Work glove size chart by EN ISO 21420: the size is your hand circumference in inches. Size 8 (M) is 203 mm around with a 182 mm hand; size 9 (L) is 229 mm. Leather, cut-resistant and coated gloves all read the same scale.
05 · Work & exam gloves
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| 3XS | 101 mm | 4.0" | <160 | XXS | 42 mm | ||
| XXS | 127 mm | 5.0" | <160 | XS | 52 mm | ||
| XS | 152 mm | 6.0" | 160 mm | S | 63 mm | ||
| S | 178 mm | 7.0" | 171 mm | M | 74 mm | ||
| M | 203 mm | 8.0" | 182 mm | L | 84 mm | ||
| L | 229 mm | 9.0" | 192 mm | XL | 95 mm | ||
| XL | 254 mm | 10.0" | 204 mm | XXL | 105 mm | ||
| XXL | 279 mm | 11.0" | 215 mm | 3XL | 115 mm | ||
| 3XL | 304 mm | 12.0" | >215 | 3XL | 126 mm | ||
| 4XL | 329 mm | 13.0" | >215 | 3XL | 136 mm |
Wenaas and Tilsatec reproductions of EN ISO 21420:2020 agree on every value. Flat width = circumference ÷ 2.42 (men’s 50th-percentile ratio).
Golf column uses circumference only (Regular cut); length can move it to Cadet. Goalie: nearest inch + 1 (Keeperstop). Exam gloves: EN size 6/XS … 11/XXL (Shield Scientific).
05 / Field guide
EN ISO 21420:2020, which replaced EN 420, is the general standard for protective gloves, and its size table is the one every work-glove label refers to: size 6 (XS) 152 mm round and 160 mm long, up to size 11 (XXL) 279 mm and 215 mm. Each size is one inch of circumference.
The table pairs each circumference with a typical hand length. A hand that measures size 9 round but size 8 long has short fingers for its width: the glove’s finger stalls will be long, which costs grip and dexterity on fine work.
EN ISO 21420 no longer sets minimum glove lengths, except where an application standard (welding, for example) requires one.
EN size = circumference (in) size 8 = 203 mm round, 182 mm long size 9 = 229 mm, 192 mm
Leather work gloves, cut-resistant knits and coated gloves all use the same sizes. Knits stretch and can go to the smaller size between two; stiff leather and gauntlets to the larger.
The standard also limits what the glove can put on the skin: chromium VI below 3.0 mg/kg in leather, nickel release below 0.5 µg/cm² per week, pH between 3.5 and 9.5.
Brand cuts differ inside a size: when the sizer lands between two sizes, or on the edge of a band, try both.
When one person orders gloves for a whole crew, the measurements below are what to collect: each person’s circumference below the knuckles, rounded to the inch, is their EN size. On the 1:1 sizer a flat-palm reading turns into circumference with the anthropometric ratio (an 85 mm palm is about 206 mm round, size 8); a paper strip is exact.
Across adult men the flat width runs roughly 69 to 91 mm from the 5th percentile of women to the 95th of men, so a mixed crew typically spans four or five EN sizes. Stocking only M, L and XL leaves the smallest and largest hands in gloves that slip or split, which is where most hand injuries in ill-fitting gloves start.
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Questions
Under EN ISO 21420, a size 9 glove fits a hand 229 mm (9") round below the knuckles and about 192 mm long: a large.
It was replaced by EN ISO 21420:2020. The size table is the same.
Size 10, XL: 254 mm round and about 204 mm long.
Snug in the palm with the fingertips just reaching the ends. Too big costs grip and dexterity; too small tires the hand and splits seams.
No, they use the same EN ISO 21420 sizes; knit gloves stretch, so between sizes many people choose the smaller.
Measure each person round the palm below the knuckles with the thumb out, round to the nearest inch for the EN size, and note anyone between sizes: they are the ones to give a choice of two.