Biggest Tiger ever Recorded

The biggest tiger ever recorded weighed around 935 pounds. However; before going into the details of that biggest tiger; a brief description about the average weights of the tigers and its comparison with the biggest one will also prove out to be very essential indeed. Tigers are also classified as the biggest of all the big cats on planet earth (if we exclude the hybrid big cats). Depending upon the species and types, these magnificent big cats normally weigh around 450 to 600 pounds.

The biggest tiger ever recorded weighed more than 900 pounds. Siberian Tigers are the biggest tiger breed in the world.

Siberian Tigers are the biggest of all the tigers and they usually weigh around 500 to 600+ pounds on average. Similarly; the Bengal Tigers are also one of the biggest tiger breeds and they weigh in between 450 to 550 pounds. However; these are just the average recorded weights for the tigers. The biggest recorded tiger can even further exceed these average recorded weights for both Siberian and Bengal Tiger species. Therefore; a proper tracking of the biggest recorded tiger in terms of their weights for both Siberian and Bengal species looks very much on the card.

Biggest Tiger
900⁺ Pounds Biggest Tiger Species
Siberian Tigers Average Tiger Size
450 - 600 Pounds Average Lion Size
400 to 500 Pounds

In 1988; a male Siberian tiger made its entry into the Guinness Book of world Record and its recorded weight was 935 pounds. This is the highest recorded weight for a Siberian Tiger ever in the world and this is the biggest tiger ever recorded until now. Furthermore; this tiger was ten and a half feet long in length. The tiger belonged to a private facility owner named as Joan in New Jersey, USA.

The biggest tiger ever recorded weighed 935 pounds. The of this tiger was Jaipur the tiger. Jaipur lived at a private animal facility in New Jersey USA.

The name of this gigantic 935 pounds Siberian tiger was Jaipur the tiger. Jaipur was seven and a half year old when his weight was measured. At the time of this measurement Jaipur the tiger was around seven and a half years old. In 2014; a liger (a hybrid of a lion and a tigress) named as Hercules featured within Guinness Book of World Records weighed 921 pounds. Therefore; Jaipur the tiger was even bigger than Hercules the liger.

Biggest Tiger
Jaipur the Tiger Biggest Tiger Weight
935 pounds Tiger Age at the time of Record
7.5 Years Recognized by
Guinness Book of World Records Location
New Jersey, USA Owner's Name
Joane Record year
1988

Since the average maximum weight of the Siberian Tiger is around 600+ pounds, we assume that the biggest Siberian Tiger will certainly weigh more than 700 pounds (in the wild). And rightly so! Because according to the records the biggest Siberian Tiger weighed almost 771 pounds. This weight was recorded at Russia’s Far East region in 1934.

The biggest tiger ever recorded in the wild weighed around 771 pounds. It was a Siberian tiger and it was hunted at Russia's Siberian region.

Similarly; in 1936 another huge Siberian Tiger weighed around 716 pounds at China’s Northern Manchuria regions. A 705 pound Siberian tiger was also recorded in the same region in 1962 as well. Therefore; a Siberian Tiger weighing 771 pounds is a benchmark figure for the biggest tiger ever in the wild. Unconfirmed reports also suggest that a Siberian tiger at Russia’s Sikhote Alin-Mountains weighed around 847 pounds in 1950.

Biggest Tiger in the Wild
771 Pounds Tiger Species
Siberian Tiger Location where it was Hunted
Siberia, Russia Year of Hunt
1934 Other Biggest Tiger Records
716 Pounds & 705 Pounds

Note: Some pictures of the tigers are just depicted here as a reference and they may not be the real ones. As soon as we get these pictures we shall update them.

Even though the Bengal Tigers are smaller than the Siberian Tigers but surprisingly their biggest recorded sizes are somewhat at the level of par with their Siberian cousins. In 1942; a wild male Bengal Tiger in Nepal weighed around 705 pounds and this is the biggest and the most authentic recorded weight for a Bengal Tiger.

The biggest Bengal tiger in the wild weighed around 705 pounds. This Bengal tiger was hunted in Nepal.

In 1910; a Bengal Tiger weighing 700 pounds was also shot while hunting as well. Therefore; the biggest ever Siberian Tigers and Bengal Tigers both weighed more than 700 pounds with Siberian Tigers leading the size. But what about captivity? Are there any captive Siberian or Bengal Tigers that are even bigger than than the tigers in the wild?

Biggest Bengal Tiger
705 Pounds Origin & Existence
Wild Location
Nepal Other Records
700 Pounds

According to authentic archives Siberian tigers weighing more than 800 pounds in captivity are also previously reported as well. But do we have any tiger today weighing around 700 to 800 pounds in captivity today? We did track a tiger weighing almost 700 pounds in captivity.

In 2018; the biggest Siberian tiger ever recorded in captivity is 700 pounds male Siberian Tiger. This male tiger lives at an animal sanctuary named as Single Vision Inc.

According to his owner Carl Bovard; Samson is one of the biggest tigers in the world and not many tigers are as huge as Samson in the world right now. The name of this tiger was Samson the tiger and it lives at Florida’s animal sanctuary named as Single Vision Inc. However; currently we believe that there is no alive tiger in the world that weighs more than 800 pounds.

Biggest Tiger in 2018
700 Pounds Name of the Tiger
Samson the Tiger Species of the Tiger
Siberian Tiger Origin
Captivity Location
Florida, USA Animal Sanctuary
Single Vision Inc.

If we compare the biggest tiger with the biggest lion; the tiger wins the contest. The biggest lion ever recorded in captivity weighed 826 pounds while the biggest tiger in captivity weighed 936 pounds (Jaipur the Tiger). Therefore; Jaipur the tiger is also bigger than the biggest lion ever recorded in captivity.

Interestingly; the biggest tiger in captivity or wild is always bigger than the biggest lion in captivity or wild.

In the wild the biggest lion ever recorded was 690 pounds while the biggest tiger in the wild weighed around 771 pounds. Tiger leads in all aspects against lions. This is also one of the key reasons that tigers are considered as the biggest cats on planet earth because in the wild they weigh bigger than lions.

Biggest Lion in the Captivity
826 Pounds Biggest Tiger in the Captivity
936 Pounds Biggest Lion in the Wild
690 Pounds Biggest tiger in the Wild
771 Pounds Lion vs Tiger
Tiger is Bigger than lion

Myrtle Beach Safari is also a very famous animal sanctuary which has hundreds of tigers at its premises. According to the news sources; a male tiger named as Kailash the tiger is the biggest known tiger at the Myrtle Beach Safari. Kailash the tiger weighed 650 pounds. Kailash was a snow white tiger with 99% white fur. Even the stripes of this white tiger were white in color as well.

The Biggest tiger at Myrtle Beach Safari weighed 650 Pounds. Its name was Kailash the tiger.

Even the name Kailash for this snow white tiger looks to be derived from one of the valleys in Himalayas’ mountainous range. Do remember that Myrtle Beach Safari is also the home to the world’s biggest ligers weighing more than 900 pounds.

Location
Myrtle Beach Safari Importance
Hundreds of Tigers Biggest Tiger
650 Pounds Name of the Tiger
Kailash the Tiger Fame
Most Probably the Biggest White Tiger in the world.