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Mario Kart World

All Character Stats and How to Check Hidden Stats

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Character Stats and Hidden Stats

Speed, Acceleration, Weight, and Handling, the four visible character stats in Mario Kart World, are affected by the combination of character and vehicle that you use. See a list of all character stats, learn what each character stat does, and how to check hidden stats.

List of Contents

All Character Stats

Heavyweight Class

Character Stats
Wario IconWario
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
Waluigi IconWaluigi
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
Donkey Kong IconDonkey Kong
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
Wiggler IconWiggler
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
CharginChargin' Chuck
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
Pianta IconPianta
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40
Cow IconCow
S 60 60
A 45 45
W 55 55
H 40 40

Characters under the Heavyweight Class generally have high Speed and high Weight stats. They are best for courses that have of a lot of long and straight tracks. These characters are usually at the top of the Time Attack leaderboard.

All Heavyweight Characters

Middleweight Class

Character Stats
Mario IconMario
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Luigi IconLuigi
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Hammer Bro IconHammer Bro
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Pokey IconPokey
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Birdo IconBirdo
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Rocky Wrench IconRocky Wrench
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Penguin IconPenguin
S 50 50
A 55 55
W 45 45
H 50 50
Peach IconPeach
S 45 45
A 60 60
W 40 40
H 55 55
Yoshi IconYoshi
S 45 45
A 60 60
W 40 40
H 55 55

Middleweight characters are all rounders as all of their stats are roughly the same.

All Middleweight Characters

Lightweight Class

Character Stats
Toad IconToad
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Toadette IconToadette
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Koopa Troopa IconKoopa Troopa
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Lakitu IconLakitu
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Cheep Cheep IconCheep Cheep
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Nabbit IconNabbit
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Shy Guy IconShy Guy
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60
Stingby IconStingby
S 40 40
A 65 65
W 35 35
H 60 60

Lightweight characters all have low Speed and Weight in exchange of high Acceleration and Handling.

All Lightweight Characters

Featherweight Class

Character Stats
Baby Mario IconBaby Mario
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Baby Luigi IconBaby Luigi
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Baby Rosalina IconBaby Rosalina
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Goomba IconGoomba
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Dry Bones IconDry Bones
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Spike IconSpike
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Peepa IconPeepa
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Fish Bone IconFish Bone
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Sidestepper IconSidestepper
S 35 35
A 70 70
W 30 30
H 65 65
Baby Peach IconBaby Peach
S 35 35
A 75 75
W 25 25
H 65 65
Baby Daisy IconBaby Daisy
S 35 35
A 75 75
W 25 25
H 65 65
Para-Biddybud IconPara-Biddybud
S 35 35
A 75 75
W 25 25
H 65 65
Swoop IconSwoop
S 35 35
A 75 75
W 25 25
H 65 65

Characters under the Featherweight Class have the lowest Speed and Weight stats!

All Featherweight Characters

Stats Explained

Stat Effects
Speed Determines the vehicle's top speed.
Acceleration Determines how quick you accelerate to top speed. Also helps recover faster when slowed down.
Weight Affects the collision between vehicles. Higher Weight vehicles bump lower Weight vehicles stronger.
Handling Determines how sharp the vehicle can turn or drift.

Speed

Speed determines you top speed and is useful during long straightaways. While not the most important stat to have, it might be more impactful in Mario Kart World due to the many straightforward transition tracks in multi-track races.

Acceleration

Acceleration affects how fast you reach your vehicle's top speed and therefore also helps you quickly recover when stopped or slowed down by items or terrain hazards. Due to this aspect of this stat, it's arguably the most important stat to have.

Weight

Weight affects how players affected in a collision. Heavier (higher Weight) setups are less likely to be impact or knocked off course during a collision. While it's the least important stat on paper, in practice in can be quite valuable quality-of-life stat in Mario Kart World's chaotic 24-player races, where frequent bumping may be common.

Handling

Handling influences how tightly you can turn and how easy it is to control drifts. This stat is one of the most important stats to get especially for more complex tracks with sharp turns or when you aim to get specific and precise shortcuts.

Are There Hidden Stats?

No Confirmed Hidden Stats

In past Mario Kart games, several hidden stats subtly affected how vehicles performed. One of the most well-known examples is the Mini-Turbo stat, which influenced how good the boost you get after a drift.

As of now, there is no official confirmation or community testing that proves the existence of hidden stats regardless of character weight class or kart type in Mario Kart World. Initial testing was done as well and can be seen in the video above. The video features totally different characters and kart combos, each with different individual stats (character/kart), but identical final stats (combo). Each of the combos traveled at exactly the same speed, indicating that the different characters and karts were not influenced by underlying hidden stats.

How to Customize Stats

Choose the Right Character and Vehicle Combination

Your character and vehicle choice directly affects your overall stats. To get the best performance on the track, choose a character-vehicle combo that balances these stats to suit your racing style.

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4 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

The confirmed hidden stats are speed boosts on road, dirt, and water. Unconfirmed hidden stats are speed boosts on sand and in the air. There is no dedicated mini turbo stat. The higher your acceleration, the longer your mini turbo is.

3 Anonymous Anonymous 6 months

Yeah, hidden stats are confirmed. In fact, they were confirmed before the game even released since we could see the mini turbo stat for different combos were different. But there's some sort of road type stat, where certain characters seem to get a speed boost on different road types. Not sure whether that's actually the case or not, but if it was than it's obvious that characters of the road type will be strongest online.

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