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Women · 122.5–127.5 kg

Deadlift standards — women, 122.5–127.5 kg

Median 154 kg. Top fifth starts at 183 kg. The top 5% deadlift 207 kg or more. From 632 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 70100130160190220250 kg lifted →
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Percentile

632 judged deadlifts, women, 122.5–127.5 kg

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

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PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th112.5248Novice
20th125.0276Intermediate
25th130.0287Intermediate
30th137.5303Intermediate
40th145.0320Intermediate
50th154.2340Advanced
60th162.5358Advanced
70th170.0375Advanced
75th175.0386Advanced
80th182.5402Elite
90th195.0430Elite
95th206.9456World-class
99th241.7533World-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
14-17110.0130.0155.07,959
18-19125.0147.5170.05,374
20-23135.0160.0182.517,690
24-34140.0165.0190.040,474
35-39137.5162.5190.08,539
40-44135.0160.0185.06,085
45-49130.0155.0182.53,746
50-54125.0150.0175.02,558
55-59120.0142.5165.01,363
60-69110.0132.5153.01,451

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
25th1.00×
50th1.20×
75th1.40×
90th1.60×
95th1.70×
99th1.90×

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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Amit Sharma

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.