How strong are you compared to other lifters?

How is this calculated?

From the OpenPowerlifting archive of sanctioned meet results (public domain; snapshot of September 19, 2026). We keep raw (unequipped), sanctioned, non-disqualified results from meets dated 2020 or later, take each lifter's best successful attempt on each lift, and place them in the IPF weight class of the bodyweight they weighed in at for that result. Totals come from full-power meets only. Your percentile is interpolated between the 1st and 99th percentiles of your class. If you enter more than one rep, we estimate your one-rep max with the Epley formula — weight × (1 + reps ÷ 30) — and rank that; prediction equations are most accurate at low reps (Whisenant et al., Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2003), so the calculator takes 1 to 12.

Read it as a high bar. Competitors are the strongest slice of the gym: they trained for a one-rep max and walked onto a platform to test it. Beating 50% of competitors puts you well above the typical gym-goer. For people who log their lifts in an app rather than compete, Strength Level's standards are the closer comparison, and what percentage of gym-goers can bench 225? puts the two side by side.

What is a good bench press for your weight?

Best bench in lb of raw competitors since 2020, by weight class. "Top 10%" is the weight that beats 90% of the class.

Men

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 130 lb	160	204	243	331	8,204
130–146 lb	209	244	281	344	13,055
146–163 lb	237	276	309	375	29,149
163–183 lb	265	303	336	402	46,260
183–205 lb	287	325	364	435	45,817
205–231 lb	309	353	397	468	38,965
231–265 lb	331	386	430	507	24,545
over 265 lb	358	419	474	562	16,407
All bodyweights	276	331	380	485	222,402

Women

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 104 lb	88	116	138	196	3,268
104–115 lb	110	132	154	205	6,962
115–126 lb	121	143	165	215	11,056
126–139 lb	127	149	176	226	16,518
139–152 lb	134	160	187	243	18,078
152–168 lb	143	165	198	259	15,945
168–185 lb	143	171	198	270	11,415
over 185 lb	149	182	209	287	17,450
All bodyweights	132	160	187	254	100,692

What is a good squat for your weight?

Best squat in lb of raw competitors since 2020, by weight class. "Top 10%" is the weight that beats 90% of the class.

Men

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 130 lb	254	320	374	446	6,482
130–146 lb	331	380	430	504	10,893
146–163 lb	369	419	468	551	24,785
163–183 lb	408	463	507	595	39,597
183–205 lb	441	496	546	639	39,075
205–231 lb	468	529	584	683	32,171
231–265 lb	496	562	628	733	19,367
over 265 lb	524	606	683	838	12,488
All bodyweights	424	496	562	700	184,858

Women

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 104 lb	165	204	237	295	2,758
104–115 lb	198	237	270	330	5,922
115–126 lb	220	259	292	358	9,676
126–139 lb	231	270	309	375	14,715
139–152 lb	248	287	325	397	16,334
152–168 lb	265	303	347	429	14,434
168–185 lb	265	314	358	441	10,183
over 185 lb	281	336	386	485	15,287
All bodyweights	245	292	336	430	89,309

What is a good deadlift for your weight?

Best deadlift in lb of raw competitors since 2020, by weight class. "Top 10%" is the weight that beats 90% of the class.

Men

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 130 lb	312	386	441	529	7,370
130–146 lb	397	452	502	584	11,880
146–163 lb	441	491	540	628	26,971
163–183 lb	474	529	575	672	42,793
183–205 lb	502	557	606	705	42,390
205–231 lb	529	584	639	739	35,395
231–265 lb	546	612	672	772	21,670
over 265 lb	557	629	700	816	14,056
All bodyweights	485	551	617	733	202,525

Women

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 104 lb	209	254	292	353	3,044
104–115 lb	248	287	325	386	6,511
115–126 lb	270	309	347	408	10,576
126–139 lb	281	320	358	425	15,846
139–152 lb	298	336	375	452	17,628
152–168 lb	309	353	391	474	15,555
168–185 lb	314	358	402	485	10,945
over 185 lb	320	365	413	507	16,714
All bodyweights	292	336	380	463	96,819

What is a good powerlifting total?

Best total in lb of raw competitors since 2020, by weight class. "Top 10%" is the weight that beats 90% of the class.

Men

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 130 lb	739	904	1036	1229	6,446
130–146 lb	937	1069	1185	1378	10,892
146–163 lb	1047	1174	1284	1494	24,741
163–183 lb	1146	1273	1394	1615	39,434
183–205 lb	1224	1356	1488	1714	39,000
205–231 lb	1295	1444	1577	1813	32,074
231–265 lb	1361	1532	1676	1924	19,345
over 265 lb	1422	1615	1797	2105	12,423
All bodyweights	1185	1356	1527	1830	184,355

Women

Weight class	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Lifters
up to 104 lb	463	562	656	803	2,741
104–115 lb	562	655	743	887	5,917
115–126 lb	612	705	788	948	9,691
126–139 lb	639	739	827	998	14,579
139–152 lb	683	777	871	1053	16,311
152–168 lb	711	816	920	1122	14,378
168–185 lb	722	832	942	1146	10,186
over 185 lb	750	875	992	1227	15,237
All bodyweights	672	783	893	1111	89,040

How to cite

The percentile tables are free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 — credit and link this page. Suggested citation:

Stelvo, “Strength percentiles for raw powerlifters,” https://stelvo.app/tools/strength-percentile, computed from OpenPowerlifting data (snapshot 2026-09-19).

The full table — 99 percentiles for every sex, weight class and lift — is available as JSON.

Sources

• OpenPowerlifting, bulk data (public domain) and the project site
• Strength Level, strength standards from user-logged lifts
• International Powerlifting Federation, technical rules (weight classes)
• Whisenant, M. J. et al., Validation of submaximal prediction equations for the 1 repetition maximum bench press test on a group of collegiate football players, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 2003