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Women · 62.5–67.5 kg

Bench press standards — women, 62.5–67.5 kg

Median 60 kg. Top fifth starts at 73 kg. The top 5% bench press 90 kg or more. From 22,686 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 30405060708090100110 kg lifted →
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Percentile

22,686 judged bench presss, women, 62.5–67.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged bench presss in this class — add yours to it.

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The full table

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th42.594Novice
20th47.5105Intermediate
25th50.0110Intermediate
30th52.0115Intermediate
40th55.0121Intermediate
50th60.0132Advanced
60th62.5138Advanced
70th67.5149Advanced
75th70.0154Advanced
80th72.5160Elite
90th82.5182Elite
95th90.0198World-class
99th107.5237World-class

Novice

0–20

Bottom fifth of the platform

Intermediate

20–50

Below the median competitor

Advanced

50–80

Above the median competitor

Elite

80–95

Top fifth of the platform

World-class

95–100

Top 5% of everyone who has competed

By age

Masters lifters compete in their own divisions, and the data shows why. Age here is age at the meet.

AgeMedian80th95thLifters
14-1747.560.075.07,959
18-1957.570.085.05,374
20-2362.575.092.517,689
24-3462.580.097.540,473
35-3962.580.097.78,539
40-4462.577.596.46,084
45-4960.075.092.53,746
50-5457.572.590.02,558
55-5955.067.585.01,363
60-6947.560.075.01,451

Age bands pool every bodyweight, so they answer "how does age move the number", not "what should a 45-year-old at this exact weight lift".

As a multiple of bodyweight

Percentile× bodyweight
25th0.80×
50th0.90×
75th1.10×
90th1.30×
95th1.40×
99th1.60×

The "2× bodyweight bench" style of goal, measured against people who actually did it in competition.

Who these numbers describe. Everyone in this dataset entered a powerlifting competition. They are stronger than the general gym population, so a 50th percentile here is well above an average gym-goer — we would rather tell you that than quietly flatter you. Nobody has ever published a trustworthy random sample of what people lift in commercial gyms; what exists instead is app data that people type in themselves.

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