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Women · 57.5–62.5 kg

Deadlift standards — women, 57.5–62.5 kg

Median 123 kg. Top fifth starts at 145 kg. The top 5% deadlift 168 kg or more. From 21,569 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 6080100120140160180 kg lifted →
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Percentile

21,569 judged deadlifts, women, 57.5–62.5 kg

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

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The full table

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th90.0198Novice
20th102.1225Intermediate
25th105.0231Intermediate
30th110.0243Intermediate
40th117.0258Intermediate
50th122.5270Advanced
60th130.0287Advanced
70th137.5303Advanced
75th140.0309Advanced
80th145.0320Elite
90th157.5347Elite
95th167.5369World-class
99th187.5413World-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
25th1.80×
50th2.00×
75th2.30×
90th2.60×
95th2.80×
99th3.10×

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.