2025.7 Update: The new card Citi Strata Elite is 19g in weight.
2024.7 Update: The new card Robinhood Gold Card real 10K gold version is 36g in weight! This is the heaviest ever credit card. However, this real 10K gold version is a limited time edition, and you have to refer 10 friends to get it, which is very difficult.
2022.11 Update: The new card US Bank Shopper is 14g in weight.
Most credit cards are made of plastic of approximately 5 grams (g) of plastic, but some are made of metal. Not all metal cards have the same weight, which begs the question… which card is heaviest?
Robinhood Gold Card (real 10K gold version): 36g
Annual fee: $0 (note that you need to be a Robinhood Gold member to get this card which costs $6.99/month). Note: this real 10K gold version is a limited time edition, and you have to refer 10 friends to get it, which is very difficult. The photo below shows 37g, but the official website says it is 36g. The difference is measurement error.
Annual fee: $450. You need to be a client of JP Morgan Private Bank in order to be eligible for this card (requires $10M investable assets).
Annual fee: $995
Annual fee: $595.
Annual fee: $495. HT: reader Ray.
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $5,000. You have to be invited to apply for this card, there is no public application link. HT: reader erikfeifei.
Annual fee: $550
Annual fee: $395. You need to have a HSBC Premier account in order to be eligible for this card. HT: reader Michael.
Annual fee: $395
Annual fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $400
Annual fee: $0.
Annual fee: $400
Annuel fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $250
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $250
Annual fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $550
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $95. HT: Erik.
Annual fee: $0
Usual Plastic cards: 5g
Appendix: Discontinued Cards
Chase Ritz-Carlton: 28g! Annual fee: $450
Note: After Chase Ritz-Carlton stopped taking new applications in 2018.7 (you can still product change to this card), the material seems to have been replaced with less heavy metal.
New card (12g):
Old card (28g):
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