Polyethylene Powder and Molded Article

A polyethylene powder having a viscosity average molecular weight of 100,000 or more and 2,500,000 or less, wherein, in a torque curve obtained when kneading the polyethylene powder under the following using a Labo Plastomill, a slope of a straight line connecting two local maximum points is N·m/min or more and N·m/min or less: After 24 g of liquid paraffin is kneaded for 10 minutes using a Labo Plastomill Mixer, produced by Toyo Seiki Seisaku-sho, Ltd. (unit model: C, mixer model: R-60) at a set temperature of 114° C. and a rotation speed of 5 rpm, 16 g of the polyethylene powder and 0.4 g of an antioxidant are added thereto, followed by kneading at a rotation speed of 30 rpm for 3 minutes, and then the set temperature is raised from 114° C. to 163° C. over 1 minute; and after the temperature rise, the mixture is kneaded at a set temperature of 163° C. and a rotation speed of 30 rpm for 5 minutes.