55 to 65 for a female, under the AKC standard. Whether your own dog is at a healthy weight is judged by body condition with your vet, not by this range alone.
When is a Golden Retriever full grown?
Height arrives at around a year. Weight is roughly 93 percent of adult by twelve months in our figures, and the chest keeps broadening until about eighteen months.
How much does it cost to groom a Golden Retriever?
A double coat does not need clipping, but it does need regular bathing and blowing out. Published prices put a bath and brush for a dog this size at $75 to $125, and general guidance is every four to eight weeks.

Method

How we calculate this

The adult weight and height come from the sources below. The shape of the growth chart comes from our own calculation on the open data behind a published veterinary growth standard, described on the how we calculate page. The charts are estimates built from a breed range and a population curve, not measurements of this breed.

Sources

4 sources behind the figures on this page.

  • Golden Retriever breed standard

    American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08

    akc.org

  • Growth standard charts for monitoring bodyweight in dogs of different sizes

    Salt C, Morris PJ, German AJ, Wilson D, Lund EM, Cole TJ, Butterwick RF. PLoS ONE 12(9):e0182064 - dated 2017-09-06 - read 2026-10-08

    Open access. Sets the adult-size categories and the growth standard method.

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

  • Growth standard charts for monitoring bodyweight in dogs of different sizes - supporting data

    University of Liverpool Data Catalogue - dated 2017-07-28 - read 2026-10-08

    14,957,947 weight records from Banfield Pet Hospitals, 1994-2013, released under CC BY 4.0. Our growth curves are calculated from this file.

    datacat.liverpool.ac.uk

  • When Does My Puppy Finish Growing?

    American Kennel Club - read 2026-10-08

    akc.org

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