Imperial & Metric Bolt Head/Wrench Size

Imperial standard

Bolt Diameter Head and Wrench Size
Hex Bolt

Lag Bolt

Square Bolt
Heavy Hex Bolt
#6 1/4″
#8 1/4″
#10 5/16″
#12 5/16″
1/4″ 7/16″ or 3/8″
5/16″ 1/2″
3/8″ 9/16″
7/16″ 5/8″
1/2″ 3/4″ 7/8″
9/16″ 13/16″
5/8″ 15/16″ 1-1/16″
3/4″ 1-1/8″ 1-1/4″
7/8″ 1-5/16″ 1-7/16″
1″ 1-1/2″ 1-5/8″
1-1/8″ 1-11/16″ 1-3/4″
1-1/4″ 1-7/8″ 2″

 

Metric standard

 

Bolt Diameter
(mm)
Head/Wrench Size
(mm)
ANSI/ISO DIN JIS DIN/ISO
Heavy Hex
4 7 7 7
5 8 8 8
6 10 10 10
7 11
8 13 13 12
10 16 17 14
12 18 19 17 22/21*
14 21 22 19
16 24 24 22 27
18 27
20 30 30 34/32*
ANSI – American National Standards Institute
ISO – International Organization for Standardisation
DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung
JIS – Japanese Industrial Standard
* Indicates ISO standard.