What Is the Smallest Bowling Ball

The ball: Candlepin balls are the smallest bowling balls, weighing in at a maximum of 2 pounds, 7 ounces, and each has a diameter of about 4.5″.

What is the smallest bowling ball size?

Candlepin balls Candlepin bowling balls have a weight of between 2 lb 4 oz (1.0 kg) and 2 lb 7 oz (1.1 kg), and a diameter of 4.5 in (11 cm)—much smaller than the 8.5 in (22 cm) balls in ten-pin bowling, and even smaller than the 5.0 in (13 cm) balls in duckpin bowling .

What is a small bowling ball called?

Candlepin Bowling The bowling balls in candlepins are the smallest and lightest of all three styles of bowling, weighing in at just under 3 pounds. Like duckpins, the bowling ball has no holes, and the bowler is given three rolls per frame.