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Google [ leg weight percent ] gives me a page on netwellness.org, which says each leg is 10 percent. But it also gives a previous answer here on WikiAnswers of 14 percent, which agrees with an answer of 15.7% on Ask an Anatomist.

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In males, the human leg weighs 16.68 percent of the total body weight. In females, it is 18.43 percent. On the average, a human leg weighs 17.555 percent of the total body weight.

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