The Heaviest Credit Cards List (2021.4 Update: CNB Crystal New Design: 17g)
2021.4 Update: The CNB Crystal card with the new design is 17g.
2020.6 Update: The new no fee card Synchrony Verizon Visa Card is a metal card, and its weight is 17g.
2020.6 Update: The new card US Bank Altitude Go turns out to be a metal card, although it has no annual fee.
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?
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: $495. HT: reader Ray.
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $550
Annual fee: $395. You need to have a HSBC Premier account in order to be eligible for this card.
Annual fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $400
Annual fee: $400
Annuel fee: $95
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $250
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $250
Annual fee: $2,500. You have to be invited to apply for this card, there is no public application link.
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $95
Annual fee: $89
Annual fee: $0
Annual fee: $450
Annual fee: $0
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):